v0.4.3 — Windows AI Fixed, New Launcher & Interactive Tutorial — CivEconomy Steam update #5833990

AI setup on Windows works again. In v0.4.2 the AI install could die with a bare "ERROR: Exception:" — pip on Windows reads its lockfiles with the system...

Steam App
CivEconomy (3759810)
Event type
patch note
Published
21 September 2026 - 23:51:58 UTC
Source
steam_community_announcements
AI setup on Windows works again. In v0.4.2 the AI install could die with a bare "ERROR: Exception:" — pip on Windows reads its lockfiles with the system ANSI code page and choked on a single non-ASCII character. Lockfiles are now pure ASCII and the installer runs in UTF-8 mode. This affected both CPU and GPU installs, so if the AI council or chieftain portraits were silently unavailable for you, this is the fix. New AI Launcher. A small window now opens on every launch, health-checks the AI engines, installs anything missing, and waits for you to hit Play. If something is off you get a per-component Fix menu (Repair / Reinstall CPU / Reinstall GPU / Clean reinstall), plus Repair missing, Reset AI install and Open log folder. You can also pick GPU or CPU explicitly and the choice is remembered. If a component still won't install you can Play anyway — the button tells you exactly what's di...

Open original Steam update

Interactive charts, reviews, news, prices, and comparison tools load in the full SteamPulse app.