Civ-4 GOTM 01: Saves available

[ThERat]

I can't load either. Before patching I uninstalled blue marble.
I did however edit the xml file for screenzoom and tilt manually myself. Is this considered a game stopped mod?
Heck, I am not going to go back and uninstall the game. Imagine in the future there will be so many great mods. Either we can play with mods, or I simply can't participate

 

[jayeffaar]

So, if you haven't tried it yet, try reinstalling CIV to the originally recommended directory on your C drive rather than installing it in a different directory. That may not be the only problem, but it worked for me.

If that's what it is, I'm afraid there won't be any GOTMs for me. My C partition is a system-only partition, and there's no way the game would fit there.

I got the error message too when I tried to load the game, even if I had never modified the game in any way. I tried re-installing anyway, only to realize that when I scratched my first disk a couple of weeks ago, it made it just readable enough to play the game, but not to re-install it. I'm currently trying go borrow a disk 1 so I can re-install, but it looks like I won't be able to play the GOTM no matter what...

 

[Nightfang]

If that's what it is, I'm afraid there won't be any GOTMs for me. My C partition is a system-only partition, and there's no way the game would fit there.

I got the error message too when I tried to load the game, even if I had never modified the game in any way. I tried re-installing anyway, only to realize that when I scratched my first disk a couple of weeks ago, it made it just readable enough to play the game, but not to re-install it. I'm currently trying go borrow a disk 1 so I can re-install, but it looks like I won't be able to play the GOTM no matter what...

Install where you want, the original poster of that message is incorrect. Mine is installed on my D drive. Make sure you clear your cache, and if you are running Blue Marble, make sure to scale the graphics back to normal size.

 

[MeteorPunch]

Got it working too. had to clear the cache and use the Blue Marble scaling tool to put settings back to original. Cache is at C:/Documents and Settings/YourName/Application Data/My Games/Sid Meier's Civilization 4/cache It's a hidden folder.

I am running th game with several mods:
Blue Marble
Custom Flags
Custom units
custom gold icon
eoninb's log
homebrew domestic advisor

My game is on the secondary hard drive as well (F: ).

 

[jayeffaar]

Hours later, I managed to clear space on my C: drive (thinking that might have been the problem) and I managed to re-install the game from a borrowed copy, to replace my scratched disk. With a virgin install on a different drive, still no go. What the hell is the game looking for???

 

[Birdjaguar]

I uninstalled Blue Marble.
The 4OTM still did not run.
I uninstalled Civ 4
Deleted the files in My docs
Rebooted
Reinstalled Civ 4 (got 1706 error) No internet play selected.
Reinstalled the patch (got 1706 error)
Played 1000 years in a test romans game without problems
Opened the 4OTM just fine, did not play, just closed the game.

 

[DaveShack]

Ainwood,

I would like to suggest a slightly lower standard than traditional for GOTM, at least for this first game. You could issue a 2nd save without the password protection feature, and allow people with protected save problems to use the non-protected save on a provisional basis. This would keep the community happy, leave you a way to identify "pure" vs "potentially impure" results, and give time to identify exactly what changes are and aren't compatible with the competitive spirit of GOTM.

As many on the GOTM staff have pointed out in the past, a cheater will eventually stand out anyway. Let's get through the growing pains of Civ4 before we start adding our own pain on top of it.

An alternative way to go in the long term would be to make a GOTM mod which identifies cheat tactics.

 

[MerakSpielman]

(It loaded for me. I have Bluemarble installed, v1.09 patch, no other mods loaded, and Xfire not installed)

OK, I'm totally new at the GOTM thing.

So I'm supposed to load up the game, play it until I win or lose, and then what? Post my results somewhere? Attach a save game file to a post? Post a screenshot of my score? I have no idea...

 

[Redbad]

What the hell is the game looking for???

I second that. If the save is not working when one installs the game/patch on a pc where civ4 wasn't installed before, then I'd say the save is screwed up. This is very annoying.

 

[scottxwl]

I've just got mine working by re-installing civ, and i DID install xFire with the patch, so I don't think that is the problem.

It could be something really small, like have you enabled the flying camera in the options file somewhere, (simply changing a 0 to a 1), which is what I suspect caused mine to not work...

Nah, it's not that. I have really not changed anything behind the scenes in the game, merely used the drop down menus to change graphics from high to medium to low trying to find a setting that would play well on my computer.

 

[DaveShack]

EDIT:: what about the mods that I have in my signature. One only effects the time at the upper right corner of the screen and the other dumps a turn log into a text file. Seems harmless but I don't want to start off on the wrong foot..

I have successfully loaded the game with autolog enabled.

GOTM Staff: autolog (linked in Tubby Rower's sig) is a mod to cvEventManager.py and other files which writes certain events to a .txt file. The obvious benefit is that one doesn't need to alt-tab out of the game to write notes for spoilers, many of the key events are logged and there is a way to make a user log entry. I have personally examined the python code for the version I'm using (1.1 from the thread) and it doesn't make any exploitable information available.

Please confirm that this is OK. I'm going to hold off playing any turns to keep from contaminating my game if you disagree.

 

[slowrider]

And off we go into the great unknown with our friends and cohorts. It would be nice if it could be friends and family but history has proven time and again this to be stunningly improbable. At least we have friends for the journey and many a tale will be told. And for your co-horts out there...and you know who you are...hort on baby!!!!!!

 

[tecknogyk]

Well, it doesn't load up on my machine either. I'd like to play but not enough to go through the hassle of uninstalling and reinstalling. The only thing I've done is set the config file to allow running the game in a window. This was done before the patch and I went back in to change the setting back to the default to no avail. The config file once again has a 0 set so the patch must have overwritten my specific setting. I still get the prompt when starting the game however so not sure what's up with that. Anyway, it's desired behaviour anyway and it's not worth changing just to be able to load up the GOTM.... If this gets rectified then I'll definitely be up for playing..but until then I'll just read about it...heh.

-teck

 

[seven21]

Returning the civ Scale settings to default has now enabled the file. As I did get a warning message while installing the patch where does it indicate the version number on the game screen so I can verify it is working ok?

 

[Aeson]

Those having trouble loading the game... Are you using Direct2Drive, DVD, or CD? What localization if any?

 

[Redbad]

no direct2drive. dvd, english-version

 

[NHJ BV]

Just wanted to say that the save works fine for me. I'm using the UK standard edition (which is DVD), 1.09, and installed in a custom directory (G:\Civilization 4). No mods or XML edits whatsoever.

 

[MeteorPunch]

The save file comes down as a .txt, which I re-named to the appropriate extension (I don't know if this is standard practice.) but when I try to load it Civ says that the save file is protected to ensure the are no changes in my mods folder... and then goes back to the Main Menu. I have a fresh installation of Civ (i.e. no mods), with the patch.

I wonder if some peoples systems are not recognizing the file as a Civ4save correctly (those trying a full reinstall). Probably not though.

 

[thip]

It doesn't matter where I put the file, I can't see it. Is this because it 's a text file?

 

[clut]

It doesn't matter where I put the file, I can't see it. Is this because it 's a text file?

probably.. you have to rename it to a .Civ4SavedGame file... so the full filename should be ..

civ4gotm01bc4000.Civ4SavedGame

and not

civ4gotm01bc4000.txt


If you can not see the .txt or .Civ4SavedGame, you have to go to the 'Tools' menu (in windows explorer) then 'Folder Options' then the 'View' tab and find the option that says 'Hide extensions for known file types' and make sure there is NOT a tick in that box.