malushunter
Chieftain
Hello,
I have recently acquired Civ V and, after hours of playtime following its installation, I seem to be unable to run the game since today. No matter what startup route I take, including using a shortcut to the directx 9 version of the game, a black window always opens and immediately closes after choosing the directx 9 version of the game to play and then nothing else occurs - the game just completely closes. I can't speak for the dx 10/11 version of the game as I don't think my graphics card supports it and I haven't downloaded whatever's needed to play that version anyway.
I have tried reinstalling the game, playing with the disc in, playing with the disc out, running a dxdiag, entering some diagnostic or other into the command prompt (can't remember exactly what it was) and restarting my laptop, but none have worked so far.
I'm guessing my laptop is up to spec as I've managed to play for hours before without any trouble whatsoever, except maybe a bit of slowdown when ending turns near the end game which, I presume, is pretty normal.
My graphics card is an ATI Mobility radeon HD 4570 if that's any help.
If anyone has any ideas I'd be really grateful.
Thanks all.
I have recently acquired Civ V and, after hours of playtime following its installation, I seem to be unable to run the game since today. No matter what startup route I take, including using a shortcut to the directx 9 version of the game, a black window always opens and immediately closes after choosing the directx 9 version of the game to play and then nothing else occurs - the game just completely closes. I can't speak for the dx 10/11 version of the game as I don't think my graphics card supports it and I haven't downloaded whatever's needed to play that version anyway.
I have tried reinstalling the game, playing with the disc in, playing with the disc out, running a dxdiag, entering some diagnostic or other into the command prompt (can't remember exactly what it was) and restarting my laptop, but none have worked so far.
I'm guessing my laptop is up to spec as I've managed to play for hours before without any trouble whatsoever, except maybe a bit of slowdown when ending turns near the end game which, I presume, is pretty normal.
My graphics card is an ATI Mobility radeon HD 4570 if that's any help.
If anyone has any ideas I'd be really grateful.
Thanks all.