Civilization – How do we save a multi-player game

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Is there a way to save a multi-player game so that we can return to it later? I can't find an option. It was possible in Civ 4.

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Update: Saving in multiplayer is now simply an item on the menu, accessible by pressing escape. (I can't recall off the top of my head if only the host can save, or if any player can save.)

Old answer from before saving was simple below:

No, you can not manually save in multiplayer. You can however change your settings so that Civilization 5 autosaves your game every turn.

Now to see if I can find some links to support my answer...

EDIT: The Civilization 5 manual claims the that HOST can save, and if the host disconnects someone else is nominated host. Having never hosted, I can't confirm if this is possible. I believe every player can still autosave as usual.

When hosting a game, you can save your game’s progress and load it up at a later date, especially useful for long-running games which can span longer than a day. From within the Setup Multiplayer Game Screen, click the “Load Game” button to browse your list of saved games.

If for any reason you become disconnected while playing a Multiplayer game, the system will try to reconnect you automatically. If the host of a game leaves (for whatever reason), the game will attempt to migrate the host controls to a different player.

Next chance I get I will run a little experiment to confirm all this.

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