One trick here is that you can actually play without the AI, if you so choose. Once the game gets back to the main menu again, you can Alt-Tab out and refresh the log to see the changes. If you want to see your changes, make sure you quit the game completely and restart it.
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This file is rewritten when you exit the game, and when you launch it and get to the main menu.ĭo note that a lot of the entries in this log only update when the game is first launched. This will cause the game to create a file called “achievements_debug.log” in a folder called “Logs.” This Logs folder is in the same folder as config.ini above. Find the line called “LoggingEnabled” and change the 0 at the end to a 1.Open the file “config.ini” in a text editor.From your My Documents folder, open “My Games” and then “Sid Meier’s Civilization 5”.For a while it was turned off, but then Firaxis turned access to it back on in a later patch. The achievement debug log was supposed to be a developer-only option, but word of it spread, as it is useful for determining where you are with respect to certain achievements. Here are a few tricks you can use across most achievements to make the whole process go a bit easier. I’ll try to note when I’m speaking about G&K specific stuff, and offer alternate strategies if possible. In future installments, I’ll go over thorny achievements from scenario packs and the expansion pack.ĭo note that there are many achievements that are much easier with the expansion pack – Gods and Kings (G&K) – installed. In this round, I’ll be covering mostly achievements available in the base game. I have been working towards some of the thornier achievements in the game, and I’m here to share my secrets and strategies. Given my love for both achievements and Civilization, this cannot stand! Over the Steam Holiday Sale I snagged all the expansions and DLC for a song.
Still, in over two and a half years of play I’ve yet to get even half of the achievements for this game.
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Steam claims I’ve played over 300 hours, although there was a considerable stretch of time there where I was playing in offline mode, so I doubt those stats are 100% accurate. Posted January 20, 2013, Updated June 26, 2013, Civilization 5: Achievement Guide (Part 1)Ĭivilization 5 is easily my most-played game on the PC.