Sid Meier’s Civilization 5 (Mac OS X)

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komod (2010-10-01)

This is a port version right? Not the native version for Mac OSX?

acorn2oaks (2010-10-01)

Excuse my ignorance komod, but what does that mean? 'port version'

kludge420 (2010-10-02)

Acorn2Oaks: A port is a PC game using a wrapper library that maps the Windows APIs to Mac OS X APIs. Google Cider, CXZ, Wine, and Crossover and that'll give you a start to understanding game ports.
It should be noted that while ports sometimes "work" they still have all sorts of problems from graphic corruption to random crashes.
In other words ports are a waste of time, they're total crap, and should never be used. You're MUCH better off using a virtual machine or boot camp.

acorn2oaks (2010-10-02)

Many thanks Kludge420 for the info and advice. That does make some sense. Having recently stumbled into the word of torrents I am on a very steep learning curve and find it fascinating.

koesherbacon (2010-10-02)

Yeah, if you look at their link, it says it's a port.

badgerbravo (2010-10-04)

Not working for me at all. Crashes on opening screen. OSX 10.6.4 ! :(

zenekkw (2010-10-04)

Working without any problems here - 10.6.4, 2,66 GHz Intel Core Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3.

redsox04 (2010-10-06)

zenekkw: what else are you running? i've got he same setup. Are you using crossover?

mycophage (2010-10-08)

It's loading up fine for me, though the first startup took a really long time.
I ran the first tutorial (movement), and it worked fine. During the second tutorial (building cities) it crashed for no apparent reason - the app never showed up as "not responding" but the controls became unresponsive, and I had to quit. Haven't reproduced this behavior but I wanted to mention it in case others ran into similar issues.
My configuration:
- MacBook Pro
- 2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.6.4
...and at present I'm just running the program with the default settings.

zenekkw (2010-10-09)

redsox04 - I'm running nothing else, just OSX - in single player mode only.
Loading time is pretty long.

junkets (2010-10-18)

Can't get this port to work on 10.5.8

quarth (2010-10-22)

On 10.5.8 critical error either

rmoul20 (2010-10-24)

game starts, works great. when i go to play there is no map, its just grey. any solution?

THHanson15 (2010-10-24)

i have the same problem, there is no map. everything else works except it. can anyone help me?

jeroen140 (2010-10-29)

Just click on the lowest button left from the "a unit needs orders"-window at the low right side of the mainscreen. It's the button with Honeycumb sign. It toggles between the normal and strategic view

dauberbanaan (2010-10-30)

A port is just getting a game to work on different platforms, morons.
What you're talking about is a Cider port, that's the crappy kind.
I'll be waiting for the native version that'll come out this holiday.

xcausticx (2010-11-02)

Occasional crash, but works very well and easy install. I love this game and play it for hours! Thanks!

Fred__f (2010-11-07)

Can only save once …
If I restart a game from a saved one, I'ma unable to save again
any clue ?
PS : I've tried bloodomen5 solution already
Thankx

Poeticile (2010-11-09)

Excellent game. Except for a little setup lag, it runs smoothly at low/medium graphics.
V. 10.6.3, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
13' MBP.
* NOTE * : If you set the terrain graphics to the lowest setting, you may encounter a problem where the map turns grey. Even if it makes it lag more, turn it back to medium OR play on strategic tile mode, but that's pretty boring.

orenheb (2010-11-11)

This is not the "True" Mac version
Apple site advertizing Civilization V in 3 to 4 weeks

tinylove (2010-11-22)

Running 10.6.5 on a 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB ram
runs just fine. played all day. loaded well, bit of a lag on the first start up. one crash about 4 hours in when i was in safari doing some work. auto saved worked a treat. played again again for about 4 hours, no issues. all graphics etc on default settings.

fuckbutton (2010-11-23)

*********
Ladies and gentlemen, this port does not work with 10.5 (there's a bug in the graphics driver and Apple don't upgrade drivers for 10.5 anymore :( ). Either upgrade to 10.6, or forget about it.

orenheb (2010-11-24)

Well, the "real" version is out now !!
Lets wait for a "hero" to uploaded !!

nofil (2010-11-29)

the mac retail version is out now... please seed that soon!

pashok99 (2010-11-30)

Please some one upload the native Mac OS Client! been waiting to play this game for to long.

pashok99 (2010-12-01)

Can some one atleast say if they are working on cracking the Mac OS version? or some one post a link where i can get it. please

slam999 (2010-12-03)

Runs great on my 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro. Didn't run on 10.5, upgraded to 10.6.5 and it runs great, though it's a graphics hog with a low frame rate.
Will not run at all on my Mac 2 x 3 GHz Mac Pro tower with 10.6.5. The wrapper starts, the exe has a problem and had to quit.
If you can't wait to play, go buy it, but don't moan about it on the boards.

slam999 (2010-12-16)

The Mac native version is now on The Pirate Bay here:
That's the steam version, no hack available yet.

