Multiplayer Crash Help

[Rinwyd]

So I tried to post this on the github and received zero useful assitance and thought I would try again here.

Trouble in a nutshell - Been trying to play vox multiplayer with friends however we always crash repeatedly at some point in every game we play. Our last attempt was using the latest provided in this thread - https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/dlc-modpack-and-43-civ-version-repository.609278/page-14 (https://ufile.io/71wpi) and unzipping to install folder - assets - dlc like normal.

Our computers are more than up to spec with plenty of ram (16g) and cpu (i5 and i7s) with no barbs turned on, events off, on move 54 quick speed. A rarity. Normally we can at least get to industrial era before we all start crashing.

Are there options we should be ensuring are turned on or off? Cause we can all do single player without a hitch with whatever settings but multi crashes like stevie wonder piloting a 747.

 

[raphaell666]

Are you noticing this crash happens when you execute a particular action?

Are you playing on a LAN or over the internet?

Have you all deleted "cache" folder in "\Documents\my games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5" and tried again?

I had previously a bug in a multiplayer game when a certain unit would attack or be attacked, that everyone capable of seeing that battle would crash. I had to go back a turn and delete that unit from the game. It took us a while to figure out that this was causing the crashes. I concluded this bug seemed to be caused by a "failed" resync/desync or something like that, and that specific unit was somehow bugged (other units of the same type as that one could battle without issues). We are still currently playing that game after that without anymore issues (version 03-20b).

Computer specs seem to be mostly irrelevant regarding Civ5 multiplayer stability, unfortunately. Civ5 multiplayer really is a mess, as Gazebo mentioned in another topic, it is outdated and badly programmed.

 

[Rinwyd]

Actually right now we are leaning towards maybe the enhanced user interface cause the log notices a hook error? No specific error seems to bring it about, sometimes just hovering the mouse randomly on something. We previously thought it was just the vassal system but turning off that didnt stop it.

Not lan, playing over internet with steam friends.

 

[raphaell666]

Actually right now we are leaning towards maybe the enhanced user interface cause the log notices a hook error? No specific error seems to bring it about, sometimes just hovering the mouse randomly on something. We previously thought it was just the vassal system but turning off that didnt stop it.

Not lan, playing over internet with steam friends.

I believe that playing over the internet you should have more desync issues, at least we seem to have.

I have been recently playing 2-player games with everything on except for events (they don't work on multiplayer), including barbarians on and vassalage on without big issues except for resyncs.

We have been playing without EUI. For the next games I am preparing a modpack using EUI and we'll see how it goes.

 

[Rinwyd]

I believe that playing over the internet you should have more desync issues, at least we seem to have.

I have been recently playing 2-player games with everything on except for events (they don't work on multiplayer), including barbarians on and vassalage on without big issues except for resyncs.

We have been playing without EUI. For the next games I am preparing a modpack using EUI and we'll see how it goes.

Do you know of a modpack thats out that doesnt have EUI? I've never packed my own before and it would save a lot of time. Would love to test that out

 

[raphaell666]

Do you know of a modpack thats out that doesnt have EUI? I've never packed my own before and it would save a lot of time. Would love to test that out

There is a version relatively up-to-date (07/March) here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/dlc-modpack-and-43-civ-version-repository.609278/

It is good enough to see if you notice any differences without EUI, I think. I could pack one for you but I do not know where to upload it. I will see if I can figure something out.