Adding more AI in multiplayer games.

[Elvin]

Hello. I have a simple question. How do you add more AI into multiplayer games in BNW? There is an option to do that in a single player game but when we play MP we can't find such an option.

 

[WildFire]

1) Start MP game
2) Once at staging room click AI as I've shown

 

[Elvin]

1) Start MP game
2) Once at staging room click AI as I've shown

Perhaps I didn't express myself clearly.

What I meant was "How do you increase AI numbers over the official limit"

Let's say I play standard map which is meant to be 8 players. Let's say I want to increase the player cap to 12 but that just isn't possible or I don't see it. (You can do this in singleplayer though).

 

[WildFire]

Ah yeah I misunderstood. As far as I know, you can't.

 

[madm]

Sure you can.
Open the file C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\DLC\Expansion2\Gameplay\XML\GameInfo\Civ5Worlds.xml
and in line 121 change <DefaultPlayers>8</DefaultPlayers> to <DefaultPlayers>12</DefaultPlayers>.
Start Civ and you can play MP with standard world and 12 players. Of course you can still easily delete/close players if you want to play with less than 12. And if you want to go back to the original settings, just change the 12 into 8 again. Easy as that.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

Sure you can.
Open the file C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\DLC\Expansion2\Gameplay\XML\GameInfo\Civ5Worlds.xml
and in line 121 change <DefaultPlayers>8</DefaultPlayers> to <DefaultPlayers>12</DefaultPlayers>.
Start Civ and you can play MP with standard world and 12 players. Of course you can still easily delete/close players if you want to play with less than 12. And if you want to go back to the original settings, just change the 12 into 8 again. Easy as that.

With the caveat that you can break the civ spacing system if you chose to many civs for the size of map you are choosing.

CS

 

[madm]

Indeed. I usually use the 'low sealevel' option to create more land mass if I add more than the default number of AI players. Or use less city states.

 

[Civic713]

If you do the above, does only the host have to change the XML file, or do all human players have to change their XML files as well?

 

[CleverAdvisor]

Better have some bad ass computers, late game is going to take FOREVER with a ton of AI.