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*** This cheat procedure involves editing a file! Please create a backup copy of the file before editing it to be safe.. Use a text editor to edit the "civ4config" file in the game folder. Change the "CheatCode = 0" line to "CheatCode = chipotle". When playing, press
to display the console window. Enter one of the following codes to activate the listed cheat function:
| Result | Cheat Code |
| Display all console window codes | help |
| Change players gold; 0 is active player | Player.changeGold [player number], [gold] |
| Set players gold; 0 is active player | Player.setGold [player number], [gold] |
| Stop music | Sound.noMusic |
| Reload audio scripts | Sound.reload |
| Stop Soundscape from playing | Sound.stopSoundScape |
| Play sound - AS2D, AS3D, ASSS | Sound.play string [filename] |
| Finds entities with black emissivity | Graphics.FindBlackPlotsAndCities |
| Hide attachables | Graphics.HideAttachables |
| Force light update on all entities | Graphics.ForceLightingUpdate |
| Rebuild terrain and lighting | Graphics.ReBuildTerrain |
| Set Hill scale | Graphics.SetHillScale [floating number] |
| Set Peak scale | Graphics.SetPeakScale [floating number] |
| Set water plane height | Graphics.setWaterHeight [floating number] |
| Set render depth for quad tree | Graphics.quadTreeDepth [integer] |
| Toggle water | Graphics.toggleWater |
| Display terrain | Graphics.displayTerrain bool bOn |
| Toggle grids | Graphics.toggleGridMode |
| Dump texture palette | Graphics.showTexturePalette |
| Set texturing | Graphics.setTextureMode bool bOn |
| Set wireframe | Graphics.setWireframe bool bOn |
| Morph the globeview count times. | Profile.morphGlobe [integer] |
| Rebuild city listed number of times | Profile.rebuildCity [x coordinate], [y coordinate], [integer] |
| Rebuild plot listed number of times | Profile.rebuildPlot [x coordinate], [y coordinate], [integer] |
| Dump animation information to debugging window | Profile.dumpAnimLog |
| Set minimum time to capture spikes; set to 0 to disable spikelock | Profile.setSpikeThreshold [millisecond] |
| Dump console command history | Console.History |
| Writes HTML documentation for the current console commands | Console.CreateDocumentation [filename] |
| Clear the console | Console.Clear |
| Display current logging status | Log.status |
| Toggle logging | Log.toggle |
| Clear the log file | Log.clear |
| Erase units and cities from map | Map.empty |
| Fill map with units and cities for performance testing | Map.fill |
| Replot Goodies | Map.generateGoodies |
| Replot Bonuses | Map.generateBonuses |
| Replot Features | Map.generateFeatures |
| Replot Rivers | Map.generateRivers |
| Erase Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodies | Map.eraseGameElements |
| Replace Rivers, Features, Bonuses and Goodie | Map.replaceGameElements |
| Change the active landscape info | Map.setActiveLandscapeID [landscape number] |
| Erase all plots | Map.erasePlots |
| Reload Game Text xml files | Xml.reloadGameText |
| Reload Civ4TerrainSettings.xml | Xml.reloadLandscapeInfo |
| Reload Civ4ArtDefines.xml | Xml.reloadArtDefines |
| Toggle output of texture loads/accesses to debug output | Game.toggleTextureAccessInfo |
| Force AI to play for listed number of turns | Game.AIPlay [integer] |
| Create sequences associated with the selected unit | Game.createSelectedUnitKFs |
| Free sequences associated with the selected unit | Game.freeSelectedUnitKFs |
| Save WorldBuilder save description file | Game.saveWorldBuilderSave [filename] |
| Toggle Animation Test Tool | Game.toggleAnimationTest |
| Show GFC directory chooser | Game.gfcDirChooser |
| Show GFC file dlg window | Game.gfcfiledlg |
| Show GFC test popup | Game.testGFC [integer] |
| Show test popup | Game.testFont bool bEnable |
| Show the Python test popup | Game.testPythonPopup |
| Show test popup | Game.testPopup |
| Scroll to the bottom | Game.scrollBottom |
| Scroll to the top | Game.scrollTop |
| Clear the listbox below | Game.clear |
| Display the help popup | Game.helpScreen |
| Toggle debug mode | Game.toggleDebugMode |
| Debugging | Game.showWBPalette bool bCreate |
| Compute md5 checksum for the directory tree specified | App.calcFolderChechsum [directory] |
| Set debugging value | App.setMooseDbg2 [integer] |
| Set debugging value | App.setMooseDbg1 [integer] |
| TGA full screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires "AllowScreenShots=1" in ini. | App.takeFullScreenShot |
| TGA screen shot in .ScreenShot directory; requires "AllowScreenShots=1" in ini. | App.takeScreenShot |
| Set maximum frame rate; 0 to disable | App.setMaxFrameRate [floating number] |
| Update existing value in the ini file | App.setIniFile [group key], [key], [value] |
| Crash game | App.crash |
| Return the application link time | App.getBuildTime |
| Test player unit iteration | Player.testUnitIter [integer] |
Highlight a city, then press [Ctrl] + [Alt ] + Left Mouse Button.
: You can order your great persons to carry out multiple tasks the same way you can order your workers by holding [Shift ]. For example, you can order your great scientist to join the city as a specialist 10 times, get some techs, and finally build an academy - all that with only one scientist.