DEPRECATED

Firaxis removed the 2K Launcher from Civ 6 installs on Aug 15th, 2024.

f2k

A simple LaunchPad/Take2Launcher replacement for Civ VI

Installation

Place f2k.exe in [PATH_TO_STEAM]/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization VI

In Steam:

1. Select the game
2. Gear icon > Properties
3. Under General, set launch options to the following:

"[PATH_TO_STEAM]\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization VI\f2k.exe" %command%

Sidenotes

SmartScreen blocked this program from running

Right-click f2k.exe and click on properties.
At the bottom of the window there should be a checkbox to unblock it.
Hit Apply and OK.

Epic Games Store

Nothing about f2k is written to be Steam-specific, with the exception of the hidden launch option cleaning,
which might eliminate some EGS-specific launch options.

Building from source

Requirements:

• Windows
• Python >=3.10
• Git

Optional:

• UPX
  • Highly recommended for reducing filesize

# If you have Python2 (why), make sure to substitute python for python3

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/JakeIsMeh/f2k.git && cd f2k

# Creating a virtual environment
python -m venv venv --update-deps

# Activate the virtuakl environment
call venv/Scripts/activate

# Installing dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Check for UPX
# If your UPX isn't in PATH, you should edit build.py to
# point PyInstaller to your UPX install
where upx

# Build
# Optionally, add 'clean' as an argument to force a clean build
python build.py [clean]

# Build output should be located in ./dist/

Open Source Acknowledgements

• Python (PSFL2)
• Qt (LGPL3)
• PySide6 (LGPL3)

License

f2k is licensed under the permissive MIT (Expat) license.
Despite that, I humbly ask you to open source your own changes to f2k.