auto shut off?

roebandit

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i recently got the game of civ4 ..and i install it.. and got through all the problems.. now when im playing the game... a few turns into it... the game shut off by itself and i dont know why?? anyone else have this problem?? If so... any solution?
 
how far into the game did you get? ie roughly what was the game time eg 1200's AD

any other symptoms just before the crash such as slow game play or slow turn times - anything really that looked out of the ordinary

Regards
Zy
 
Also please post Dxdiag dump

(start button - click - select run - type "dxdiag" - press return - let it chunter away for a min - select save all information - then post using the 'advance' button below this post)

Regards
Zy
 
well let's see.. for the question about how far into the game i got.. let's see.. .. the map loaded up and i built my town.. then tried to build a worker... that's about 2-3 turns... and here is my dx report as requested.. any help? Oh yea.. reguarding the slow game play.. i tried playing it in windows mode.. it was kinda slow.. but when i turn back to full screen..everything was fine again.
 

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Its a memory hungry beast - its possible you ran out of pagefile, its a bit low. Try upping the pagefileto 1500 or 2000mb, use min=max to stop it fragmenting.

You said ok in Window mode- was it slow - or did it work at a reasonable rate?

Is the time to save a game in mins or seconds ?

Regards
Zy
 
Sorry - one other thing- are you ok on cooling ? The game hits the graphics card hard, and heating problems have occured with some setups.

Regards
Zy
 
need to go - its 0021hrs here

Couple of things for you to check/try. I'll assume for now that apart from the crash no other disernable symptoms.

Check you are cooling ok. Here's a monitor that will help
http://www.sofotex.com/Motherboard-Monitor-download_L15737.html

Dont know yet without more feedback if ini / driver changes will help you. Make sure you have minimised the number of background apps that are running, if your playing offline, turn off your Anti-Virus when playing.

The CTD you get and slow in window mode do indicate that you may be having the known memory issue. Not certain in your case yet, but worth a go as its quick to try, easy install /deinstall. Go here, instructions at post 1.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=146309

There are 2 settings you need to do. The guys on the thread willhelp ifyou have problems with the settings, its worth experimenting (logically lol) with the settings as they make a significant difference to the working of the patch. Its a benign patch does not touch game code.

Please come back again if you still have issues.

Regards
Zy
 
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