Bug: game ends after 10 turns.

[yuizaki]

A bug report on v1.61 Civ4. The game play (not the game program) ends after 10 turns as time victory, and scores are counted, but I did not choose time victory as a victory condition! on upper right hand corner, you click victory condition and it shows you what victory conditions you chose. There it only says conquest (the one I chose) but neverhteless the game play ends after 10 turns. Any idea why this happened?

environment
genuine CivIV
pentiumM 1.86Ghz
Memory 1GB
Graphics GeForce6600 128MB
HDD 80GB

no prob with environment.

 

[Theoden]

That's because you're using a no-cd crack and/or an illegal copy of the game. The solution is to get a legal copy of the game and have the cd in the drive when playing. That will fix the problem.

 

[yuizaki]

mmm... what illegal copy comes in a box and a manual? Or is this a sophisticated copy...?

Could you let me know of the source of your information, (if a game ends in 10 turns, it's because it's a illegal copy) so that if the source is reliable I can ask for a refund.

 

[Theoden]

Reliable source? I don't know. What I said is merely what have been said every time this problem is reported.

Links to some of the previous threads:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=181601
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=170748
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=171645
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=170887

 

[Solver]

If it ends after 10 turns, it's definitely illegal. Or, it's a legal copy with a no0CD crack installed over it, which is illegal again.

 

[yuizaki]

thanks guys. well, the source is not reliable, but hopefully I can make my claim. but second-hand software shops don't guarantee that the software functions If I complain my game could just end up in police's hand and I get nothing...

 

[Solver]

Well, in any civilized country , you should be able to complain to the customer protection authorities, or what have you, that some shop is selling products which basically do not work. Not that it will necessarily gain you much, but who knows.

 

[Lord of Civ]

In case if it is an illegal copy and the game ended after 10 turns, then this mean that you had recently updated the game online, I guess. In other words, you replaced the cracked EXE file with the original one from the internet... The original EXE file would ask you for the CD, or if the update finds out about cracked game then it might '"manipulate" or change your Exe file, causing the game to end after 10 turns.

 

[Chieftess]

Moderator Action: Buy the game from a trusted retail dealer. Thread closed.