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General information
- Official Forum
- Steam Community Discussions
- Offical Wiki
Availability
Version differences
- The Empire Founder Pack includes the Rights of Man, Art of War and Common Sense DLC.
- The Digital Extreme Edition includes Horsemen of the Crescent Unit Pack, Star and Crescent DLC, Conquest of Constantinople Music pack, American Dream, The 100 Years War Unit Pack, The Purple Phoenix Expansion DLC.
- The Conquest Collection includes one expansion pack Conquest of Paradise and 16 additional smaller DLC.
- The Empire Bundle is available on Steam and the Microsoft Store only and includes every major expansion pack released up to 2020.
- The Europa Universalis IV collection includes all DLC released up to July 2014.
Demo/free trial
- A demo was previously available on Steam but has since been withdrawn due to it no longer reflecting the game in it's current state.[3]
Monetization
Type |
Notes |
DLC
| Smaller DLC consist of Flavour, Immersion and Sound packs that adds to new gameplay elements but instead new visuals and sounds. |
Expansion pack
| Many packs have been released that can either add to or alter gameplay, though are typically accompanied with a free update that adds the most major changes to all players. |
One-time game purchase
| The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Subscription
| A monthly subscription is available that grants access to all current and future available DLC's.[4] |
Subscription gaming service
| Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Call-to-Arms Pack |
Contains the content that was part of the sign-up campaign held before launch, adding Winged Hussars Unit Pack (cosmetic) and National Monuments Pack (cosmetic). |
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Digital Extreme Edition Upgrade Pack |
Contains the content of Extreme Edition, adding Star and Crescent (flavor pack), Horsemen of the Crescent Unit Pack (cosmetic) and Conquest of Constantinople Music Pack (music). |
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Pre-Order Pack |
Contains the pre-order bonus content Purple Phoenix (flavor pack) and 100 Years War Unit Pack (cosmetic). |
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Conquest of Paradise |
Expansion |
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Wealth of Nations |
Expansion |
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Res Publica |
Expansion |
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Art of War |
Expansion |
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El Dorado |
Expansion |
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Common Sense |
Expansion |
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The Cossacks |
Expansion |
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Mare Nostrum |
Expansion |
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Rights of Man |
Expansion |
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Mandate of Heaven |
Expansion |
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Cradle of Civilization |
Expansion |
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Domination |
Expansion |
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Third Rome |
Immersion pack |
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Rule Britannia |
Immersion pack |
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Purple Phoenix |
Flavor pack (also part of Pre-Order Pack) |
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Star and Crescent |
Flavor pack (also part of Digital Extreme Upgrade Pack) |
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American Dream |
Flavor pack |
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Women in History |
Flavor pack (free) |
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Several music packs |
Music packs add new music created after the game's release to the game's soundtrack. A full list is available here. |
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Several cosmetic packs |
Cosmetic packs add graphical enhancements to the game, whether by additional unit models, landmarks or portraits. A full list is available here. |
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Several e-books |
A full list is available here. |
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- This list of DLC contains only DLC-packs available on release, as well as expansions, immersion packs ("something between a full expansion and a small graphics pack"[5]) and flavor packs (even smaller "mini expansions"). A complete list with more detailed descriptions is available on the EU4 Wiki here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location[6]
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\ |
Microsoft Store |
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macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ |
Linux |
$XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location[6]
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Europa Universalis IV\ |
Microsoft Store |
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macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Documents/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ |
Linux |
$XDG_DATA_HOME/Paradox Interactive/Europa Universalis IV/ |
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Effects, music and ambient. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation. |
Polish |
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Fan translation. Available as a modification on Steam Workshop. |
Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Mouse cursor not bound to game
CursorLock[citation needed]
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- Download CursorLock.
- Open CursorLockSetup.exe
- Shortcut > User mode
- Switch to the Hotkeys tab and enable
Toggle Lock Hotkey and choose a hotkey
- Click Create Shortcut
- Activate the shortcut, switch back to EUIV, and use the lock hotkey to bind the cursor to the game
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Black outline of North America
Download most recent drivers[citation needed]
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- Download your most recent graphics drivers.
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Black or wrong flags
Alt-tabbing out and back in changes system resolution (Linux)
- Since the introduction of the new launcher, alt-tabbing out of the game and back into it changes the system resolution and consequently makes the game unplayable. This can be prevented by bypassing the launcher via a terminal command.
Launch the game without the launcher via the command line[citation needed]
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- Execute
<path-to-game>/eu4 -skiplauncher
- To enable mods, add
-mod=$MOD where $MOD is the filename of the mod you want to enable.
- To disable DLC, add
-exclude_dlx=$DLC where $DLC is the filename of the piece of DLC you want to disable.
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Use a third-party launcher[citation needed]
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- Download PyParadox following the installation instructions here.
- The dependencies are pip and PyQt5. They are installed with
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-pyqt5 .
- The launcher itself is installed with
sudo pip3 install pyparadox .
- The launcher can be run with
pyparadox-qt eu4 .
- To tell Steam to use the new launcher:
- Right-click on Europa Universalis IV.
- Click on
Properties .
- Click on
Set launch options... in the General tab.
- Enter
pyparadox-qt eu4 %command% .
Notes
- If your version of Linux has significantly newer libraries than the Steam Runtime, the launcher may not apply the correct Qt theme.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9Ex |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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macOS (OS X) | |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz AMD 3500+ | |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1900 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
| 1 GB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) |
Direct X- compatible soundcard | |
Controller |
3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. | |
Other |
Broadband Internet connection | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10.11 |
10.13 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo (2GHz or better) | |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 6750 Nvidia GeForce 320 Nvidia GeForce 9600 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible | |
Controller |
3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. | |
Other |
Broadband Internet connection | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 or equivalent | |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
6 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI Radeon HD 6750 Nvidia GeForce 320 Nvidia GeForce 9600 1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible | |
Controller |
3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. | |
Other |
Broadband Internet connection | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References