Purchased CIV 4 (Game of the Year edition) and I am having problems with the install/startup of the game. I am running Windows 7 (32 bit) edition. The post below are the details of the system and the error message (appears related to DirectX)
DirectX diagnostic Tool:
System Information:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
System Manufacture: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: DN124A-ABA 869C
BIOS: BIOS Date: 06/27/03 20:48:32 Ver: 08.00.08
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page file: 996MB used, 3098MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Display
Device
Name: Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
Manufacture: (Standard display types)
Chip Type: NVIDIA
DAC Type: 8 bit
Approx. Total Memory: n/a
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor: GenericPnP Monitor
... All DirectX features show "Not Available"
The error occurs
at the last stage of the InitEngine with the followling:
Initialize Renderer failed. Check DirectX Installation, Latest Graphics
Drivers and Graphics Settings
Parameters
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0x470664
- adaptrid = 0
-deviceid = 3
Error:Creation failed: Invalid 3D device type
I have checked serveral threads in this and a few other forums but nothing indicates that it works (or doesn't) in Windows 7.
BTW - This is a new install on this machine. Used to run CIV II but de-installed it
prior to atempting to install CIV 4.
Any assistance would be greately appreciated.
Gerry
DirectX diagnostic Tool:
System Information:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
System Manufacture: HP Pavilion 061
System Model: DN124A-ABA 869C
BIOS: BIOS Date: 06/27/03 20:48:32 Ver: 08.00.08
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page file: 996MB used, 3098MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Display
Device
Name: Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
Manufacture: (Standard display types)
Chip Type: NVIDIA
DAC Type: 8 bit
Approx. Total Memory: n/a
Current Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (1Hz)
Monitor: GenericPnP Monitor
... All DirectX features show "Not Available"
The error occurs
at the last stage of the InitEngine with the followling:
Initialize Renderer failed. Check DirectX Installation, Latest Graphics
Drivers and Graphics Settings
Parameters
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0x470664
- adaptrid = 0
-deviceid = 3
Error:Creation failed: Invalid 3D device type
I have checked serveral threads in this and a few other forums but nothing indicates that it works (or doesn't) in Windows 7.
BTW - This is a new install on this machine. Used to run CIV II but de-installed it
prior to atempting to install CIV 4.
Any assistance would be greately appreciated.
Gerry