Sid Meier's Civilization VArchipelago randomizer mod

Compatibility notes

• Requires the Steam edition with Gods & Kings, Brave New World and all civilization packs. The maintainer's troubleshooting specifies game version 1.0.3.279. The unexpanded base game is not supported.
• Install civv.apworld, generate the room and open your own generated Civ V patch through Archipelago Launcher. It installs a slot-specific CivVAPMod into the user's MODS directory and starts the Civ V Client. This is not a generic mod archive shared between all slots.
• Enable EnableTuner in the game's configuration, but do not run the separate FireTuner SDK program alongside the client. This setting disables Steam achievements; restore it when returning to ordinary achievement-enabled play.
• On Windows use DirectX 11, not DirectX 9. The guide also gives a Linux user-data MODS location, so Linux is listed as an upstream-documented route, not an independently verified Panludia or Proton playtest. macOS mod compatibility is not established here.
• Enter through Mods, enable the matching CivVAPMod, then choose Single Player. Loading a save must use the same mod-enabled path. The connection is not ready until Begin Your Journey or Continue Your Journey has completed.
• Check the mod subtitle against your patch filename. The client validates a unique output-file ID and refuses a mod from another slot. Keep each campaign's patch, save and connection details together and back up saves before switching campaigns.
• This integration changes most of the game's databases and intentionally does not promise compatibility with other mods. If the vanilla technology tree still appears, reload the mod through the main menu before continuing.
• World Wonder Sanity is explicitly unsuitable for synchronous sessions according to the maintainer. Promotion Sanity can demand considerable unit leveling. Leave the additional sanity options off for a more manageable first campaign.
• Logic requirements aim to keep research, culture and victory practical. They cannot describe every strategic position or guarantee a particular map, opponent difficulty or game speed will be enjoyable. Those game settings remain separate from AP's placement rules.
• An occasional Free Policy notification can remain visible even when no free policy is available. The maintainer documents it as a display limitation. Reconnect and synchronization paths exist, but complete campaigns and every recovery scenario have not been independently playtested by Panludia.