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Units
B = Bombard
B = Build city (with settler)
C = Center on unit
Ctrl + # Key = Bind selected unit or group to that number key
Delete = Delete unit
E = Explore with unit (automated)
F = Fortify
G = Go-to mode
I = Intercept
L = Load (onto ship)
NumPad 5 = Center on unit
NumPad arrow keys move unit(s) in respective directions.
S = Sentry
Shift + P = Pillage terrain improvement
Spacebar = Skip turn
U = Unload (off ship)
W = Wait

Worker Commands
A = Build improvements (automated)
Alt + C = Remove forest or jungle
Alt + R = Road-to mode
Ctrl + F = Build fort
H = Build camp
I = Build farm (Irrigate)
K = Build workshop
L = Build lumbermill
M = Build mine
N = Build trade network (automated)
Q = Build quarry
R = Build road/railroad
Shift + Ctrl + C = Improve nearest city (automated)
Shift + P = Build pasture, plantation
Shift + W = Build watermill (on river), windmill (on hill), winery (on wine), well (on oil)
T = Build cottage

Work Boats
F = Build fishing nets
O = Build offshore platform
Shift + W = Build whaling boats

Air Units
Alt + R = Rebase mode
B = Air bomb mode (enemy cities/tiles)
R = Recon mode
S = Air strike mode (enemy units)

Information
F1 = Domestic advisor
F2 = Financial advisor
F3 = Civics advisor
F4 = Foreign advisor
F5 = Military advisor
F6 = Technology advisor
F7 = Religion advisor
F8 = Victory
F9 = Demographics
F10 = Capital City
F11 = Globe View
F12 = Civilopedia

City Screen
# Key = Load a saved production queue
Click “Forward” and “Back” buttons on mouse to cycle through cities in the city screen.
Click middle mouse button to exit the city screen.
Ctrl + # Key = Save a production queue
Enter = Exit the city screen
NumPad arrow keys move between cities.

General
, = Cycle to previous unit (same tile)
. = Cycle to next unit (same tile)
/ = Cycle through active workers
\ = Cycle to previous selected unit
Alt + D = Change Player Name/E-mail
Alt + F = Satellite view
Alt + I = Remove interface
Alt + O = Change perspective
Alt + Q = Retire (give up)
Ctrl + B = Toggle bare map on/off
Ctrl + C = Set all units of same type as active
Ctrl + F = Flying camera mode (must be enabled in INI file)
Ctrl + I = Minimize interface
Ctrl + L = Load game
Ctrl + Left Arrow = Lock camera angle 45 degrees clockwise
Ctrl + M = Turn music on/off
Ctrl + O = Options menu
Ctrl + R = Flag resources on/off
Ctrl + Right Arrow = Lock camera angle 45 degrees counterclockwise
Ctrl + S = Save game
Ctrl + Scroll Lock = Voice Chat in Diplo Screen
Ctrl + T = Turn grid on/off
Ctrl + Tab = Open/close the Chat/Event Log
Ctrl + W = Access Worldbuilder
Ctrl + Y = Turn tile yields on/off
Enter = Cycle units, advance to next turn
Escape = Exit current screen/bring up menu
Home, End = Cycle through cities
Insert = Open nearest friendly city screen
Left/Right Arrows = Jump to next city (in city screen)
P = Ping the map
Page Down = Zoom camera out
Page Up = Zoom camera in
Pause = Pause game
PrintScreen = Take screenshot
Scroll Lock = Voice Chat to team
Shift + D = Contact Civ Pop-up
Shift + Enter = Force turn to end
Shift + F5 = Quick save
Shift + F8 = Quick load (single player only)
Shift + Left Arrow = Rotate camera clockwise
Shift + Right Arrow = Rotate camera counterclockwise
Shift + Scroll Lock = Voice Chat to all
Shift + Tab = Chat to all
Tab = Chat to team

Mouse Shortcuts
Alt + click on city bar = Select all your cities
Alt + click on enemy in score display = Declare war on that enemy
Alt + mouseover enemy unit = Show combat odds
Alt + [i]right-click any tile[i/] = Move all units from the same tile to the selected tile
Alt + Click = Group all units on a tile together
Click “Forward” and “Back” buttons on mouse to cycle through units on the same tile.
Click and hold left + right mouse buttons on map to drag it.
Click and hold right mouse button over enemy to see combat odds.
Click any tile to center the map on that tile.
Ctrl + click on city bar = Select all your cities on that continent
Ctrl + click on enemy in score display = Open trade window with that enemy
Ctrl + Click = Group all units of the same type on a tile together
Shift + click any city bars = Select multiple cities (e.g. to change production in multiple cities)
Shift + click any tile = Open context menu for that tile
Shift + right-click any city bars = Set rally point for multiple cities

Do you know what the hotkey is for renaming units?

