Recent content by whipsilk

First, congratulations on a magnificent mod! It's almost as compelling as my Civ IV favorite mod, Fall Further (still the best mod I've ever played). I've only played it a few times, but encountered a bizarre effect on my last game: my hero quests stopped working. I was playing that merchant...

That, my dear sir, was precisely it! Thanks so much for your suggestion. Of course I may have other issues develop as the game progresses, but it's SUCH a relief to be able to play the first few turns at normal speed. How in the world did you ever uncover such an obscure solution? For anyone...

No, the delay only started after installation of the latest patch.

So if, by this time, this delay in selecting units has been ignored by both Firaxis and the trying-to-help CivFanatics mod(s), although at least two of us have reported this specific issue, should we assume that no one is looking at this and we just have a permanently broken Civ5? I posted my...

Nice idea; I tried it, but the delay is still there. Very frustrating.

After seeing several references to the Verify Files process, I tried it - the result was 2 files found corrupted. Steam downloaded and replaced them. I tried the game again - same result (slowdown selecting units, or moving from one unit to the next). I ran verify files again - 2 bad files...

Originally posted to the patch thread; no response, so I'll try here. Unlike many others here, my experience is that the patch has rendered the game unplayably slow. Before the patch, things ran fine, at least until near the end of the game. Now, when my turn comes up, I get the next turn...

Unlike many others here, my experience is that the patch has rendered the game unplayably slow. Before the patch, things ran fine, at least until near the end of the game. Now, when my turn comes up, I get the next turn 'banner' in the lower right, then after about 20-30 seconds, it will...

Steam mod/reps - please, PLEASE make the CiV updates voluntary, not mandatory. For one thing (as others have noted), a player may want to finish their current game before updating (as a significant patch will render saved games unplayable). Even worse, though, a new patch can make the game...

When resources are revealed by the acquisition of a new tech, a circular icon showing that resource will appear in the iconized list on the right side of the screen, one icon for each instance. Click on the icon (you may have three or four identical ones) and the focus will move to that spot on...

Hi Ori, LM, and others - Nothing significant in the Windows Event Log. BUT, the game now appears to be working all right. I made a couple of changes; not sure which is responsible (I suspect the first one below, but can't be sure). Those of you having a similar problem might check these three...

Hi again LM - Sorry, I mistyped that; my graphics card is using the 182.5 drivers. I installed them almost immediately after setting the computer up. My processor chips are from Intel, so I don't think I'm using Hybrid SLI - at least I can't find any reference to it in my NVIDIA Control...

Hi LM - Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, the first thing I did was install the 180.5 drivers for 64-bit Vista on my computer -- even before installing Civ4 and BtS. I've also reinstalled DirectX 9c, as I ran across a reference to the fact that the ones that came with the game are out of...

Thanks for trying, Ori, but it didn't work. I checked all the properties in there -- run as administrator, run in XP compatibility mode, and made sure both the System and I had Full Access. No dice. Anyone else have any ideas? Suggestions?

I just got a new 64-bit Vista Home Premium machine (very reluctantly, I might add). It has SP 1 and a GeForce 100 graphics card with 512k of memory (and the most recent drivers - I checked). I installed Civ4 and BtS (including all the latest patches) with no problem, using the "Run as...