User Guide

Visit Civilization IV Web Site: Click here to visit the
Civilization IV web site, where you’ll find a lot of Civ-related
news, updates, scenarios, and more. (You must be connected to
the Internet to use this option.)
Credits: Click here to roll the credits for this game.
Go Back: Click here to return to the Main Menu.
GAME SETUP
Once you click on the “Play Now” button on the “Single
Player Game Menu” (see above), you begin the process of cre-
ating the world your people will inhabit.There are several steps
to this process:
Select a Map
There are many world templates available to play upon. Each
creates a different kind of landscape. The “Continents” tem-
plate, for instance, creates a world with a number of sizable
continents, not unlike the planet we occupy. Pangaea, on the
other hand, creates a world with a single, massive continent
surrounded by endless water. (Note:While each template gen-
erates specific types of worlds when chosen, each individual
world created will be different from game to game.)
When you click on a template, an image of a sample world will
appear on the screen next to the menu. This does not display
the actual world that you will be playing on, of course.
WORLD TYPES
Worlds may be of one of the following types:
“Terran” Worlds are very similar in layout to Earth.
“Continental” Worlds are multiple landmasses separated by
oceans.
“Archipelago” Worlds consist of many small areas of land
completely isolated by the surrounding oceans.
“Pangea” Worlds contain one giant landmass.
“Ice Age” creates a world in which every civilization
involved must make the best use of its available resources in
slightly rough terrain.
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“Oasis”Worlds include a vast desert dotted by oases and sur-
rounded by jungle.
“Lake”Worlds consist of one large landmass containing many
lakes.
“New World” Most civilizations start out on a single land mass.
To the east or perhaps west lies an uncharted new continent.
WORLD SIZE
After you have selected a map-type, you next choose the size
world on which you will play.World sizes run from “Duel” to
“Huge.”
The size of the world will have important effects on the game.
For one thing, it limits the number of civilizations that will be
in the world. A “Duel”-sized world can hold up to three civi-
lizations, for example, while a “Standard” can hold eight, and a
“Huge” world a whopping twelve civilizations.
As a general rule, the larger the world, the longer the game will
take to complete. Civilizations will be larger and thus take
more effort to conquer. A larger world generally means that
there are more units and cities in play, and this means that each
turn will take longer to complete. It may be fun to conquer a
huge world, but it may also be a big time commitment.
We recommend that for your first few games you stick with
“Standard”-sized maps or smaller.
Once you have selected a world size, click “OK” to proceed.
Or click “Go Back” to return to the “Select a Map” screen.
CLIMATE
The world’s climate affects the type of “terrain” in the game.
There are five different climates to choose from:
Temperate: The world will have about the same climate as
our world does.There will be a mixture of plains, forest, desert,
jungle and tundra.This is a good climate to start with.
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