View event log after game end & how to know the version of Civ/dos?

Fomka · May 13, 2011

Hello everyone!
I remember Sid Meier's Civilization offers the possibility to view a log of all events that happened during a game. There is a map and rows of text below it. Map shows civilizations' boundaries and cities, text shows actual events that have happened.
Am I mistaken and there is no such event log in Civilization? If not, how to activate it?

Update
I've found "Replay Options" section in the manual. It says "When you retire from play, a menu opens offering the option of reviewing a variety of replays of your civilization's history. You can choose the Quick Replay, the Complete Replay, or Write Replay to Disk." The manual states that that feature was "added to the IBM version."
My previous questions therefore are replaced by this one: how to know the version of Civilization?

Theov · May 13, 2011

Fomka said:
Hello everyone!
I remember Sid Meier's Civilization offers the possibility to view a log of all events that happened during a game. There is a map and rows of text below it. Map shows civilizations' boundaries and cities, text shows actual events that have happened.
Am I mistaken and there is no such event log in Civilization? If not, how to activate it?

Update
I've found "Replay Options" section in the manual. It says "When you retire from play, a menu opens offering the option of reviewing a variety of replays of your civilization's history. You can choose the Quick Replay, the Complete Replay, or Write Replay to Disk." The manual states that that feature was "added to the IBM version."
My previous questions therefore are replaced by this one: how to know the version of Civilization?

First of all...
:band:

Welcome to the forums!

If you are in-game, at the menu you see a 'help' tab. If you ckick there, it will say the version.

Yes the game log is at the end when you finish a game.

Fomka · May 13, 2011

Theov said:
First of all...

Welcome to the forums!

Theov said:
If you are in-game, at the menu you see a 'help' tab. If you ckick there, it will say the version.

I can not see word 'help' in any of the game's menu

Theov · May 14, 2011

Fomka said:
I can not see word 'help' in any of the game's menu

Hm yeah. The help button was later introduced, after they found out that even shipwrecked people at sea play this game...

Thank you, FSM, for Touching him, he is a noob who knows how to make a question: post a save or screenshot. Excellent.
A lot of questions are about "I found these Aztecs between mountains and they are not attacking, I have not yet gunpowder, how do I attack them now?
Posting a save or screenshot = so much more helpful.

You're playing civilization for DOS, it has a powergraph and replay.

I play civilization1 for windows (winciv), it's the same game, as far as I know, but the controls are smoother and quicker. Some say it doesn't have the feeling of the original (dos) version, but it's a bit faster and better to control.

(it looks better, I dumbed down the image)

C1v1l1z@t10n · May 17, 2011

Fomka said:
Hello everyone!
I remember Sid Meier's Civilization offers the possibility to view a log of all events that happened during a game. There is a map and rows of text below it. Map shows civilizations' boundaries and cities, text shows actual events that have happened.
Am I mistaken and there is no such event log in Civilization? If not, how to activate it?

Update
I've found "Replay Options" section in the manual. It says "When you retire from play, a menu opens offering the option of reviewing a variety of replays of your civilization's history. You can choose the Quick Replay, the Complete Replay, or Write Replay to Disk." The manual states that that feature was "added to the IBM version."
My previous questions therefore are replaced by this one: how to know the version of Civilization?

I don't know if that already been said, what you read about you see once you won, or retired in is it 2011? forgot the date, it is not if you just exit the game or decide to stop playing.

Fomka · Dec 3, 2011

I tried to get log of events aka replay once more. Failed. I did not retired nor did I exit the game. I just ran my settlers around the globe until they eventually were destroyed. Then I saw ending picture of archaeologists who dig out remnants of my civilization. Then the game returned me to DOS. No log of events.
The question stays the same: how to know the version of Civilization?

Dack · Dec 3, 2011

Fomka said:
The question stays the same: how to know the version of Civilization?

Code:

[COLOR="Blue"]File date and size for the various versions of CIV DOS[/COLOR]
version      file date          size    crc32
.01     12/03/1991 17:17:08   304,512  45F95F3B
.02     01/31/1992 14:57:50   305,024  E72C0914
.03     04/01/1992 14:41:56   302,982  FAAD94AA
.04     07/21/1992 09:52:34   302,982  40D34607
.05     10/13/1992 10:31:46   305,030  92248218

The CRC32 values* are for unmodified version of the CIV.EXE. I used a free crc32 program found Here (crc32.exe) The version number appears on first screen when CIV is run. In the following example it is in blue.

Code:

[COLOR="Yellow"]&#9556;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9559;
&#9553;                                                                            &#9553;
&#9553;                    CIVILIZATION (TM) - Version [COLOR="Blue"]474.05[/COLOR]                      &#9553;
&#9553;                                                                            &#9553;
&#9553;                  From those civilized guys at MPS Labs.                    &#9553;
&#9553;                                                                            &#9553;
&#9553;    Program & Audio-visual Copyright (C) 1991 by MicroProse Software,Inc.,  &#9553;
&#9553;                            All Rights Reserved.                            &#9553;
&#9553;                                                                            &#9553;
&#9562;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9552;&#9565;


.                          Select graphics mode:                             .

                           1) VGA (256 color)
                           2) MCGA (256 color)
                           3) EGA (16 color)
                           4) Tandy 1000 (16 color)[/COLOR]

* Values are for English language version of CIV/DOS

Verrucosus · Dec 13, 2011

As far as I remember, the replay is shown at the end of the game only when a spaceship lands or you manage to conquer the globe. The events are shown one at a time at the top of the screen. A log file as decribed in the opening post is created when you pick "write to disk". The file is named Replay.txt and can be opened with a text editor. It shows rudimentary land masses, city locations and all the events, but not final civilization borders.

Again, this is just from memories from the IBM Dos version as shown in Fomka's screen shots. The fastest way to test for yourself should be to play the Babylonians with 2 other civs on Earth and Chieftain. You'll need to destroy the French, Germans, Romans and Russians, but they are all in the same corner (Europe), and with the help of enough chariots and AI penalties it should not take too long.

RedKi-rr · Dec 20, 2011

BtW, How can I know the version of my civ (usual dos civ)? Is it possible to see it somewhere?

Thanks in advance.

Moderator Action: Post moved; answer found in this thread.

jordissim · Dec 20, 2011

The easiest way is when the game asks you the graphics mode, the sound card, and whether you want to use keyboard/mouse. In the blue table above, the first line actually displays the version. No need for complicated procedures, at least in my version (474.03)

. Maybe other versions don't display the text, I don't know about that...

RedKi-rr · Dec 21, 2011

The worst thing is that my civ is a translated version (into Russian). Therefore threre are no any information in the graphic mode...However it should be based on some English version, for example I don't see 'help' button like in post #3.
Is there any other possibilities to know the version? E.g., observing crc32 and size of some relative files (besides civ.exe)...The date of pic files are about Oct-Nov of 1991...Or may be there is some information inside civ.exe...?

Added:
How many versions does civ1 have?
474.01, 474.02, 474.03, 474.04, 474.05, 475.01?

Does 475.01 exist? Or is it just type?

Urtica dioica · Dec 21, 2011

@RedKi-rr In my Russian Civ, there's also no number on the intro screen, but you can tell what version it "effectively" is by gameplay. 474.01 should be the only version where shift-56 activates cheat mode, and that's exactly what happens for me.

RedKi-rr · Dec 22, 2011

@Urtica dioica, Indeed, shift-56 works...Thanks a lot!

Is there many different things in 474.01 and in 474.05?

BtW, Do you have time/mood to play an OCC competition game?..)

View event log after game end & how to know the version of Civ/dos?

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