Hints & cheats
- for Civilization IV (PC)
- Reviewed by: Andrew Park
- Review date: 10/26/05
- Release date: 10/25/05
Secrets
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Enable cheats
In your Civilization config-file (check where you installed it), change
; Move alongCheatCode = 0to ; Move along
CheatCode = chipotle Debug menus and hot keys
After you have enabled debug mode there are a number of hot keys to bring up new menus and edit things on the map.
CTRL + w: brings up the world editor.SHIFT + [: decreases a units strength that your mouse is over by 0.2.
SHIFT + ]: increases a units strength that your mouse is over by 0.2.
CTRL + 4: increases your gold by 1000.
CTRL + d: brings up the debug menu.
Codes
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Cheatdialog
- Code Result
- SHIFT+T CheatDialog Insert Unit/City
- Code Result
- ctrl+shift+left click Insert Unit/City More hot keys
- Code Result
- (Unit) Ctrl + "+" Unit level up
- (City) "+" Immediately complete whatever the city is producing
- (City) Ctrl + "+" Add 10 to city culture
- (City) Shift +"+" Add 1 to city population
- Ctrl + W World editor
- Shift + [ Decrease highlighted unit's strength by 0.2
- Shift + ] Increase highlighted unit's strength by 0.2
- Ctrl + 4 Increase gold by 1000
- Ctrl + D Display debug menu
- Ctrl + Shift + Left Mouse Button Insert unit/city
- Shift + Plus Increase highlighted city's population by 1
- Ctrl + Plus Increase highlighted city's culture by 10
- Plus Instant production completion for highlighted city
- Ctrl + Plus Level up highlighted unit
- Shift + T Pops up a dialogue to change a certain nations gold and change the era
- Highlight a city. [Ctrl] + [Alt] + Left Mouse Button City editor Debug Codes
- Code Result
- help Displays all console codes
- Sound.noMusic Stops music
- Sound.reload Reloads audio scripts
- Sound.stopSoundScape Stops soundscapes from playing
- Graphics.ReBuildTerrain Rebuilds terrain and lighting
- Graphics.SetHillScale <number> Sets hills' scale
- Graphics.SetPeakScale <number> Sets peaks' scale
- Game.showWBPalette bool bCreate Debugging
- Player.setGold <player #>, <amount> Sets players gold (0 is active player)
- App.crash Crashes game
- Game.AIPlay <turn #> Forces AI to plat a certain number of turns
- Game.toggleTextureAccessInfo Toggle output of texture loads/accesses to debug output
- Xml.reloadArtDefines Reload Civ4ArtDefines.xml
- Xml.reloadLandscapeInfo Reload Civ4TerrainSettings.xml
- Xml.reloadGameText Reload Game Text xml files
- Console.CreateDocumentation <filename> Writes HTML documentation for the current console commands
- Console.Clear Clear the console
- Console.History Dump console command history
- Profile.morphGlobe <integer> Morph the globeview count times.
- Profile.rebuildCity <x coordinate>, <y coordinate>, <integer> Rebuild city indicated number of times
- Profile.rebuildPlot <x coordinate>, <y coordinate>, <integer> Rebuild plot indicated number of times
After applying "CheatCode = chipotle" in configuration-file, open console with ~ and use command "game.toggledebugmode".
With debugmode turned on you can press SHIFT+T to open CheatDialog to alter Gold and TechnologyAfter active the cheat mode, press ctrl+shift+left click on a tile. A menu will pop up and allow you to insert unit or city for players/opponent.
First enable Debug Mode then have either a unit or a city selected and push the following keys:
Open the "civ4config" file found in your Sid Meire's Civilization IV install directory (Default is "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4") find "cheatmode = 0", change it to "cheatmode = chipotle". During any game, open the console by pressing the tilda key "~", and type in one of the following then pressing enter.
Civilization IV (PC):
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