crash to desktop at leader intro story

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Chieftain
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2k games isn't letting this post get into support, so i post it here

after getting gods and kings my games always crash when i start a new game (although small maps with 6civs and 12 city states has on occasion worked as i tested things further, but it's a whole different game at what i am used to with huge/22civs and 28 city states).

Everything in the menu works fine, intro works fine, but when I am at leader intro story screen it crashes back to desktop.

Here's my dxdiag:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/DxDiag.txt

here's my mdmp files:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T0_15_11C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T0_36_35C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T0_51_56C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_9_26C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_11_24C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_13_6C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_15_32C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_18_35C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_48_47C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T1_51_42C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T2_4_24C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T2_21_26C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T11_3_16C0.mdmp

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86999335/civilizationv_310700_crash_2012_6_22T11_10_9C0.mdmp
 
I would try going to the lowest setting on the leader screen under the graphics option - should be first line.

Not sure if you want to change it since you have been playing well, but XP is supposed to be service pack 3 and you are still 2.

Not sure if Any one from firaxis knows if #3 would make a difference or not in G&K.

You also may want to make sure there are no characters with special marks in any of the paths related to where the game places files.
 
i have tried the lowest settings before with little change.

as far as service pack 3 goes i just reformatted the game so there is no hurt in trying to update it ( will update it anyway)

the game files is located in C:\Documents and Settings\vg\Mine dokumenter\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 5, i hope there is nothing wrong with that location i guess?
 
After upgrading the windows to service pack 3 and other updates after that i tried playing again. Loaded a small map I sucsessfully started a while back ago and played a bit to the point where i founded my first pantheon. starting a huge map still make me crash to the desktop though.

*sigh* want to play civ5 the way i used to :(.
 
Are you running low on disk space?

Have you validated the local cache in steam until it says "All files successfully validated"?

Have you tried:

1. Open up your config.ini
2. Look for the following line: EnableGameCoreThreading = 1
3. Change it to: EnableGameCoreThreading = 0

The only other suggestion is trying another video card.
 
got the game to work 3 hours ago, by changing MaxSimultaneousThreads to 4 in config.ini file and validate the local cache.

Still is crashing every 30 turns or so so it isn't 100% the way it should be but atleast I get to play.

I haven't tried to change EnableGameCoreThreading to 0 yet but i will try it out to see if there's some more improvements there.

anyway thanks for the help
 
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