mph error? pls help

[birdy]

Error:birdy - MPH not preloaded. Cannot check ModVersion.
You do not have a fully loaded version of MPH!
Please subscribe to the mod on Steam.
Be sure you to have MPH selected in addition content
Be sure to restart the game before joining this game

I get this message everytime I try to join a multiplayer game that has mods. I've never had this issue before and now I can't play at all w others using mods. I have it set to auto-download mods required and they are enabled. Surely it doesn't expect me to leave the game and manually subscribe to them all in the workshop?

[Heau]

MPH changes a lot of things in the user interface. It generally requires a game restart after installation so it is likely not trivially compatible with the auto-download feature. It's also one that can be finnicky and require a deliberate unsubscribe and resubscribe when major updates are made to the mod.

But it's helped improve the stability of multiplayer games in the Civ Player's League community quite tremendously.

So for that one, I'd suggest you at least search the workshop for "multiplayer helper" mod and read through the mod page. It may answer your questions better than I can regarding autodownload and whatnot.

MPH+BBG+BBS (better balanced game / better balanced start), to my understanding, are commonly used even in pug/open lobby MP games.

[Evrach]

Originally posted by birdy:

Error:birdy - MPH not preloaded. Cannot check ModVersion.
You do not have a fully loaded version of MPH!
Please subscribe to the mod on Steam.
Be sure you to have MPH selected in addition content
Be sure to restart the game before joining this game

I get this message everytime I try to join a multiplayer game that has mods. I've never had this issue before and now I can't play at all w others using mods. I have it set to auto-download mods required and they are enabled. Surely it doesn't expect me to leave the game and manually subscribe to them all in the workshop?

MPH was probably updated recently. As you have enabled auto-download, you probably had dowloaded an outdated version at some time, and there's conflicts with the new version your system is trying to install now.
Unsubscribe manually and properly in the workshop and it should work again. Only three mods are mandatory to play online usually (unless you're playing with random weird people), MPH, BBG and BBS so it can be handled manually without problem.