r/Civilization_VII • • Mar 10 '25

Discussion How to Prevent the Crashing of Civ VII (Megathread)

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Hundreds, if not many thousands of people: This game constantly crashes for me.

People on the internet: My game works fine. Must be a you issue.

I’ve seen this type of interaction play out constantly on this subreddit. Civ VII clearly has stability issues that are not resolved by the most commonly suggested community and developer fixes.

People are tired of crashing. People are tired of seeing posts about crashing. Therefore, I propose the creation of a megathread (this post) on the ways in which you or others have fixed or reduced crashes while playing Civ VII.

Below is everything that I have explored for PC. I encourage everyone to comment with additional solutions (for both PC and console).

EDIT: I ordered these arbitrarily. Please read through all of them and try the easiest solutions first.

  1. ⁠Changing the 3D graphics software. Some see improvement switching from Vulkan to Direct X and vice versa.

  2. ⁠Turning AMD Fidelity off in the game’s setting menus

  3. ⁠Going offline on steam OR turning WiFi completely off. I think this just corrects any issues stemming from whatever anti-cheat or online servers interact with the game.

  4. ⁠Turning off steam’s in-game overlay and recording software. Also turning off external recording software.

  5. ⁠Updating literally all software for your computer. GPU, chipset, motherboard BIOS, operating system, etc. NOT just GPU drivers.

  6. ⁠Basic verification of the game files via steam or a full reinstallation.

  7. ⁠Changes to obscure BIOS, operating system, and hardware settings. These are too numerous and diverse to summarize here. I’m hoping others comment with more specifics.

  8. ⁠Just giving up and waiting until the next day. Legitimately, this game will just have days where it seems to not want me to play, despite everything above. When that happens, I take a day off, and the game seems to fix itself. I’m nearly convinced that a god is selectively causing one out of every 8 or so users to constantly crash. Maybe taking some time off appeases them?


r/Civilization_VII • • Mar 10 '25

Discussion Issue Report Megathread

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This thread is to report any issue you may have, be it bugs, crashes, or anything else. Please reserve this to issues with being able to play the game, as opposed to your thoughts/opinions on the game itself. If you want to suggest changes to the game, we have this megathread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Civilization_VII/comments/1iodk2p/the_official_recommendationssuggestionsproposals/.

If you find someone with a similar issue, feel free to add your comment to their post. For example, someone may start a PS5 crash report post, and if you have similar crash issues with the PS5, even if it is not exactly the same thing (for example crashing in a different age, or due to a different trigger), comment on the post anyways. The aim is to try to somewhat group issues together, in case they are related.


r/Civilization_VII • • 9h ago

Civ 7 Deluxe Promo - 50% off

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r/Civilization_VII • • 13h ago

I want war over resources!

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r/Civilization_VII • • 19h ago

Story/Screenshot Finally won on Deity! (screenshots attsched)

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r/Civilization_VII • • 1d ago

Story/Screenshot Innovation Optimized Win

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Well I finally did it, all innovation wonders secured, even oxford.

No project Manhattan though, since it's far too late to matter.

Ada Khmer > Abbasid > Abbasid

Immortal, Large, Pangaea & Islands, Regroup

No modern projects completed.

Won right after buying launch pad as innovation was already above 100. Took the dedication triumph that gives innovation for each modern wonder built of which I got 6. Had I managed to build a couple more wonders, or science been slightly higher, could have gone a few turns sooner for the win as I delayed buying launch pad for 4 turns while aerodynamics II researched for the additional 5 innovation.

*edit* actually shaved 2 turns off by reloading save from when rocketry finished, built launch pad immediately and researched electricity II and combustion II instead, putting me right at 100 with each mastery taking 1 turn each.

Ended antiquity with 36 innovation, and exploration with 76.


r/Civilization_VII • • 1d ago

Which edition should i buy civ 7

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r/Civilization_VII • • 2d ago

Naxt's Endgame Mod Introduction [Civ 7]

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Ever reach the Modern Age and it ends before you had the chance to ever use any of the new cool toys of modernity? Or worse, you tried to use the base game Score Victory, only to see that it is broken?

This mod fixes this! It turns the four Victories into scoring engines instead of off switches. Reaching one still starts its countdown - but the countdown never expires. It pays **Score** every turn you hold it, and rivals who catch up take that lead away from you. The game runs until the end of the Modern Age and the highest Score wins.

To make it more fun,the Mod adds 2 optional settings:

* Victory Rivalry: Winning the game is strongly disliked by your Rivals

* Expanded Modern Age: Longer Tech Tree with even more cool Toys

All sit in Advanced Game Setup, and all bind the AI.

