So like many Civ VI modders, Infixo had to wait and see whether with a new DLC, expansion, or patch, Firaxis would inadvertently unlock a Lua function (or script) that could interact with the DLL. Tactical aspects of the AI are hidden away in the DLL, while Infixo says that there is no grand strategy behaviour coded into the AI diplomacy and strategy behaviours, calling them “awful” and “almost non-existent” respectively. “But it also means you can only do what Firaxis opened up for us, and no more”. “The AI is entirely coded in the DLL and there are lots of parameters that can be used to influence how this AI behaves”, he tells me. Infixo, who worked on the legendary Vox Populi project for Civ V, agrees with the consensus that the modding system here is stronger than in previous games but for the lack of source code. The AI can be changed on a strategic level – how it prioritises production, science, expansion and so on – but not a tactical level. Multiplayer scenarios, like the official Firaxis ones, can technically be made by modders, but they’d be rendered ineffective by the fact that tactical AI functions are hidden in the DLL source, and so couldn’t be changed to understand unique scenario rules.
Civ 6 patch discussion mods#
We spoke to some veterans of the Civ modding community about working without this deep-level access to the game, and the workarounds they’ve been using to get their impressive mods working regardless. But here we are, well over three years into the life of Civ VI, there’s still no sign of it.
Civ 6 patch discussion .dll#
Historically, Firaxis released this ‘DLL source’ to the public some time after a Civ game’s release – six months after Civilization IV, and 18 months after Civilization V.
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Civ 6 patch discussion series#
These types of posts should either be posted in /r/civ_memes,Īll posted content must be related to the Civilization series,Ĭivilization Beyond Earth, Alpha Centauri, or Colonization series and Memes, image macros, and reaction gifs are not allowed as posts. New Frontier Pass | April 2021 Update: Bug Reports Megathread