I was really annoyed with not being able to make colonies and still play with 18 players so I whipped this out.
I removed a check that prevented colonies from being formed as civilizations that are in/have been in play and increased the player limit to 40 civilizations. The end result is that you can play with all 34 civilizations and still form six colonies making the total of 40 civlizations.
NOTE: I do NOT recommend starting a game with greater than 34 players. The game tries to ensure that only one of each civilization is spawned at start and you'll most likely crash the game if you start with over 34 civs.
edit: Newer versions can be found in the forum thread
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=234779
I removed a check that prevented colonies from being formed as civilizations that are in/have been in play and increased the player limit to 40 civilizations. The end result is that you can play with all 34 civilizations and still form six colonies making the total of 40 civlizations.
NOTE: I do NOT recommend starting a game with greater than 34 players. The game tries to ensure that only one of each civilization is spawned at start and you'll most likely crash the game if you start with over 34 civs.
edit: Newer versions can be found in the forum thread
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=234779