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Galactic Civilizations

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Galactic Civilizations
Galactic Civilizations cover
Developers
Stardock Entertainment
Release dates
Windows March 26, 2003
Reception
Metacritic 83
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Galactic Civilizations
Galactic Civilizations 2003
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords 2006
Galactic Civilizations III 2015
Galactic Civilizations IV 2022

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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 Ultimate Edition.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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 Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
 Ultimate Edition.
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Altarian Prophecy
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files[1]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\GalCiv\movies\.
  2. Delete or rename Intro.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GalCiv\Data\Prefs.ini[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214150/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\GalCiv\Data\SaveGames\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214150/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings
General settings

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian
Official translation by «Logrus». Available here.

Issues fixed

Steam version of game doesn't launch

Manually run installers and set Compatibility Mode[1][2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>.
  2. Run GalCiv1_steam_setup.exe.
  3. Choose Yes if a security prompt appears.
  4. Go to <path-to-game>\GalCiv\.
  5. Run register_dart.exe.
  6. Choose Yes if a security prompt appears.
  7. Choose OK or Ignore at any installer prompts.
  8. Go to <path-to-game>\AltarianProphecy\.
  9. Set GalCiv.exe to run in Windows XP (Service Pack 3) Compatibility Mode.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3Vista SP2, 7 SP1, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 600.0 MHz1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 700 MB
Video card (GPU) 8 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible		16 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References