Recent content by morpheous

I have fixed the d3dx9_32.dll error by following the advise in the thread above (sorry did not notice it before I posted below), however, I have now encountered another - game graphics will periodically not load. What I mean is the game graphics once you have set the game parameters and Mr...

I have just loaded Civ IV Vanilla onto my wife's PC as my laptop finally gave up the ghost this morning (hard-drive totally fried and unrecoverable). I have updated the Game to the latest patch 1.74. On trying to open the game I have an error message that reads: "This app' failed to start...

A little help please, I am trying to play Civ IV GOTM 38. I have dowloaded the required HOF Mod 1.74.003. On attempting to load the game I get the following error message. "THE SAVE FILE YOU HAVE SELECTED IS PROTECTED TO ENSURE THAT THE ASSETS IN YOUR MOD FOLDER HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED" I...

Please could someone possibly offer me some assistance or direction. When attacking an AI's city (or even an occupied square for that matter), with a varied stack of units (for example) catapults, axemen, war elephants and pikemen, is there a way can you choose which opposing AI unit you...

This is just a follow up to let you know that yesterday I uninstalled ATI control panel and took the plunge and installed Radeon Omega Catalyst 4.12 drivers. I am pleased to advise that I am once again able to play CIV on med resolution, full screen, single characters on standard maps. I have...

This is just an update and thank you for all that helped me. Yesterday, I uninstalled ATI control panel and installed Radeon Omega Catalyst 4.12 drivers. I am happy to advise that that I am able to play CIV again - med resolution, full screen, single characters on standard map. Have not...

Having the same problem here as lot of people in this thread - game crashing on start up to black screen, year date in right corner, warrior icon in left corner, music stopping and then no mouse - I have read through the whole of this thread and have become very confused as to what is the best...

Thank you for your reply auldian. I have looked through the ATI website and from my research it appears that they do not support older graphic cards and recommend that I look under the laptop's manufacturers website to update the driver (which I have done). If however know exactly where to...

Thank you for the reply and your help Zanmato. I downloaded and installed by automatic install direct from Hewlett Packard website: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?dlc=en&lc=en&os=228&product=384591&lang=en&cc=us&softwareitem=ob-32593-1 This should install ATI...

Thank you for your reply MrCynical. Yes, I had service pack 2 installed prior to repair. The only changes are as follows: 1. new 80gb hard drive 2. har parts of the motherboard repaired...something to do with the Keyboard controller 3. had the ram upgraded from 512 to 768Mb 4. upgraded...

New to this forum so hello to everyone. I was able to play CIV IV prior to my dated HP Pavilion zx5040us notebook being sent back to HP for repair....had parts of the motherboard repaired as well as a new hardrive. I therefore have a fresh copy of windows installed together with service...