Firaxis has released Civilization 6 update 1.17 on all platforms, and this unannounced patch doesn’t seem to bring in any new content. Read up on what’s new in the Civ 6 May 18 patch notes.
Civilization 6 Update 1.17 Patch Notes | Civilization 6 May 18 Patch Notes:
Download Size: 41MB (Steam)
Update: Over on the game’s Steam page, multiple users have reported a version change among other things. Also of note, the Mac version of the game didn’t get a patch, so crossplay is not working, which developer Aspyr is aware of.
The acknowledgement from Aspyr:
Civilization VI crossplay is temporarily unavailable between Mac and Windows players. Mac players will not be able to connect to Windows players, and vice versa. Our team is working to bring the versions back in sync as soon as possible.
We’ll update this article when we have any new information. Thank you for your patience.
Over at SteamDB, we can see that they updated Main Game (+230.71 KiB), Main Game EXE (+22.50 KiB), Civ GH (Expansion 1, +51.34 MiB) and DepotTest (BlackDeath Senario pack, +59.82 MiB). And unknown changes to DLC01 (Viking Senario) and DLC05 (Nubia pack) – (via ChrisMartin)
Another Steam user reported that multiplayer broke with the patch when Steam is in offline mode (via AmShaegar).
– You cannot start a multiplayer LAN game. When confirming the settings nothing happens.
– You cannot join a game. It says, an error occurred.
For now, Firaxis nor publisher 2K has mentioned anything about today’s patch. The latest acknowledgement about the game comes from its announcement about the Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Let's celebrate Vietnamese warrior, Bà Triệu, in honor of #AAPIHeritageMonth
🐘 Rode into battles atop a war elephant
🌟 Known as "The Lady General clad in Golden Robe"
🙏 Praised for her loyalty & bravery
🏛 Temple built in her honor still stands at Thanh Hóa Province pic.twitter.com/mWc902TmM8
— 2K (@2K) May 18, 2023
On the game’s subreddit, multiple people have mentioned that the title update has caused issues. With some stating issues with saves, and even how their 2K account has been affected by the update.
- The only change I’ve noticed so far is that I got kicked out of the 2K account lol. I tried signing in again and it says that the mail is already linked to another PS account. 🫠 unlinked it on the 2k site and then linked again on PS. Works now. (via AxeVice)
- And now none of my saves will load.(via Jimothy-Juice)
Unfortunately, this patch doesn’t seem to help with the game’s crashing issues.
We’re on the lookout for any changes, and if we spot any — or if Firaxis releases the official patch notes — we’ll be sure to update the article.
I downloaded it and now I get this error. “Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access them”. I have no idea how to fix it.
They say that civ7 is already in development. (aside, I just had to look up the word “development” in google because for some god awful reason, this miserable text input has a spell check with zero capacity to spell words like “development”. FU and moving on… Firaxis sucks. Period, like the bloody kind. I say this as a loving father of a teen age daughter. Like how da-hel can’t industry figure this the f-out? Seriously?! Why in the heck should I try to figure this crap out or accept it for what it is when I have genuine debuding skills and I feel like I’ve been set up for failure? Thank you and the end, a-holes.