Recent content by Pinkmagus

I get this bug always, any map, any setting. Just loads with narration fro the Leader Head, and then suddenly the audio skips and BAM, crash.

Whaaaaat? You mean companies like money?!! Amazing. Anyways, the problem isn't just steam, Firaxis is there to blame too. Do you remember when Civ IV came out? It was jammed pack of bugs and crashes and everything else under the moon. Have you stopped to think that maybe the problem...

You need to have steam running (but it can be in the background and in the taskbar). All steam demos are like that.

Go into /my documents/my games/Sid Meier's Civilization 5, and find the file called "UserSettings". There is a line in that file that says "SkipIntroVideo = 0". Change the 0 to a 1, save the document. Then try to boot the game up. It'll have a black screen for a while, and then the menu should...