Civ 4 and 64 bit.

[Larsenex]

Greetings,

I know this is a question that relies on if the source code was released. Is there a mod similar to the one for CTP2 what manages the game in 64 bit? I know many will say the game runs 'just fine' in 32 bit but I have run in the memory wall before many times with Civ 5. That is the game will get into the very late very large maps and just crash. I am currently playing CTP2 but Civ 4 Beyond the Sword has been my all time favorite. Is there a mod which mitigates or removes memory issues if they arise and what mods for Civ 4 are your favorite to always use?

 

[a pen-dragon]

No, the executable file is limited by standard 32 bit issues, mostly the hard 4GB RAM limit, and it's source code has not been released.

You might want to check that the Large Address Aware flag is set on the .exe, which allows for it to use almost the full 4GB on 64 bit systems, instead of 2GB on 32 bit systems or 64 bit systems without that flag.

That is the game will get into the very late very large maps and just crash.

The game leaks a bit of memory, thus after restarting the game it will not immediately crash, allowing to continue playing.

Standard settings games hardly run into memory issues.

Is there a mod which mitigates or removes memory issues if they arise

AFAIK, no.

what mods for Civ 4 are your favorite to always use?

If you are referring to mods in general and not limited to ones improving the memory usage, look into BUG (and BAT) and BUFFY as standard UI improvement mods. I use BUFFY.

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