Can't load BtS - XML load errors

[Sattakan]

if the game did not allow you to remove it through the control panel you also need to manually delete the registry entries, look here.

Thank you very much Ori. I will do this as soon as I get home after work. Just curious but will CIV IV and the expanisons play on a Mac, or will you need to load up boot camp and Windows XP on the Mac?

 

[Sattakan]

I bought Civ IV and BtS at the same time a few weeks ago. When I loaded up Civ 4 I had no problems at all. I did not patch to the current patch, but after a few hours of play it started crashing after several turns.

Then I loaded up BtS and had no problems, but it also started crashing after several hours. So I did an uninstall/reinstall and uploaded the patches.

Now I cannot even load either game. Once I put in discs 1 I get...

Loading Error
Caught unhandled exception creating XML parser object Current XML is:

I uninstalled again and reinstalled and I am getting the same message with CiV 4 and BtS.

Now I have two problems. First getting the game to actually play and then if it does it crashing after every few turns.

Any suggestions? This is frustrating as hell.

My drivers are up to date. I was able to play the game fine, or at least load it up. My only problem was the game crashing and rebooting after several turns. Now the game will not even load at all.

I have followed all of Ori's suggestions. The game is loaded and patched correctly. Now I just cannot even get the game to load. This loading error keeps popping up, even after a system restore and a complete uninstall and reinstall. Before at least I was able to get the game to pop up.

 

[ori]

Thank you very much Ori. I will do this as soon as I get home after work. Just curious but will CIV IV and the expanisons play on a Mac, or will you need to load up boot camp and Windows XP on the Mac?

Civ 4 and Warlords have been released for Mac - though the latest Warlords patch has not yet been released. BtS is not yet released on Mac and there is no official announcement yet as to when (if?) this will happen.
@Sattakan: I answered in one of the other threads,