Civ 4 will not load. Game crashes at Init Engine.

[spunkymunky]

Civ 4 fails to start, on the loading screen the game crashes at Init Engine.

My specs are:
Windows XP sp.2
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual 4400+
2 gigs of Ram
Asus a8n-sli Premium Motherboard
Nvidia Geforce 7800 GT in SLI
(EVGA and Winfax Extreme cards forced to run at 445mhz [core] 1066mhz [mem] - makes the cards work with Elderscrolls IV- Oblivion)
Creative SB X-FI soundcard
Western Digital 10,000rpm 70gigs hardrive (games installed here)
Seagate 7800rpm 110gigs
SoftV92 Data Fax Modem
Wacom Intuos 4x5 Graphics Tablet

That should cover everything that could conflict.

I have up to date drivers on everything, and have tried Beta Drivers with the graphics card and sound card.

I have tried all the xml fixes, including making a new user account and installing the xml parser. I have updated the game, obviously. Ive tried editing the .ini file with different combinations (forcing resolution to 1280x1024, fullscreen and windowed, disabling audio, ingame movies, starting movies ect.)
I have uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times. I have also tried to run the game with SLI and without, and let the cards run with factory defaults.

Everytime i try to run the game. it always crashes at Init Engine. Dunno what to do. please help!

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These are my log files:

PythonErr2.log:

sys.path = ['ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\email', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\encodings', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\build', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\py', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\tools', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\colourchooser', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\editor', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\floatcanvas', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\masked', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\mixins', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\lib\\ogl', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\py\\tests', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM\\wx\\tools\\XRCed', 'ASSETS\\PYTHON\\SYSTEM']

sys.modules = {'zipimport': <module 'zipimport' (built-in)>, 'signal': <module 'signal' (built-in)>, '__builtin__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, 'sys': <module 'sys' (built-in)>, '__main__': <module '__main__' (built-in)>, 'exceptions': <module 'exceptions' (built-in)>, 'CvPythonExtensions': <module 'CvPythonExtensions' (built-in)>}

sys.builtin_module_names = ('CvPythonExtensions', '__builtin__', '__main__', '_bisect', '_codecs', '_codecs_cn', '_codecs_hk', '_codecs_iso2022', '_codecs_jp', '_codecs_kr', '_codecs_tw', '_csv', '_heapq', '_hotshot', '_locale', '_multibytecodec', '_random', '_sre', '_subprocess', '_symtable', '_weakref', '_winreg', 'array', 'audioop', 'binascii', 'cPickle', 'cStringIO', 'cmath', 'collections', 'datetime', 'errno', 'exceptions', 'gc', 'imageop', 'imp', 'itertools', 'marshal', 'math', 'md5', 'mmap', 'msvcrt', 'nt', 'operator', 'parser', 'regex', 'rgbimg', 'sha', 'signal', 'strop', 'struct', 'sys', 'thread', 'time', 'xxsubtype', 'zipimport')
load_module CvEventInterface
load_module CvUtil
load_module traceback
load_module CvEventManager
load_module CvScreensInterface
load_module CvMainInterface
load_module ScreenInput
load_module CvScreenEnums
load_module time
load_module CvDomesticAdvisor
load_module PyHelpers
load_module CvTechChooser
load_module CvForeignAdvisor
load_module math
load_module CvMilitaryAdvisor
load_module re
load_module CvFinanceAdvisor
load_module CvReligionScreen
load_module CvCivicsScreen
load_module string
load_module CvVictoryScreen
load_module CvOptionsScreen
load_module CvReplayScreen
load_module CvHallOfFameScreen
load_module CvDanQuayle
load_module CvGameUtils
load_module CvUnVictoryScreen
load_module CvDawnOfMan
load_module CvTechSplashScreen
load_module CvTopCivs
load_module random
load_module CvInfoScreen
load_module CvIntroMovieScreen
load_module CvVictoryMovieScreen
load_module CvWonderMovieScreen
load_module CvEraMovieScreen
load_module CvPediaMain
load_module CvPediaScreen
load_module CvScreen
load_module CvPediaTech
load_module CvPediaUnit
load_module CvPediaBuilding
load_module CvPediaPromotion
load_module CvPediaUnitChart
load_module CvPediaBonus
load_module CvPediaTerrain
load_module CvPediaFeature
load_module CvPediaImprovement
load_module CvPediaCivic
load_module CvPediaCivilization
load_module CvPediaLeader
load_module CvPediaSpecialist
load_module CvPediaHistory
load_module CvPediaProject
load_module CvPediaReligion
load_module CvWorldBuilderScreen
load_module Popup
load_module CvWorldBuilderDiplomacyScreen
load_module CvDebugTools
load_module CvDebugInfoScreen
load_module CvMapGeneratorUtil
load_module CvGFCScreen
load_module CvPopupInterface
load_module CvScreenUtilsInterface
load_module CvScreenUtils
load_module CvWBPopups
load_module CvCameraControls
load_module CvAdvisorUtils
PY:OnInit
load_module CvAppInterface

XML.log:

[2137.578] Loading XML file Assets//XML\GameInfo/CIV4PlayerOptionInfos.xml
[2137.640] Load XML file Assets//XML\GameInfo/CIV4PlayerOptionInfos.xml SUCCEEDED
[2137.640] SetGlobalClassInfo (Civ4PlayerOptionInfos/PlayerOptionInfos/PlayerOptionInfo)
[2137.656] Loading XML file Assets//XML\GameInfo/CIV4GraphicOptionInfos.xml
[2137.656] Load XML file Assets//XML\GameInfo/CIV4GraphicOptionInfos.xml SUCCEEDED
[2137.656] SetGlobalClassInfo (Civ4GraphicOptionInfos/GraphicOptionInfos/GraphicOptionInfo)

init.log

[2137.578] DBG: CIV Init
[2137.578] VERSION: App: C:\Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Civilization4.exe
[2137.578] VERSION: Build: Thu Mar 30 10:49:29 2006
[2137.578] VERSION: 1.6.1.1841 (45604)
[2137.578] VERSION: Mod Loaded: none
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I hope I covered everything in this LOOONG post, hopefully someone smarter then me can figure this out. Thanks for helping if you can.

~The Munk

 

[spunkymunky]

Just had the idea to remove the creative sb x-fi card and use onboard audio (realtek 97' thingy). ill let you know if that fixed to so u dont have to reply.

~The Munk

 

[spunkymunky]

Nope, thats a negative. Onboard Realtek ac'97 with current drivers didnt work either. please help!!!

~The Munk