Civilization VI

Civilization
Civilization	1991
Civilization II	1996
Civilization III	2001
Civilization IV	2005
CivCity: Rome	2006
Civilization IV: Colonization	2008
Civilization V	2010
Civilization: Beyond Earth	2014
Civilization VI	2016

Key points

Includes in-game benchmark.

General information

Official 2K Games forum

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		Digital Deluxe version also available.
Amazon.com		Digital Deluxe version also available.
Amazon.co.uk		Digital Deluxe version also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe version also available.
GameStop
Games Republic		Digital Deluxe version also available.
Gamesplanet		Digital Deluxe version also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe version also available.
Mac App Store
Steam		Digital Deluxe version also available.

All Windows versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences[edit]

The Digital Deluxe version includes a 25th Anniversary Digital Soundtrack and access to four post-launch DLC packs.

The Mac App Store version is single player only.

Essential improvements[edit]

Automatic unit cycling[edit]

Disable automatic unit cycling^[3]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit UserOptions.txt.
Change AutoUnitCycle 1 to AutoUnitCycle 0

Notes

This will stop the game from automatically switching to the next unit after ending the turn of another unit.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Disable the intro Video at game startup^[4]

Replace logos.bk2 with the replacement .bik file.

Notes

This 'fix' may need to be re-applied if you verify/validate your files, or the game updates with a patch.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

A my2K account can be used for save synchronization.

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Default: Exclusive fullscreen
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Always on, cannot be disabled
Anti-aliasing (AA)		MSAA 2X/4X/8X
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On by default
60 FPS		Includes optional fps cap with 20, 30 and 60 fps settings
120+ FPS		Can go up to 144fps, possibly higher.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		Some possible keybindings are missing, but for the most part everything that has a shortcut can be reconfigured.
Mouse acceleration		Uses windows hardware cursor, so follows the windows setting (Enhance pointer precision = on)
Mouse sensitivity		Windows hardware cursor, 1:1 movement if you run the game at your desktop resolution
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio settings[edit]

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, Ambient, Speech
Surround sound		5.1 Supported, follows windows speaker settings
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Can be toggled on/off

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English				Narrated by Sean Bean
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Hot seat
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12
64-bit executable

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 64-bit	8.1 64-bit, 10 64-bit
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 2.5 GHz AMD Phenom II 2.6 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 450 ATI Radeon HD 5570 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon HD 7970 2 GB of VRAM

OS X^[5]
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.11	10.12
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 (Quad Core)
System memory (RAM)	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 6790 Nvidia GeForce GTX 775M Intel Iris Pro 1 GB of VRAM

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Aspyr Media on Twitter - last accessed on 2016-10-04
"#CivilizationVI is coming to Mac! Preorder now! #2K #AspyrMedia"
↑ Take One More Turn in Civilization VI :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Sid Meier's Civilization VI - last accessed on 2016-05-11
"Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, set to launch on PC on October 21, 2016 [...]"
↑ Reddit /r/civ: PSA: You can turn off unit cycling in Civ 6
↑ Reddit /r/civ
↑ Aspyr Blog

[aspyrmac-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Aspyr Media on Twitter - last accessed on 2016-10-04
"#CivilizationVI is coming to Mac! Preorder now! #2K #AspyrMedia"

[windowsreleasedate-2] Take One More Turn in Civilization VI :: Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Sid Meier's Civilization VI - last accessed on 2016-05-11
"Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, set to launch on PC on October 21, 2016 [...]"

[3] Reddit /r/civ: PSA: You can turn off unit cycling in Civ 6

[4] Reddit /r/civ

[5] Aspyr Blog

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Developers

	Firaxis Games
macOS (OS X)	Aspyr Media^[1]
Publishers
	2K Games
OS X	Aspyr Media^[1]
Release dates
Windows	October 21, 2016^[2]
OS X	October 24, 2016