{"id":109119,"date":"2016-10-25T08:51:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T06:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=109119"},"modified":"2016-10-25T08:52:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T06:52:05","slug":"performance-fixes-and-ui-tweaks-for-civilization-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/109119-performance-fixes-and-ui-tweaks-for-civilization-vi","title":{"rendered":"Performance fixes and UI tweaks for Civilization VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although Civilization VI has had a relatively smooth launch, there are still a number of unaddressed bugs and UI issues,<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the Civilization Reddit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/civ\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>community<\/strong> <\/a>have pooled their resources and come up with a number of fixes for various issues, along with several quality-of-life improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the most common issues below, or\u00a0head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/civ\/comments\/58tbvd\/list_of_answers_to_bugs_and_ui_issues_answers_to\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Civit<\/strong> <\/a>subreddit to see\u00a0the full list of fixes if your problem isn&#8217;t listed below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Mouseover tooltips take too long to show up<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Holding shift while mouseovering will make the tooltip show up instantly.<\/li>\n<li>To increase the speed of tooltips on mouseover, open\u00a0&#8220;Sid Meiers Civilization VI\\Base\\Assets\\UI\\ToolTips\\Plot Tool Tip.lua&#8221; and edit line 32: &#8220;local TIME_DEFAULT_PAUSE :number&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Turn off unit auto cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigate to &#8220;Documents\/My Games\/Sid Meyer&#8217;s Civilization VI&#8221;, open &#8220;UserOptions.txt&#8221; and find the following line: &#8220;Does the selection auto cycle to the next available unit? (0 = no, 1 = yes) AutoUnitCycle 1&#8221; and change the 1 to a 0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Freezing and Crashing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Defender can cause a number of issues with Civilization VI, including loading screen crashes, freezes, and crashes upon exit. Excluding Civilization VI from Windows Defender seems to fix most of these issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fix edge scrolling at top of screen<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open &#8220;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Sid Meier&#8217;s Civilization VI\\Base\\Assets\\UI\\worldinput.xml&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>It is recommended to change the offset&#8217;s location to the top of the screen instead of below the top bar.\u00a0search for the following text and change the size of the scroll area (in pixels) accordingly:<\/li>\n<li>Container ID=&#8221;TopScreenEdge&#8221; Anchor=&#8221;L,T&#8221; Size=&#8221;Full,3&#8243; Offset=&#8221;0,0&#8243; \/<br \/>\nContainer ID=&#8221;BottomScreenEdge&#8221; Anchor=&#8221;L,B&#8221; Size=&#8221;Full,30&#8243; Offset=&#8221;0,0&#8243; \/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fix various audio bugs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of audio bugs which can usually be fixed by trying the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open playback devices\u00a0in Windows\u00a0and change the frequency from 192kHz to 96kHz.<\/li>\n<li>Open in-game sound settings, choose the playback device -&gt; Properties -&gt; Advanced and\u00a0try changing the sound quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Now read:\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to Major gaming organisation hires the first professional Civilization VI player\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/109059-major-gaming-organisation-hires-the-first-professional-civilization-vi-player.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Major gaming organisation hires the first professional Civilization VI player<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frustrated by the little bugs and UI issues in Civilization VI? 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