my game keeps crashing

what the heck is the problem..this is what i hate about computer games...civilization 4 worked absolutely fine and i never had any problems...now this garbage...

i double-click to start the game, the screen turns black to startup, i hear the initial advertisement, and it crashes...every single time...can it be the cd?

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It would help if you post your computer specs, so others have more information to advise you.

So are you hearing the main menu music, or the start up movie?

amd turion 64 mobile technology
2.01 ghz, 1028 mb ram
80 gb hard drive

hp pavillion dv6000

civilization 4 worked perfectly

I have an hp dv9000, and had a similar problem. It turns out it is likely a problem between the new Civ4 BtS movies (all of them -- wonder, intro, etc) and the nVidia graphics card. Here is how you fix the problem:

1) Edit Civilization4.ini in My Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\
with your favorite text editor:
About 1/3 of the way, down, edit this line to say the following:
NoIntroMovie = 1

Now, you should be able to start Civ4... but it will crash if you build a wonder because it is trying to play the wonder movie.

2) In the Options, disable all in-game movies (Wonder, etc). There is an option for this in the profile setup. I also believe you can change this option once you start a game.

Hopefully this will fix the problem for you. I really hope Firaxis patches this, and the Poison/Foment bug on slower-paced game speeds. Otherwise, BtS is AWESOME!!!!!

Sam