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Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)

appid 8800 1 threads, 1 open 29 comments last activity 2026-08-16
Latest maintainer comment · kisak-valve · 2020-04-22 · #179
Hello @onurkulak, as something basic to check, please go to the game in Steam's Library UI, click on the ⓘ on the right side and verify that the extended info has "Runs on this computer via Steam Play Proton # selected by you for this title."
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Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword) proton open 2 matching

#179 · 29 comments · opened 2018-08-22 · last comment 2026-08-16 by CuriousLurker
comment by zzhiyi · 2019-01-11 · view · github
Cannot reproduce with proton 3.7-8 or 3.16 any more.
comment by sophietheopossum · 2019-04-01 · view · github
... looking back, i can see there were various winetricks solutions i could try, but surely if 3.7 ...
Recent activity
  • CuriousLurker · 2026-08-16 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    ## System Information - GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT - Video driver version: Mesa 26.1.6-arch3.1 - Kernel version: 7.1.8-1-cachyos - Link to full system information report as [Gist](https://gist.github.com/): [link](https:...
  • Vactarian · 2023-04-08 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    I cannot get msxml4 to install either..
  • Verontrix · 2021-11-06 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    how were you able to get msxml4 to install on your system? It does not install on mine I get the following error: [code]
  • Endle · 2021-11-02 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    I failed to play 8800 with vanilla Proton (Experimental 6.3+) [My log](https://gist.github.com/Endle/09927d1c3c840db4c47e7ea5f111d45a) Inspired by https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/179#issuecomment-415593087...
  • OvermindDL1 · 2020-06-15 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    @Kartoffelsaft This doesn't seem like a proton issue, based on the forum conversation that you linked to it looks like a misuse of the `wcsrtombs` function by the mod itself as now described at: https://forums.civfanatic...
  • Kartoffelsaft · 2020-06-14 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    I have been playing with the total conversion mod Caveman2Cosmos and have encountered a seemingly random crash. It didn't seem appropriate to start another thread just for a mod, so I'm just posting this here. I talked t...
  • GitHubIsShortOnUsernames · 2020-04-07 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    Game does *not* work with vanilla proton. Nothing has changed since Proton 3. Confirmed on Debian 10, latest stable proprietary Nvidia driver. Map creation crashes the game randomly, both with a new game and when loading...
  • soredake · 2020-02-20 · Civilization 4 (Beyond the Sword)
    Game works fine with vanilla proton 5.0-2.

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