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Civ 7 1.0.1 Patch Notes and Updates

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Latest Update: 1.0.1 - Patch 1

1.0.1 Patch 1 Notes

A mini update was released on February 8, 2025, to fix game crashes and bugs for Mac players.

  • General game stability improvements, including regional game crashes.
  • Fixed a bug for players on Mac that were experiencing Mac system sounds whenever keypresses were made in game.

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Patch 1.0.1 Summary

Patch 1.0.1
Patch 1.0.1 Update, released on February 6, 2025, mostly focuses on several fixes and adjustments. It also includes improvements to the minimap and adds more quality-of-life features, like new entries in the Civilopedia.

This will be the Day One patch, available on both early access and the official release.

General Updates

  • Moving onto a Bridge no longer ends a Unit's movement.
  • Removed -2 Happiness "Social Policy Lost" penalty when changing Social Policies during Celebrations.
  • Ports can now be built on Navigable Rivers.
  • Updated growth thresholds to ensure they never decrease.
  • Tiles impacted by nuclear fallout no longer produce Yields.
  • Town upgrade costs now scale with game speed for better pacing.
  • Relationships can no longer reach Helpful while at war with another Leader.

AI Updates

  • AI now prioritizes pillaging any available tiles before attacking a Settlement's center.
  • AI leaders now accept and reject Peace Deals more appropriately.
  • Commander Orders and Group attacks now behave more consistently.
  • Improved AI navy ability to target plots on shore.
  • Improved AI ability to use Migrant Units if space is available.

UI Updates

  • Updated minimap to show tile ownership by player.
  • Added new information to the City Details screen that shows where a Town is sending its food and what Town a City is receiving food from.
  • Added Auto Unit Cycle option to toggle on/off when a Unit has remaining movemen.
  • Added custom Religion naming.
  • Policy screen now shows how many free slots are available.

Narrative System Updates

  • Reward description clarified on multiple Discovery Events.
  • All Legacy Paths Civilopedia pages have been added to the Ages tab.
  • Added Civilopedia entries for Ocean Exploration, Railroads, Specialists, Amphibious, Embark, Fortify, and Intercept.

System Adjustments and Performance

Windows PC

  • Improvements to leader lighting and shadows on high-end graphics settings.
  • Upscaling settings are now automatically configured based on PC hardware.

All Platforms

  • Addressed a number of crash issues

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Audio and Visual

  • Road creation and connection logic updated to ensure consistent connections for better-looking roads and railroads.
  • Railroad assets now appear on Rural and Improved tiles.
  • Added text-to-speech narration.
  • Fixed missing VFX across various Units.
  • Updated VFX triggers on Volcanos.
  • Updated VFX for Rivers.
  • Updated color of Plague VFX from green to yellow.
  • Adjusted timing on some leader VO.
  • Fixed missing sounds across various Units.
  • Fixed missing sounds across the Independent Powers screen.
  • Fixed missing sounds across various UI.
  • Fixed audio timing loops for certain Wonders.
  • Updated audio for certain quotes to play with correct VO.

Miscellaneous

  • Premium items obtained from the Deluxe and Founders Edition can be toggled on/off.

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