New To Civ5 MP

[Tasonne]

Hi, I've been playing civ for a long time and recently bought Civ 5. I really expected there to be a lot more people online yet when I go to the MP menu there are never any games. I played one 1v1 with a guy but i took a while before someone joined my game. I always thought Civ was an immensely popular game and there would be tons of people online. What's going on??

 

[MasterMishi]

check steam/ settings/steamcloud (region) and change to a time zone that is busier
get on civplayers.com

 

[Tasonne]

Thanks, I'll try it out now

 

[Tasonne]

2 more questions. How do I change my name in multiplayer as it is something dumb right now. And also, what on earth is DLC??

Anyone pls?

 

[Tasonne]

Not to mention it keeps telling me there's no steam acct with my 64bit number as if I don't have one, ugggh

 

[CanuckSoldier]

If you open the Steam client, and click on Edit Profile in the right side menu, you will get to a screen that lets you edit your display name. And DLC is Downloadable Content, ie Civs, Scenarios, map packs etc that you can buy.

And as for the lack of visable games, that is because Steam uses a regional games list, and likely unless you live in London, NY or Frankfurt, or some other major centre, there very well might not be alot of games. That is why MM refered you to CivPlayers, because we run a Steam chat that lets all international MP players hook up and play games, thereby getting around the dumb in-game games list.

CS

 

[Tasonne]

Yeah thanks a lot bro. I can't wait to get on civplayers. I emailed you too thanks for the help