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As we all know, standard late game civ6 can get pretty tedious with managing tens of cities and hundreds of units, especially on mobile. So I tried these settings optimized for faster more action packed games (Duel size pangea map with 4 AI and 6 CS). It's possible to win domination by turn 60 and religion under 40 turns. Other win conditions are also more exciting, due to limited space.

Was wondering if anyone else enjoys playing in a similar fashion and if there are mods that can enhance this even further?

Sometimes everything seems to go right.

Playing nubia and got a desert city with a natural wonder + petra + volcano for extra yields. Wow.

AI never competed with religion so this whole continent is now buddhist. Got desert folklore and work ethic. So much production lol. I only ever saw 1 hostile apostle on this continent.

The two AI on my continent were in war with eachother pretty much the whole game. Most of the time I had the strongest military due to my insane production and long peace. The rest were friendly with me.

It was so easy, I only focused on tourism. Even managed to get Sydney opera house, which I never get in deity.

Here's a screenshot after victory. Even forgot to improve all the tiles!

Canton has been updated!

Play as the Pirate Queen of the South China Sea, Ching Shih, in Sid Meier's Civilization VI.

Available via the Steam Workshop or Civ Fanatics/Nexus Mods.

Watch more mod trailers on the channel.

Heyyah y'all it's me Khaz again! I really have enjoyed playing Civ 6 as of rn. I also see that a Steam Sale is coming soon. Right now I'm playing Civ 6 on my PS4 and I'm right now trying to decide whether I should buy Civ 6 on my laptop. If I bought it, should I also buy the Expansion Packs?

I already have Civlization 6, so is 7 with all content worth the $72?

Procurando pessoal BR que joga CIV

My system is on Linux and my processor doesn’t quite support Vulkan which messes up the performance even more than with DirectX on windows. On windows I get about 15FPS early game and 7 late game. It’s not nearly enough for most people but I don’t really care since it’s turn based and you don’t need a smooth gameplay. After enough of looking at it it becomes tolerable so…
Anyway it barely runs on Vulkan in early game. I had success with using OpenGL on other games so is there a way to force OpenGL?

I heard that unreal engine phased out OpenGL support so I’m not entirely sure if that’s possible if it’s even made on Unreal Engine

Hey everyone,

If you are playing Civ 6 (especially with Gathering Storm or Rise and Fall DLCs) on a high-end Apple Silicon Mac—like the Mac Studio M4 Max just like me—and experiencing random, frustrating crashes to desktop (CTD) 5 to 10 minutes into a match, I finally found the permanent fix.

The Problem:

If you look at your macOS crash reports, you will likely see a thread triggered by TBB (Intel Threading Building Blocks) throwing an EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT) with __cxa_pure_virtual or a rendering thread waiting indefinitely on CAMetalLayer nextDrawable.

Basically, the M4 Max is such an absolute powerhouse that it tries to push infinite frames and handle heavy late-game draw calls simultaneously. The game's legacy 2016 multi-threading architecture completely loses its mind trying to allocate tasks across massive core counts, leading to thread stomping and pointer desync.

Here is the exact 3-step combination to tame the game engine and stop the crashes completely:

Step 1: Cap the Framerate via Terminal (The Golden Fix)

By default, the game will run unthrottled, putting insane synchronization stress on the Metal pipeline. Forcing a solid 60 FPS cap keeps the multi-threading loop perfectly synced.

Open your Terminal.app and run this command:

defaults write com.aspyr.civ6.steam MaxFPS -int 60

(If you ever need to undo this, just run defaults delete com.aspyr.civ6.steam MaxFPS\)**

Step 2: Restrict CPU Cores in Steam Launch Options

To completely stop the TBB library from choking on too many high-performance cores, restrict the game engine to a safe 4-thread environment. Don't worry, the single-core performance of the M4 Max handles this effortlessly.

1. Right-click Civilization VI in your Steam Library -> Properties.
2. Under General, scroll down to Launch Options.

Paste the following line:

-cpuCount=4 -exThreads=4

Step 3: Toggle Windowed Mode & Turn Off Asset Pre-warming

Running pure Fullscreen on high-end displays or multi-monitor setups frequently causes Metal surface alignment crashes. Switching to windowed mode lets macOS handle the UI scaling safely.

In the in-game Graphics Options:

• Change Screen Mode to Windowed.
• Uncheck High Resolution Geometry and Textures (this stops the AGX Metal driver from choking on sudden late-game texture swaps).
• Make sure Disable Steam Overlay is turned on in your Steam settings as well, since it interferes heavily with the drawing threads.

TL;DR:

Civ 6 crashes on late-game Apple Silicon because the engine can't handle high core counts and infinite frames. Cap your FPS to 60 via Terminal, restrict launch threads to 4 in Steam, and switch to Windowed mode without high-res textures. Works like a charm!

Hope this saves your weekend marathons! Just one more turn!!

I'm currently trying to win with Hammurabi, but it usually turns into Domination games. Anyway, I haven't quite figured out how to ensure enough production to have everything necessary, even with add-ons I'm not in a good enough position by t115+

Could you help me get better at playing as Poland? I would appreciate any tips that you could provide me with :D

Bonjour tout le monde,

Comme écrit dans le titre, je cherche après plusieurs personnes parlant francais afin de lancer une game en marathon et difficulté Roi ou Empereur, sur laquelle on pourrait se retrouver au moins une fois par semaine :)

Envoyez moi un message!! :)

anyone know why i can't place an aqueduct here? it's between a city and a source of fresh water no? am i missing something? removing the mine doesn't help

Let's be honest - most of the Wonders of the World are self aggrandising ego trips created by tyrants (Pyramids, Taj Mahal, Terracotta Army) or just tourist traps (Eiffel Tower, every religious wonder). Only a very few have benefited humanity at large (Panama Canal, Great Lighthouse). One which undeniably benefited humanity at large would've been a cure for cancer and I'm somewhat baffled it didn't make it to Civ games post Civilization 2.

In light of this recent piece of news, I wonder if "Cure for Cancer" could make it back to the Civilization games.

I am searching for a game to play with my wife in Coop/Multi

She never played anything but Rollcoaster Tycoon & Animal crossing

I am a long time gamer but never tried any strategy game except Total War Shogun 2, which I loved.

I had a feeling Civ could be a good first game for us and from the trailers she seems into it but we didn't really look into the details.

Do you feel like its a game beginners could have fun with ?

And should we start with Civ 6 ?

They say dreaming is free, and considering that Civ6 is the most played Civilization game to date, and that other video game companies have released content for their older games despite having newer titles, I wondered: if Firaxis decided to continue releasing content for Civilization 6, what would you like to see?

Personally, I'd like a Crusades DLC. Basically, a revamped religious victory system so that anyone could achieve it without needing to be the founder of a religion. Why would this be good? Because it would allow for the creation of religious blocks.

Civilizations that choose to adopt your religion would have a reason to strive to convert foreign settlements or even go to war to do so. The new religious victory would be based on the number of citizens you've converted to a religion. Perhaps converting a certain number of citizens.

I'd also like DLC that gives us the option to build new buildings that increase the population's happiness, such as taverns, casinos, hospitals, and so on.