Civilization: Call to Power

Civilization: Call to Power

Developers
	Activision
Mac OS (Classic)	Westlake Interactive
Linux	Loki Software
Publishers
	Activision
Mac OS	MacSoft
Release dates
Windows	April 5, 1999
Linux	May 15, 1999
Mac OS (Classic)	January 4, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Point and select
Genres	4X, TBS
Themes	Historical
Series	Call to Power

Call to Power
Civilization: Call to Power	1999
Call to Power II	2000

Civilization: Call to Power is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric 4X and TBS game in the Call to Power series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Oversized CD-ROM DRM (lead-out area shortened and used for data, to prevent most contemporary CD-RW drives from copying the method). Has both a CD-ROM and an enhanced DVD-ROM release.

A BeOS release is also known to exist, released in March 2000.

Version differences

The DVD-ROM release has the same gameplay as the original CD version, but with higher-quality video cutscenes and 5.1 surround sound support.

Essential improvements

Patches

• The latest official patch is 1.2. If using the DVD-ROM release, manually open the patch installer with 7-Zip and extract the files to the game directory.

Unofficial patch

• The 1.21 hack fixes further problems.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ctp_program\ctp\userprofile.txt <path-to-game>\ctp_program\ctp\userkeymap.txt

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ctp_program\ctp\save

Video

Graphics settings

Gameplay settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Labeled as Mouse Speed.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sound, music, voice
Surround sound		5.1 support on DVD release only.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Slovak				Fan translation; download.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		8	Hot seat It is possible to increase the number of players in local play to 32 via this method. This is not viable for LAN/online multiplayer.
LAN play		8
Online play		8	Official servers have been shut down.
Asynchronous multiplayer		Playing by email (PBEM). Introduced in patch 1.2.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux					Also available for Alpha and SPARC workstations.
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95		98, NT 4.0 SP3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 133 MHz		Intel Pentium 166 MHz (required on NT)
System memory (RAM)	32 MB		64 MB (required on NT)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	320 MB
Video card (GPU)	16-bit video card 1 MB of VRAM DirectX 6 compatible

DVD version may require an MPEG-2 decoder card.

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 603e 180 MHz
System memory (RAM)	48 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	"Thousands of colors" video card