User Guide

THE MAIN SCREEN
During a game of Civilization IV, you will spend most of your
time on the Main Screen. It is here that you move your units,
build cities and improvements, launch attacks against your
neighbors, and so forth. The Main Screen has the following
elements:
Main Map
This is where the action takes place.The Main Map displays all
of your “Known World” – therein you can see your cities, ter-
rain, improvements, resources and units, and all neutral/foreign
lands that are “visible” to you.
NAVIGATING THE MAIN MAP
There are a number of ways that you can change your point of
view on the Main Map:
Zoom In and Zoom Out: Use your mouse wheel or
press [PageUp] and [PageDown] to zoom in and out on the
Main Map.
Scroll: Move your cursor to the edge of the screen to scroll
the Main Map in that direction.
Re-Center: Click on a space on the Main Map to center the
Main Map on that space.
Change Viewing Angle: Press [Crtl-left arrow] and [Ctrl-
right arrow] to change your viewing angle by 45 degrees.
Auto-Center Upon Unit Activation:When a unit becomes
“active” during your turn the Main Map automatically centers
upon that unit.
Manually Center Upon Active Unit: press [c] to center on
the current active unit (sometimes necessary after scrolling
around during your turn).
Mini Map: Click on a space on the Mini Map to center the
Main Map’s view on that space.
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Mini Map
The Mini-Map is a much smaller representation of the world.
As described above, you can re-center the Main Map by click-
ing on a location in the Mini Map.
BUTTONS ATOP THE MINI-MAP
There are a number of buttons along the top edge of the Mini
Map; these allow you to manipulate what is displayed on the
Main Map. These buttons “toggle” – click once to turn on a
display, click again to turn it off.
Ping: This function is useful only during multiplayer games. It
allows you to mark a location on the map that is visible only
to players on your team. (See the section on Multiplayer
Games for more details.)
Show Tiles: This places a visible grid atop the tiles on the
Main Map.
Bare Map: This hides all units on the Main Map.
Yields Display: This displays the commerce, food and pro-
duction “yields” of each tile.
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Mini Map
Ping Bare Map
Scores
Display
Resource
Display
Show Titles Yields Display
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