custome game locks player numbers to mapsize

[Pitboss]

I've been noticing that when you try to play a custom game the number AI players is locked with the map size. Thus making it impossible to play with a lot of AI players on smaller maps. (version 1.0.0.621)

 

[The_J]

hhmm...i'm quite sure that there should be an option to change that number (together with the CSs somewhere).

 

[Zyxpsilon]

This isn't exactly a bug... it has more to do with a reasonable amount of available tiles by Major Civs while all CS have a limited expansion capacity for their lonely Cities.
Me'thinks, but i might be wrong.

 

[Pitboss]

hhmm...i'm quite sure that there should be an option to change that number (together with the CSs somewhere).

I haven't encountered it yet, but I'ld be handier of there were no restrictions.

This isn't exactly a bug... it has more to do with a reasonable amount of available tiles by Major Civs while all CS have a limited expansion capacity for their lonely Cities.
Me'thinks, but i might be wrong.

That thought did occur to me as well, but why would they start restricting it in CIV5 while it wasn't not the case in the previous versions. Isn't the idea of a custom game to allow you to set your own limits?

 

[Pitboss]

Perhaps I'll have more luck explaining it with the following possibilities :

a) There are no limits.
= A bug in the "set up game" and "advanced setup" game restriction settings.

b) There are limits for the "set up game" only.
= A bug in the restriction settings of the "advanced setup" that allows you to set players above those limits, but doesn't apply it in the freshly created game.

c) There are limits for the "set up game" and the "advanced setup" game.
= A bug since the customized game settings allow you to alter them, which doesn't make sens if they're supposed to be fixed to the "map size".

So in conclusion, there is definitely something wrong.
Where that might be depends on the intent of the game and it's developers.

 

[Petek]

I don't understand the problem. The Advanced Setup menu allows you to increase or decrease both the number of civs and the number of CSs. See the attached screenshot that shows you can place 8 civs and 17 CSs on a duel-sized map. I actually played such a game and verified that all 8 civs are present in the game (not sure if all the CSs made it, however).

 

[EndoConvert]

I don't understand the problem. The Advanced Setup menu allows you to increase or decrease both the number of civs and the number of CSs. See the attached screenshot that shows you can place 8 civs and 17 CSs on a duel-sized map. I actually played such a game and verified that all 8 civs are present in the game (not sure if all the CSs made it, however).

Agreed. I also don't see any bug. I regularly set large numbers of civs on small size maps through Advanced Setup.

To the original poster: Just press the "Add AI Player" button.