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She's writing about 1 a year, the last few years have been in the Atevi series.

This is a fairly regularly reported problem. Civ 4 seems to randomly delete the .ini file and start a new one. You can try write protecting the file or just keep a copy so that you can restore it when it happens.

Another vote here for CJ Cherryh. Complex stories of human (and alien) interaction in a real sci fi environment. Usually packed with detail, I find I can re-read her books several times and still pick up nuances I have previously missed.

I watched Star Trek back in the 60s when it was first released. Spock was my favourite, a character that used science and logic. He was also a source of great disappointment when we were loaned a colour TV by a friend of my parents who owned a TV shop. I was so disappointed when I saw Star...

As s.bernbam says the 3.19 patch of BTS removes the need for a disc. You will have to download and install the patch manually however as the in-game patching doesn't work for that patch. The patch is available in the downloads section on this site.

It's Steam, the problem is not just with Civ.

You will have got a new steam code with your DVD. If you do not activate your new code steam will only recognise your old code, the vanilla one. You need to activate your new code on steam which will then download the expansions. To activate your code in steam select Games>Activate a...

The Steam version will already be patched. From the Civ menu select "Advanced" then "About this build" to check your version.

QManNL, did you let it install in the default location? The reason the process in this thread suggests installing elsewhere is due to problems with mods (its a permissions thing with Vista/7/8). If you have installed to the default location it may be worth re-installing somewhere else.

If you have a problem with an advert try and get a screenshot of the banner ads at the top and bottom of the page. This will help the mods identify the problematic advert and get it removed. There is no problem with blocking ads on this forum, however many users choose to leave them...

In theory, you are correct but you shouldn't have to install any patches except the final patch for BTS as the expansions should fully patch the previous installation. In practice we have seen many occasions over the years since Civ 4 were released where the game will not install properly...

For anyone with the steam version, 2k have put the pre steamworks version as a beta download to restore DirectIP. Hopefully it will remain there at least long enough to finish current games.

First off, there are permissions issues with installing on Win7 which could well be causing your problems, so have you looked at and followed the stickied thread in this forum about installing Civ 4 on windows 7/Vista? If not, do so, following that process avoids a lot of issues and the Bink...

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3.1.9 is the latest and using the in-game patcher which doesn't work has messed up your install. Complete is usually supplied fully patched now so you may not have needed to patch. Remember - Gamespy is dead so the lobby will not work. The steam version has been patched to use steam for...