Firaxis, the developer behind Civilization 7, has released patch 1.0.1, addressing player concerns following the game's full launch. The patch, available for PC, Mac, Linux, and Steam Deck, is the first of several planned updates to address feedback gathered during the game's advanced access period. This initial release focuses primarily on bug fixes and improvements based on community feedback.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick acknowledged mixed initial reviews, expressing confidence that the core Civilization fanbase will embrace the game with continued play. He characterized the game's early performance as "very encouraging."
This patch temporarily disables cross-play multiplayer between PC and console players to streamline PC updates. This change will not affect console-to-console or PC-to-PC multiplayer.
Patch 1.0.1 (Patch 2) Highlights:
Gameplay:
- Resolved an issue causing shortened Ages in Epic and Marathon speed games.
- City-States now transition into Friendly Independent Powers during Age transitions instead of disappearing. They also begin with more units in the Exploration and Modern Ages.
- Improved naval combat consistency, addressing issues with combat strength values, reciprocal damage, and unit movement after combat.
- Completing a Legacy Path milestone no longer grants Modern Age progress, allowing more time for victory completion.
- Towns automatically revert to growth focus if their chosen focus becomes ineligible (e.g., population decrease).
- The "Future Civic" is now repeatable across all Ages, with increased costs for repeated selections.
- Fixed an issue causing negative food requirements for growth under certain bonus conditions.
- Enhanced rail network reliability for settlements connected over water via ports.
- Improved Loyalty Crisis management in the Antiquity Age, including the ability to purchase Villas.
AI:
- Reduced AI frequency of offering high-value cities in peace deals.
- Decreased AI war declarations at the start of the Modern Age.
- Increased AI consideration of ideology before declaring war or offering peace.
- Adjusted AI war and peace desires based on ideological alignment.
Camera:
- Resolved a camera focus issue on native resolutions affecting minimap clicks.
UI:
- Temporarily replaced the Simplified Chinese font with the Civilization VI font.
- Fixed issues with the Settlement menu, yield icons, and text cut-off on various screens.
- Added notifications for completed espionage actions.
- Corrected issues with city project purchaseability and religion display in the belief picker.
- Resolved issues with lingering health bars and leader portraits.
- Improved alignment of leader names and portraits on the Age Summary and Victory Rankings screens.
- Fixed a background color issue in the Player Customize tab.
- Improved spacing on the loading screen.
Further patches are planned to continue addressing community feedback and improving the overall Civilization 7 experience.
