Difference between revisions of "Sid Meier's Civilization VI"
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===Version differences=== | ===Version differences=== | ||
− | {{ii}} The '''Digital Deluxe | + | {{ii}} The '''Digital Deluxe''' version includes a 25th Anniversary Digital Soundtrack and access to four post-launch DLC packs. |
− | {{ii}} The '''Platinum Edition | + | {{ii}} The '''Platinum Edition''' bundle includes the base game and the DLC content that was not part of the New Frontier Pass. |
{{ii}} The '''Anthology''' bundle includes the base game and all DLC, including the New Frontier Pass and Leader Pass content. | {{ii}} The '''Anthology''' bundle includes the base game and all DLC, including the New Frontier Pass and Leader Pass content. | ||
Revision as of 12:03, 10 July 2024
Developers | |
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Firaxis Games | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media[1] |
Linux | Aspyr Media[2] |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
OS X, Linux | Aspyr Media[1][2] |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 21, 2016[3] |
macOS (OS X) | October 24, 2016 |
Linux | February 9, 2017[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 88 |
OpenCritic | 89 |
IGDB | 87 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, DLC, Subscription gaming service |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | 4X, TBS |
Themes | Historical |
Series | Civilization |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Sid Meier's Civilization | 1991 |
Freeciv (unofficial) | 1996 |
Sid Meier's Civilization II | 1996 |
Civilization II: Test of Time | 1999 |
Sid Meier's Civilization III | 2001 |
Sid Meier's Civilization IV | 2005 |
CivCity: Rome | 2006 |
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization | 2008 |
Sid Meier's Civilization V | 2010 |
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth | 2014 |
Sid Meier's Civilization VI | 2016 |
Sid Meier's Civilization VII | 2025 |
Sid Meier's Civilization VI is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view 4X and TBS game in the Civilization series.
The game received two major expansion packs: Rise and Fall in February 2018, and Gathering Storm in February 2019, both introducing new civilizations, units, mechanics and scenarios. It also received a number of minor DLC with a smaller number of civilizations and scenarios; despite their modular nature, all players need to own them in multiplayer in order to use their content.
From May 2020 to March 2021, the game received content that was part of the New Frontier Pass, which included several minor expansions that would include one or two new civilizations, but were bundled with new game modes as well. The final piece of new content, the Leader Pass from November 2022, gradually released alternate leaders for existing civilizations.
The game includes a benchmark option.
General information
- Official 2K Games forum
- Official support knowledgebase for Windows
- Official support knowledgebase for OS X and Linux
- Civilization Wiki - A detailed wiki for all Civilization games and their spin offs
- Civilization Fanatics' Civilization VI section
- Civilization Fanatics' Civilization VI Forums
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Only the base game was released at retail. | |||
Publisher website | Digital Deluxe version also available. | |||
Amazon.com | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Amazon.co.uk | Digital Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Epic Games Store | DRM-free when launched directly from executable. Aztec DLC also Included[4] Platinum and Anthology Editions also available; DLC only available as upgrades to these editions, not separately. |
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GamersGate | Digital Deluxe, Platinum and Anthology Editions also available. | |||
Digital Deluxe, Platinum and Anthology Editions also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Digital Deluxe, Platinum and Anthology Editions also available. | |||
Humble Store | Digital Deluxe, Platinum and Anthology Editions also available for Steam. | |||
Mac App Store | Singleplayer-only. | |||
Microsoft Store | Platinum Edition and Anthology Edition also available. | |||
Steam | Digital Deluxe, Platinum and Anthology Editions also available. |
Version differences
- The Digital Deluxe version includes a 25th Anniversary Digital Soundtrack and access to four post-launch DLC packs.
- The Platinum Edition bundle includes the base game and the DLC content that was not part of the New Frontier Pass.
- The Anthology bundle includes the base game and all DLC, including the New Frontier Pass and Leader Pass content.
