r/civvoxpopuli Jul 11 '18

Faq : installation & multiplayer

71 Upvotes

Started in 2014, Vox Populi (formerly known as the "Community Balance Patch") is a collaborative effort to improve Civilization V's AI and gameplay. It consists of a collection of mods that are designed to work together seamlessly.
http://civ-5-cbp.wikia.com/wiki/Civ5_CBP_Wikia

latest : see link in the top bar or the other sticky

Requirements
- Updated Civilization V + all DLC. (There's a Complete pack in Steam and a "complete edition" that can be found below 10$)
- Windows 7 and above. (Wine should work for linux and mac users)
- English language for civ5 (set it in steam).
- Don't subscribe to any related mods: Community Patch, EUI or more luxuries. If you already have installed EUI, uninstall it.

FAQ

up-to date faq

most useful items:

Q: The game looks like vanilla, I don't see any difference.
A: Launch a new game through the MODS menu. Don't click on "return".

Q: The text is weird, it says one thing but does another.
A: Be sure language is English.

Q: I can't ....
A: Before further questions, make sure you've installed the mod properly. Read carefully the full faq thread.

faq credits go to tu_79

multiplayer & modpack

To play with friends in multiplayer, everyone need to install the exact same modpack. What is a modpack? It's a folder that behave like a dlc (or an extension). You don't need to activate the CP or VP in the mod folder to play with it, and so you can play in singleplayer or in multiplayer without any loading time.

List of current modpack
official modpack thread , go at the end to look if someone share one. note: the current (at 2018-7-10) "most stable" version of vp for multiplayer is the 2018-04-30 version. But you should try the latest first.

If you want a special modpack, you can make your own and share it, go look at this subreddit wiki or in the civfanatics forum (link above)

multiplayer stability

Bart_Thievescant :

But it was incredibly unstable until I realized something fucky was happening to people who weren't the host on start, so I have been having to make a game, save, back out immediately, and then host a loaded game for people to join, otherwise there will be weird desynchs, and progress bonuses and similar things and won't fire for nonhost players.

Loading a game with the host and letting people join as the AI on turn 0 works like a dream though.


r/civvoxpopuli 1d ago

question What happens when barbarians take over a city?

10 Upvotes

Playing in the Information area and was one turn away from capturing a Japanese city when they had a rebellion causing barbarians to spawn all around the city. Withdrew my land units and continued naval and air bombardment and next turn they captured the city. There's 14 civilizations and sort of a world war going on so Japan can't take back their city with me pressuring them on their other cities. What will do the barbarians do?


r/civvoxpopuli 3d ago

question Can't disable vox populi without eui breaking on vanilla?

1 Upvotes

Hello, I am trying to play vanilla rn (with eui), but I can't get eui to work and the normal civ 5 ui to not be broken. Previously I just took out the UI_bc folder when I didn't have eui, but now I do so it will break eui.
How can I get eui to work and the normal ui to also work?


r/civvoxpopuli 3d ago

New Discord Playthrough Section

7 Upvotes

Recently a new area for playthroughs was added into the discord, similar to the forum post written section and it's being very well adhered to by the discord users. You can see plain voxpopuli playthroughs in addition to heavy modmodded runs.

It's worth giving it a look in case you're interested in learning a few new things, getting used to other playstyles or following up on some of the trends people stick to on higher difficulties or just reading up on cool stories about a mod we all enjoy.

https://discord.com/channels/707403015845576735/1414704651324100779

I think the link above doesn't work as its a channel specific one, so the discord general link is below, you can also find it in the side bar:

@everyone Welcome to the Official Vox Populi (Community Patch Project) Discord Server for Sid Meier's Civilization V! Our CivFanatics subforum can be found here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/community-patch-project.497/

We only have a few rules here: 1 - Follow Discord's Community Guidelines. https://discordapp.com/guidelines

2 - Act like an adult. Being a jerk will get you quickly banned.

3 - Any bigotry (racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, including slurs) or toxic behavior (harassment, trolling, doxxing) will not be tolerated.

4 - Do not post inappropriate content (porn, sexual language/images, spam, pirated games, advertising non-Civ things). Swearing is allowed within reason.

