Addons: Slow content loading

[Isterio]

Hi,

I did find many postings similar to my problem in google, but it's not the same. So I will make a new thread here.

My System:
- Win Vista Home Ed. 32
- Aspire 8930G Notebook
- Core2 Quad CPU Q9000
- GeForce 9600 M GT TurboCache
- 4GB DDR3
- I use Civ4 COMPLETE

Problem Description:

- The main game Civ4 runs perfectly. I have no lags or problems of any kind.
- BTS, Warlords and Colonization however are not okay.
- For them I have a more fuzzy (less sharp) graphic and the contents load very slowly.
- It takes between 10 seconds to 4 minutes to load the dialog screens of the other civilisations and also the tabs of the advisors and the civpedia. The waiting time is shorter, if I just restarted my Laptop. But even then it's very annoying.

What I've tried:

- Rebooting
- Reinstalling
- Game Patches
- Graphic driver update
- DivX Update
- memory save
- lower graphic settings
- I have made an online system test and it said that the game should run perfectly.


Nothing has worked. I'm still fighting with the same problems. Do you have any suggestions or ideas? Is it a XML problem? Do the addons have problems accessing the needed content?

 

[ori]

just checking:
what is the newest patch you installed?
is the game running with admin rights?
please post your dxdiag results file.

 

[Isterio]

Hi Ori,

Civ 1.74
Warlord 2.13
BTS 3.19

I am logged in as admin, but I don't start the game with "run as admin" or something. I'll try it, but I don't think that it'll make any difference.

I did attach the file. Thank you very much for your support.

Isterio

 

[ori]

yes, do try to run it as admin.
also: when exactly does the lag begin (in the start video, the main menu, the game itself)?

 

[Isterio]

Hi Ori,

As I thought, running the game as ADMIN didn't change anything. The problem is still there. But it was worth a shoot and now we know something more.

Anyway, the game runs quite well otherwise. I have no problems with the intro nor the menu. The "lag" just emerges, when
A) I build a wonder and the ingame video is loading
B) I want to open an advisor window or the enziclopedya (or however it might be written)
C) Another race is contacting me or I am contacting them.

The "lag" actually only occurs while loading the content. When it's loeded, there is no more lag. The animations are running perfectly right after loading. So it's really a problem of getting the data.

My Laptop is like:
"Huh? What do you want? Ehhh .. wait a sec .. where do I have it? hmmm hmmm ... argh, I should really clean up a bit. Darn, I can't find it ... Oh, wait! I got it!!!! Here you are .. my pleasure"

The longer I run my notebook, before I start the game, the slower it is loading. Do you know these stupid svhost processes? After watching some .avi files and surfing with firefox I have a lot of them open and I guess they make my games run slower. But right after booting it's okay (although also here I have the problem with Civ IV).

 

[ori]

open civilizationIV.ini and set
hidemoviebackground from 0 to 1

 

[Isterio]

It wooooooooooooooooooooooooorks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thank you very much, Ori. How did you figure it out?

 

[Isterio]

Is there a similar "command/setting" for the colonisation ini file? Sorry, I've found it now. Strange, I didn't see it the first time. Well, everything is fine now thanks to you, Ori! Good man .. or woman!