I have tried to search on this thread and Warlords thread for this topic. There doesn't seem to be any current information. I understand that the game file Firaxis uses for saves is limited to 2GB. I also read where they patched this, but it's happened on vanilla and Warlords so far. Would someone with the knowledge please direct me on accessing the proper game file for this and what to do to do/type to correct this? I am apprehensive about downloading third party patches, especially outdated ones. I am...

Hello everyone, it's good to see that people are still active on this forum. I just purchased Civ 4 for the first time for the PC a week ago and I have the complete edition. I am new to Civ 4, but have over a 1000 hours in Civ5 (well offline added, more like 2000+). I wanted to go in blind with no mods, but decided to come here and humbly seek your wisdom. I see there are not many guides *edit:in English* for how to properly play, or how mods for QoL or enhancements that improve graphics/...

I finally convinced my friends to play this game with me but steam wont do any more than 4 players. Everything me and my friends have researched shows old stuff that don't work/unsupported nowdays. Does anyone have a private way to host more than 4 people?...

Civilization is one of my favorite franchises, if not my favorite. I have about 3000 hours in Civ 5, and I played Civ 4 a long, long time ago... I also tried Civ 6, but I just can't. It's total garbage. I won't even waste words on Civ 7. My question is why do you still play Civ 4, and not Civ 5, for example? Does Civ 4 work well on Windows 10 and 11? I'm asking this because I'm getting a little bored with Civ 5, and since I have no other choice, I plan to go back to Civ 4....

Has anyone found a fix for this? I force DirectX 9, I fixed memory handling, tried the 4bg patch it didnt work on vanilla, run as admin with win7 compatibility, disabled fullscreen optimizations, lowered graphics. I just want to play long games, with huge maps and lots of civs...