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Sid Meier's Civilization III

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Sid Meier's Civilization III
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Developers
Firaxis Games
Publishers
2K Games
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Sid Meier's Civilization III on Wikipedia
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Warnings

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⤏ Go to series page
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General information

Civilization Fanatics Center's Civilization III Page.
Steam Users' Forums for game series.
Steam Community Discussions.

Availability

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Play The World

Play The World adds additional civilizations, game modes, and multiplayer support.

Conquests

Conquests adds additional civilizations and scenarios to the game, as well as new government types and other features.

Gold Edition

Contains Civilization III and Play The World.

Game of The Year Edition

The original game with a bonus CD containing additional maps and behind-the-scenes videos.

Complete

Civilization III plus both expansion packs.

Game data

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Save game cloud syncing

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Video settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues and Fixes

Widescreen Support

Although the game is installed at a fixed resolution in 4:3 format, the game is capable of running in widescreen at modern resolutions. Editing the game's .INI file to add the line KeepRes =1 will cause the game to run in widescreen. The name of the location of the file is different depending on the version of the game. If you have Conquests or Complete installed, the file will be called conquests.ini and will be stored in the Conquests folder inside the game's folder. For Steam users, this will be C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete\Conquests.

Compatibility Settings

Issues with the game may be corrected with compatibility settings. The Steam shortcut, however, does not allow this. To run the Steam version with compatibility settings, go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete\Conquests and right click on Civ3Conquests.exe. Select properties and set the compatibility settings.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows 2000 Windows XP
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.7 GB free
Video card (GPU) Windows 2000/XP Compatible