when i try to begin a hotseat game the game freezes when it says "assigning team colors" on the progress bar. I have yet to be able to play a hotseat game. I have returned that specific game and reinstalled everything time and time again. Has anyone else had this problem? or knows how to fix it?

Srry to bump a thread this old but i need help on this too

hey, I haver this same problem and would really appriciate some help.

Don't worry, hotseat games are bugged anyway. Player 1 never gets to know what the AIs are doing, or whether he's lost units or had war declared on him or something. You're not losing out on anything big.