VERY nice. However, I would label the F1-F7 keys as "information" rather than "advisors", considering their actual function relative to those in Civ3. Good job, and I'm sure I will be consulting this list in the future.

Perhaps you could add a section for the different controls in flying camera mode?

Bob

Do you know what the hotkey is for renaming units?
No, but it may be F2. I'll check.

Good suggestions, rbird. I'll be updating the list as often as possible.

Great reference, I'll be taping it next to my monitor when I get home! Anyone know the quicksave hotkey? There's a folder for quicksaves, but I can't figure out how to do it.

Great reference, I'll be taping it next to my monitor when I get home! Anyone know the quicksave hotkey? There's a folder for quicksaves, but I can't figure out how to do it.
Added.

Shift + F5 = Quick save
Shift + F8 = Quick load (single player only)

From my experiences, quick load crashes to desktop about 40% of the time.

What does "Intercept" do?

Do you know what the hotkey is for renaming units?
It's definitely not F2. :)

What does "Intercept" do?
I don't know, to be honest. A friend of mine and I were discussing that feature tonight. We thought it may be the equivalent of Civ 3's Patrol command for air units. Patrol was kinda like sentry but air units on patrol would attack enemy air units when ever they flew within range. So Intercept may be like Patrol.

Perhaps you could add a section for the different controls in flying camera mode?

What is flying camera mode?

ALT+O = Change perspective
ALT+F = Satellite view (ala civ1)

Are you sure C is still center on unit. I think it's W in this version

Press and hold left + right mouse button on map to drag it.

What is flying camera mode? It gives you more control over the 3D view (zoom limits are removed, more possible angles, etc.). You have to enable it in the .ini file and then turn it on with Ctrl-F. I'm not exactly sure what the controls are in this mode (thus why I asked for it! :)) but I know they're different from the standard mode.

Bob

Are you sure C is still center on unit. I think it's W in this version
Yes I'm sure about this one as I use it all the time. :) Num 5 on the keypad also works for centering.

What does "Intercept" do?
Intercept is when a fighter will attempt to shoot down a bomber/fighter that enters its zone of control.

Press and hold left + right mouse button on map to drag it.

THX! :goodjob:

Have been looking for that.. I'm running the game in windowed mode and having to use the minimap all the time get's a bit tiresome after a while.

EDIT:

just discovered that you can CTRL+left click on an empty tile to center the map on that tile as well.

EDIT 2: nevermind.. You don't even need to use CTRL.. How did I manage to not discover this until now.. :confused:

What happened to the "home" key is what I'd like to know.

Press and hold left + right mouse button on map to drag it.
Added. Thanks for the tip, kallisti_dk.
just discovered that you can CTRL+left click on an empty tile to center the map on that tile as well.

EDIT 2: nevermind.. You don't even need to use CTRL.. How did I manage to not discover this until now..
Added. Thanks, snale!
What happened to the "home" key is what I'd like to know.
Sorry, snepp, I'm not sure what ya mean....

(The Home, End keys currently cycle through cities.)

ALT+O = Change perspective
ALT+F = Satellite view (ala civ1)
Added. thanks, Aratirn.
It gives you more control over the 3D view (zoom limits are removed, more possible angles, etc.). You have to enable it in the .ini file and then turn it on with Ctrl-F. I'm not exactly sure what the controls are in this mode (thus why I asked for it! ) but I know they're different from the standard mode.

Bob
Added. thanks, Bob.

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Are you sure C is still center on unit. I think it's W in this version

w is Wait. it will command the selected unit to wait while you give commands to other units.

It gives you more control over the 3D view (zoom limits are removed, more possible angles, etc.). You have to enable it in the .ini file and then turn it on with Ctrl-F. I'm not exactly sure what the controls are in this mode (thus why I asked for it! :)) but I know they're different from the standard mode.

