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It is possible to play Civilization 4 in multiplayer mode, though the services that facilitated this originally have long since shut down. 2K games very generously started a program whereby customers could get a free Steam key for their copy of Civilisation 4. A very thorough set of instructions on how to install Civilization IV and its expansions are available here. Skip intro videos [ edit ] Instructions [ citation needed ]. Sid Meier's Civilization IV Warlords Beyond the Sword [Add-On] Colonization [Standalone Add-On] Gold Edition: System Language Protection CD Cover. Apply the official Civilization 4 v1.61 Patch. Replace the original CIVILIZATION4.EXE file with the one from the File Archive. Play the Game! Download latest patch and updates for Civ4. We have added a Gift Upgrades feature that allows you to gift an account upgrade to another member, just in time for the holiday season.

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Find the 'civ4config' file in the game folder and open it with a text editor such as Notepad. Now change the 'CheatCode = 0' line to 'CheatCode = chipotle'. Save the file.
During game play press ~ (Tilde) to bring up the console, you can now enter one of the following case sensitive codes:
Display all console window codes - help
Stop music - Sound.noMusic
Reload audio scripts - Sound.reload
Stop Soundscape from playing - Sound.stopSoundScape
Play sound - AS2D, AS3D, ASSS - Sound.play string <filename>
Finds entities with black emissivity - Graphics.FindBlackPlotsAndCities
Hide attachables - Graphics.HideAttachables
Force light update on all entities - Graphics.ForceLightingUpdate
Rebuild terrain and lighting - Graphics.ReBuildTerrain
Set Hill scale - Graphics.SetHillScale <floating number>
Set Peak scale - Graphics.SetPeakScale <floating number>
Set water plane height - Graphics.setWaterHeight <floating number>
Set render depth for quad tree - Graphics.quadTreeDepth <integer>
Toggle water - Graphics.toggleWater
Display terrain - Graphics.displayTerrain bool bOn
Toggle grids - Graphics.toggleGridMode
Dump texture palette - Graphics.showTexturePalette
Set texturing - Graphics.setTextureMode bool bOn
Set wireframe - Graphics.setWireframe bool bOn
Morph the globeview count times - Profile.morphGlobe <integer>
Rebuild city indicated number of times - Profile.rebuildCity <x coordinate>, <y coordinate>, <integer>
Rebuild plot indicated number of times - Profile.rebuildPlot <x coordinate>, <y coordinate>, <integer>
Dump animation information to debugging window - Profile.dumpAnimLog
Set minimum time to capture spikes; set to 0 to disable spikelock - Profile.setSpikeThreshold <milliseconds>
Dump console command history - Console.History
Writes HTML documentation for the current console commands - Console.CreateDocumentation <filename>
Clear the console - Console.Clear
Display current logging status - Log.status
Toggle logging - Log.toggle
Clear the log file - Log.clear
Erase units and cities from map - Map.empty
Fill map with units and cities for performance testing - Map.fill
Replot Goodies - Map.generateGoodies
Replot Bonuses - Map.generateBonuses
Replot Features - Map.generateFeatures
Replot Rivers - Map.generateRivers
Erase Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodies - Map.eraseGameElements
Replace Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodie - Map.replaceGameElements
Change the active landscape info - Map.setActiveLandscapeID <landscape number>
Erase all plots - Map.erasePlots
Reload Game Text xml files - Xml.reloadGameText
Reload Civ4TerrainSettings.xml - Xml.reloadLandscapeInfo
Reload Civ4ArtDefines.xml - Xml.reloadArtDefines
Toggle output of texture loads/accesses to debug output - Game.toggleTextureAccessInfo
Force AI to play for indicated number of turns - Game.AIPlay <integer>
Create sequences associated with the selected unit - Game.createSelectedUnitKFs
Free sequences associated with the selected unit - Game.freeSelectedUnitKFs
Save WorldBuilder save description file - Game.saveWorldBuilderSave <filename>
Toggle Animation Test Tool - Game.toggleAnimationTest
Show GFC directory chooser - Game.gfcDirChooser
Show GFC file dlg window - Game.gfcfiledlg
Show GFC test popup - Game.testGFC <integer>
Show test popup - Game.testFont bool bEnable
Show the Python test popup - Game.testPythonPopup
Show test popup - Game.testPopup
Scroll to the bottom - Game.scrollBottom
Scroll to the top - Game.scrollTop
Clear the listbox below - Game.clear
Display the help popup - Game.helpScreen
Debug mode - Game.toggleDebugMode
Debugging - Game.showWBPalette bool bCreate
Compute md5 checksum for the directory tree specified - App.calcFolderChechsum <directory>
Set debugging value - App.setMooseDbg2 <integer>
Set debugging value - App.setMooseDbg1 <integer>
TGA full screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires 'AllowScreenShots=1' in ini. - App.takeFullScreenShot
TGA screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires 'AllowScreenShots=1' in ini. - App.takeScreenShot
Set maximum frame rate; 0 to disable - App.setMaxFrameRate <floating number>
Update existing value in the ini file - App.setIniFile <group key>, <key>, <value>
Crash game - App.crash
Return the application link time - App.getBuildTime
Test player unit iteration - Player.testUnitIter <integer>
Change players gold; 0 is active player - Player.changeGold <player number>, <gold>
Set players gold; 0 is active player - Player.setGold <player number>, <gold>

