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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization cover
Developers
Firaxis Games
Publishers
2K Games
Engines
Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2008
macOS (OS X) December 29
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization guide on StrategyWiki
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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Key points

Remake of Sid Meier's Colonization.
If you own retail version, you have to request multiplayer patch.[1]
Steam version online multiplayer has been transitioned to Steamworks.[2]

General information

Official Downloads page (patches, SDK, etc.)
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
DRM-free
Windows
Amazon.com
DRM-free
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Complete Edition. Bundled with Civilization IV.
Windows
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Retail version owners can contact 2K Support for Steam product keys.[2]

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest retail patch is 1.01f. The Steam version is already patched.

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/16810/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/16810/pfx/[Note 1]
Saves can be stored anywhere; the default locations are listed above.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
28 Hot seat
LAN play
28
Online play
28 Non-Steam versions require a GameSpy ID.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Removed from the Steam version.[2] Install the beta to regain access.[3]

Other information

API

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

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy, Steamworks All versions except Steam use GameSpy services that have been shut down.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000, XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 900 MB
Video card (GPU) 64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 1.1 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 8600
128 MB of VRAM
Supported ATI chipsets: X1600, X1900, 2400, 2600, 3870
Supported Nvidia chipsets: 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800, 9400, 9600, GT 120
Intel integrated video chipsets are not supported[4]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/16810/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (16810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References