FA1982 (2010-12-21)

Hola a todos,
Lo siento por mi mal ingles. El juego funciona perfectamente en un IMac. Se ve perfectamente con la resolución mas alta.
No he necesitado instalar Steam. He montado la imagen CivilizationV.dmg y al ejecutar ha hecho una copia en mis aplicaciones y lo he empezado a jugar perfectamente.
pd:Tengo capada la salida a la red a CivV
¿Mi pregunta es?
¿Como puedo actualizar a la ultima versión el juego? ¿Es posible? Como puedo extraer pluggins de mapas de steam como el mediterraneo o las civilizaciones Incas y Españolas para subir el torrent?
Un saludo
-------------------------
Hi everyone,
Sorry for my bad English. The game works fine on an iMac. It looks perfect with the highest resolution.
I did not need to install Steam. I mounted the image CivilizationV.dmg and has run a copy of my application and I started to play well.
pd: I have closed the exit to the network CivV
My question is?
How I can upgrade to the latest version of the game? Is it possible? As I can draw maps pluggins steam as the Mediterranean or Spanish and Inca civilizations to upload the torrent?
Greetings

SKubrick (2010-12-26)

Great upload. It'just Download and Play. Works in perfection. Thanks a whole lot. Great Holidays.

lilpunkbean (2010-12-27)

it gets to the startup screen but when i try and attempt a game it says there is a problem with exe file... any advice?

lilpunkbean (2010-12-27)

oh p.s. i am running os x 10.5.8
processor 3.06 ghz intel core 2 duo

wMin17 (2010-12-29)

WOW! 9 mb download speed! It was finished in 3 min! I am so gonna seed for like a month..... and mabye 3 months if this works....

orenheb (2010-12-30)

@ FA1982
No puedes, es mas, no importa que tan bien se vea al principio, apenas juegas un rato, se congela y ya no puedes seguir jugando, no vale para nada, hay que seguir esperando para un Crack para la version original

.PiRAT3 (2011-01-05)

@ rmoul20
Same problem. I can see the Strategic map. But the normal one is just grey, but the icons of the stuff are there.
Please help!

SethAbel (2011-01-08)

Thanks for the upload, but I have a problem when trying to start a game, the same problem as lilpunkbean.
No way to get a native version of this uploaded ?

jmbelardo (2011-01-09)

As for the problem of gray screen during play mode, follow @Poeticile advice and turn the graphic setting to medium. That should fix the problem.

Chazward (2011-01-13)

I'm trying to open this up and the game crashes as it's starting up. Do i need a patch or a crack or something?
What do?

Chazward (2011-01-13)

AHHH nearly forgot. ...
Version 10.6.6
2 GHz Intel Core Duo
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Chwilami (2011-01-21)

Works just fine, but low frame rate.
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
4GB 667 MHz DDR2
Mac OS X 10.6.4

nahlene (2011-02-05)

Thanks for the upload, worked fine for me, and it is quite smooth. The only thing is i cannot enter real full screen mode, there is always that task bar atop, which is kinda annoying, but that's a minor issue.
(I am running a Hackintosh though, not sure anything that i installed influenced the compatibility.)

fikes (2011-02-25)

more seeds please :D

jakeazoid (2011-02-28)

It will load, although it takes quite a while, but once I start a game, i just get a gray map, and I can't really see what I'm doing. Does anyone have a link for a native version, i'm pretty sure this is ported

highfye (2011-03-20)

What a great game, but it crashes whenever I meet the US, Russian or German leaders for the first time. The screen freezes up completely, sometimes goes grey. I can hear the dialog behind the frozen screen but that's it, then I have to quit and restart. Apparently this has been addressed in the latest patch, which requires STEAM to download.

Oktopuz (2011-03-27)

For those who get the gray game area, I found a solution!! Once you've started the Civ5, go to Options>Video>Fullscreen>Apply Resolution. Changing that seems to get rid of the bug and u can play without problems until you quit the app. You'll have to do that every time you start the game but it's an easy fix. *I dont have any other issues with the game btw. Works great ;)

SMA92 (2011-03-28)

Great game..
Works perfectly for me...
But should warn u all that the game becomes really REALLY slow after a few hours gameplay!

tdnguyen (2011-04-25)

May I please ask if this is the native version?

ashenlar (2011-07-02)

it WORKS!!!!
Fantastic, thanks!

riptid3 (2011-07-29)

gray screen on start up then an error about the exe file...fixes?
running on iMac OS X 10.7 Lion
2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

rip32raptors (2011-08-03)

i have the same problem as above ^^^
gray screen on start up then an error about the exe file...fixes?
running on iMac OS X 10.6.8
2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Lukas456 (2011-08-05)

*Almost* same problem as the others. It starts up perfectly with a white start screen, then to the menu. I start the tutorials (new to Civ5, former Civ3 player), and enter the game world. But there, everything is gray, except the interface, which works perfectly, but the whole interacting world is grayd out.
OS X 10.7 Lion
Model 2009 MacBook White

Aypolo (2011-08-05)

Civ 5 mac DLC would be wonderful!
I tried installing the PC dlc but it corrupted the game

simvik91 (2011-08-09)

error on exe.file, on my new Macbook Air.. ah well, my comp probably wouldn't be able to run it that well anyway...

