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On a side-note it appears to be a MD5 algorithm hash :D

wcsncpy() is a function that copies unicode strings. RtlInitializeCriticalSection() is a function used to synchronize threads accessing global variables. When your computer is very low on memory, the function RtlInitializeCriticalSection() will raise a STATUS_NO_MEMORY exception. In a...

Some of you people are very rude to visitors to this forum. joecinq03 is 100% correct, and Firaxis agrees with him, so do I. 1.) Civilization 4 is a resource hog. 2.) The polygon count on the 3D models are too high. 3.) The world geometry data consumes an enormous amount of RAM. 4.)...

Yeah man... im running 1.52 And I dont need to ask members how to fix the game... because they dont know... hell....Firaxis dont even know how apparently. Ive been on this forum for weeks, Harks patch seemed to make it a little better... I actually finished THREE games with his patch. I...

Oh yeah... I forgot to mention... this is on LOW quality settings with Anisotropic filtering of ZERO... LOL

Yeah man, I cant take it anymore. I wish I never would have bought the stupid game. I wish I could warn everyone, tell them what a nightmare it has been trying to get this game to work. AMD 64 3800 1 Gigabyte DDR-400 RAM (Dual channel) MSI 6600GT graphics card Sound Blaster Live 24 Bit...

Here are instructions for those who want to assist with finding the cause of Blue screens and computer reboots. Warning you may need a little technical skill to perform the following: 1.) First you need to go to http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx and download...

Hello All, This applies to NVIDIA based BSOD + Reboot: I have analyzed a memory dump after a BSOD and hard reboot, caused while playing Civ 4. Attached you will find the stack trace and debug log. It appears the Blue screen and reboot is caused by a call to DestroyD3DBuffer which is...

Here is my DirectX diagnostics file. It demonstrates a top-notch gaming machine with signed drivers. A perfectly working gaming machine. The problem is with the Firaxis software engineering team. THATS where the bugs have originated. NO game should have the ability to cause a Blue Screen and...

Hello all, When I attempt to play Civilization 4, it completly reboots my computer. I see a blue screen for about 1 second (or less) and my computer reboots. I have only been able to get into the game 5 or 6 times. And thats after retrying 10-12 times each time I want to play. And when I...