Civilization 4 Cheats

Cheat Codes: Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the “civ4config” file in the game folder. Change the “CheatCode = 0” line to “CheatCode = chipotle”. Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following case-sensitive codes to activate the corresponding cheat:

CHEAT FUNCTION – CHEAT CODE Display all console window codes – help Stop music – Sound.noMusic Reload audio scripts – Sound.reload Stop Soundscape from playing – Sound.stopSoundScape Play sound – AS2D, AS3D, ASSS – Sound.play string Finds entities with black emissivity – Graphics.FindBlackPlotsAndCities Hide attachables – Graphics.HideAttachables Force light update on all entities – Graphics.ForceLightingUpdate Rebuild terrain and lighting – Graphics.ReBuildTerrain Set Hill scale – Graphics.SetHillScale Set Peak scale – Graphics.SetPeakScale Set water plane height – Graphics.setWaterHeight Set render depth for quad tree – Graphics.quadTreeDepth Toggle water – Graphics.toggleWater Display terrain – Graphics.displayTerrain bool bOn Toggle grids – Graphics.toggleGridMode Dump texture palette – Graphics.showTexturePalette Set texturing – Graphics.setTextureMode bool bOn Set wireframe – Graphics.setWireframe bool bOn Morph the globeview count times. – Profile.morphGlobe Rebuild city indicated number of times – Profile.rebuildCity , , Rebuild plot indicated number of times – Profile.rebuildPlot , , Dump animation information to debugging window – Profile.dumpAnimLog Set minimum time to capture spikes; set to 0 to disable spikelock – Profile.setSpikeThreshold Dump console command history – Console.History Writes HTML documentation for the current console commands – Console.CreateDocumentation Clear the console – Console.Clear Display current logging status – Log.status Toggle logging – Log.toggle Clear the log file – Log.clear Erase units and cities from map – Map.empty Fill map with units and cities for performance testing – Map.fill Replot Goodies – Map.generateGoodies Replot Bonuses – Map.generateBonuses Replot Features – Map.generateFeatures Replot Rivers – Map.generateRivers Erase Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodies – Map.eraseGameElements Replace Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodie – Map.replaceGameElements Change the active landscape info – Map.setActiveLandscapeID Erase all plots – Map.erasePlots Reload Game Text xml files – Xml.reloadGameText Reload Civ4TerrainSettings.xml – Xml.reloadLandscapeInfo Reload Civ4ArtDefines.xml – Xml.reloadArtDefines Toggle output of texture loads/accesses to debug output – Game.toggleTextureAccessInfo Force AI to play for indicated number of turns – Game.AIPlay Create sequences associated with the selected unit – Game.createSelectedUnitKFs Free sequences associated with the selected unit – Game.freeSelectedUnitKFs Save WorldBuilder save description file – Game.saveWorldBuilderSave Toggle Animation Test Tool – Game.toggleAnimationTest Show GFC directory chooser – Game.gfcDirChooser Show GFC file dlg window – Game.gfcfiledlg Show GFC test popup – Game.testGFC Show test popup – Game.testFont bool bEnable Show the Python test popup – Game.testPythonPopup Show test popup – Game.testPopup Scroll to the bottom – Game.scrollBottom Scroll to the top – Game.scrollTop Clear the listbox below – Game.clear Display the help popup – Game.helpScreen Toggle debug mode – Game.toggleDebugMode Debugging – Game.showWBPalette bool bCreate Compute md5 checksum for the directory tree specified – App.calcFolderChechsum Set debugging value – App.setMooseDbg2 Set debugging value – App.setMooseDbg1 TGA full screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires “AllowScreenShots=1” in ini. – App.takeFullScreenShot TGA screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires “AllowScreenShots=1” in ini. – App.takeScreenShot Set maximum frame rate; 0 to disable – App.setMaxFrameRate Update existing value in the ini file – App.setIniFile , , Crash game – App.crash Return the application link time – App.getBuildTime Test player unit iteration – Player.testUnitIter Change players gold; 0 is active player – Player.changeGold , Set players gold; 0 is active player – Player.setGold ,

Debug mode commands: Use the following commands after enabling the Game.toggleDebugMode code:

CHEAT FUNCTION – COMMAND World editor – [Ctrl] W Decrease highlighted unit’s strength by 0.2 – [Shift] [ Increase highlighted unit’s strength by 0.2 – [Shift] ] Increase gold by 1000 – [Ctrl] 4 Display debug menu – [Ctrl] D Insert unit/city – [Ctrl] [Shift] Left Mouse Button Increase highlighted city’s population by 1 – [Shift] [Plus] Increase highlighted city’s culture by 10 – [Ctrl] [Plus] Instant production completion for highlighted city – [Plus] Level up highlighted unit – [Ctrl] [Plus]

City editor: Highlight a city, then press [Ctrl] [Alt] Left Mouse Button.

Carrying out multiple tasks: You can order your great persons to carry out multiple tasks the same way you can order your workers by holding [Shift]. For example, you can order your great scientist to join the city as a specialist ten times, get some techs, and finally build an academy — all that with only one scientist.