Hi all
Firstly I would like to point out that Civ4 ran well without any patches apart from the slow down in later game and wonder sound skipping.
Since I have installed 1.52 the game has been driving me crazy. I installed the patch through the games update facility. The issue is some kind of graphics glitch which I have not seen listed in previous threads. It usually occurs when the diplomacy screen comes up but also at other times such as when a game loads or going to the city screen.
The bug is that all terrain details change color and the game slows down to a crawl (about one frame every 5 secs). It is not the other graphics error where there are streaks going in all directions over the screen. It is also not the issue where the terrain is all black.
All the other graphic details are fine apart from the terrain which has changed color. I usually spend around 5 or 10 minutes negotiating with the machine to let me save and reload the game. This work around usually works, however sometimes I need to close the game as the reloads have the same graphics issue. This issue is happening every couple of turns.
About half the time when the diplomacy screen comes up there are no issues.
The game seems to be slower in general as well and the wonder animations are now skipping graphically as well as the sound. When the diplomacy screen does not put a spanner in the works sometimes I get the teeth/eyeball issue.
Sorry I am writing this at work so no screens. Will add when I get home if we can update our postings.
i am planning to carryout the following maintenance when i get home tonight.
-update video card driver (i have not since i got the card so hopefully this will help alot)
-clear documents and setting Civ cache
-make a few changes to .ini file
-lower resolution (in game)
-reduce color to 16 bit rather than 32bit (outside of game)
I will post any improvements
Any further recommendations would be much appreciated
Machine
Intel 2.8 Prescott
512 memory
Asus 9600xt
Lanparty motherboard (not sure of spec)
XP pro sp2
Firstly I would like to point out that Civ4 ran well without any patches apart from the slow down in later game and wonder sound skipping.
Since I have installed 1.52 the game has been driving me crazy. I installed the patch through the games update facility. The issue is some kind of graphics glitch which I have not seen listed in previous threads. It usually occurs when the diplomacy screen comes up but also at other times such as when a game loads or going to the city screen.
The bug is that all terrain details change color and the game slows down to a crawl (about one frame every 5 secs). It is not the other graphics error where there are streaks going in all directions over the screen. It is also not the issue where the terrain is all black.
All the other graphic details are fine apart from the terrain which has changed color. I usually spend around 5 or 10 minutes negotiating with the machine to let me save and reload the game. This work around usually works, however sometimes I need to close the game as the reloads have the same graphics issue. This issue is happening every couple of turns.
About half the time when the diplomacy screen comes up there are no issues.
The game seems to be slower in general as well and the wonder animations are now skipping graphically as well as the sound. When the diplomacy screen does not put a spanner in the works sometimes I get the teeth/eyeball issue.
Sorry I am writing this at work so no screens. Will add when I get home if we can update our postings.
i am planning to carryout the following maintenance when i get home tonight.
-update video card driver (i have not since i got the card so hopefully this will help alot)
-clear documents and setting Civ cache
-make a few changes to .ini file
-lower resolution (in game)
-reduce color to 16 bit rather than 32bit (outside of game)
I will post any improvements
Any further recommendations would be much appreciated
Machine
Intel 2.8 Prescott
512 memory
Asus 9600xt
Lanparty motherboard (not sure of spec)
XP pro sp2
