Can't find or load CIV IV complete edition games after install?

[bradly1998]

I bought the expansion pack for my son yesterday. (it's his birthday today) I thought it installed. It brought up the play now screen but all we see is the Civ Colonization. We don't see the other 3 that were included. (IV, Warlords and Beyond the Sword) I don't know if it just didn't install the others or what. I'm very confused. We already had the Civ IV. Then I bought the expansion. But all it brings up is the Colonization. Any one else have this problem? How do we get to the Warlords and Beyond the Sword? Please HELP!! I have a very unhappy 13 year old on his birthday.

I am using Windows Vista if that matters. CIV IV installed with no problems last year.

 

[The_J]

Moderator Action: Moved to Civ4 tech support.

And welcome to CFC, bradly .


@problem:
In Civ4 complete, there are more or less 2 games:
- Civilization 4 with the expansions Warlords and Beyond The Sword ("BtS"; includes all features from the base game and the first expansion, so you can savely only fire BtS up, unless you want to play the tutorial)
- Colonization, which is a stand alone game (but looks and works similar)

There have been reports, that on Vista no shortcuts and desktop icons are created, so you just don't see the first one at the moment. -> you have to create one yourself.
The executable file should be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Firaxis Games\Civilization 4 complete\Beyond The Sword, the Civ4BeyondSword.exe. Just create a shortcut or desktop icon to this file, more should not be needed.

 

[bradly1998]

It still only shows the colonization. Nothing else. In programs, it has the civ iv complete installed. but only shows on the menu when i bring the game up as Colonization.

 

[The_J]

mmhh...but directly starting does work, doesn't it?
(just as confirmation, not that anything else is wrong)

 

[[KC]Bantams]

look in the my games folder it sometimes tends to hide in there

 

[bradly1998]

TO The_J. Yes. When I click on the CD in MY COMPUTER, the game will start. But ONLY Civ IV Colonization. Not Beyond the Sword or Warlords. Civ IV works fine. (that is the 1st one I bought) In the book it says to bring up the main menu, click which game u want to play. The game ONLY brings up the Colonization.

TO BANTAMS I looked under MY GAMES and it shows
Sid Meyer's CIv. IV
Sid M. Civ. IV Colonization. We still can not find where Warlords or Beyond the Sword is. I can't tell if it even installed it.

I received 1 disc in the Civ Complete package. Where there suppose to be 2? I don't understand why it would have installed Colonization but not the other 2. It is a fairly new computer. I am so confused and was up most of the night trying to figure this out. Frustrated beyond belief.

Thank you both for all the help. I have got to get this working or my son will pout till he is 14

 

[roger911]

Try loading the civ 4 executable from your my games folder, and from the main menu of the game, look around through the menu's to see if you can load beyond the sword or warlords from there.

(There is a chance that beyond the sword has replaced your civ 4 executable in the my games folder and thus will immediatly load the latest version - bts - automatically)

 

[bradly1998]

I GOT IT!!!! I FOUND IT!!!!! YEAH!!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Vista blows! It shouldn't hide anything. But I am so happy. They all work. No problems. I call you heroes!! Thank you so so so much!

 

[Sightburner]

I know I'm a little late on this, but for future reference, the Complete version of Civ4 adds another folder to the list. The new folder directory for BTS is C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Civilization 4 complete\Beyond The Sword.

Colonization is done in the same fashion.

~S~

 

[bradly1998]

Thank you Sightburner for that information.