TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 IN THE BEGINNING 3 Introduction ...................................................................4 The Civilopedia .............................................................6 System Requirements.....................................................7 Installation......................................................................8 The Tutorial ...................................................................9 Starting a Game .............................................................9 The Civilization IV Web Site ........................................16 Saving and Loading a Game .........................................17 Chapter 2 THE BASICS 21 Introduction .................................................................22 Civilization IV Turn Structure .......................................22 The Interface ...............................................................23 Terrain .........................................................................29 Units ............................................................................32 Combat........................................................................39 Cities............................................................................45 Cultural Borders...........................................................63 Technology ..................................................................65 Workers........................................................................71 Work Boats ..................................................................76 Religion.......................................................................77 Civics ...........................................................................82 1 Great People.................................................................91 Golden Ages.................................................................94 Wonders.......................................................................95 Diplomacy ...................................................................99 Victory.......................................................................105 Chapter 3 ADVANCED RULES 107 Introduction ...............................................................108 Terrain .......................................................................108 Resources...................................................................112 Units ..........................................................................123 Cities..........................................................................146 Civilizations................................................................159 Difficulty Levels..........................................................166 The Options Screen ...................................................168 The Custom Game Screen .........................................169 Multiplayer Games......................................................172 Mods..........................................................................174 Afterwords..................................................................175 Chapter 1 in the beginning APPENDIX 189 Reference Charts........................................................190 Credits........................................................................216 Limited Software Warranty and License Agreement...............................................221 Warranty ....................................................................223 Product Support .........................................................224 2 3 INTRODUCTION Welcome to Sid Meier's Civilization IV ®, the game in which you match wits against the greatest leaders of all time in a battle of warfare, diplomacy, religion, commerce and technology. If you fail you will be destroyed, your empire just a pathetic and sad footnote in the annals of history. But if you succeed, your glory will live on forever, and you will build a civilization to stand the test of time! Civilization IV is the latest iteration of Sid Meier's Civilization, first released in the early 1990's. From its inception the Civilization series has been acknowledged as the first and best world history simulation, lauded for its incredible depth of play and its extraordinary addictive nature. We believe that Sid Meier's Civilization IV lives up to the quality of its predecessors. Herein you'll find greatly-enhanced graphics and sound, new technologies, units and other game elements, improved multiplayer capacity, and increased "moddability" (gamer modifications).We hope you enjoy it! technologies, found religions, dominate their neighbors, and so forth. Under your guidance your citizens will learn how to construct tools and weapons of bronze and how to domesticate wild animals. They'll learn how to read and write, how to sail on the oceans, how to harvest metals from beneath the earth. Your cities will begin to expand, filled with barracks, libraries and temples. Eventually your people will discover the compass, the printing press, and gunpowder. Their railroads will cross the country, while their mighty frigates dominate the world's oceans. Eventually their military will battle with their neighbors not with muskets and cannon, but with rifles, artillery, bombers and battleships - and perhaps someday with tanks, stealth bombers and nukes! By game's end they'll have achieved all of the wonders of the 21st century ­ and more! If they survive, that is. And that's up to you. In fact, pretty much everything is up to you. Civilization IV is a game of choices.There are always decisions to be made, ranging from grand strategy to day-to-day city-management. And they're all important. That's one explanation for the game's addictive quality.You are in charge ­ not the computer.Your civilization rises or falls according to your wisdom or folly. It's good to be ruler! Good luck, and enjoy. NEW PLAYERS: WELCOME TO CIVILIZATION IV! In Civilization IV, you start with a tiny group of settlers in the middle of a vast and unexplored world. From these humble beginnings you will build a new city, creating workers to improve the land, scouts to explore the world, settlers to build new cities, and warriors to protect what's yours. Soon you will meet other civilizations. Some you will coexist with peacefully, trading goods, wealth, and even new advancements in technology. Others you will fight ­ perhaps to the death! A game of Civilization IV can span the entirety of human history. You begin at the dawn of the Stone Age, your people primitive hunter-gatherers armed with stone weapons and clad in the skins of animals, on the verge of extinction from starvation, animal attack, or from the encroachment of hostile tribes. It's your job to see to it that they prosper and grow: expand their territory, build and mold mighty cities, discover new FANS OF PREVIOUS CIVILIZATION TITLES: WELCOME TO CIVILIZATION IV We've made a lot of changes in this version of Civilization. In addition to the dramatic improvements to the game's audio and graphic components, we have added many cool new technologies, units, buildings and wonders.We have improved and expanded the ways you control your cities and government.We have streamlined or removed many time-consuming elements of the previous games, especially in less enjoyable areas like pollution control and civil disorder. 