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Old 10-29-2005, 04:17 AM
Blarg Blarg is offline
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Default Civ 4 tips and tweaks

I don't have the game yet, but it's coming in the mail. Meantime, I've checked out some of the forums, and on this one:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=144

found some handy tips from users in different threads. I thought some of the Civ freaks here might benefit. Please feel free to post your own. I'm not going to clean up the ones I found, since I'm quoting them. Here goes.

First, on windowed mode, then some more on that, as well as other stuff.

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You need to edit the game's .ini file. It should be inside "My Documents\My Games\Civilization

IV".

Then in the ini file, look for the lines:

; Specify whether to play in fullscreen mode 0/1/ask
FullScreen = 1

Personally I like to use "FullScreen = ask" so I can choose whether I want to play in full

screen or not.

While you are there, you may also want to enable screenshot capture if it's not enabled

already;

; Allow Screenshots. May affect performance on some video cards
AllowScreenShots = 1
Then to take screenshots, you just hit the PrintScreen key on your keyboard and it will output

the screenshot in JPEG format.
Screenshots are saved to the "My Documents\My Games\Civilization IV\ScreenShots" folder.

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Also, you can set the size for the window in the INI. It's much better than resizing the

window or maximizing, which can lead to having cursors not pointing correctly, and doesn't

actually "show more" if you make it bigger anyways.

;
ScreenHeight = 960

; Custom Screen Resolution, ex: 1200x1200 - Normal resolutions can be set in-game and will be

used when both values are set to 0
ScreenWidth = 1260

Those are my settings for 1280x1024, giving enough room for the start menu and some leeway on

the sides of the screen.

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This is for the users out there that wish to Run Civ4 in Windowed mode. Of the users that I

have had contact with that have run Civ4 in windowed mode, there was no noticable performance

hit.

One note: in windowed mode you cannot 'bump' the screen edge to scroll the map. Use your

keyboard's arrow keys instead.

How to set up windowed mode:

1) Browse to C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 -- or your Civ4 root

directory.
2) Double-click "_Civ4Config" -- this will load CivilizationIV.ini, which is actually stored

somewhere in your MyDocuments... _Civ4Config is a shortcut to it.
3) Find the line that reads "FullScreen = 1"
4) Change the 1 to either 0, or ask (ask will make a pop-up when loading the game that lets

you choose each time)
5) Save and Exit
6) Reload Civ4.

Note: Two additional changes might be necessary to ensure the full window is visible. Either

change the resolution in-game, or manually change it by the following:

(This example sets the game's window size to 1024x768, useful for players with desktop res at

1280x960)

7) load the same Config file as before
8) Find and change ScreenHeight from 0 to 768
9) Find and change ScreenWidth from 0 to 1024
10) Save and Exit.
11) Reload Civ4.

Enjoy Windowed mode =)

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One more tweak.

To use mouse scrolling to move around the map in Windowed mode change this ini file entry to

from 0 (default) to 1. (ie 0=no scrolling 1 =scrolling)


Quote:
; Allow Mouse Scrolling in Windowed mode
MouseScrolling = 1

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Hello All,

Like many I received a French Language Tech Tree Poster in my Civ4 box.

2k Was kind enough to post a .pdf of the poster in English. Kudos to them.

Problem is, the damned thing is so small when printed you can't read it.

So I, instead of working today, fired-up PhotoShop and made a new .pdf file which has the

different sections of the poster blown-up and on spearate pages.

Download it HERE: http://ericcable.net/Civ4/Civ4.zip

I don't feel the thing viloates copyright in any way as I simply taking the .pdf that 2k is

distributing for free, and presenting it differently.

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Old 10-29-2005, 04:21 AM
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Default Re: Civ 4 tips and tweaks

For a couple of days, my life will suddenly come to a screeching halt. This game will be teh pwn.
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Old 10-29-2005, 04:24 AM
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For a couple of days, my life will suddenly come to a screeching halt. This game will be teh pwn.

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I am having a hard time playing poker at the computer. for some reason civ4.exe starts on its own at periodic intervals.
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Old 10-29-2005, 09:03 AM
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For a couple of days, my life will suddenly come to a screeching halt. This game will be teh pwn.

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I am having a hard time playing poker at the computer. for some reason civ4.exe starts on its own at periodic intervals.

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My computer is infected with the same virus.
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Old 10-29-2005, 10:03 AM
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Default Re: Civ 4 tips and tweaks

I have thrown away and rebought about 5 different games for this purpose. I think warcraft 3 hold the individual record at 4 times.

I know some people are thinking I'm crazy for wasting the money re-buying the game every time, but its actually netted me a ton of money.

I'm not buying civ3 untill I go on a huge downswing. Hopefully.
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Old 10-29-2005, 10:19 AM
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For a couple of days, my life will suddenly come to a screeching halt. This game will be teh pwn.

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I am having a hard time playing poker at the computer. for some reason civ4.exe starts on its own at periodic intervals.

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My computer is infected with the same virus.

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ROFL. nh.
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Old 10-29-2005, 02:43 PM
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Default Re: Civ 4 tips and tweaks

Oh no, oh no. I didn't even know this was in production. I must resist this urge I have. This game will steal life from me. You are still the man Blarg, for bringing this to my attention but it will steal life from me.

Ah sweet succubus, how hard you are to resist.
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Old 10-29-2005, 03:01 PM
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Default Re: Civ 4 tips and tweaks

I've only been able to play it for an hour or so, but this game looks pretty [censored] awesome. My computer kinda chugs on it though, I might try turning down the video quality settings.
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Old 10-29-2005, 03:05 PM
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Default Re: Civ 4 tips and tweaks

Check out Sulla's Civ4 Walkthrough for in introduction to the gameplay. Good thing my current computer can't run it, or my dissertation would never get finished.
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Old 10-29-2005, 03:22 PM
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Hey, that walkthrough looks pretty cool. Thanks Sulla.
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