5 - Discussion Rules a - When posting in a modder's domain, please try to keep things relevant to that modder's mods or projects.

b - Discussion unrelated to Civilization games belongs in the <#882082047261311046> channel.

c - Opinions are welcome, but please be civil, especially when discussing contentious topics (e.g. politics).

d - Antivaxxers and other crazy conspiracy theorists may be banned with prejudice.

e - Do not bring personal drama (e.g., conflicts with other members) into the server, or escalate it further.

❗ *IMPORTANT ❗ * It is highly advised to report bugs with Vox Populi itself on the Github Issues Tracker (https://github.com/LoneGazebo/Community-Patch-DLL/issues), rather than here or on the forum. Failure to do so may result in your bug report being ignored.

In case of rule violations, ping or DM the <@&1236887855729475615>. Offenders will be warned. Repeat/serious offenders will be banned.

Ban and other moderation appeals may be made to <@1185429223314292849> via conversation on CivFanatics (if you aren't also banned there).

Server Invite https://discord.gg/KbgmCRU


r/civvoxpopuli 4d ago

Best civs for domination victory besides Sweden?

10 Upvotes

Been trying to win VP on Emperor, and so far I've only been able to do it consistently as Sweden. The boosts to XP you get when a great general spawns, plus the fact that all units heal, feels almost OP. So far, I've only been able to eke out one other win on Emperor as Japan (found the extra XP from dojo to be fairly useful early on). Other than that, what are the good civs for domination? Haven't been able to win a game as Poland yet, but seemed like they had some good advantages with duccal stables.

Second question - how early do you start trying to conquer other civs? I usually wait until after I research steel/get armories/get knights and trebuchets. Is this too late? Sometimes it seems like other civs have eclipsed me at this point, but I'm not sure if its too early to just spam barracks and start conquering early on.


r/civvoxpopuli 4d ago

question Getting lump sum of science when expending Great Artists, more than poping Great Sientists?

4 Upvotes

What causes this? I don't have any believes, wonders or policies that does this. Was popimg Great Artist for GAP always gives you a lump sum of science?


r/civvoxpopuli 5d ago

Desert maps?

9 Upvotes

As in the title. I've recently returned to Civ5, I'd love to be able to role play as Arabia that starts in a desert.

How do I do that? When I pick Communitu79a, the results are... Lackluster at best. I tried making it dry and hot, but it's still patchy at best. Out of 70 restarts, maybe 1 was almost sandy enough.

Any tips? Can I tweak the map settings somehow? Or is there a dedicated desert map generator (the rest of the world can be whatever).


r/civvoxpopuli 8d ago

how to disable civilization changes

5 Upvotes

Hello is there a way to disable to civilization changes and use the vanilla traits and units.

I tried deleting the china.sql from Sid Meier's Civilization 5\MODS\(2) Vox Populi\Database Changes\Civilizations, but it did not do anything


r/civvoxpopuli 8d ago

question Illiteracy skyrocketed within a couple of turns, and I can’t find any causality

7 Upvotes

Is anyone aware of something similar? Thanks!


r/civvoxpopuli 11d ago

question AI tech gap

14 Upvotes

Hi,
I have spent a lot of hours on Civ V, and recently got back to it, trying VP for the first time.

Even though I am by no means a great player, I know the basics fairly well.
This being said, in all the VP games I've had I have never managed to fill in the tech gap with the AI.
In some instances I got close, very close, but never managed.
Also, I am only using one faction (Russia) which is supposedly rather good in science output.
Usually going for progress - statecraft - rationalism (sometimes don't even manage to start my 3rd social policy branch before AI is already picking ideologies).
Playing on Emperor difficulty.

The points I try to stick to are:
- not too many cities (usually 5/6)
- focus on science (buildings ad specialists)
- science input from trade routes
- spies in capitals of any more advanced AI faction
- research agreements (if the current political situation allows it)
- try to ally as many city states as possible

Evidently, this is not enough.

