Caveman 2 Cosmos

Samin said:
Are you using the recent drivers? I also have a radeon5800 series and no problem with black terrain.
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I am not having black terrain issues now, but I did when the issue first struck. One of the C2C team made a comment iirc about ATI cards not doing some particular type of processing as well, and it's that I want to know about.

I'm NOT trying to solve a current bug, just asking a question about graphics cards, which will hopefully be seen and answered by whoever it was who posted whatever it was about ATI cards that I vaguely remember but can't find using the forum search facility.

I'm not looking for help with a bug or problem.

Edit: Ah Strategyonly beat me to it. Thanks for clarifying that! The 5850 is going because my husband needs a new PC, if we're going to be spending money on a graphics card I'd rather spend a bit more to upgrade mine (I'm looking at the HD 7970 or GTX 670) and put the 5850 in his new one as I am the heavy duty gamer of the two of us, rather than just buying another 5850 - it's not as if I won't want to upgrade mine at some point anyway so might as well do it now since I have to buy a graphics card anyway! Besides, I've got a tax rebate that wants to be spent on something exciting :D
 
Epona222 said:
I am not having black terrain issues now, but I did when the issue first struck. One of the C2C team made a comment iirc about ATI cards not doing some particular type of processing as well, and it's that I want to know about.

I'm NOT trying to solve a current bug, just asking a question about graphics cards, which will hopefully be seen and answered by whoever it was who posted whatever it was about ATI cards that I vaguely remember but can't find using the forum search facility.

I'm not looking for help with a bug or problem.

Edit: Ah Strategyonly beat me to it. Thanks for clarifying that! The 5850 is going because my husband needs a new PC, if we're going to be spending money on a graphics card I'd rather spend a bit more to upgrade mine (I'm looking at the HD 7970 or GTX 670) and put the 5850 in his new one as I am the heavy duty gamer of the two of us, rather than just buying another 5850 - it's not as if I won't want to upgrade mine at some point anyway so might as well do it now since I have to buy a graphics card anyway! Besides, I've got a tax rebate that wants to be spent on something exciting :D
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Well in that case, i believe the 7970 is the BEST ATI card available right now, so a darn good choice there, but if you go NVidiva, the 670 is not the best one, they now have a Titanium 7?? (something) but it is very spendy.
 
strategyonly said:
Well in that case, i believe the 7970 is the BEST ATI card available right now, so a darn good choice there, but if you go NVidiva, the 670 is not the best one, they now have a Titanium 7?? (something) but it is very spendy.
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...and hot...and noisy
 
The 2 I mentioned are at the top of my budget, graphics cards are quite a bit more expensive in the UK than in both the US and the rest of the EU and I definitely can't go any pricier than those! Tax rebate, not lottery jackpot ;)

Hold on - what you (strategyonly) said about the black terrain issue has only just sunk in - I always have at least 2 C2C installs - SVN for single player, latest official release for multi player - is that a no-no? Also have AND and AND/ROM too. My game's been behaving itself recently but I'll move the ones I'm not currently playing to a different folder, just shift them back and forth as needed, if that's not going to cause any other odd issues?
 
Epona222 said:
The 2 I mentioned are at the top of my budget, graphics cards are quite a bit more expensive in the UK than in both the US and the rest of the EU and I definitely can't go any pricier than those! Tax rebate, not lottery jackpot ;)

Hold on - what you (strategyonly) said about the black terrain issue has only just sunk in - I always have at least 2 C2C installs - SVN for single player, latest official release for multi player - is that a no-no? Also have AND and AND/ROM too. My game's been behaving itself recently but I'll move the ones I'm not currently playing to a different folder, just shift them back and forth as needed, if that's not going to cause any other odd issues?
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Just do what i do: see attached:

Extra Copy of Mods folder with all other games SVN etc:

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modscopy-1.jpg


Inside the extra folder for mods:

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modscopy1-1.jpg


Mods Folder:

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mods.jpg


Desktop:

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Epona222 said:
Also have AND and AND/ROM too. My game's been behaving itself recently but I'll move the ones I'm not currently playing to a different folder, just shift them back and forth as needed, if that's not going to cause any other odd issues?
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I have both ROM and ROM-AND as well as C2C in the mods folder (and of course dozens of others, some that are different versions of the same mod) and usually have no problems with the "duplicates". As long as the folder name is different, and matches the .ini name, there is normally no problem. There are a few mods that I am aware of that even with different names do cause problems, but they are very few (RiFE is the one that springs immediately to mind). I used to have both v23 and a "working" copy of the SVN for C2C in the mods folder, but I scrapped the v23 (not because it caused problems, but because I didn't really like v23). I make sure to keep my updated SVN version in a "temp" folder.

Long story short, it shouldn't be a problem if named differently, and if it is a problem you can simply delete (or move temporarily---it won't make a difference) the one you don't want.
 
