Guide • PC

[Guide] How to change the turn mode (Dynamic ↔ Simultaneous) of an existing Civ VI multiplayer save

Started a multiplayer game in the wrong turn mode and only noticed 190 turns in? The game won’t let you change it when you reload, but it’s a quick hex edit. This is the Civ VI version of the old Civ V trick. Why it works: Civ V stored turn mode as readable text (GAMEOPTION_DYNAMIC_TURNS) followed by an on/off byte. Civ VI doesn’t store the setting names as text; it stores 4-byte codes (CRC32 hashes). I made two saves that were identical except for turn...

LS Life

Save State 2019

LevelSave began in March of 2011 as the passion project of founders Barry Villatoro, Randy Lehmkul, and soon after, former Editor-in-Chief Chris Lock. Over the years and with the help of SO MANY awesome people, LevelSave saw tremendous growth and opportunity. Groundbreaking industry insight and intense investigative efforts led us to become a known name to those in games journalism. In that time the team changed considerably. Growing in size and gaining contributors...

News

Frank Ocean drops ‘Close To You’ music video, new song and video

Frank Ocean has returned from his silence yet again, this time by releasing a video for Blonde track Close To You as well as a second video titled only “D22S” It’s all but confirmed this account belongs to Ocean. The mysterious artist has been known to post cryptic clues to Reddit under the ‘IAmBlond’ username, and his YouTube channel of the same name streamed Grand Theft Auto V’s BlondedRADIO update before it was officially announced. 

Reviews

REVIEW: Sonic Mania – Retro Royalty

  In 2008 Capcom did something that was an uncommon stroke of genius: They made a new Mega Man game in the style of the original NES classics. To the untrained eye, you would have been left to believe they simply took the same engine and made new levels. It was that faithful, and it was a critical and commercial success as a retro-styled downloadable title. They would inevitably follow it up with Mega Man 10 two years later.

LS Life

[Update: Nope] Is Gears of War’s Marcus Fenix Named After A Christian Apologist From 200AD?

Update: I’m wrong. Well, coincidences are fun! That was fun. Cliff Bleszinski replied to our tweet with a fairly concrete denial. @LevelSave No — Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) May 23, 2017 [i]Original story below…[/i] I spent most of my day today reading about the Seven Great Wonders of the World. Of course, you can’t browse Wikiepedia without visiting half of the pages that branch off your article. Mythology, myths, laws, and other things I...

Editorials

Opinion: Say No The SNES Classic Until We Can All Buy The NES Classic

I’d like to preface this piece with the following information: I’ve waited in line 4 times, totaling over 10 hours of my free time, and still have not purchased an NES Classic. I’ve attempted to buy one second-hand without paying more than twice the retail price, with no success. I’ve been on a waiting list at a brick-and-mortar retailer (that I will not name) since the day it was announced, and have not yet acquired a unit. Still waiting on a...

News

Watch this Wednesday: Donkey Kong 64 is a bad game?

Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute. We aren’t hating here. This video does a great example of explaining what was wrong with Donkey Kong 64, giving you an excellent contrast to understand why it’s also such a great game and why Rare was such a groundbreaking developer.

Checkpoint

Checkpoint 4/1 – Not Fooling Around

Welcome to Checkpoint, a segment from the authors here at LevelSave designed to quickly let you know what is on our minds, how we are reacting to current news and trends, and some looks into content coming soon from LevelSave.com.  April 1, 2017 It’s been a long month for me. I’ve had eight dental visits, my wisdom teeth removed, a wedding, and PAX East. Forgive me for my absence. I’m back. Checkpoints: I got my hands on Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual...