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• Cheat Mode

Use a text editor such as notepad to edit the "civ4config" file in the game folder. Change the "CheatCode = 0" line to "CheatCode = chipotle". Press ~ during game play to display the console window. Enter one of the following case-sensitive codes to activate the corresponding cheat function.

Effect	Code
Display all console window codes	help
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 indicated number of times	Profile.rebuildCity [x coordinate], [y coordinate], [integer]
Rebuild plot indicated 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 [milliseconds]
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 indicated 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]
Change players gold; 0 is active player	Player.changeGold [player number], [gold]
Set players gold; 0 is active player	Player.setGold [player number], [gold]

• City editor

Highlight a city, then press [Ctrl] + [Alt] + Left Mouse Button.

• Debug mode commands

Use the following commands after enabling the Game.toggleDebugMode code.

Effect	Command
Decrease highlighted unit's strength by 0.2	[Shift] + [
Display debug menu	[Ctrl] + D
Insert unit/city	[Ctrl] + [Shift] + Left Mouse Button
Increase gold by 1000	[Ctrl] + 4
Increase highlighted city's culture by 10	[Ctrl] + [Plus]
Increase highlighted city's population by 1	[Shift] + [Plus]
Increase highlighted unit's strength by 0.2	[Shift] + ]
Instant production completion for highlighted city	[Plus]
Level up highlighted unit	[Ctrl] + [Plus]
World editor	[Ctrl] + W

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