Bob

This is interesting. How do you enable it?

Sorry, snepp, I'm not sure what ya mean....

(The Home, End keys currently cycle through cities.)

The "home" key, as used in Civ3, SMAC, and virtually every single RTS ever made.

Hit "H", camera centers on the capital. Honestly, I'm dumbfounded this shortcut doesn't exist.

I see....

:confused:

Controls for flying camera (that I know of) are up down left right (arrow keys) mousewheel, where

arrow keys rotate left right up down
and the mouse wheel gets you forward and backwards.
It's a bit like a flying submarine, e.g. a space ship.

parachute...

For the flying camera you can use the PgUp/PgDown keys to control altitude (much better than just diving with the mousewheel). Also, I find it easier to use th up/down arrows to control forward/backwards movement, as I get a smoother movement. Ah, and remember to take some pics (PrintScreen key) of your capital (turning off both units (CRTL-B) and the GUI (CRTL-I) :goodjob: )

I'd like to rename a unit. Does anyone know the hotkey for this?

What happened to the "home" key is what I'd like to know.

Yeah I miss it too, but it looks like they used 'H' for something else this time.

I find the best replacement, if not perfect, when you want to return from the other side of the planet, is to use the actual 'home' key to return to your nearest city and then manually scroll to the capital. Not a lot of use if your cities are spread around the globe of course.

Excellent list. Found this one missing:

Shift + PrintScreen - Named screenshot (you are prompted for a name).

I'd like to rename a unit. Does anyone know the hotkey for this?

Dunno if there's a shortcut on the keyboard, but clicking on the unit's name in the Unit View (bottom left corner when the unit's selected) opens the rename dialogue.

I found that if you push "z," then the screen says something like "Grip Mode" and that makes the screen scroll oddly. (IIRC, you click somewhere and when you move the mouse, it keeps where you first clicked on screen, and it moves the screen...)
To get out of grip mode you press z again.
Could someone try this out more?

Hi Guys,

I have 3 spearmans, and 7 swordmans in the same tile (all fortified). How do I select the 7 swordman to attack my opponent?

What I did was:
1- activate a swordman,
2- ctrl-c,
3- Drag into the opponent.

Consequently, Only 1 swordman attacked !!!

Please help.

Thanks

I have 3 spearmans, and 7 swordmans in the same tile (all fortified). How do I select the 7 swordman to attack my opponent?

If you select one of the swordsmen, and then ctrl-click on the space, that will select all of the swordsmen and none of the spearmen.

But really, you would rather select and attack with them one at a time, unless they all have exactly the same promotions and health. Because you can gain by controlling the order in which they fight, instead of letting the computer decide.

Is there shortcut for instructing several bombers to strike a locatation? I've tried the ctrl-click and it doesn't seem to work. While there are benefits to selecting individual ground and sea units it just gets too monatenous selecting every bomber to strike a position. :X

It's really strange because the game lets you "bomb" with several units just not strike.

flying camera in 1.52 is now Ctrl-Alt-F, not just Ctrl-F.
(must still be enabled in .ini file)

Hi Guys,

I have 3 spearmans, and 7 swordmans in the same tile (all fortified). How do I select the 7 swordman to attack my opponent?

What I did was:
1- activate a swordman,
2- ctrl-c,
3- Drag into the opponent.

Consequently, Only 1 swordman attacked !!!

Please help.

Thanks
Is there shortcut for instructing several bombers to strike a locatation? I've tried the ctrl-click and it doesn't seem to work. While there are benefits to selecting individual ground and sea units it just gets too monatenous selecting every bomber to strike a position. :X

It's really strange because the game lets you "bomb" with several units just not strike.

Same solution applies to both of you. Turn on "Stack attack" in the options menu. Then, select the stack, and attack, or do your bombing mission, or what have you.

(NOTE: This will cause all of your ships to do recon to the same square if you happen to have them selected and hit the recon mission.....kind of annoying)

Q1: How to rearrange priority in production queue?
Q2: If deleting an item in queue what happens to those shields/hammers?

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I would like to remark that I find that offensive, especially for a simple, 1-page document.
RTF, PDF, hell, even TXT would do the job.

