User Guide

During Play
Once again, get rid of any menus waiting for a response from
you, and then type [Ctrl-l]. (Alternatively, hit [Esc] and then click
on “Load Game.”) This will bring up the “Load Game” screen.
Load Game Screen
Once on the Load Game screen, click on the name of the
game you wish to load and then click [OK]. Or, if you saved
the game in a different location, navigate to the correct folder,
click on the game, and then click [OK]. The game will load
and you’ll resume play at the point where you saved the game.
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Saved Game Locations
Games are saved in two locations: single games are saved in
“My Documents\My Games\Sid Meiers Civilization
4\Saves\single;” multiplayer are saved in “My Documents\My
Games\Sid Meiers Civilization 4\Saves\multi.” The “single”
and “multi” folders will contain sub-folders holding the special
“auto” and “quick” saves.
SPECIAL SAVES
Auto-Save
The program automatically saves the game every four turns.To
load an auto-saved game, bring up the “Load Game” screen
and then use the navigation box to open the appropriate
“auto” folder (see box). Once you’re in the correct folder, click
on the name of the game you want to load, and then click
[OK].
Quick Save
One other save/load option is available to you: “Quick Save,”
which is particularly useful when you’re in a hurry.Type [Shift-
F5] to “Quick Save” your game.The game will be automati-
cally saved without requiring further input from you. Only one
game can be quick-saved at a time: a future quick-save will
overwrite the current one.
Type [Shift-F8] to load the quick-saved game.
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