Civilization 5 Tactics and Strategies

This post will outline and detail strategies, tips, tricks, cheats and tactics for Sid Meier’s Civilization V (Civ5/CivV). Call it an FAQ of sorts.

Let’s get on with it, shall we?

Some quick observations:

• Open borders allows you to surround an enemy, then attack. This works wonders later on.
• The trebuchet seems a bit overpowered, and is definitely the best way to attack cities.
• The easiest way I know of to skip the first intro movie is to simply rename “Civ5_Opening_Movie_en_US.wmv” to something else.
• Alternatively, edit the “usersettings.ini” file found in “My Documents\My Games\Sid Meiers Civilization 5\”. Make sure to change “SkipIntroVideo=0” to “=1” on line 15.
• For a copy of the English manual for Civ5, head here
• How to turn on workers automatically keeping improvements
  In the My Documents folder go to the Civ V folder and then look for the “usersettings.ini” file.

  There is a setting called AutoWorkersDontReplace. Change the value from 0 to 1.