Jacked up Mini Map

[seamus75]

Hello-
I seem to be having a problen with my mini map & it's ability to reveal or even display. I've got the latest updates for both the game and my graphics card so I don't think these are the problem - but my mini map is all messed up. Initially and infalliably there is a black bar covering a significant portion of the mini map - usually the eastern most side of the mini. Regardless of how much I explore into the blackness the mini doesn't change. The map reveals just fine on screen & outside the black bar on the mini. If I reduce the window & reopen it sometimes the bar moves; sometimes it goes away & works fine after that - but MOST of the time if I reduce the window and bring it back up than NONE of the mini will display. I can see the colored cultural boundries of my & my neighbors cities, but no land. What is going on? I never realized how much I relied on the mini until now.

Thanks,
Seamus

PS - I hope I attached my screenshot correctly. If so you'll notice in the mini that all you can see is the green of the cultural boundaries & the green dot representing my wandering unit.

[ggganz]

Well, apparently you are running a mod. Good and neutral? Capira? You can't change the AI's name, can you? Maybe it is a problem with the mod.

[seamus75]

Yes I am running a MOD but I get the same effect on regular CIV IV games. I also thought it was a problem with running pre-made maps (the one in the image is the South Asia map), but it happens on random maps as well.

I'm guessing I'm the only one with the problem since no one I ask is experiencing the same thing. Poor Me .
Seamus

[ggganz]

I have a link for you: http://www.firaxis.com/company/gamefeedback.php

[seamus75]

Thanks for the help ggganz. I appreciate any help anyone can give me.

Seamus

[playshogi]

I've had problems with the minimap, usually the bottom third will be blacked out. I'm playing with the HOF mod, I don't recall this problem when I was playing without the mod. Now, it doesn't matter whether I play with the mod or without, I'll get the bottom third missing or sometimes darker, but still discernible.

[TehVolcanic]

I've been having this problem as well. I'm running Warlords with no mods. Not even one of the scenarios. Just a plain random map game and sometimes this black bar appears across the map. Then parts of it randomly appear and disappear over the course of a few turns. It doesn't happen all the time though. It appears completely random.