Civilization IV Cheats

Note: This involves editing a game file. Always make a backup before changing.

Open your Civilization config file (Documents and SettingsUSERNAMEMy GamesSid Meier's Civilization 4CivilizationIV.ini) with Notepad and change the following line:

; Move along
CheatCode = 0

to

; Move along
CheatCode = chipotle

Once cheats have been enabled, while playing open up the console using "~" (tilde) then type "help" for a list of cheat commands.

Cheat Code Example: Type Player.setGold 0 1000000 to add more gold.

You can also type Console.CreateDocumentation CommandList.txt to create a list of cheat commands in a text file which can be found in the game directory.

Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "civ4config" file in the game folder. Change the "CheatCode = 0" line to "CheatCode = chipotle". Press [~] during game play to display the console window. Type help to display all codes that are entered at the console window.

help - Display all console window codes
Sound.noMusic - Stop music
Sound.reload - Reload audio scripts
Sound.stopSoundScape - Stop Soundscape from playing
Sound.play string - Play sound - AS2D, AS3D, ASSS
Graphics.FindBlackPlotsAndCities - Finds entities with black emissivity
Graphics.HideAttachables - Hide attachables
Graphics.ForceLightingUpdate - Force light update on all entities
Graphics.ReBuildTerrain - Rebuild terrain and lighting
Graphics.SetHillScale - Set Hill scale
Graphics.SetPeakScale - Set Peak scale
Graphics.setWaterHeight - Set water plane height
Graphics.quadTreeDepth - Set render depth for quad tree
Graphics.toggleWater - Toggle water
Graphics.displayTerrain bool bOn - Display terrain
Graphics.toggleGridMode - Toggle grids
Graphics.showTexturePalette - Dump texture palette
Graphics.setTextureMode bool bOn - Set texturing
Graphics.setWireframe bool bOn - Set wireframe
Profile.morphGlobe - Morph the globeview count times.
Profile.rebuildCity , , - Rebuild city indicated number of times
Profile.rebuildPlot , , - Rebuild plot indicated number of times
Profile.dumpAnimLog - Dump animation information to debugging window
Profile.setSpikeThreshold - Set minimum time to capture spikes; set to 0 to disable spikelock
Console.History - Dump console command history
Console.CreateDocumentation - Writes HTML documentation for the current console commands
Console.Clear - Clear the console
Log.status - Display current logging status
Log.toggle - Toggle logging
Log.clear - Clear the log file
Map.empty - Erase units and cities from map
Map.fill - Fill map with units and cities for performance testing
Map.generateGoodies - Replot Goodies
Map.generateBonuses - Replot Bonuses
Map.generateFeatures - Replot Features
Map.generateRivers - Replot Rivers
Map.eraseGameElements - Erase Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodies
Map.replaceGameElements - Replace Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodie
Map.setActiveLandscapeID - Change the active landscape info
Map.erasePlots - Erase all plots
Xml.reloadGameText - Reload Game Text xml files
Xml.reloadLandscapeInfo - Reload Civ4TerrainSettings.xml
Xml.reloadArtDefines - Reload Civ4ArtDefines.xml
Game.toggleTextureAccessInfo - Toggle output of texture loads/accesses to debug output
Game.AIPlay - Force AI to play for indicated number of turns
Game.createSelectedUnitKFs - Create sequences associated with the selected unit
Game.freeSelectedUnitKFs - Free sequences associated with the selected unit
Game.saveWorldBuilderSave - Save WorldBuilder save description file
Game.toggleAnimationTest - Toggle Animation Test Tool
Game.gfcDirChooser - Show GFC directory chooser
Game.gfcfiledlg - Show GFC file dlg window
Game.testGFC - Show GFC test popup
Game.testFont bool bEnable - Show test popup
Game.testPythonPopup - Show the Python test popup
Game.testPopup - Show test popup
Game.scrollBottom - Scroll to the bottom
Game.scrollTop - Scroll to the top
Game.clear - Clear the listbox below
Game.helpScreen - Display the help popup
Game.toggleDebugMode - Toggle debug mode
Game.showWBPalette bool bCreate - Debugging
App.calcFolderChechsum - Compute md5 checksum for the directory tree specified
App.setMooseDbg2 - Set debugging value
App.setMooseDbg1 - Set debugging value
App.takeFullScreenShot - TGA full screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires "AllowScreenShots=1" in ini.
App.takeScreenShot - TGA screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires "AllowScreenShots=1" in ini.
App.setMaxFrameRate - Set maximum frame rate; 0 to disable
App.setIniFile , , - Update existing value in the ini file
App.crash - Crash game
App.getBuildTime - Return the application link time
Player.testUnitIter - Test player unit iteration
Player.changeGold , - Change players gold; 0 is active player
Player.setGold , - Set players gold; 0 is active player