Civilization 4

[Richardc269]

This is a weird thing, and really effing annoying. Whenever I play the expansion "Beyond The Sword" (I don't play the original Civ4 anymore, just Beyond The Sword), the units won't show up on the damn screen! It's just plain retarded. Anyone know why it's doing this? I have the 3.19 patch installed, and the "Legends of Revolution" 0.9.8B mod installed for Beyond The Sword. It certainly as hell didn't do this on Windows XP. Anyone know how to fix this in-game? Or outside?

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

Hi Richard,

When did you first notice this problem? If it was immediately after updating to BTS 3.19 or installing the mod, have you tried reverting back to a previous version?

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Richardc269]

No, I haven't played this game prior to installing the mod. I installed Civ4, updated Civ 4 according to the Beyond The Sword add-on. Then I installed the 3.19 patch, then I installed the Legends of Revolution mod, THEN I tried playing it.

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

I would recommend reinstalling it piece by piece to figure out what element is causing the problem. Uninstall everything, install Civ4, test, install BTS, test, and so on...

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Richardc269]

Ugh...that's just annoying. But I'll test it before I'll reinstall the mod.

 

[Richardc269]

Okay, just reinstalled the game, and Beyond The Sword, and also patched to 3.17 instead of 3.19 this time. It seems that either the patch or the mod makes the units disappear. I'll just download an earlier version of the mod that's made for 3.17 instead of 3.19. That one worked fine for me on XP. Oh well, doesn't matter much. Thanks for the advice.

 

[WalkerA WinTeam]

Sure thing, happy to help. Sorry for the annoyance but that seemed like the best way. Glad you found a solution for now, let me know if I can help more in the future.

Cheers,

Walker
Windows Outreach Team

 

[Spidey1976]

Probably should start a new thread, but I just got Civ IV as a direct download from GameStop and I can not get the installer to finish. It hangs up and can only be killed through the task manager. I've also tried running the installer in compatibility with XP SP2, XP SP3, and Vista with the same results. Anyone else download a direct 2 drive version that has a fix?

Thx

 

[Richardc269]

Did you try running the program with "admin" rights at the bottom of the box in properties? Sometimes this helps in Windows 7.

 

[Spidey1976]

forgot to state that - yes - always tried with "run as administrator" and still hung up - I am running Civ II and III fine which leads me to believe the prob is with the installer - I've been back & forth with TryMedia (GameStop) with no help

 

[severedsolo]

I wonder if they have given you the "broken" edition... when i first got Civ IV the version I had didnt like Vista, luckily the disk came with a patch on it. Sorry i know this doesnt really help, but it might shed some light onto the situation

 

[Spidey1976]

Yeah, I've read that a fix is to install the main game, patch it and then install the expansions. Unfortunately this installer does the full game & 3 expansions all at once in a 4.4GB download that 7-zip can't open - you have to use the supplied exe file - Gamestop has it for only $10, but it looks as if I'll have to do a refund and just get the hard copy from somewhere

 

[severedsolo]

3 expansions? :sarc: Am i missing one? I have Warlords and BTS i got them in Civ Iv Complete. is it actually not complete?

 

[Spidey1976]

Warlords - Beyond - and Colonization
Gamestop.com - Buy Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete Edition - PC

 

[severedsolo]

I've been diddled :shock: Civilization IV Complete my a*se

 

[Spidey1976]

That stinks - looks like I'll have to closely inspect the packaging if GS can't get this installer issue fixed

 

[Richardc269]

I say just go to the store and buy a boxed copy. I hardly ever download the game from a website simply because of this reason.

 

[Spidey1976]

me too - this was my first time because download was on sale $10 and box copy is still $40

 

[Richardc269]

Better off buying boxed versions. With the downloaded type, there's always the chance that the file's corrupted, even if the company will try and force feed you information that their file is fine.

Try running the setup in Windows 2000 compatibility. From what I'm told, Windows 2000 is a pretty good OS.

 

[Spidey1976]

Ended up getting a refund. Civ 5 comes out in September, so I'm hoping to get 4 in a boxed set on clearance soon anyways... I think this experience will keep me away from direct-2-disk for a while anyways...

Thanks for all the advice.
Spidey