Caesar IV

Caesar
Subseries of City Building (Sierra)
Caesar	1992
Caesar II	1995
Caesar III	1998
Caesar IV	2006

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM V7 DRM
GOG.com
Steam

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

The 1.2 patch is the latest official update for the game (already included in GOG.com and Steam releases).

Skip intro videos[edit]

Delete or rename movie files^[1]

Go to Configuration file(s) location\Data\Movies\
Delete or rename splash.bik, splash1.bik, splash2.bik, and splash3.bik.

splash3.bik provides an introductory narrative to the game, so players may wish to watch it at least once.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\CaesarIV.ini^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com	<path-to-game>\CaesarIV.ini
Steam	<Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Caesar 4\C4\CaesarIV.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/517810/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Saved Games\^{[Note 1]}
GOG.com	<path-to-game>\Data\Saved Games\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\steamapps\common\Caesar 4\C4\Data\Saved Games\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/517810/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video[edit]

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ scaling during gameplay. Cutscenes and menus are stretched severely.^[2]
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		In `CaesarIV.ini`, change `Full Screen ModeTab ↹1` to `Full Screen ModeTab ↹0`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2x-6x MSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input[edit]

Interface settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects, Speech
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Retail only.
French				Retail only.
German				Retail only.
Hungarian				Retail only. Available to download.
Italian				Retail only.
Polish				Retail only.
Russian				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail only.

Issues fixed[edit]

Runtime error on launch[edit]

Run RegisterDLL.bat^[3]
Go to `Configuration file(s) location`. Right-click on `RegisterDLL.bat` and select Run as administrator. Choose Yes if a security prompt appears.

Run `CaesarIV.exe` in Windows XP (Service Pack 2) Compatibility Mode^[3]

You can also fix any crashing by changing compatibility mode to Windows Vista. Depends on your hardware.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/517810/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (517810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-06
↑ Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-27
Tested in GOG release at 5760x1080 (Eyefinity).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Steam Community :: Guide :: HOW TO GET CAESAR IV WORKING! - last accessed on 2019-04-06

[gamedir-2] 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/517810/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (517810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-04-06

[4] Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-07-27
Tested in GOG release at 5760x1080 (Eyefinity).

[runtime_error_Steam_guide-5] 3.0 ^3.1 Steam Community :: Guide :: HOW TO GET CAESAR IV WORKING! - last accessed on 2019-04-06

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Developers

	Tilted Mill Entertainment
Publishers
Retail	Sierra Entertainment
Digital	Activision
Release dates
Windows	September 9, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	74
IGDB	69
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Building
Themes	Egypt, Europe, Classical
Series	Caesar