Keyboard Cheats
Press the following during game play after you have enabled the above Game.toggleDebugMode code:
World editor - Ctrl + W
Decrease highlighted unit's strength by 0.2 - Shift + [
Increase highlighted unit's strength by 0.2 - Shift + ]
Increase gold by 1000 - Ctrl + 4
Display debug menu - Ctrl + D
Insert unit/city - Ctrl + Shift + Left Mouse Button
Increase highlighted city's population by 1 - Shift + Plus
Increase highlighted city's culture by 10 - Ctrl + Plus
Instant production completion for highlighted city - Plus
Level up highlighted unit - Ctrl + Plus

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Installation

The game should install just fine from its original optical media discs. Simply place the first disc in your computers optical drive and follow the on-screen prompts. If installation does not start automatically, browse to the CD in Computer/This PC and run the “Autorun.exe” file manually. At the end of the installation process, the installer may offer to install Xfire. Unfortunately the Xfire service shut down some time ago, so simply skip this part of the process.

If you’re installing the Steam version, installation is automatic and managed from your Steam library from within the Steam program itself.

Patching

Before starting your quest for world domination, you should install the latest patch. Users who purchased the game on Steam do not need to install any patches, as the Steam service itself keeps the game fully up to date. For those of us playing using the original retail version, you should download and install patch 1.74. You can download the patch here.

Once the patch has downloaded, simply run it and follow the on-screen prompts.

Uncivilized copy protection

The retail DVD versions of Civilization 4 are protected with a copy protection system known as Safedisc. Unfortunately, citing security concerns, Microsoft removed support for Safedisc protected games both in Windows 10 and, retrospectively through Windows update, in Windows 7 and 8 as well. Unfortunately this means that in order to play the retail version on a modern PC, you will need to obtain a de-protected or cracked version of the game. Due to copyright laws we can’t link to this file directly, we can tell you however that the cracked version of the game we obtained was by a group called “Reloaded” and had an MD5 hash of AE3B47863E7D88636A5C87D90643E845. As always, take extra care on the shadier parts of the internet when looking for these files.

When you obtain the cracked Civilization 4 executable, you simply need to replace the existing one. Use Windows Explorer or File Explorer to browse to the games installation directory, by default that is “C:Program Files (x86)Firaxis GamesSid Meier’s Civilization 4”. Find “Civilization4” or “Civilization4.exe” and rename it (e.g to “old”). Now, copy over the de-protected Civilization4 file. Once it is in place, you can start the game from the Start menu or screen normally.

Graphics and other settings

Civilization 4 isn’t a game that’s big on fancy graphical effects, but that’s no reason why it shouldn’t look as pretty as possible. From the games main menu, choose “Options”, then on the window that appears, choose the “Graphics” tab. The window shown below should then be displayed.

Some settings here are down to personal preference, for instance “Show Health Bars”, while other settings affect the visual quality of the game. For the most part you can simply set every setting to the maximum. You should set the following options as shown below for maximum visual quality:-

Globe View Buildings Disabled – Deselected

Full-screen Mode – Selected (unless you wish to play in windowed mode)

High Detail Terrain – Selected

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You can also set the games screen resolution from this window. Generally you should set this to the highest available option. If you use a widescreen resolution (such as 1080p, 1920×1080) some of the games cut-scenes may appear a little stretched, but the game itself should look fine.

Troubleshooting

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“Please login with administrator privileges and try again” or similar error when starting the game – This is the games copy protection failing to initialise, you will need to find a crack/hacked version of the game or purchase the Steam edition instead.

Multiplayer and other notes

It is possible to play Civilization 4 in multiplayer mode, though the services that facilitated this originally have long since shut down. 2K games very generously started a program whereby customers could get a free Steam key for their copy of Civilisation 4. Since the Steam gaming service includes Multiplayer functionality, this meant that Civilization 4 is fully playable online again. You can find more details of this offer here. This program is due to shut down in June 2017, so hurry if you want to take advantage of it.

The game is also compatible with direct IP connections and therefore compatible with the Evolve gaming service, however we haven’t tried multiplayer using this program so we cannot comment on how well it works.

Save games for Civilization 4 can be found in C:Users(your username)AppDataRoaming, or, if you’re running the Steam version, in C:Users(your username)DocumentsMy GamesSid Meier's Civilization IVSavessingle.

Screenshots

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