User Guide

the part of the map currently visible. When this option is off, you see only the
enemy moves that cause combat. Turning off enemy moves may speed play.
Civilopedia Text turns on or off the first page of information about all entries.
When End of Turn is on, a message reports the end of each turn and must be
cleared for the game to continue. If you have no active units, this message appears
whether toggled on or off. Palace turns on or off the spontaneous improvements
to your palace by the people.
Save Game: Choosing this option stops play to save your game. For the
IBM/DOS version, follow the prompts for entering the drive where you wish the
game to be saved. Each disk may contain only four saved games, plus six
autosaved games. For the Windows and Macintosh versions, games may be
named and saved in the normal manner. The number of saved games in these
versions is limited only by disk capacity.
Retire: Ends the history of the civilization you now rule, calculating your score.
If the score is high enough, you may enter the Hall of Fame. Note that your
civilization is lost if not saved first.
Quit: Ends the history of the civilization you rule. No score is calculated and
your civilization is lost if not saved first.
Palace Window
This window presents a miniature rendition of your palace. Its breadth and
grandeur is a depiction of how well your civilization is progressing. If your
civilization prospers and grows, the people recognize the glory of your leadership
by periodically improving and expanding your palace. The relative magnificence
or shoddiness of your
palace is displayed for
you, your advisors, and
international emissaries
to see.
For more information
on the palace, see the
section Palace Window.
The Status Report
Science
Indicator
Environment
Indicator
Science
Rate
Tax RateLuxury
Rate
Treasury
Date
Population
The Civilopedia menu gives access to the on-line encyclopedia of Civilization.
Use this to quickly obtain information on many different topics such as
technology advances, military units, terrain, etc. See the manual section
Civilopedia for a description of the information available.
The following options are available from the Game menu for the IBM/DOS
version and the File menu for the Windows and Macintosh versions.
Revolution!: To change your civilization’s type of government, you must have a
revolution. The government goes into anarchy for a period of turns and then a
new type of government may be chosen. You must have acquired specific
technologies to choose a type of government other than Despotism. For a
detailed explanation of this option, see Revolution.
Tax Rate: The trade that cities generate arrives as luxury goods, tax revenue, and
new ideas (technology research). Here you can change the percentage that
becomes tax revenue. See Trade Rates for more information.
Luxury Rate: Choose this option to change the percentage of trade brought in
as luxury goods. See Trade Rates for more information.
Find City: Choose this option to locate a city in the world. Type in the name of
the city you wish to find. The map window centers on the city, unless the city is
one that you have not yet discovered.
Options: This choice opens the Options
submenu. From here you may turn on or off
some game features. Features available are Instant
Advice, Autosave, Animations, Sound, Enemy
Moves, Civilopedia Text, and End of Turn. A
check mark next to the feature indicates that it is
on. Choosing an option that is on turns it off and
vice versa.
Instant Advice provides some helpful hints for
new players. The Autosave feature automatically
saves your game every 50 turns. Animations may
be on or off. Sound effects and music may be
toggled on or off. When Enemy Moves is on,
you see the moves of enemy units adjacent to your units and moves that occur on
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