How to play Civ5 multiplayer in virtual LAN (VPN).

[Nefliqus]

If you want to play Civ5 multiplayer game in virtual LAN you can use new game tool: EVOLVE (https://www.evolvehq.com). It is very easy.

Evolve VPN Client:
https://www.evolvehq.com/client

Right now I'm not sure if this will improve Civ5 MP stability or not, but it will likely solve a lot of the firewall and router issues that some players might have. So I would like to have this tested by you guys and get some feedback.

Some Screenshots:



You have to activate first two options to detect civ5.





It works very well, I'm suprised that it is not popular. You have to activate all features to detect civ5, picture #2. Setting everything is a little bit hard at the beginning but after this you can play civ5 over VPN, import users list from STEAM, Facebook, Google+ and integrate it with YouTube (automatic video upload to YouTube). Additionaly it has TeamSpeak feature and very nice lobby for VPN network. Really nice tool for players.

You can add me to your Evolve friends list clicking on this link:
https://www.evolvehq.com/recruit/fri...Zfg53y1IcRBdWk

Link to civplayers.com VPN network:
https://www.evolvehq.com/recruit/par...c1ljVrYJJc1stU

Link to KAC-CIV5-VPN (forum.civilization.org.pl) network:
https://www.evolvehq.com/recruit/par...S8nFP3qW31CMDU

Info in polish how to setup this VPN:
Opis po polsku jak ustawić sobie ten VPN:
http://forum.civilization.org.pl/vie...=215060#215060

Unfortunately you have to use STEAM to start Civ5 but you can switch STEAM to Offline mode.

Have fun.

[Commander Kickass]

This worked phenomenally well! Just finished a game with a friend. I wish Steam provided a service like this. It is a little strange with how it handles activation and the other things that you need to install, but I got over it quickly enough.

[CanuckSoldier]

This worked phenomenally well! Just finished a game with a friend. I wish Steam provided a service like this. It is a little strange with how it handles activation and the other things that you need to install, but I got over it quickly enough.

Yes as I have posted at Civplayers, I'd really like to see games played using the VPN and see if it makes Civ5 more stable and if we can push the number of players reliably to 6-8 players in a game.

And the Civplayers Group with chat is here https://www.evolvehq.com/groups/922 The link above is to a "party" which is Evolve-speak for a pre-game staging room that launches the VPN for individual games. I just made a test one as did Nefliqus for the polish KAC league.

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[Nefliqus]

This worked phenomenally well! Just finished a game with a friend. I wish Steam provided a service like this. It is a little strange with how it handles activation and the other things that you need to install, but I got over it quickly enough.

What is your nick in Evolve? This is my profile:
https://www.evolvehq.com/recruit/par...c1ljVrYJJc1stU
Add me if you want to play.

[Nefliqus]

The Find Game button is very useful too. Just click it and wait for some player. Simetimes it takes 1 min, sometimes 15 min but it is the best way to find new player with civ5.




Additionaly you have to switch off connection sharing in windows setup if you can't join to LAN game or launch the game as host. Restart civ5 after it.