1.52 Patch Available

[André Alfenaar]

Mostly this seems to affect people who bought the game online, rather than on CD. The online version of the game can't be updated with the standard patch; you need to wait for them to come out with the online patch, which takes days, at least, after the main release. This is a big (unadvertised) disadvantage of buying online.

I had this message too and I have bought my DVD in a shop in The Netherlands. The patch did install however (I installed from within the menu, but still I am puzzled whether something might be wrong. I had all virusscans disabled while installing.

 

[Petey the Great]

I'm trying to update to patch v1.52 from v1.00 but got this error while patching:

Error 1706. No valid source code could be found for product Sid Meier's Civilization 4. The Windows Installer cannot continue.

I had the same message (going from 1.09) when trying through the update option on the game menu. I gave up and tried exiting the game and doing it manually and although I got an error message at some point everything installed quite happily. Can't remember exactly what the error was but it seems to be something non-fatal that gets treated as fatal when going via the menu. Have had no problems with the patch beyond that and it's certainly made a big improvement to performance on my lowish-spec machine.

 

[sir ireland]

when i installed the patch it got rid of the ghost leaders but not the blackbackround i lowerd the setting to low but still nothing is there anything else i can do untill i get the card

 

[darko82]

Am I THE ONLY one who started having problem with the wonder videos ? After installing the patch 1.52 these are UNWATCHABLE !!! The performance hasn't improved much either !!!!! I did all what is recommended ( mem saver etc... ) to improve the performance, but playing on larger maps is a nightmare. I cannot even play comfortably on a standard map during the end of the game ! ( I have a comp with 512 RAm GeForce FX 5200 128MB/Bit Celeron 2 2.4 ) . Overall, it might improve a bit, but the problem is not solved yet !!!!

 

[The Fjonis]

Quick question (sorry if it has been asked before): does this patch work on old savegames as well, or only on new games started after the patch was released?

 

[MeteorPunch]

Quick question (sorry if it has been asked before): does this patch work on old savegames as well, or only on new games started after the patch was released?

old saves work.

 

[TheVampire]

"Finally, the use of unofficial patches is not recommended and is largely redundant with the memory fixes in this patch."

Could have done without the backhanded slap at Harkkonen. Nimrods.

 

[Shablul]

I have had my fill of nightmarish leaders, crashing computers, unwatchable wonders movies, non-existant domestic advisor screens, and did I mention the crashes when the reason for this patch was to ENHANCE performance.

Is there any way to uninstall just this patch or do I have to uninstall all if CIV4, then reinstall it and the first patch all over again?

 

[Efexeye]

"Finally, the use of unofficial patches is not recommended and is largely redundant with the memory fixes in this patch."

Could have done without the backhanded slap at Harkkonen. Nimrods.

I didn't/wouldn't install an unofficial patch, either. They gave a semblance of credit to Harkonnen in the release notes. What else do you want from them, he's standing on their shoulders, looking like the hero...

 

[JackRules]

Prior to this patch, I was running at low graphics with wonder movies disabled and had few problems. I patched up and tried a game at high graphics and east of my capitol was completely blacked out and my scout couldn't enter the black area (maybe there was a lake or mountain there). I haven't tried med or low graphics yet. Anyone else had this? Any fix?

 

[Raider62]

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My fix gets uninstalled by 1.52 installer (zlib1.dll is replaced by original, and python24.dll too for those who used the very first version).

Thanks Hark, I reinstalled the whole game and patched and still crashing so its not your "mod" which was excellent btw. Think it's patch related.

 

[Raider62]

I didn't/wouldn't install an unofficial patch, either. They gave a semblance of credit to Harkonnen in the release notes. What else do you want from them, he's standing on their shoulders, looking like the hero...

1)You taking credit away from Hark? Your an idiot.

2)My game was unplayable till his patch now with 1.52 am back to unplayable.

3)See # 1

 

[Efexeye]

1)You taking credit away from Hark? Your an idiot. 2)My game was unplayable till his patch now with 1.52 am back to unplayable. 3)See # 1

To quote Ross from Friends: Your means your. You're means you are. Anywhoo, yeah. I'm not about to download any unofficial patches. I'm not taking anything away from Hark, who seems to have helped a lot of people. But he's building on what Firaxis did and looking this great super wonderful amazing fantastic savior, when the 1.52 patch contained largely the same fixes, and they were properly tested in the original programming environment. That's all. EDIT: Did you install 1.52 over the Harkonnen patch? No wonder your game doesn't work again...note that I am refraining from calling YOU an idiot.

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[Proteus]

EDIT: Did you install 1.52 over the Harkonnen patch? No wonder your game doesn't work again...

It doesn´t matter if he installed it over the Harkonnen patch or not,
as even postings from officials say that all the files modified by Harkonnen get replaced and it therefore isn´t necessary to remove Harjkonnens patch before patching to 1.52

I did this, too (i.e. installing 1.52 over harkonnens patch) and for me Civ IV 1.52 works fine.

 

[Efexeye]

It doesn´t matter if he installed it over the Harkonnen patch or not,
as even postings from officials say that all the files modified by Harkonnen get replaced and it therefore isn´t necessary to remove Harjkonnens patch before patching to 1.52

I did this, too (i.e. installing 1.52 over harkonnens patch) and for me Civ IV 1.52 works fine.

It was recommended by one of the devs that if 1.52 doesn't work right, to try it with a clean install. Just because it worked for you without a clean install doesn't mean it'll work for everyone...

 

[Oggums]

Anywhoo, yeah. I'm not about to download any unofficial patches. I'm not taking anything away from Hark, who seems to have helped a lot of people. But he's building on what Firaxis did and looking this great super wonderful amazing fantastic savior, when the 1.52 patch contained largely the same fixes, and they were properly tested in the original programming environment.

That's all.

What he did allowed many people to play long before the 1.52 patch, so lets give credit where credit is due. He actually was a great super wonderful amazing fantastic savior.

 

[Efexeye]

What he did allowed many people to play long before the 1.52 patch, so lets give credit where credit is due. He actually was a great super wonderful amazing fantastic savior.

Fair enough- I guess if I'd had any issues, I'd have been glad for Hark's hard work.

But I didn't, so I'm not!

 

[Proteus]

It was recommended by one of the devs that if 1.52 doesn't work right, to try it with a clean install. Just because it worked for you without a clean install doesn't mean it'll work for everyone...

Of course not,
but if some of the people who have problems after patching are people who had harkonnens patch installed before upgrading it also doesn´t mean the opposite, i.e. that harkonnens patch (very probably) is the cause of their problems.

There are lots of possibilities besides harkonnens patch which could be the cause of their problems (especially if the claim of the developers, that their patch removes every file from harkonnens patch is true) for example hardware (and or drivers), OS (as the game/patch doesn´t get tested on every possible hardware and OS config), problems with ht einstaller of the patch and many many more.

 

[Efexeye]

Oh, I wasn't meaning to imply that Hark's patch caused problems, what I meant was that 1.52 + Harkonnen's patch may not be as stable as a clean install of 1.0 plus 1.52 (without Hark's stopgap).

 

[player1 fanatic]

You know what, harkonen dll does not even start if not loaded from modified python or zlib dlls.
Since 1.52 overwrites python or zlib dlls with new versions, there is no way for harkonen unofficial fix to affect anything.

There is 0% for it to affect anything after 1.52 patch.