Doesn't matter though, because I got this page. And it's good work, too :goodjob:

What about the shortcut to recreate the game map at startup? I read something about such a shortcut somewhere, but I cannot find the thread anymore...

Good guide, printed this and taped to my monitor now. :goodjob:

Maybe I skimmed your (helpful) article too quickly, but I didn't notice the shortcut for adding a note to your game map: Alt-S. I learned this one by reading the tips as one of my world maps was being generated.

I find this very useful to remind myself where I want to place future cities. Also, sometimes you can deduce where an opponent's city must be because you can see the cultural border but not the city itself, so you can note its location. (Early in the game, you might even be able to figure out what the name of the city is if it's the capital or one of the first couple colonies.)

Question: I tried to download the Word doc and Netscape says no such file. Can someone help?

Thanks to all for clearing up the lack of a way to return to one's capital. I really, really, hate that. Really.

However, what I am most missing now, other than a separate map editing program, is setting one or more rally points. I saw a thread on this a month or so ago, but couldn't make it make sense, nor could I find any way to make it actually work. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

I am missing Alt-S from 1.52 Patch:
"- ALT-S now allows you to place signs"

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Link does not work for me. :confused:

A worthless city (A couple of tiles away from a couple of my wonder cities) from the Japanese culture-flipped to me. I dont want the city and it is a drag on my economy. :(

How can I disband/raze the city? I tried gifting the city to a different opponent, but that resulted in my losing a cow/metal resource that were in adjacent tiles to the fliiped city. :sad:

Thanks

How can I disband/raze the city?

If you turn down the option to raze it when it flips to you, then the only way to raze it later is to give it away (or let someone conquer it) and then recapture it.

Is there a hot key to abandon a city in Civ4?

Is there a hot key to abandon a city in Civ4?

There's not even a cold key....

Hmm, I have tried, without success to abandon a city (after mistakenly creating it). Civ 4 is new and sparkly, and desperately needs playing, but being unable to abandon a city is really testing my patience.

...being unable to abandon a city is really testing my patience.

Well, that's just part of the game.

If you mistakenly create a city, the simplest thing to do would be to load the autosave file from immediately before that mistake.

You can set up the game so that it will autosave every turn.

Yes, I know. Tedious isn't it? NM it is only an issue if you have an antique of a PC like my 1.5Ghz thing. Loading time brews are me!

Is clicking the mouse wheel to center on the selected unit not considered a 'hotkey?' I noticed it wasn't in the list and other mouse shortcuts were.

Does anyone know if there's any shortcut key for the music playing in the custom folder? I mean, like, Next song, last song, pause... and so on. I've set the game to play the background music from my music folder, but I'd sometimes just like to skip to next songs, instead of just turning it off by Ctrl-M.

Many thanks in advance for help.

Jeffrey

Link is dead, could anyone please post this file somewhere???

Does anyone know if there's any shortcut key for the music playing in the custom folder? I mean, like, Next song, last song, pause... and so on. I've set the game to play the background music from my music folder, but I'd sometimes just like to skip to next songs, instead of just turning it off by Ctrl-M.

Many thanks in advance for help.

Jeffrey

I would like to know this also. Is there a mod or anything for this?

Just mentioning what others have already pointed out.

Does anyone know if there's any shortcut key for the music playing in the custom folder? I mean, like, Next song, last song, pause... and so on. I've set the game to play the background music from my music folder, but I'd sometimes just like to skip to next songs, instead of just turning it off by Ctrl-M.

Many thanks in advance for help.

Jeffrey


Me Three.


Please someone help.

Is there a way, keyboard shortcut or not, to zoom the minimap?

How do I set a waypoint for my city's production? Will this keep sending units after the current one is finished?

Link to the word doc in the header post doesn't work.

Can someone link me the most updated version please? Thank you.

If some one has the file, please upload it to the CivFanatics File Database so it won't get lost again. :)

How do I set a waypoint for my city's production? Will this keep sending units after the current one is finished?

Shift + right clicking a tile will set a waypoint for whichever cities are selected. Shift right- clicking the city will cancel the waypoint. With multiple cities selected, right-clicking just one of the cities will cancel the waypoints for all of the cities.

I have taken some time off from playing civ and have a vague recollection of a keyboard shortcut that forces all workers with current orders to cycle thru.

