Call to Power II
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| Developers | |
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| Activision | |
| Additional art | Mad Doc Software |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 15, 2000 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 72 |
| 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 |
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| Call to Power | |
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| Civilization: Call to Power | 1999 |
| Call to Power II | 2000 |
Call to Power II is a 4X turn-based strategy game released in November 2000 as the final game internally developed by Activision. It dropped the Civilization prefix as a result of a licensing dispute with MicroProse in the late 1990s.
The game received a single official patch post-release. In 2003, the developers publicly released the game's source code, which resulted in community projects improving the game. The most prominent such project is the Apolyton CTP2 Edition, which has become the most common way of playing the game.
General information
- Civilization Wiki - A detailed wiki for all Civilization games and their spin offs
- Apolyton Civilization Site's CTP2 section - A huge forum dedicated to all Civilization games and their spin offs. Modifications for the game can be found here
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- CTP2 Bureau - The Modding Knowledgebase
Availability
Essential improvements
In-game general settings.
Patches
v1.1 patch is the latest official version.
Apolyton CTP2 Edition
A huge fan made patch/continuation for the game, it provides modern PC support, bug fixes, and AI improvements.
The related forum can be found here. The download link is currently broken, this archive should be used instead.
A GitHub repository exists here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\ctp2_program\ctp\userprofile.txt[Note 2] <path-to-game>\ctp2_program\ctp\userkeymap.txt[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/572050/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\ctp2_program\ctp\save[Note 2] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/572050/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game graphics settings.
In-game screen resolution 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) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
In-game key map settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Labeled as Mouse Speed. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Sound, voice, music | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | Retail only | |||
| German | Retail only; download for digital versions. | |||
| Italian | Retail only | |||
| Japanese | Retail only |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | The official servers have been shut down. | |||
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Multiplayer | Earthlink |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, ME, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II 266 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 470 MB | 600 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | 16-bit high colour video card 4 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/572050/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (572050) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16