BTS Won't Start

[TheRussianLord]

My Civ 4 BTS won't start, but my vanilla and Warlords work just fine. I'm running Win 8, and have no idea what's wrong. Compatibility mode doesn't fix it. It doesn't give any error messages, and nothing at all loads. Does anyone have the same problem/has a solution? Thanks in advance.

 

[kiwitt]

Try installing as per my Windows 7 thread.

 

[TheRussianLord]

Try installing as per my Windows 7 thread.

Thank you very much. It seems to be working now. However when I launched Civ 4 it told me, after loading the game, that my machine was below recommended specifications and I may experience performance issues. This is obvious nonsense. This is a new laptop, less then 6 months old. I'll post if there are any other issues. In the meantime, what does that message mean?

Dxdiag says:

System Information
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Time of this report: 9/23/2013, 00:18:55
Machine name: VORONEZH
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.130531-1504)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire V3-771
BIOS: V2.13
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8010MB RAM
Page File: 5354MB used, 5727MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode

And:

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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0166&SUBSYS_06861025&REV_09
Display Memory: 1760 MB
Dedicated Memory: 128 MB
Shared Memory: 1632 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: LGD0391
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (60.083Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumd32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32
Driver File Version: 9.17.0010.2867 (English)
Driver Version: 9.17.10.2867
DDI Version: 11
Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.2
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: Thread group
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/22/2012 20:37:50, 12604416 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes

 

[Furiey]

That is a common warning that happens with processors of far greater specs than were available when the game was made. You can either just ignore it or change the ini file to stop it happening.
Look for the following in the CivilizationIV.ini file:

; Don't show minimum specification warnings
HideMinSpecWarning = 0

and change it from 0 to 1.

 

[TheRussianLord]

That is a common warning that happens with processors of far greater specs than were available when the game was made. You can either just ignore it or change the ini file to stop it happening.
Look for the following in the CivilizationIV.ini file:

; Don't show minimum specification warnings
HideMinSpecWarning = 0

and change it from 0 to 1.

It won't have any adverse effect on gameplay?

 

[Furiey]

None at all. The processor is far above min specs, the game just doesn't recognise it.

 

[TheRussianLord]

None at all. The processor is far above min specs, the game just doesn't recognise it.

Thank you, and everyone else, for your answers.