If I try to go to the advanced -> options menu from the main menu , it appears that some of the options just disappeared... The 'audio' and 'other' menus are completely empty and the graphics menu is partially empty.

How can this be? What can I do to fix this? :mad:

could you post a screenshot of about this build?

Hi Ori,

I searched these forums about similar problems and my problem is solved due to a solution you gave :)...

I just reinstalled everything and it's all working perfectly again.

Thanks anyway! :goodjob:

i have the same problem, but i have installed it twice and it is still happening. Is there any thing in the threads you looked at? i can not find any? any helkp would be nice, cheers

again: please post a screenshot of about this build :)

Hi Ori,
Cheers for getting back. Me and my mate got round it by installing his version and then running the game with my disk in the PC. It seemed to work and i got my audio options back. It also allowed three of us to mutli-play (which we thought it wouldn't because we where effectivly using the same version) It still means that my disk will not load. I will post a screen shot of my build this evening (at work at mo) and if you could spread some light on the issue, i would be grateful. Disk was brought of e-bay so i guess it could have come from anywhere. We are thinking we got caught up with different updates/versions, but i am not really sure...again tho, thanks for listening, i was contemplating giving up Civ last night!!! (hangs head in shame)

the about this build thing only shows what patch version is currently installed. If you reinstalled this won't be too informative.
But my guess is that somehow your original install and subsequent patch failed to install properly and missed/messed up some xml files that are required for the options screen to come up properly. Usually this is caused by an incomplete 3.13 patch and solved by a complete reinstall. The fact that it runs with your disk shows that safedisk recognizes your disk as a genuine one so I won't worry about a counterfeit if that was what you were hinting at :)

yep, different patches is excatly what me and my mate where talking about last night. cheers for the help and such, and now i have the full set of expansions, will look out for you on the online game section! i am not too good but i can give my mates a good run for their money!
P.S. haven't seen 'Ark of Truth' yet, does this mean the Ori have made it to this universe :crazyeye: