Increasing # of human players in MP

[Cookie Monster]

Hi all,

I hope this is the correct forum to ask this question.

I have a scenario that has 30 civs and a huge 256x256 map. When I load it under multiplayer/hotseat I only get the option to have 8 players. This means I can have all ai, all human, or mixed ai/human players but only up to 8.

I'd like to know if this is a way to increase the number of players in a MP game. What has to be done to increase this level? Is this even a possiblity?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[ElConejo]

As far as I can tell (or have been told) the maximum MP civs/players cannot exceed 8. I had the same problem some time ago. I tried to have a game that had a ton of AI and then two human players. Unfortunately I do not believe there is a way to increase the number of availble MP slots.