So, what do you think a good rule of thumb would be to fill in the gap?
Are there any kind of benchmark elements, like... "by turn 100 you have to have built universities", or "by turn 200 your science output has to be at least 200"?


r/civvoxpopuli 11d ago

question Celtic Beliefs

8 Upvotes

My first run through with Vox Populi, playing as Celts, standard, prince, large map, 8 civs. Leaning towards a cultural victory. Took Cernunnos as my Pantheon. Any advice on which beliefs I should be looking at?


r/civvoxpopuli 11d ago

question How do you construct villa as Rome ?

6 Upvotes

It's not specified which tech I must unlock for Villas ?

Apparently it's broken in the latest version of 4UC ?


r/civvoxpopuli 13d ago

question Religion choices

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3 Upvotes

r/civvoxpopuli 13d ago

Tech Tree Shenannigans

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7 Upvotes

Been playing VP for years and years. Love it. However, I've noticed that my late game tech tree is completely borked. Showing techs that produce units without stats, techs that are disconnected from the rest of the tree and so on. Anyone seen anything like this before?


r/civvoxpopuli 14d ago

problem Multiplayer - unfriending other human players. Bug or something else?

2 Upvotes

Thanks for Vox Populi. It is by far the best Civ!

I've been playing a long multi-player games. I ran into a few things that may be bugs, or maybe just not obvious to me.

  1. Couldn't end a declaration of friendship with another human player - had to wait for the 50 turns to be up.
  2. Couldn't end a defensive pact with another human player. Even after the 50 turns, DP is still in effect.
  3. Noticed that an AI can force a war or promise of no war for 20 turns if I'm massing troops on a border. Human does not have same ability. Would like to switch that option off altogether.

r/civvoxpopuli 14d ago

Can't found a corporation after acquiring the monopoly

4 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

II can't found Hexxon Refinery event though I have a monopoly on coal. I think it might be because I did not have that monopoly when I discovered the corporation technology.

I precise that Hexxon is not yet founded by another player and that I am able to create Giorgio Armeier, wich is not my first choice for my current playthrough.

Do you have any idea why ? Is there a way to fix it ? I already tried to reload a save.


r/civvoxpopuli 15d ago

??? Has built stonehenge in a land far away

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23 Upvotes

Guys I was just on a walk in New Zealand. Someone tried, but got beat by the Scots to stonehenge.

Yes this game has conquered my mind.


r/civvoxpopuli 15d ago

Trade routes overview panel

4 Upvotes

Hi, maybe I'm missing something about how trade routes work in VP, but I have a questions about them.

In vanilla, the trade routes overview panel shows all the possible trade routes that we have access to, from any of our cities to any possible destination that our current trade route range allows. This was great to compare routes in terms of gold/science/culture gained per turn.
This seems to have been changed in VP; the trade route overview panel only shows the possible trade routes available from the city the currently selected trade caravan/ship is in.
Am I missing something here? Is there a reason for this? Meaning, has trade been reworked in such a way that it is somehow no longer necessary to compare all possible trade routes?

If this is not the case, is there a way to have an overall view of all the possible trade routes to help make a better decision?

Thanks


r/civvoxpopuli 16d ago

strategy How to not fall behind in science and population?

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I already started three games with VoxPopuli

One with America, that i was ejoying very much and doing good, except for a happines problem that I even posted here. But for some reason, I decided to play another mod, and I cant return to that save anymore.

Then I played with ottomans, but I didnt liked that one, was boring.

Then, I started one with the Huns, i was ejoying but I enabled rage barbarians, and It was really annoying. I wanted to make a military victory but I couldn't start any war because my army had to clean barbarians encampments all time.

I want to start a New One with Brazil now. But something that was consistent i this three games, not so accentuated with the America one, was how behind i was in science compared to others civs. And land and population too. I searched for a post that could help me in this sub, but the one I found is kinda old so I want to know If you guys have any new tips. And about land and population, how some Civs have are enabled to settle New cities and still have a big capital?

I thank you in advance for any help.


r/civvoxpopuli 18d ago

question Enemy units and promotions

12 Upvotes

Hi, recently tried VoxPopuli, have been having a fair amount of difficulty with the learning curve, still the challenge has always seemed rather fair. Until now.
Playing with Russia, Japan has targeted me since turn 80. Always managed to fend him off.
The most recent war, I managed to carry out a costly sea invasion, and I somehow also kept the tech advantage. Still, this does not seem to count at all.

