Checking XML?

[Khalil Ravanna]

Well that seems like a pretty good idea. Well no matter, im using my parents machine and think im gettting a new comp anywase. I think it has something to do with some files being missing relating to some download. I suspect that's why only so few people experiance the problem. Im sure a wipe of your hard-drive(yea i know its crazy) will work. I say this because my rents comp is brand new and they have a clean hard-drive so it retains all the needed files for Civ4. I really hope the rest of you solve the problem(the game is great, just keep trying. it'll be worth it ).

 

[Baccarus]

I would like to add that this worked for me!!! Thank you all for posting here with your ideas!!!

I came home today so frustrated after spending all of last night with no success reinstalling the game and drivers etc. You can imagine my... jubilation... when I finally got to see the intro movie for real!

Here's what I did:
Last night-
install game, doesn't work
update video drivers, doesn't work
uninstall/reinstall game, doesn't work
uninstall/reinstall video drivers, doesn't work
uninstall/reinstall game (again), doesn't work

Today-
uninstall game from my normal XP user account
create a new account and install the game for that account only
log in and rejoice!

I hope this helps everyone out there with the XML problem to get in and play until they get around to fixing it for real.

Thank you guys again, I'm off to play!

 

[randomuser]

I'm having this problem as well, but none of the fixes suggested have helped me. I've tried creating new accounts several times but it's not worked at all. If the problem is due to something I have installed creating a new account doesn't help since I have basically everything installed on all accounts.

The only thing I haven't tried is a re-format but that's not a viable option at this time. Hopefully Firaxis will be able to post a fix for this issue as well as they did with the ATI-renderer thing (although this is affecting much fewer users I guess).

 

[its_chowder]

still doesn't work for me

I've reinstalled game and drivers in a test account and its still not working. only option now is a windows reinstall....guess I was due anyways!

 

[DieCommie]

Just want to say, mine is not working either. Check XML error.

Tech told me to update firmware

 

[jdoneg]

Here is what I did to resolve this problem. Apparently I was getting this error due to a sound driver. I have an onboard Realtek ALC880 HD Audio card. I downloaded and installed the new driver from www.realtek.com.tw and voila I am playing Civ IV. Let me know if this works for you.