4 5 We have greatly enhanced Civilization IV's multiplayer capacity by adding many new gameplay options and vastly improving game stability and connectivity. We have programmed the game using XML (Extensible Markup Language) and Python (a scripting language), which allows for much easier game modification. The best way to find out what we've done to improve Civilization IV is, of course, to play it. But if you dislike surprises, you can check out the "Comparisons with Previous Civilization Games" section of the Civilization IV web site, at www.CivIV.com tains much of the information found in this manual, but organized for easy reference.The Civilopedia contains entries on virtually every item and concept in the game, and each entry contains hyperlinks to other related entries, which allows you to quickly navigate to the precise info you're looking for. The Civilopedia is accessible from the "Main Screen" or via "hotkey" (see later in this manual). Use it early and often ­ it will quickly make you a Civilization IV master! SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.2GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent 256MB RAM 64 MB Video Card w/ Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better) DirectX7 compatible sound card CD-ROM Drive 1.7GB of free hard drive space DirectX9.0c (included) ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual will tell you everything you need to know in order to enjoy Civilization IV.The manual is divided into four sections: In the Beginning, The Basics, Advanced Rules, and Appendices, Charts, and Tables. The section you're reading now, "In the Beginning," introduces the game to you. "The Basics" contains everything you need to know to manage and mold your civilization during the first millennia or so. "Advanced Rules" contains additional game rules, while the "Appendix" contains, well, the appendix. Perhaps the best way to learn how to play Civilization IV is to go through the in-game tutorial, read "The Basics," and then start playing.You can check out the "Advanced Rules" section later on, if you find that you need more information. Of course we know that many of you will dive into the game head-first, counting on your native intelligence and gaming experience to guide you, referring to this manual only as a last, desperate resort. Hey, go for it! It's your game, after all. But be warned: the leaders of the other civilizations are tricky ­ especially at higher difficulties ­ and they know all the rules. RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent/better 512 MB RAM 128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 8 support (pixel and vertex shaders) DirectX7 compatible sound card CD-ROM Drive 1.7GB of free hard drive space DirectX9.0c (included) THE CIVILOPEDIA The Civilopedia is accessible by pressing [F12] or by clicking the Help icon at the top right of the main screen.The "Civilopedia" is an incredibly helpful in-game resource. It con- SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS Windows 2000 (plus Service Pack 1 or higher), Windows XP (Home or Professional) (plus Service Pack 1 or higher) 6 7 INSTALLATION Insert your Sid Meier's Civilization IV Disc 1 CD-ROM (or DVD ROM, no disc number) into your drive. On the setup screen, [Click] Express Install for a default installation without further prompting. Advanced users can choose Custom Install to customize the installation path. THE TUTORIAL Civilization IV is a big game. To ease the learning curve, we have provided a tutorial to teach you the basics of controlling your empire.We seriously suggest that you check it out, especially if you're new to the world of Civilization. WHAT'S IN THE TUTORIAL The tutorial is designed to teach the novice to play Civilization IV.The tutorial describes the interface, explains the basic concepts in the game, and shows you what you need to do to win. You'll learn how to manipulate your forces and your cities, and you'll get some strategy tips as well. HOW TO START THE TUTORIAL You must first install Civilization IV onto your computer as described in the previous section. Once the game is installed, follow the instructions in "Starting a Game" (the next chapter), until you reach the Main Menu. One of the buttons on the Main Menu says, "Tutorial." Click on this button to begin. STARTING A GAME To play Sid Meier's Civilization IV you must first install the game on your computer's hard drive. See page 8 for installation instructions. Once Civilization IV is installed, you are ready to play. To begin a game, insert the Civilization IV Disc 2 CD or DVDROM into your computer's CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. Then double-click on the Civilization IV icon on your desktop, or navigate to the folder where you installed the game and double-click on the program, which is titled "Civilization4.exe". The game should begin immediately. If it does not do so, see the "Tech Support" section of this manual. THE MAIN MENU Once the opening sequence is complete, you will be at the Main Menu screen. This screen gives you the following options: 8 9 Tutorial: Click on this button to begin the Civilization IV tutorial. See the previous chapter for details on the tutorial. Single Player: Click on this button to begin a standard "solo" game of Civilization IV ­ just you against the computer. Click here also to resume a saved single-player game. Upon clicking here you are taken to the "Single Player Game Menu." See below for details. Multiplayer: Click on this button to begin a "multiplayer" game of Civilization IV. In a multiplayer game, you play against one or mor ...