Im new and i just want to say hi...

[videogamer]

Hi all im new to this forum im 19 m from illinois,usa and i dont have the game yet but my mom is picking it up from wal-mart right now... And well i just want to say hi and that my mom is picking it up for me so ill have it in an hour or less.

 

[pilight]

Hello.

Have fun and pay no attention to the nay-sayers around here.

 

[general_kill]

hey gamer welcome to civfanatics. hope to see you around

 

[grzelakc]

Do you meet the minimum hardware requirements? Cray X1E or better, required...

 

[videogamer]

yes i do meet the minimum i have a p4 3.2ghz 2gb ram and atix800 videocard.

 

[Adam7Eight]

Welcome to the forums.

 

[grzelakc]

videogamer, my earlier post was a joke. Cray is a supercomputer manufacturer. A supercomputer is one of those things that compute special effects in movies or analyze human genome. They often cost millions of dollars each.

I wrote my cynical post because lots of people (myself included) are running into performance problems. Hopefully Firaxis will fix that one way or another. Hope you don't bump into those problems as well. It certainly takes away from the gameplay when you have to wait 2 seconds after issuing each command.

 

[videogamer]

my game wont run. I click the icon and it loads but then goes to a problem with direct x. Says i need the latest direct x and now im downloading that right now so hopefully it will work when i download it.

 

[mazzz]

hi (Illinois rocks ) hope it works for you; it would not work on my desktop, so i have to play on my laptop

 

[kitsquad]

welome videogamer! i hope it works fine for u. when it works it's a great game!

 

[CrazyMrLeo]

Welcome and enjoy your stay!

I only wish I was getting the game as soon as you were. =P

 

[Rellin]

Hello fellow Illinoisian.

 

[videogamer]

Now it says failed to initialize renderer check driect x version and graphics settings.


Were do i download direct x can you give me a link and how do i check my graphics settings too?

 

[CrazyMrLeo]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.aspx DirectX is here.

 

[videogamer]

How do i change my graphics? Please help meeeee.

 

[Veer]

Firstoff, install the direct X on the game CD.

Second, download the latest ATI drivers (Omega ATI drivers will do as well).

Report back.

edit: On downloading the drivers DO NOT download the version with the Catalyst Control center.

 

[rob.derosa]

you have to install the direct x from the cd

browse the cd from 'my computer' and go to the directx folder and doule click dxsetup
that should sort it

 

[videogamer]

How do i brows the cd from my computer and you got a link to the ati x800 driver update?

 

[rob.derosa]

put the setup cd in the drive.
go to my computer
right click on the cd rom drive. (it should say civilization IV or something similar)
click open
then double click the directx folder.
then double click dxsetup

after that. and youve restarted
put these on:

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/...f2829acc21c79ee6ef5e&accountID=737&deptID=894

 

[videogamer]

I mean its a new computer like 3 or so months old maybe not even that , i dont know whats going onnnn. Other games have worked fine.