Epona222 said:
Performs about the same in benchmark tests as the card I have right now, I want to upgrade, not move sideways ;) I've got a budget of £350 and I intend to spend it. :D
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Specs don't tell the whole story but i get your point. £350 is a waste of money though seriously. Just buy a TV instead :P wait 8 months for the price to fall on these newer cards. I got ATI 6970 its good, but I wouldn't recommend ATI to anyone. Catalyst sucks. Upgrading drivers is a nightmare and the last two ATI cards i've had, had to replace 5 times due to faults or them dying after only 3 months. Will def. be buying a nvidia next time.
 
Sgtslick said:
Specs don't tell the whole story but i get your point. £350 is a waste of money though seriously. Just buy a TV instead :P wait 8 months for the price to fall on these newer cards. I got ATI 6970 its good, but I wouldn't recommend ATI to anyone. Catalyst sucks. Upgrading drivers is a nightmare and the last two ATI cards i've had, had to replace 5 times due to faults or them dying after only 3 months. Will def. be buying a nvidia next time.
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It's a waste of money in your opinion. There are people out there who spend far more money on their hobbies (or buying ridiculously uncomfortable shoes, which I am led to believe is considered 'normal' for other people of my gender!) than I spend on my interests, and I bet you spend money on stuff that I would consider wasteful and pointless. Yes my main hobbies are building/upgrading/tinkering with PCs/PC hardware, and gaming (I do have plenty of other interests but they don't cost much) and when I occasionally have some spare cash, I spend it on my hobbies. So what?
 
Acularius said:
I'll be honest, I may watch... an hour of TV a week? (Weather Network)
So the TV thing would be a decorative ornament in the room.
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I have an HDTV (it was a gift), but I use it as part of my multi-monitor setup, it's on a wall bracket right above the desk with a monitor each side of it :lol: I watch all my TV via the PC anyway. Sofa is on the opposite side of the room, I can either sit at the desk or lounge on the sofa for gaming or watching video files/streamed video/DVDs.
 
Koshling said:
Check the GEM thread for latest updates. acularius (sp?) hasn't made an official update yet, but there is an update by someone else that adds the latest resources. Once the official line is updated (or acularius says it's ok to go with the unofficial one) I'll transfer them/it to SVN.
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Sorry but there's a lot of "inside baseball" in that answer. I checked the GEM thread and couldn't find any links to the maps themselves. I'm kind of new to this site. Overall loving the MOD though.
 
Epona222 said:
It's a waste of money in your opinion. There are people out there who spend far more money on their hobbies (or buying ridiculously uncomfortable shoes, which I am led to believe is considered 'normal' for other people of my gender!) than I spend on my interests, and I bet you spend money on stuff that I would consider wasteful and pointless. Yes my main hobbies are building/upgrading/tinkering with PCs/PC hardware, and gaming (I do have plenty of other interests but they don't cost much) and when I occasionally have some spare cash, I spend it on my hobbies. So what?
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lol touchy much? Go blow it all at the hookers for all I care, just saying you might be better off since your not getting that much of an upgrade and this price will surely drop 100 pounds in 6 months.
 
Epona222 said:
It's a waste of money in your opinion. There are people out there who spend far more money on their hobbies (or buying ridiculously uncomfortable shoes, which I am led to believe is considered 'normal' for other people of my gender!) than I spend on my interests, and I bet you spend money on stuff that I would consider wasteful and pointless. Yes my main hobbies are building/upgrading/tinkering with PCs/PC hardware, and gaming (I do have plenty of other interests but they don't cost much) and when I occasionally have some spare cash, I spend it on my hobbies. So what?
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I assume you already upgraded to an SSD? That was the most eye-opening upgrade I ever made, and I'll never build another system without one.
 
i have been trying for about 3 hours 2 find a sollution for a problem when i try 2 play c2c...i've downloaded it,unzipped it at the right spot,i run beyond the sword,load the mod and when it oppens the program and starts loading it pops up a bunch of errors...plz i would really appreciate an answer if someone knows how to solve this...
 
geo13mani said:
i have been trying for about 3 hours 2 find a sollution for a problem when i try 2 play c2c...i've downloaded it,unzipped it at the right spot,i run beyond the sword,load the mod and when it oppens the program and starts loading it pops up a bunch of errors...plz i would really appreciate an answer if someone knows how to solve this...
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Welcome to CFC and C2C. It would help us identify the problem if you could tell us what the error messages are.
 
Dancing Hoskuld said:
Welcome to CFC and C2C. It would help us identify the problem if you could tell us what the error messages are.
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i solved the earlier problem but now i have a new one...i have the civ 4 complete version 1.74.i download the mod i unzip it in C:\Program Files (x86)\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\mods and then i run the Beyond the Sword application...when i'm in game i try to load the mod and it just crushes...no error messages or anything...it just closes the game and that's it...i even tried putting the mod here C:\Users\user\Documents\My Games\Beyond the Sword\MODS that i read here but nothing...it still crushes with no error messages...i really really want to play this mod and i spent the last 10 hours trying to find something...i tried restarting my pc,i uninstalled everything about 7-8 times and tried again but nothing
 
Did you try unzipping it to your desktop and then copying the file to BTS mods? That has always worked for me.
 
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