Am I remembering something from a previous Civ? or am I just missing the shortcut in the posted list?

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

Rockhaven

Nice... what's the shortcut for "find city"?

Is there a hotkey for "regenerate map"?

I have taken some time off from playing civ and have a vague recollection of a keyboard shortcut that forces all workers with current orders to cycle thru.

Am I remembering something from a previous Civ? or am I just missing the shortcut in the posted list?

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

Rockhaven
I think this is CTRL-A and also affects all units with goto orders.

There is also an shortcut (can't remember which off hand) that cancels all queued orders. This is very useful (well would be if I could remember it) for instance when your workers are chopping forest to avoid hammers going towards the wrong build or when you need to respond to some unexpected event such as an unexpected AI DoW. Not that that ever happens in my games :lol:

I think this is CTRL-A and also affects all units with goto orders.

There is also an shortcut (can't remember which off hand) that cancels all queued orders. This is very useful (well would be if I could remember it) for instance when your workers are chopping forest to avoid hammers going towards the wrong build or when you need to respond to some unexpected event such as an unexpected AI DoW. Not that that ever happens in my games :lol:Ctrl - A forces units with pre-turn orders to complete those orders (movements, worker builds, etc).

To issue a global cancel, select a worker (before it has done the current turns work), hold down the alt key and click in 'cancel orders'. That will free up all workers either this turn or next.

Bump for hoping someone has the original file?

I've always used "F" for Fortify and when my Workers ran out of things to do, I would fortify them until later. But now in BtS, "F" also is used for building a Forest Preserve. So when I tried to fortify a bunch of Workers, they destoryed my Lumbermill for a Forest Preserve. Why would you have a keyboard command do 1 thing in a Forest and something completely different everywhere else??? :confused: :confused:

Workers don't fortify, they sleep. Fortifing implies a defensive bonus which workers, settlers, and such don't recieve, so they sleep instead. :)

Workers don't fortify, they sleep. Fortifing implies a defensive bonus which workers, settlers, and such don't recieve, so they sleep instead. :)

It's still pretty irritating to use F for one command for one type of unit, and for a different command for a different type of unit.

Is there a way to upgrade a number of the same type of unit all at once?

Do you know what the hotkey is for renaming units?

I don't think that is possible in Civ4. I thought you could do it by clicking on the unit's name and that would make a popup window. Dunno.

The file attachment doesnt seem to work. Someone should upload it.

Question - is there a way of creating a rally point for a city?

I don't think that is possible in Civ4. I thought you could do it by clicking on the unit's name and that would make a popup window. Dunno.
This way it should work

Question - is there a way of creating a rally point for a city?
Hmm - select the city bar on the map and press either Alt-RMB or Ctrl-RMB

You will see a green square marking the rally point

Alt-RMB?? I'm sorry, I don't understand.

Alt-RMB?? I'm sorry, I don't understand.

Alt: Key with text "Alt"
RMB: Right Mouse Button

What is the keyboard shortcut for drawing lines in-game, I've seen some people on the forum do it, but I don't know how.

What is the keyboard shortcut for drawing lines in-game, I've seen some people on the forum do it, but I don't know how.

You have to zoom out to the level where you have the clouds visible, then use the leftmost button in the lower right corner to switch to "drawing" mode and select "new line". Have fun

Is there a way to upgrade a number of the same type of unit all at once?

Yes there is....

Press and HOLD the ALT key when you hit the upgrade....

Is there a way to select multiple military units at once from different tiles? This always happens to me: I have a bunch of military units scattered around on auto-explore and all of the sudden barbarians come to attack me. I want to select all of my military units (preferably from the Military Advisor, but that doesn't seem to work) and move them all to the location of the attack.

Also, what makes matters worse is that at the beginning of my turn all of my units keep auto-exploring and use up one of their movement turns. I don't know of a way to tell everyone to "STOP!" and give me a chance to re-route them before letting everyone continue. Is there some setting that will stop units from automatically continuing their movement at the beginning of each turn? Otherwise the Control+A shortcut seems a little pointless doesn't it?

Thanks for any responses :)

anyone know how to cycle through mp3's when using the 'custom soundtrack' feature? :scan:

keyboard shortcuts don't work for people who are disabled, because when civIV loads it disables "sticky-keys." So it's real hard to play the game when you can't use multiple key combinations