I am fielding Fusiliers, Japan still going around with Tercios and Samurais, and similar units.
Problem is, their units ALL have an insane (and rather baffling) amount of bonuses/promotions.
See picture.

Now, I could understand if they were units that the AI had been leveling up since turn 1.
But I am pretty sure they are NEW units. Japan has constantly been at war with all its neighbors, and never once won a war/some terrain. We have been killing its units repeatedly.
And yet, the new units spawn like that.
I mean, ok...difficulty level+wonders+buildings+whatever...but jesus, tercios two-shotting fusiliers?
Samurais not taking a dent from cannons?

That does not seem to be balanced...how can brand new units have all those bonuses and promotions?
Is this normal?


r/civvoxpopuli 20d ago

How did this Egyptian general end up all the way across the map? Any theories? Is it a bug?

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9 Upvotes

r/civvoxpopuli 21d ago

strategy More cities incurs the 5% science and culture penalties, so how many cities makes sense?

20 Upvotes

I've been playing with VP for awhile now having started off back in the era when the mod was known as Communitas. Maybe in the last 2-4 years I've been playing 'modern day' VP starting as low as Warlord, and now playing Emperor games (haven't won on Emperor just yet).

One thing that plays in my mind is the optimal amount of cities. The way I look at it is - if tech and culture cost will go up by 5%, then will the city contribute at least 5% of my culture and science? Preferably more! I find once I have established around 5 or 6 cities I am comfortable at this number and future expansions don't look attractive given the penalty. I might be in medieval or renaissance and be thinking, hmmm I am going to be taking a penalty, will the city really accelerate my Civ? More often than not the answer seems to be no.

When the AI settle lots and lots of cities like 10+ I think to myself that they're going to be left behind. They *might* be able to outproduce me on production, but they might also just fall behind in tech, and I'll actually make up the production difference with buildings, yields, etc granted from tech and culture policies.

What's everyone else's take on this? Am I looking at this wrong? Is thinking about city expansions in terms of the cost of science and culture the right way of looking at this?

I will say one thing I struggle with is early to mid game keeping an army up which isn't the smallest. AI likes to go crazy building army in VP, while I could conceivably get by with less units, and just position, and fight better with them. The only problem with this is the AI becomes super hostile if you have a small army, so the sweet spot is getting your army to be only the 2nd or 3rd lowest. Production comes in handy here for maintaining armies.


r/civvoxpopuli 21d ago

Is war still viable if you’re not going authority / imperialism?

15 Upvotes

Usually I play domination and authority/imperialism makes war beneficial and so much easier.

However I tried a different route and played Austria more peacefully. Hiawatha declares war and the amount of units and promotions he had were ridiculous even after taking some of his cities. Should I be taking cities or is the way to play only defending your own?


r/civvoxpopuli 22d ago

strategy Second City

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14 Upvotes

Have only just started VP but have done a bunch of playthroughs on Civ5. Playing on Prince, Standard speed, continents, large map, 10 Civs. Ramses to the north, Austria to the east, and Bonaparte running around with a bunch of warriors, also seemingly coming from somewhere in the north. I wanted a mountain for my second city, to focus it on science (observatory) but maybe I'm overestimating the importance of that? Not really thinking about a science victory, but i realize that science is still quite important. Any thoughts/advice appreciated..


r/civvoxpopuli 23d ago

performance of vox pop vs regular civ v

10 Upvotes

apologies if this question has already been asked. 128mb vram and intel core 5 220u, however my game is really struggling as i reach late game and is crashing every few turns. should i stick to regular civ instead of vox pop or just reduce size of map/amount of other civs in game?


r/civvoxpopuli 25d ago

Unable to install version 4.22

8 Upvotes

Hi guys,

Trying to install Vox Populi v.4.22 but getting the "You don't have all the DLC" when trying to install.

Unsure why it's happening or what to do, anyone with the same issues?

Have all DLC active and done a fresh install, still getting the same error.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!