Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Developers
	Firaxis Games
Publishers
	2K Games
OS X, Linux	Aspyr Media
Engines
	LORE
Release dates
Windows	October 24, 2014
macOS (OS X)	November 26, 2014
Linux	December 18, 2014

Warnings

Mantle graphics API option requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.5.1.

Key points

AMD Crossfire uses can enable Split-Frame Rendering (SFR) for more consistent frame rates (see Essential Improvements)

General information

PC Report - Civilization: Beyond Earth on Linux

Official game series site

Civilization Wiki - A detailed wiki for all Civilization games and their spin offs

Apolyton Civilization Site's Civilization: Beyond Earth section - A huge forum dedicated to all Civilization games and their spin offs

CivFanatics very large Civilization community

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
Green Man Gaming
Mac App Store		Currently single player only. Multiplayer support will be added in a future update.
Steam

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Exoplanets Map Pack	Pre-order bonus
Rising Tide

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

The cinematic intro video can be disabled from the in-game options screen in the "Interface Options" tab.

Instructions

Speed up main menu options

Instructions

Enable Split-Frame Rendering (SFR)

Enabling SFR results in better multi-GPU performance with more consistent overall frame rates.

Instructions

Game data

Configuration files location

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System	Location

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

The configuration can be found in config.ini.

User preferences can be found in UserSettings.ini.

Advanced graphics settings can be found in GraphicsSettings.ini.

Cache\ and Logs\ folders are highly compressible

Save game data location

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System	Location

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Only 10 saves can be synced. Select "Steam Cloud" in the Save menu to access.

Though save files are compatible between systems, you will need to rename them manually when moving. This is because patches to non-Windows releases are sometimes delayed, which might cause compatibility issues.

Video settings

Video Options.

Input settings

Interface Options.

Remapping

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio Options.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Traditional Chinese

Network

Multiplayer Options.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		8
LAN play		8	Seems to have issues with more than 4 players.[citation needed]
Online play		8
Asynchronous multiplayer

Issues unresolved

AMD - Actual mouse cursor position becomes offset

AMD has reported an issue where the actual mouse position becomes offset from the cursor position. They are working with Firaxis to correct this issue.

Instructions

Unable to use resolutions beyond 1280x720 on 144Hz monitors

Instructions

Issues fixed

Game crashes on "Configuring Game Data"

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	4	OS X and Linux only.
Mantle support		Requires an AMD video card with a driver version earlier than 19.5.1 (2019).
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista SP2, 7	Vista SP2, 7
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz	1.8 GHz Quad core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI HD3650 or better nVidia 8800 GT or better Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	AMD HD5000 series or better (or ATI R9 series for Mantle support) nVidia GT400 series or better Intel IvyBridge or better integrated graphics DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c‐compatible	DirectX 9.0c‐compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5 (Mavericks), 10.10 (Yosemite)
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon 4850 nVidia 640M Intel HD 4000

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	SteamOS, Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	AMD A10 Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 260