Demo
- A free demo is available via Steam (allow Steam popup):
steam://install/537570
.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Minor DLC includes one or two civilizations, as well as scenarios and secondary game modes. |
Expansion pack | Expansion packs include multiple civilizations, mechanics, and secondary game modes. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Rise and Fall | Expansion | |
Gathering Storm | Expansion | |
Khmer and Indonesia Civilization & Scenario Pack | ||
Nubia Civilization & Scenario Pack | ||
Persia and Macedon Civilization & Scenario Pack | ||
Australia Civilization & Scenario Pack | ||
Poland Civilization & Scenario Pack | ||
Vikings Scenario Pack | ||
Maya & Gran Colombia Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass | |
Ethiopia Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass | |
Teddy Roosevelt Persona Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass, can not be purchased separately | |
Byzantium & Gaul Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass | |
Catherine de Medici Persona Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass, can not be purchased separately | |
Babylon Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass | |
Vietnam & Kublai Khan Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass | |
Portugal Pack | Part of the New Frontier Pass | |
Leader Pass | Contains small leader DLCs to be released from November 21, 2022 to March 2023. |
Essential improvements
Automatic unit cycling
Disable automatic unit cycling[5] |
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Notes
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Skip intro videos
Disable the intro Video at game startup[6] |
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Replace For the Gathering Storm expansion, replace |
Edge scrolling
Fix top edge scrolling being triggered before the mouse reaches the edge of the screen[7] |
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Notes
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UI scaling
Apply UI scaling at any resolution[8] |
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\ |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/ |
Mac App Store | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/aspyr-media/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\Saves\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Epic Games Launcher | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization VI (Epic)\Saves\ |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves/ |
Mac App Store | $HOME/Library/Containers/Civilization VI/Data/Library/Application Support/Sid Meier’s Civilization VI/Saves[9] |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/aspyr-media/Sid Meier's Civilization VI/Saves/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
- A 2K Account (formerly my2K) can be used for save synchronization.
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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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 and 120+ FPS | Includes optional fps cap with 20, 30 and 60 fps settings Can go up to 144fps, possibly higher. (Currently bugged, defaults to 60fps) |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Color blind mode | Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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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) |
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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 | Steam Controller only. |
Controller types |
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Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | Narrated by Sean Bean | |||
Belarusian | Fan translation, Steam Workshop. | |||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Czech | Fan - #1 ⠀ DLC | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | Hot seat |
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LAN play | Requires an active internet connection (presumably for games with the May 2023 update installed) [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] . Can be abused to set up teams in Single Player | ||
Online play | |||
Asynchronous multiplayer | Known as 'Play by Cloud' under multiplayer |
- Uses Epic Online Services for Epic-Games Store Version of the game.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (DX11). |
Issues fixed
Linux
Game crashes on launch
If your game crashes immediately after launching it you can try changing your launch options to:
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/openssl-1.0 %command%
Should that not work, you can try this instead:
LD_PRELOAD=$HOME/.steam/steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 %command%
If you use Wayland, you might also need to set QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
for the launcher to work.[16]
Windows
Game is shown as running in Steam or Epic Games Launcher even after quitting.[4] |
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Open task Manager and end the process "QtWebEnginerProcess.exe" . |
Game crashes when loading into game
Game crashes after purchasing New Frontier Pass / Installing new mods |
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Notes
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Other information
Disable narration
Disable narration of loading screen and researched technologies text[17] |
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Notes
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Bypass launcher
Bypass the 2K launcher and open game directly from library (Steam Only)[18] |
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Notes
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API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 | |
OpenGL | OS X/Linux only | |
Metal support | Metal support since 5 April 2019 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | Includes Fork Particle. |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.995b |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8.1, 10 | |
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 |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum[19] | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.11.6 | 10.12 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 775M AMD Radeon HD 6790 Intel Iris Pro 1 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
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Minimum[20] | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz AMD A8-3870K 3.0 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 1 GB of VRAM |
- AMD/Intel GPUs aren't officially supported.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aspyr Media on Twitter - last accessed on 2016-10-04
- "#CivilizationVI is coming to Mac! Preorder now! #2K #AspyrMedia"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Linux Releases February 9! - The Aspyr Blog - last accessed on 2017-02-07
- ↑ 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 [...]"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Ultragamer2004 on 2020-05-21
- ↑ Reddit /r/civ: PSA: You can turn off unit cycling in Civ 6 - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Reddit /r/civ - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Reddit /r/civ: PSA: How to fix edge scrolling in Civilization VI - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Steam Community: How to make the UI bigger - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Civilization VI Mac: FAQ - last accessed on 3 May 2023
- ↑ " NEW 41MB UPDATE!" Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2024-01-21
- ↑ "LAN mode not working without active internet connection" Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2024-01-24
- ↑ "WTF can't play civ 6 LAN without an internet connection anymore?" GameFAQs - last accessed on 2024-01-21
- ↑ "Offline Local Network game stuck at Confirm Settings" Reddit - last accessed on 2024-01-21
- ↑ "LAN mode not working without active internet connection" Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2024-01-21
- ↑ Cannot Create LAN Multiplayer Game "Offline" Civfanatics Forum - last accessed on 2024-01-21
- ↑ Wayland - ArchWiki - last accessed on 2020-08-29
- ↑ YouTube: No More Bean - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PSA: How to bypass the launcher in Steam - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Aspyr Blog - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI: Rise and Fall - Aspyr