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Procedurally generated map?

"In Civilization V, the player leads a civilization from prehistoric times into the future on a procedurally-generated map"

Civ maps are generated in full at the beginning of a game before Turn 1. These maps are not made "on the fly". Is procedural generation the correct term here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.214.196.126 (talk) 05:53, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Procedural generation doesn't mean they're made up as the game plays; it means there's a random-but-logical based process that creates the map prior to the game (eg, if you want an island-based map, it will use random results to gear the map towards islands). --MASEM (t) 06:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mods and Mac

The Mac version of Civilization V *does* support mods, but you cannot install the SDK on it, nor can you get mods through the Steam Workshop. It requires a manual installation process, but to say that mods are not supported is misleading and whatever source is linked is outdated. Wer900 • talk • coordinationconsensus defined 21:14, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Its possibly worth commenting also that the OnLive version also has no mods and is SP only Adycarter (talk) 21:22, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Free copy of Civilization V for an FA

This contest is now over. The free copy of Civilization V was won by Futuretrillionaire for bringing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to Featured Article status.
Do you want a free copy of Civilization 5?

As part of a Steam pre-order deal for XCOM: Enemy Unknown I have just received a free copy of Civilization V, a top notch turn-based strategy game. Because I already owned a copy, I am free to gift the new one to anyone with a steam account. That anyone can be you.

Below is a list of some of my favorite games that are of C class or below. I will give my copy of Civilization V to the first user that brings any of the following articles to FA status:

If none of the articles above have made it to at least the stage of a good faith Featured article candidates run by the end of the year, I will expand the list to include some of my favorites that are ranked B or above:

If none of the articles from the first section make it to the stage of a good faith Featured article candidates run by the end of the year, but one of articles from the second was promoted before the end of the year, the nominator will instantly become eligible to claim my copy of Civilization V. If no game on either of the two lists makes it to FA status by April 6, 2013 (six months from the start of this competition) I will give my copy of Civilization V to the first user that brings any role playing or strategy game to FA status.

You must leave me a message on my user talk page in order to claim the prize.

Disclaimers: I only have one copy, so if you're going to work with someone else, you need to decide ahead of time who gets the game. I can only deliver the game via Steam. By receiving the game, you agree to never disclose any information that Steam transmits along with the game. I haven't read the terms of service closely enough to know if this transaction is a violation of them. If for any reason I lose the ability to gift the game, I am under no obligation to replace it; the competition is simply canceled. I reserve the right to add more games to the above lists.

Good luck. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:22, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I am aware that some people will dislike this because it gets too close to "paid editing". I have no affiliation with anyone involved in any of these games. The selection was (essentially) completely arbitrary. The idea itself came about only because I had the game through the pre-order. If it were a different game that I recieved, I would be offering a different game. Please don't bombard my talk page if you think this is a bad idea; simply choose not to participate.

First Things First

One of the main reasons for investigating computer games is to find out whether they are FREE.

After wasting 15 minutes reading about Civ V, I have concluded this software must be purchased. Why do we not have a "Cost" section as a standard part of the commentary/definition/explanation for any software-related articles? It would have saved me 14 minutes of skimming.

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