Svartedauden (2011-08-12)

Same problem as others. Blank screen / gray screen and then EXE error about wine.
Fix highly appreciated.
Macbook pro 2.3 i7, 8GB ram

Wildman496 (2011-08-13)

It worked fine aside from rather insane loading times(I'm unable to skip the start movie either) that I'm not sure were in the original CD until around 1300-1500 AD in every campaign(I tried 3 times with 3 different maps). Once I've conquered a large portion of the players, so around 1300, the game randomly freezes completely and, as it's a full screen game, the only option is to hold the power button until your computer shuts off. This then happened around every 2 turns.

OhhLovely (2011-08-15)

It must be a WINDOWS game. It probably ended up in the wrong category. EXE is supported by windows, not Mac OS.

chenman (2012-01-11)

this thing doesn't works at all! after start up it will only tell you that there's something wrong with the program and you should check wine of smthing. don't download! since it's a windows program transformed into a mac program it won't properly work.

Duffman1200 (2012-02-08)

I had the grey terrain problem also and apparently all you have to do is set all the graphics settings to med with the exception of the last option which i left at low. It works now!! WOOT!

nugggets (2012-03-06)

Doesn't work for me... cannot even launch, error window shows almost instantly... help please!

Fezman92 (2012-04-21)

Freezes up a lot, when I exit I still get the sounds for 5-30 minutes. Takes many tries to open it. If I could afford it, I would buy it now so I wouldn't have to deal with all of these issues.

Alchemic_Psycho (2012-04-29)

Works okay here. Macbook Pro running 10.6.4. Starts up with white screen then loads. Usually it freezes 10-15 mins in and then you have to hold the power button down as mentioned before but after you relaunch it, runs fine and smooth. No other issues.

liquid15 (2012-05-24)

Game DL slowly but ok. Wont open tho. Just get the white screen and the exe. error. What a pain.
OS X 10.6.8

Phantom310 (2012-06-04)

@Wildman496 only cause its a fullscreen game doesn't mean you have to shut your mac down... have you ever heard of alt+command+esc? this mystical command will exit out your current fullscreen or any program being in use.. bet you don't know how to take screen shots either with your mac?

Wildman496 (2012-06-13)

@Phantom
Thanks for the info. Your sarcasm is noted but I'll forgive you for being a pompous idiot since I actually didn't know that command.

neb42 (2012-06-14)

I also get the grey world in the tutorial but with everything else working. It seems to be a port from windows.

EdwardRech (2012-06-25)

Guys, you need to update wineskin or something! I may upload a new torrent for you guys soon. I MAY.

Dregon909 (2012-06-25)

Don't use this torrent, its a port of a windows copy, there a torrents for native mac copies, use them.

tablewax (2012-07-17)

...well, show me the torrents native to mac... seems like the windows copy has taken over.. never should have deleted this game.

tablewax (2012-08-13)

Setting everything to medium fixes the grey bug... the game runs fine, it's a bit bigger than the OSX version but it doesn't seem like anyone has that.
Anybody have any info on installing mods? The ingame screen wont let me download any...

imapuss (2012-08-17)

i downloaded the torrent but when I try to load the game the start screen pops up for a second then then the program closes any solutions.

Hubberj (2012-09-09)

First off resolve grey screen issue by putting all settings to medium it will say options wont take effect till you restart, dont restart. play the game, when you decide to quit when you go to play again youll get an error message, the exe. bs. go to the sid meijer civ 5 folder and delete the settings config Dx9 and the Config somethin thats next to it, itll solve the error issue and you still have your saves

hennahsheikh (2012-10-21)

NOT WORKING!!!!!!!
Plz help someone...the game wont launch..i'm usuing 10.7.5

hennahsheikh (2012-10-21)

plz someone give step-by-step instructions!!!

boazcstrike (2012-10-23)

it shows the app icon but nothing is happening. What a waste. not working. dnt dl

MilosK9 (2012-11-09)

Im running Mac OS X 10.7.5
its not working
all that happens is the icon shows up in my dock, and thats all. i downloaded wine and its still not working for me.
Can somebody please help??

