Civ IV - quick question

Omaeka · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:36

I grabbed all the Civ IV games a while back, the base game, Beyond the Sword, Colonization & Warlords. In Steam they are all separate games but I was wondering how they worked? Games that have their expansions merged into the core game, don't have the DLC's or expansions as their own games, but then Titan Quest does. :/

So, do I just launch Civ IV and Warlords/Colonization/BtS will be working? Or are they completely standalone games with no real relation to one another? Cheers.

Nate75 · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:45

from memory you just need to launch Warlords and that has all the content of the others.

Omaeka · 27 Jan 2013 at 19:02

Sweet, cheers mate!

Nate75 · 27 Jan 2013 at 19:09

/checks Steam library...

scratch that.

You need to run Beyond the Sword!

that has the additions from Warlords etc

Omaeka · 27 Jan 2013 at 19:17

Hmm, had a look now, and according to Steam Colonization was the last expansion pack released for IV, wouldn't that be the one to run?

Why can't Steam merge them? :/

Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the latest expansion, this is what you want to play if you're starting out. This contains the main game plus all the changes and additions from the two expansions.

You can play the vanilla game or just with the Warlords expansion, but then you'll miss out on the improvements made in Beyond the Sword. This option is more for players who prefer the old rules, as a new player I would ignore this option.

The Warlords expansion also contains some scenarios. You can't access those if you start Beyond the Sword. If you want to play the Warlords scenarios you have to launch Warlords instead.

Colonization is a completely different game, just using the Civ 4 engine, as you already said, this one you have to start separately.

Just start Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword to begin.

Most obscure Google search in history for that. -_-

All done, cheers again matey!