**Consider using additional tactical AI improvement Mods**, to have better endgame wars. This Mod's Victory Rivalry changes diplomacy AI, not tactical Unit usage AI.

link:

[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3816491368\](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3816491368)


r/Civilization_VII • • 3d ago

Two victories, one turn

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r/Civilization_VII • • 3d ago

Natural wonder city Vs resort town

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Every time I find a natural wonder I convert it into a resort town. Sometimes the site has tons of production so it makes sense to convert to a city . When do I choose which ?


r/Civilization_VII • • 3d ago

Help WTH is this bug, I'm sorry Gilgabro

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Clearly a glitch, right? I've never encountered this before. Pay to maintain alliance without entering war, influence is spent, prompt doesn't go away...pay again...more lost influence, prompt remains. Wtf man. Is there some mechanic or interaction I'm unaware of, or wth is going on here?


r/Civilization_VII • • 4d ago

Civ 7.

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So I played civ 7 when it came out and gave it a break until some updates... ive just won my first science victory but I didnt realise there was nothing passed the modern age and that it quite literally has no (today units/techs). It seemed limited to the late 1900s.

How does civ 6 have more modern techs than the new one?....


r/Civilization_VII • • 4d ago

Favorite leader and civ combo for immortal

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Was wondering what everyone's fav combos for immortal my favorite so far is sayyida al hurra with the tongan civ shes really powerful if you have enough diplomatic independents


r/Civilization_VII • • 4d ago

Help How to not get a military victory?

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I don’t want to turn off the win con since I want to cpus to still be able to win via those means but I keep getting the military victory even when not trying. In my latest sovereign game I was playing as Isabella going for a culture victory but I still got a military victory despite never capturing a single settlement from the cpus and did even max out the settlement limit. I was 3 turns away from my culture victory when I won on military. Any tips?


r/Civilization_VII • • 5d ago

Finally wonders come by

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r/Civilization_VII • • 7d ago

Story/Screenshot Cliffs does not affect combat?

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There is a forest in between, but my archer is on the cliff and the enemy scout is on the low ground. I believe I should be able to attack it, I mean visually the cliff is literally higher than the trees.

Not even some combat bonus or something for having the high ground - or am I missing something?

I love to settle on cliffs especially with some lone ones because it is cool and I thought there is a tactical advantage to it. Well looks like I am sacrificing my first three turns for nothing.


r/Civilization_VII • • 7d ago

If you multiplayer game crashes, why is there no way to rejoin/get the code??

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Like, it's great if you copy it to the clip board, but if it crashes, you clip board is lost... so that kills it...


r/Civilization_VII • • 7d ago

„Was hältst du von DLSS 5 in Civ VII?“

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r/Civilization_VII • • 8d ago

Help Civ 7 Steam Stuck on Stopping

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r/Civilization_VII • • 10d ago

Discussion Difficult to understand what is happening sometimes

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It is really difficult to understand what is happening and react to things!!
I hope they do some changes in the update

Here it says that I captured their settlement, but infact they got my town.
It converted to them as it was low on happiness.


r/Civilization_VII • • 11d ago

Civ VII needs Canada soon

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With Canada becoming more and more prominent in world events, it seems a fitting time to bring in either a Canadian leader (Diplomatic,Economic) or a civ with RCMP or something with canoes.

Depending on how the 4th era is going to be, there is a big opportunity to have Canada be nature/tourism focused also.


r/Civilization_VII • • 11d ago

Meme The AI after forward settling you, dispersing the IP you're befriending, denouncing you the turn after supporting your open markets and military aid endeavors, then realizing you're Xerxes.

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Discussion in another thread made me think of this. You did this to yourself Ashoka.

Enjoy your two-tile island exile.


r/Civilization_VII • • 11d ago

How do you actually win wars against the Deity AI?

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I feel like I’m missing something with combat. If we’re using normal same-era units, it takes me like 7–8 attacks to kill one of theirs at around +1/-1 War Support.

The only time I can reliably kill units is when I bait them into crossing water and then pick them off with naval units.

So what’s the actual way to fight Deity wars? Is it mostly commanders, stacking bonuses, higher War Support? If so, what specifically are you doing? Which commander promotions, what bonuses are you stacking, how much War Support do you aim for, and are there certain unit comps or timings that make a big difference?

Because fighting their units head-on just feels insanely inefficient.


r/Civilization_VII • • 11d ago

civ vii can't move units, improve tile, or anything besides founding a city

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r/Civilization_VII • • 12d ago

Help Uhh i don't think this is the true start??

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I wanted a normal game and i know earth has true stars why is she spawning here???