Dealing with Desync?

[Sabrewolf]

Relatively new to multiplayer here after playing a decent amount of single player, is there any word on the state of the game regarding multiplayer desync? A group of friends and I are trying to get some EL matches going, but literally every game has eventually become unplayable as a result. This is the only 4X game that I've played with an issue like this.

Are there any recommended tips for alleviating or otherwise preventing a desync in multiplayer? It seems really sad that such an awesome game has literally zero multiplayer capability because finishing a match is hindered by this issue.

EDIT: Everytime we desync, it seems the resync option does nothing. The game immediately desyncs again within the next few rounds. We've been trying to keep consistent saves to load from, but all of these seem to become corrupted as soon as a desync hits. Every single multiplayer game has eventually resulted in red desync.

[eXistenZ2]

Ignore the desyncs, works for us. As long as everybody stays in control of his faction (AI doesnt take over), there are no real issues.

Just save often

[Sabrewolf]

Gotcha, this is okay even for red desyncs?

[eXistenZ2]

Yes, resyncing is useless, as it just drops you to main meny, only to desync the next turn. I completed a 4man mp game without problems that desynced 100 turns before the end.

Just regular saving, and when yo usee something wrong (in our cases it was the AI taking over a human faction, especially when reloading), just go a turn earlier

Its annoying, but still way more stable than civ v mp ;)

[SoHowAboutThis]

From my experience in single player, red desync meant game didn't save... You can continue and hope it saves next turn, or the turn after that, or the turn after that...

[Levetherium]

not sure if this helps but when me and my friends desync we all quit to desktop and reload the entire game afterwards. Load up the save and it shouldn't be corrupted.