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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		Updates require a serial key and Stardock account.
Developer website
GOG.com		Ultimate Edition
Green Man Gaming		Ultimate Edition
Steam		Ultimate Edition

A special retail release labeled as Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe from 2008 is a standalone version of both expansion packs, but without the base game content.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Dark Avatar
Twilight of the Arnor

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files^[1]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Movies\`. Delete or rename `GC2_intro.bik`.

Game data

Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor\Prefs.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GC2TwilightArnor\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.

Interface settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Fan translation, available here or alternative version here.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz or AMD equivalent
System memory (RAM)	512 MB (XP) 1 GB (Vista or newer)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (202200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-09

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (202200) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (202200) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-09

[1]

[Note 1]

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 {{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|February 21, 2006}}
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 {{Availability/row| GMG | galactic-civilizations-ii-ultimate-edition | Steam | Ultimate Edition | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 202200 | DRM-free | Ultimate Edition |  | Windows }}
+}}
+{{ii}} A special retail release labeled as '''Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe''' from 2008 is a standalone version of both expansion packs, but without the base game content.
+==Monetization==
+{{DLC|
+{{DLC/row| Dark Avatar | | Windows }}
+{{DLC/row| Twilight of the Arnor | | Windows }}
 }}
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 ===[[Glossary:Save game cloud syncing|Save game cloud syncing]]===
 {{Save game cloud syncing
-|gog galaxy            = false
+|discord                =
-|gog galaxy notes      =
+|discord notes          =
-|origin                =
+|epic games store       =
-|origin notes          =
+|epic games store notes =
-|steam cloud           = false
+|gog galaxy             = false
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+|gog galaxy notes       =
-|uplay                 =
+|origin                 =
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-|xbox cloud            =
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+|uplay                  =
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 |ultrawidescreen            = true
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 |60 fps                     = true
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+|120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              =
+|120 fps notes              = <ref>{{Refcheck|user=Nico 0|date=2020-06-08|comment=Seems to stutter between 110-120 FPS, capped at 120}}</ref>
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Developers

	Stardock
Publishers
	Stardock
	Paradox Interactive
Release dates
Windows	February 21, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	86