Ok. I have a problem with Beyond the Sword. I cant play it at all. And i haven't been able to fix it. So let me explain the story leading up to it before you can help.
I have the complete edition for Civ 4. i like playing the BtS expansion pack regularly by myself but never touched the multiplayer, but i just recently tried to play it online with my friends because they got the game.
So, for the first time, i went to multiplayer, made an account, and i went straight to the lobby. Then, there was a pop-up that said i had to install a patch ( I think it was "Patch 3.1.3"). So, i did that, saw it download, then the game shut down. I looked around my computer but nothing had happened.
So, i clicked on Beyond the Sword to start it up again, but nothing happened. Then, i noticed that the icon had changed. The icon is just a person, and a red blocking symbol next to him.
So i right click it, but the only options are "open file location" and "restore previous versions". i clicked "restore previous versions", but the screen searched for them, but it said that there were none. So then i clicked "open file location" and it showed me a file location. It was titled "Games", and had them in in three categories:
-Game Providers: (More games from Microsoft)
-Games: Which includes Civ 4,and Warlords and Colonization and the standard games like solitaire, chess and minesweeper
-Unspecified- Civ4 :Beyond the Sword
I can play Civ 4, and Warlords. (I could never get Colonization to work, so it's not a problem)
So, the computer it has BtS in that "Unspecified" category on its own, so maybe the computer doesn't know if BtS is a game or something?
Sorry for so much information, but this is my first post and i didn't know what to put and unfortunately, i'm not an expert with computers.
Thanks for reading, please help me if you can, I would appreciate it.
I have the complete edition for Civ 4. i like playing the BtS expansion pack regularly by myself but never touched the multiplayer, but i just recently tried to play it online with my friends because they got the game.
So, for the first time, i went to multiplayer, made an account, and i went straight to the lobby. Then, there was a pop-up that said i had to install a patch ( I think it was "Patch 3.1.3"). So, i did that, saw it download, then the game shut down. I looked around my computer but nothing had happened.
So, i clicked on Beyond the Sword to start it up again, but nothing happened. Then, i noticed that the icon had changed. The icon is just a person, and a red blocking symbol next to him.
So i right click it, but the only options are "open file location" and "restore previous versions". i clicked "restore previous versions", but the screen searched for them, but it said that there were none. So then i clicked "open file location" and it showed me a file location. It was titled "Games", and had them in in three categories:
-Game Providers: (More games from Microsoft)
-Games: Which includes Civ 4,and Warlords and Colonization and the standard games like solitaire, chess and minesweeper
-Unspecified- Civ4 :Beyond the Sword
I can play Civ 4, and Warlords. (I could never get Colonization to work, so it's not a problem)
So, the computer it has BtS in that "Unspecified" category on its own, so maybe the computer doesn't know if BtS is a game or something?
Sorry for so much information, but this is my first post and i didn't know what to put and unfortunately, i'm not an expert with computers.
Thanks for reading, please help me if you can, I would appreciate it.