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Standardization is important in scientific research, even in the "soft" sciences of sociology and psychology. If specific tests were geared toward all possible groups that might take them it would be a logistical and evaluative nightmare. Tests such as the ACT are merely a means of evaluating...

The "random units" hypothesis may be on the right track. I ran a game with no other civs over 500 turns with no more than 0.85 sec. between turns. Here are two screenshots of early game and late game system usage in a normal game; note that it's not memory per se but CPU usage that is the...

Error obtained when trying to "kill" a unit with a vampire.

Another targeted spell error, when casting "wither" on a prophet.

Originally Posted by gandhi rules "Can you fix this?" the years is standing on AD can it stay on AR(after rebirth)? "I dont know what you mean, where are you seeing AD at?" The savegames still include the username plus "AD" -- this may be what he's referring to.

Sounds good. I guess getting the game to crash is _one_ way of having an immortal hero.

Try to kill the weakened vampire hero with any unit, not just a hero -- you will get the attached error message.

Here is a repeatable error: load the game then run Silvric up and try to take out the "Vampire" hero, you will get the attached error message.

Got this error when trying to set a research path to Way of the Forests after researching Calendar. Note: this was with patch "a"

For some reason the batch files wouldn't upload; here they are. To create a batch file simply open a new file using notepad then rename it with a .bat extension. To do this you will need to have the "Show all file types" option checked in "Folder options." CIV4ClearRUN.BAT CD C:\Documents...

Here are two batch files that will clear the CIV4 (or Warlords) cache and then run the program. You will need to edit the files to replace "Computer User" with your XP login name For instance, if your login name is "Fred" then change CD C:\Documents and Settings\Computer User\Application...

Got these error messages when trying to cast the "no attack" spell on a wood golem.

Look in your CIV IV\Warlords folder for CONFIG.INI. In it you will find many options. The number 1 will turn the option on and the number 0, off. The file can be opened in notepad or wordpad. Remember that CIV IV and Warlords have two separate .INI files. Search for "autosave" in the file. I...

Turned off culture flips and still got another CTD. Not going to bother uploading a save file as I loaded it and couldn't repeat the problem. Random bugs are a bear. Also, until I activated the memsaver option, I would occasionally get a "crash" that actually minimized the CIV IV window. Not...