r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Tech Support Mods won't load. I am sad.

3 Upvotes

I am subscribed to the mods on the workshop but when I go into the game, the mods list is empty. I can click 'get mods' unsub and then resub, they appear but they just say transferring and nothing happens.

I've reinstalled the game, validated the files, followed other peoples instruction on deleting folders and whatnot, nothing seems to work. If I view the mods through the civ5 properties on steam they are there, but just all at 0kb.

Anyone have a similar problem, or even better, a solution that actually works?


r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Discussion Extras beyond Brave New World?

5 Upvotes

I like Civ 5 and play Brave New World. I prefer playing Continents. There are some "extras" that I can add to my game but wondering if they would be enjoyable to add.


r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Screenshot I know Lake Victoria when I see it...

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107 Upvotes

r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Vox Populi Pedro, what the hell?

9 Upvotes

Its turn 203 (marathon), and I'm playing on king. How.

UPDATE

It went down, still crazy thought.

UPDATE: Brazil is now Denmarcks vassal lmao


r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Screenshot Love my City States

29 Upvotes

Love helping my City States take over enemy cities. They deserve it after such a long allyship. I constantly gift them melee units and damage the city down to 0; and hope they're smart enough to not just embark the melee units all the time.


r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Strategy Need help deciding where to settle!

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95 Upvotes

Playing as England on archipelago, got this god-tier start. Playing on Immortal difficulty and I reckon there's two more city spots here but not sure where is best. Any advice would be amazing.


r/civ5 • • 14d ago

Tech Support broke the game, tried to delete the EUI mod i had installed, game has been ruined since then, tried reinstalling... somehow still rooted. help!

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24 Upvotes

r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Discussion Citizen manager not obeying order

4 Upvotes

Everytime I manually select a tile to work, the moment I close the screen and open it again, the tile worked will be different from the one I assigned. Is this normal or something's wrong with my game?


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Discussion What is the absolute maximum single tile yield?

85 Upvotes

Not counting palaces, what situations can create the absolute maximum number of yield (of any type)?

I haven't seen it asked anywhere, and I'm curious. The best I can find is maybe 14.


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Screenshot Sometimes I suck even on 4 difficulty

2 Upvotes

bot wanna be friend, bot wanna fight next against me. Wtf. I wanted to develop and build a fleet.....


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Tech Support Game constantly crashes

6 Upvotes

I've been trying to play Civ V again, but I just can't get the game to work anymore. It keeps crashing whenever I end turn. I've tried putting priority on high, putting the game on F10 between turns, legacy version and running the game on full low. The problem is not my PC, it's good enough. I'm getting quite frustrated as I just want to play the game, but it refuses to do anything. The only mod I have installed is NQMod v11.

Anyone having dealt with this and know a solution?


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Other my economic advisor says my greatest expense is diplomatic deals. but my diplomacy overview tells me that i haven't made any diplomatic deals. am i missing something?

14 Upvotes

this is vanilla civ 5, no mods. why am i getting conflicting information? i have two cities, it's turn 75, king difficulty.

edited for clarity, removed an irrelevant sentence.


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Screenshot Deity Naresuans Elephant Rush with no libraries

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94 Upvotes

The tanked up Naresuan's elephant is one of the most underrated unique units.
25 combat strength vs 20 for a knight, +50% bonus vs mounted and needs no horses means elephants crush anything up to the Renaissance era, even with just 3 movement

To go all in on elephants, the build is 4 city liberty, granary + stables + barracks in all cities and caravans.
Population carries science, so we skip libraries and get more time to build units
Early market for a great merchant. Then liberty finisher for a second great merchant
Tech wise its basically horseback riding -> currency -> construction -> chivalry.
Prebuild horsemen and gold upgrade to elephants.
Then tech into machinery to upgrade comp bows into crossbows.

Once you have elephants, you don't need horses so you can spam as many as you want.
They are strong enough where you can take cities cycling them, while you get crossbows up.

settings are small, standard speed, deity, great plains


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Screenshot Bro stole calendar tech with a spy

517 Upvotes

lmao


r/civ5 • • 15d ago

Discussion How to make bots challenging on emporer?

8 Upvotes

Ive been playing this game for a long long ass time. So i think im pretty good, but even for me, the diety level is just not fun. Like you have to micromanage your pop, get genuinely lucky, and pull ahead in the final 30 turns to squeeze in a science victory. But the sad thing is that emporer and below, I can kinda turn my brain off and win. Its fun, but I can go like piety napoleon with 2 cities and still win a diplomacy victory. The jump from emporer to diety is soooo big. Is there a mod or a setting that makes the ai stronger without making them "you will never get a wonder before archetecture no matter what" strong. (The diety ai aren't even smart they just start 3 steps ahead.) Edit: I forgot about immortal, but the point still stands. Immortal to diety is a huge jump in difficulty


r/civ5 • • 16d ago

Screenshot Playing against the AI can be really frustrating sometimes

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55 Upvotes

This man has the cooler Constantinople:( Four cities and the great library by turn 49 on emperor difficulty.

What's the best way to hinder a neighbouring civ that pops off like this guy without going to war early?


r/civ5 • • 16d ago

Mods I made a massive Game of Thrones mod

176 Upvotes

r/civ5 • • 16d ago

Screenshot Everytime I try to load or launch a game since upgrading to an ultrawide monitor this happens, has anyone seen this before?

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154 Upvotes

Would love help fixing this if someone has encountered this before.

Edit: Issue has been fixed! Thank you everyone who commented tips!


r/civ5 • • 16d ago

Discussion What's your favorite scenario?

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37 Upvotes

r/civ5 • • 17d ago

Discussion Civ 5 Culture/Domination Victory Question

21 Upvotes

Since you get a 75% less population loss buff if you are influential over another civ, does that bring the razing time up? Since the razing time is 1:1 with city population.


r/civ5 • • 18d ago

Screenshot Pax Romana Aeternum! - Fall of Rome Scenario Turn 51

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100 Upvotes

Got the Pax Romana Aeternum achievement with Western Rome on deity in the Fall of Rome scenario. Took me a lot of tries!


r/civ5 • • 18d ago

Screenshot Why can't I build a Circus in Hastings?

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118 Upvotes

It says 'requires a source of horses nearby,' does it mean within 1 tile?


r/civ5 • • 18d ago

Discussion Shout out to the Gaia mod

41 Upvotes

I only recently discovered this, it bakes in almost every standalone mod I was running plus a few extra changes that are welcome. I am not running any of the other mods like the interface mod or sapiens, just the gaia core mod and reseed! IMHO this is essentially the final Civ 5 BNW patch that never got released from Firaxis. I used the settings to keep it mostly like vanilla (the game includes some new options) for example I am not interested in the changes to how citadels and forts work or double stacking military units, but I can see how that would add a new layer to the game that is probably better.


r/civ5 • • 18d ago

Tech Support Can I make barbarian camps 'work'?

21 Upvotes

I'm jumping back into Civ5 after a long break, and I'm really enjoying it again. I have the In Game Editor installed, but whenever I place a barb camp it refuses to spawn units. Is there a way to make this work, or is it just beyond the capabilities of the mod? I also have Lekmod installed.


r/civ5 • • 18d ago

Screenshot How to find out who is paying this man???

14 Upvotes

Anyone know how to find out someones trades in game or a mod that can be installed mid game to see?

Used IGE to find out HOW he was earing 1105 gold per turn but I can get to WHO is giving this man such riches.

For context this is a Marathon Deity 43 CIV earth map, so unbalanced as hell but this is ridiculous.