daedeluss (2012-11-27)

Fails to run on mountain lion 10.8.2. Something must be wrong with the wineskin wrapper they are using. It's not a native mac app.

warattemii (2012-12-27)

it's not work on mountain lion 10.8.2 :(

hanbayke (2012-12-31)

For those who running latest versions of Mac OS 10.7 or 10.8..
1. Install latest version of Wineskin, instructions on their site.
2. Open package content of your new Wineskin and content of 'Civilization V.app' on 'Civlization V.dmg'
3. Copy Civ-folder from 'drive_c -> Program Files' to your new Wineskin
4. Apply same advanced Wineskin-settings
5. Copy Icon from 'package content'

mrbonanana (2013-02-23)

will this work on snow lepord

yeses (2013-03-25)

hanbyke, when you say, "apply some advanced wineskin-settings", can you specify with settings are you referring to? I really don't know. All that happens when i try to play the game is the icon showing up. plz help, appreciate!

hanbayke (2013-03-30)

You have to install the latest version of Wineskin first, then copy settings from:
'Civilization V.app' > Show package contents (right click) > open 'Wineskin' > Advanced settings to your new version of Wineskin.

hoa_mai84 (2013-05-13)

I'm new to this, could you dumb it down a bit for me???

pitch_mod (2013-05-13)

Here's how I got it to run on OS X 10.8.3:
These are basically Hanabayke's instructions. I didn't know exactly what he/she meant to do, and I've never messed with Wine before, so there may be an easier way, but this worked for me.
Go to this page to get the Wineskin Winery application that is used to create new Wine wrappers:

1. Download and install the Wineskin Winery. Click update when it opens and let it update, and then click the plus sign below the "Installed Engines" window. A new window will appear. Choose the newest version from the drop down menu and click "Download and Install".
2. Go back to the first Winery window and click "Create New Blank Wrapper". You will be asked to name the wrapper. Name it Civilization V because it will be your new application for opening Civ5. It prompted me to download a couple more files in the process of creating the wrapper, and then it was created in my temp folder.
3. Now go to where you downloaded the Civ5 torrent. After mounting the .dmg, right click the Civ5 app and choose "show package contents". In the window that opens, navigate to "drive_c/Program Files". Inside "Program Files" there is a folder named "Sid Meier's Civilization V". Drag that folder onto your hard drive. The desktop is fine.
4. Now navigate back to where you installed the new Wineskin Wrapper. Right click the wrapper and choose "Show Package Contents". Now double click the "Wineskin" application inside the window that opens. The app will start, and you should choose "Install Software". Now click "Move a Folder Inside", and when prompted navigate to and select the "Sid Meier's Civilization V" folder you removed from the original torrent .dmg. You may be asked to verify the .exe file from a drop down list. It's the one that says "/Program Files/Sid Meier's Civilization V/CivilizationV.exe".
5. Exit out of everything and navigate back inside the package contents of your new wineskin wrapper. Once again double click the Wineskin app inside the window that opens. This time click on the "Advanced" button. Near the top of the window that opens, check the box that says "Use Start.exe". In the bottom right corner you can choose an icon for your app. You can copy and paste the one from the torrent dmg.
6. Close everything again and double click on your new wineskin wrapper (Not the wineskin app inside the wrappers package contents). Civilization should launch now.
I hope this helps somebody. I very well may have taken the looooong way around to get it done, but it worked for me and the game runs flawlessly now. Cheers!

Killatrap (2013-06-02)

I did what pitch_mod instructed, and it worked flawlessly the first time I used it. However, after I saved my game and quit, it will no longer open, crashing shortly after I open it. Any solutions?

erhyne08 (2013-06-16)

Same thing happens to me as Killatrap

ThisIsTheElf (2013-11-22)

To open non-native apps on the latest version of mac, drag it to the desktop, right click and choose open. it worked for me

telis4 (2013-12-24)

@pitch_mod
thank you so muxh for your instructions.. now the game works correctly

red94blue (2014-10-08)

@pitch_mod on Step 4 when I try to select "Sid Meier's Civilization V" from my desktop it doesn't let me select it. a messege pops up when i triple-click it with "Oops! The move failed. You either do not have permission to move, or there is already a folder with that name in the wrappe's Program Files folder."
How should I proceed? Please help, I do not have much knowledge on these things but would really like to play this game.

noneofus (2014-12-05)

Thanks pitchmod, your instructions worked perfectly for me, running and saving working well. One small addition: I use an external monitor with my Macbook pro, and the wine video settings defaulted to my laptop resolution. To run my monitor at its native resolution, I reopened the wine app and in the control panel did: Screen Options/ Override wine control of screen settings to Override, then set Resolution to Current Resolution. I then booted Civ V and was able to set the correct resolution in the Civ video options. Thanks for the torrent!