Multiplayer Helper (MPH)

Multiplayer Helper:

Originally built for Civilization esports event (e.g. CWC tournaments), this mod initial objective was to limit the amount of game re-lobbying by preventing the AI from taking over players unit during on disconnect. It has grown to include numerous MP & SP quality of like improvements for competitive players such as well as new gameplay modes.

Check the install video guide made by Auguthy

Note: the OCC / One City Challenge game mode is now available in stand-alone format here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2512813845

In-game improvements:

• AI will not automatically takeover humans unit on disconnection. Allowing player to reconnect and then move their units. Host can decide if the AI is taking over if it is a legitimate quit.

• Players can vote in-game to restart on a new map seed.

• Host can directly remap in-game

• New lua-based turn timers with most popular tournament settings, also available in SP for training.

• A technology or civic will be auto-selected at the end of any turn in which you do not manually select one. This tech/civic is always the lowest cost tech/civic that you can research usually from top to bottom vertically in the event there are more than one tied for lowest cost.

Note: New functionalities available from the in-game (Esc) menu under "Multiplayer Helper"

Frontend improvements:

• Players can rename themselves directly from the lobby

• Game is now supporting up to 50 players

• Host can restrict trading (e.g. No military Alliance or no Gold trading)

• Host can prevent surprise wars or friendship

• Players can vote to select their map settings ("Voting Draft")

• Players can do esports style draft with Map Bans, Leaders Ban, and timed pick ("Tournament Draft")

• Players can be restricted to pick from a randomly allocated leaders only ("Restricted Draft")

Note: Due to some restrictions to Firaxis mod hotloading, some new functionalities such as drafting are requiring the mod to be subscribed and the game to be restarted in-order to be available. Host would not be able to select those functionalities unless all players have subscribed.

New game modes:

• Anonymous mode: all players are anonymous in game

• Sudden Death mode: players are slowly eliminated 1 by 1 looking based on their ranking

Note: Like Firaxis New Frontier Pass "Apocalypse mode", you can only select the modes when creating the game. Game would have to be recreated if you decide to add another mode after creating your lobby. Some modes would be activated mid-June after the CCC IV tournament announcement. These modes are also available in Single-Player for training.

CPL is a league of players who love civ6 and would do anything for one more turn. Come join the fun if you are up for the challenge. New players are always welcome.

Discord : https://discord.gg/N9wZ45GK6V

Support Development: Click on of the award button !

Bug Report: Use the thread below or #Bug-Report on the Discord server. Have your lua.log file ready to be sent so someone can assist you.

Join our Steam chat here : steam://friends/joinchat/103582791431089902

Compatible with other Community mods:

Better Spectator Mod https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1916397407 Better Balanced Starts https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1958135962 Better Balanced Game https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2865001760 One City Challenge https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2512813845

Troubleshooting:

You are out-of-sync with the rest of the players? Most likely that's due to you having a different version of the mod. Unfortunately the auto-download isn't reliable.

Please follow the excellent guide from Zaty, a CPL admin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suGHHnSEMDk

You cannot see the draft option? That's because you need to preload the mod. Activate it in additional contant then restart Civ6 then you should be good to go.

Any other issues: please comment below or better log on the discord server and reach out. Ideally a savefile and a lua.log would help tackle the issue.

Linux? sorry the case sensitive nature of Linux makes it hard to debug on a windows machine. You have a good heart? fix it one by one using lua.log and publish the fix on github.

Translation to Russian: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2692306972

Farewell I left the mod development,Cisco is now taking the lead. It was fun! Best, D. / Jack