Out of Sync

[Avs]

Anyone else getting OOS errors? What happens is that I'm in the middle of a game, and then BOOM, loading screen. We don't lose any turns or anything, but it takes a while to load (like starting a new game load times).This starts to happen every few turns...I want to say 10-15 turns.

I don't know if this is being caused by the fact that the person I was playing with was on XP while I was on Windows 7. I say this because BTS had the same issue generally when I was playing with other people who were on Vista. We also had city states enabled (standard size map, 4 city states, 4 computers, 2 players).

 

[Tabarnak]

Hard to tell why some games are really annoying and why some games there is no loading screen at all.

Players's internet connection speed, computer speed and distance from each other seem to be in relation with this annoying thing (bug?).

 

[smash9936]

I have had this issue happen too, playing with my friend on LAN. It doesn't quite happen every 10-15 turns, but it does come up at least a few times every game. It makes me sad, as there is no reason for all these issues with multiplayer in Civ 5 besides the idea multiplayer was not focused on by the developers very much at all (or their garbage collection really sucks). Many games these days are far more graphics/calculations intensive than Civ 5... no reason for it at all @_@

My friend and I both use Windows 7 though (32 bit). We play on standard sized maps or lower, with 4-5 AI and about 6-8 city states usually. We do not use the internet, we disable internet just in case that plays a factor in weird issues and play LAN. We also play with all graphics settings set to lowest (or off where possible).

 

[Avs]

That's disturbing. So basically these may not even be OOS issues. Sigh, multiplayer is really the best part about this game.

 

[Luckystrike77]

That's disturbing. So basically these may not even be OOS issues. Sigh, multiplayer is really the best part about this game.

Multiplayer is both the best part and worst part of this game. The gameplay is great, the stability is a disaster.

 

[Avs]

I really don't want to have to wait for two expansions (like BTS) just to get multiplayer ready for prime time.

 

[Luckystrike77]

I really don't want to have to wait for two expansions (like BTS) just to get multiplayer ready for prime time.

It's indeed a shame. The only thing I want to play is stable CIV5 mp. Larger maps and more players would be great as well, but it's so damn unstable. It irritates me alot, and I have wasted hour after hour after hour to finally get a game working until the modern ages. My God what a great gaming experience it is when it works well, and bloody hell how frustrating it is when it doesent (most of the time). I must almost say this: I hate that I love this game so much!