Civ 4 and tablets

[Dionysis]

I have been thinking of getting a tablet and wanted to play Civ 4 on it. I own the PC versions of the game but would be willing to purchase the MAC version.

Problem is, is it possible to install Civ 4 on an iPad, for example? Would the up-coming Windows 8 tablets (with an Intel chip) be a better choice?

Note that I do not want to remote to my desktop, I want to be able to physically install Civ to the tablet so I can play it anywhere.

Thanks.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I have been thinking of getting a tablet and wanted to play Civ 4 on it. I own the PC versions of the game but would be willing to purchase the MAC version.

Problem is, is it possible to install Civ 4 on an iPad, for example? Would the up-coming Windows 8 tablets (with an Intel chip) be a better choice?

Note that I do not want to remote to my desktop, I want to be able to physically install Civ to the tablet so I can play it anywhere.

Thanks.

No, you can't install civ4 on an iPad. But, there is a version of civ for the iPad called Civ Revolutions.

It runs on the current Samsung Windows 7 tablet. It should run on an Intel Windows 8 tablet, especially with the upcoming Intel integrated graphics upgrade.

 

[Zelig]

I don't feel like Civ4 would make for a very touch-friendly game... has anyone tried it?

 

[Dionysis]

I don't feel like Civ4 would make for a very touch-friendly game... has anyone tried it?

Good point Zelig. I guess I will just have to stick to the desktop for now

 

[Zelig]

Well, it might be playable, I just wouldn't want to spend money on that kind of hardware for that purpose before trying it out beforehand, or at least getting some feedback from someone who had.

 

[Mise]

Civ Rev is pretty good, but it doesn't even come close to the complexity and difficulty of the full game. It's like a child's version of the game, really.

Sadly, there's no way of playing PC games on your iPad without remote desktop'ing, AFAIK.


EDIT: I just installed Freeciv for Android, which is currently in Beta. It's not bad (Freeciv is an open source clone of Civ 2, basically). It works pretty well on touch screen, but it's all a bit too small to play on my phone. Maybe a tablet would make it more playable, but the reviews say that the icons are too small on a bigger screen.

 

[bob bobato]

I don't feel like Civ4 would make for a very touch-friendly game... has anyone tried it?

Civ works very well on a touchscreen, though the iPad version is really only about as complex as Civ2. I'd look out for improvements however - in theory I'd say games like civ work better with a touch input than with a mouse and keyboard.

 

[Zelig]

Civ works very well on a touchscreen, though the iPad version is really only about as complex as Civ2. I'd look out for improvements however - in theory I'd say games like civ work better with a touch input than with a mouse and keyboard.

I'm curious about Civ4 running on Windows with a touchscreen, not CivRev.

 

[bob bobato]

I'm curious about Civ4 running on Windows with a touchscreen, not CivRev.

I doubt that it's possible. At best you'd probably just use the touchscreen to move around the cursor, which is rather pointless.

 

[innonimatu]

Civ Rev is pretty good, but it doesn't even come close to the complexity and difficulty of the full game. It's like a child's version of the game, really.

Dumbed down games for dumbed down computers. Makes sense.

 

[mdwh]

Should install and run on a Windows 8 x86 tablet (or even the existing Windows 7 tablets as GrandAdmiral refers to).

Does Civ 4 require a right mouse button at any point? That would seem the main issue.

No idea whether any of the UI might be too small for touch. Though some of the Samsung phones/tablets have styluses, which would if necessary be one way to solve that problem.

An obvious question is why - you say "so I can play it anywhere", but ultra-portable laptops/netbooks are almost as portable as the larger tablets, and can also easily slip in your bag wherever you go.

ETA: Hmm, of course what would be perfect for this kind of thing would be a virtual touchpad, similar to virtual touch keyboards. Whilst apparently pointless on a touchscreen, it would be great for working on a tablet with software that isn't optimised for touch (either because it's old, or because it's a more complex "desktop" Windows app and they have no desire to make a dumbed down Metro version). I don't know if Windows 8 will feature such a thing, or if someone could write such a thing...

 

[ind57]

Windows 8 and and tablets with windows 8 are now available.
Did anybody try to install and play with Civ IV on it??

 

[cardgame]

I imagine it would be pretty doable with the Surface and a wireless mouse.

 

[Zelig]

Surface Pro, not the Surface.

Civ won't run on Windows RT.

 

[GoodGame]

It'd be pretty useful if where you touched, the mouse pointer instantly moved to that location.

 

[Zelig]

It'd be pretty useful if where you touched, the mouse pointer instantly moved to that location.

It's been pretty well established that this user paradigm results in a really bad touch experience.

 

[whitel0tus]

I put civ4 on my laptop. I connect to the internet by tethering through a galaxy S3. I usually have a 3 or 4g connection. Even 3g connection is 1MB and up. When I try to play multiplayer I cant connect to half the players. Please help.

 

[Needles093]

Has anyone found out if Civ 4 works with touchscreens? Or if there is a mod or patch that can be downloaded?

The Surface Pro is barely strong enough for Civ 5 (which supports touch,) but late game is nearly unplayable with very low framerates.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Civ 4 probably works with Win 8 touchscreens. If you are worried about bad functionality wrt the touchscreen, get a mouse for your tablet.

Civ5 works with my touchscreen tablet btw, so I'm sure Civ4 will. Civ5 has a 'touch optimized' mode but it actually doesn't work nearly as well as 'normal' mode - which still recognizes touchscreen input.