Ah, the old "say 'exactly', and then say something completely different" trick to try to fool people into thinking I agree with you... You are banging away with your false assumption that "with time they could have made ranged artillery work"; meanwhile countless people have explained to you why it would be an inappropriate mechanic for Civ4, why artillery should have to risk itself in battle, and why (we presume) Soren decided ranged artillery should be dropped rather than shoved into a game where it is an inappropriate mechanic.
Alarming silence of Firaxis
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Ah, the old "say 'exactly', and then say something completely different" trick to try to fool people into thinking I agree with you... You are banging away with your false assumption that "with time they could have made ranged artillery work"; meanwhile countless people have explained to you why it would be an inappropriate mechanic for Civ4, why artillery should have to risk itself in battle, and why (we presume) Soren decided ranged artillery should be dropped rather than shoved into a game where it is an inappropriate mechanic.
What I really want to know is if we can expect further Firaxis work on Civ IV and its expansions.
Or have they now taken their hand from the game (i.e. no further patches)?
That would be a shame. Sure I can fix my pet peeve problem myself, but I really prefer an official patch, so everyone uses the same version, everyone talks about the same thing in the forums, etc...
Or have they now taken their hand from the game (i.e. no further patches)?
That would be a shame. Sure I can fix my pet peeve problem myself, but I really prefer an official patch, so everyone uses the same version, everyone talks about the same thing in the forums, etc...
Nobody knows. Firaxis has not said word one in either direction. Everything you (may) have read on this and other threads about any potential new patch (or lack of patch for that matter) is pure speculation.
r_rolo1
King of myself
I think that they are doing a patch..... because alexman is still coming here now and then to check the bugs subforum.... he simply does not post anything ( I wonder why 
) . If they did dropped the ball, why would a firaxis programmer to check a forum for posted bugs?
) . If they did dropped the ball, why would a firaxis programmer to check a forum for posted bugs?
JBConquests
Prince
Apologies if this is slightly off topic, but this was brought up in this thread. Is it the opinion of this board that the only OOS bugs are due to cracks/mods?
I own 2 legal copies of Civ 4 and have them installed on 2 computers. They are not cracked. I don't have installed any mod's and have never installed any mod's since I uninstalled/reinstalled everything for BTS. I get the OOS error immedately.
Is anybody playing Civ 4 BTS 3.13 multiplayer successfully? If so, how did you make it work?
No, the current consensus for the OOS "bug":
1) Delete your Civ IV cache files (C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Local Settings\Application Data\My Games\Beyond the Sword\cache).
2) Turn off random events.
Only do (2) if (1) doesn't work.
Bh
This has fallen to page 3, meaning we've all accepted that Firaxis has screwed us and won't be fixing any of their errors, just leaving it to Bhruic.
That's tragic. It's amazing how far a once-mighty franchise has fallen.
That's tragic. It's amazing how far a once-mighty franchise has fallen.
Or maybe it is just that no one has anything more constructive to say. Rehashing old arguments is getting old...
Their lame 'copy protection' fails on my super-reliable system which happens to have SCSI drives, and I am not allowed to play my game legally despite buying every Civ game since #1.
Whether that is Firaxis's problem or Take2's problem, I simply don't care. They've worked together to produce a faulty product. These companies shall never again receive one cent from me.
Whether that is Firaxis's problem or Take2's problem, I simply don't care. They've worked together to produce a faulty product. These companies shall never again receive one cent from me.
SenhorDaGuerra
Prince
well, the new football manager is out. so is pro evo 2008. no need to play civ anymore... well... maybe.
Which honestly is kind of sad.
Take2/Firaxis gets no more of my money since they've now proven that abandoning their products when they hit "good enough" is their standard operating procedure.
Wodan
Deity
FatSean: did you call customer service?
Dominico: sounds like you're running v.3.03. If so, upgrade to 3.13.
Wodan
Dominico: sounds like you're running v.3.03. If so, upgrade to 3.13.
Wodan
Time to go a 'Securom' hunting! .
This pest is hiding in the registry. Run: Regedit/ try looking in software compartments under 'current user' and 'local machine' and root out any 'Securom' thats seen.
Firaxis is comman user in games like Railroads to Civ ptw-bts. It can cause complications in reinstall and off the hop if your previous games were carriers
jray
King
Can i just ask then, is the messed up animation on battles due to xp or my graphics card (which works fine with everything and worked fine before the expansion) or just crappy programming?
Thanks for the reply
It's definitely crappy programming, but the question is from which source
. If you're running 3.03, then it's Firaxis' fault. Otherwise it's probably Microsoft or your graphics card manufacturer.White Elk
99 > 1
I mourn the death of Civ today. It is dead to me now. Nearly four weeks after releasing a patch with game breaking bugs, there is still no word on a patch. I sent their customer service a one sentence question politely asking them if there would be any further patches. As expected they never replied, which is no big deal as I expect that from them now. But Vassalage is STILL a broken concept and the AI is dumber now than in Vanilla.. etc!
Wodan
Deity
When did you send them your question, White Elk?
Wodan
Wodan
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