Multiplayer Helper (MPH)

Multiplayer Helper: Originally built for Civilization esports event (e.g. CWC tournaments), this mod initial objective was to limit the amount of game re-lobbying by preventing the AI from taking over players unit during on disconnect. It has grown to include numerous MP & SP quality of like improvements for competitive players such as well as new gameplay modes. Check the install video guide made by Auguthy Note: the OCC / One City Challenge game mode is now available in stand-alone format here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2512813845 In-game improvements: AI will not automatically takeover humans unit on disconnection. Allowing player to reconnect and then move their units. Host can decide if the AI is taking over if it is a legitimate quit. Players can vote in-game to restart on a new map seed. Host can directly remap in-game New lua-based turn timers with most popular tournament settings, also available in SP for training. A technology or civic will be auto-selected at the end of any turn in which you do not manually select one. This tech/civic is always the lowest cost tech/civic that you can research usually from top to bottom vertically in the event there are more than one tied for lowest cost. Note: New functionalities available from the in-game (Esc) menu under "Multiplayer Helper" Frontend improvements: Players can rename themselves directly from the lobby Game is now supporting up to 50 players Host can restrict trading (e.g. No military Alliance or no Gold trading) Host can prevent surprise wars or friendship Players can vote to select their map settings ("Voting Draft") Players can do esports style draft with Map Bans, Leaders Ban, and timed pick ("Tournament Draft") Players can be restricted to pick from a randomly allocated leaders only ("Restricted Draft") Note: Due to some restrictions to Firaxis mod hotloading, some new functionalities such as drafting are requiring the mod to be subscribed and the game to be restarted in-