Civ4 Beyond the Sword Patch v3.17 is out

[ori]

most 3.13 saves load fine in 3.17. MP games are often password protected though - which also protects the assets - in that case you'd need to remove the admin password in 3.13 - then patch and reset an admin password in 3.17 and you *should* be fine.
the most secure way to go though would be either to
- remain in 3.13 for the duration
or
- use a dual install

Spoiler dual install :

make a copy of the bts folder so that you have two looking like this:
...\program files\firaxis games\sid meier's civilization 4\beyond the sword\
and
...\program files\firaxis games\sid meier's civilization 4\beyond the sword copy\
if you patch then only
...\program files\firaxis games\sid meier's civilization 4\beyond the sword\
will be patched (and all shortcuts will point to it) - but you can manually start the game by using the .exe in
...\program files\firaxis games\sid meier's civilization 4\beyond the sword copy\
for a 3.13 game - you can even create a shortcut to 3.13...

 

[Balderstrom]

A lot of things are stored in the SaveFile, you wont much difference from updating in the middle of a game. The 3.17 patch appears to be fine for SinglePlayer, but there might be some issues w/ Multi.

Also if you patch - everyone will need to do so.

If you want to be "safe" - just copy/paste the whole Civilization4 programFiles directory If you have the disk space. I did that myself so I would have 3.13 -> 3.17 comparison files.

 

[wilcoxchar]

They're LAN games, so they're not password-protected and I should be fine with updating the game on both computers. I'll keep it at 3.13 though for now, not sure I have enough space for a dual install.

 

[djvandrake]

Forgive me if this has been discussed on page 15 or soemthing....

Does this new patch limit the use of Artist specialists until after Radio? I mouse over the little buggers on the city screen and in red it says "Requires Broadcast Tower."

WTH?

This is going to make a cultural victory a touch more challenging I'd say.

 

[Woody1]

Does this new patch limit the use of Artist specialists until after Radio? I mouse over the little buggers on the city screen and in red it says "Requires Broadcast Tower."

Try switching your civic to caste system, or build a theatre. You should be able to assign artists then. You don't need a broadcast tower, although that will work too.

 

[djvandrake]

Sorry, double post. Please delete. My computer hiccuped.

 

[djvandrake]

Caste System will work with a theater. You can't have an artist specialist without the theater, or without Caste System civic until the broadcast tower. Hmmmmm. I guess this was make it a little harder for the AI to get that cultural win?

 

[swinesteigersir]

In the hope that this is not bringing me a piracy warning. I have the original (CIV Complete), and with the CD it works fine. Now, the thing is I hate to travel with CDs. India is no good to CDs or laptops to begin with. Is it possible to image (and/ or legal) to image the CD or to use a BTS image to avoid carrying the CD around? Will the game run in that case?

 

[Jeckel]

I know its legal to use Daemon Tools not related to Civ4, yet for some reason, my Civ4 refuses to run if I have ANY cd image mounted. Could someone show me in the ESRA where I agreed that Civ4 could check what other programs I'm running...

Now I wonder if this thread will get locked or deleted like every other thread that discusses this topic.

 

[Lord Seth]

I started the in-game update for 3.17 last nite. It is still updating this morning, a good 10 hours later! I know its big, but somethings gotta be wrong. I have high speed internet, so 170mgb should'nt take this long. It wont let me leave the "Advance" screen. Any ideas?

 

[ori]

close the game, even force quit it, the ingame updater is bugged. Download the patch from here and patch from outside the game

 

[Lord Seth]

Thank you... Getting it from atomicgamer now, already at 18%!

Installing now! Thanks again...

 

[Patrick555]

Yes shouldn't take 170gb . I don't see big change.

 

[Peachrocks]

Sorry if this is already mentioned but I've ran into a bug or at least an odd design problem.

Artillery units no longer get combat I yes? There is a random event that gives all cannons combat I. This means cannons that get this event can gain medic, shock and all the promotions cannon used to be able to get with combat I but they can't get combat II.

 

[Magness]

Sorry for the double post from the novice thread, but I am, as you can see, a novice.

I played with what save files would transfer and which ones wouldn't and the best I can tell is that saved games which contain things which are "illegal" in 3.17 will not load. Granted, I didn't really have a decent number of test samples, (3 games at various stages) but that's my theory.

Has anyone else tested this, or know what is going on?

 

[ori]

this is to be expected. While in general official patches do allow safe game compatibility - there are certain changes in the code which can break this. So there is not a whole lot one can do against it.

Welcome to Civfanatics

 

[lolajime]

hello. y need play this game but i'cant. "error loading shared libraries"

 

[Woody1]

The game requires minimal spelling and grammar abilities in order to load the shared libraries. That appears to be your problem.

 

[ori]

hello. y need play this game but i'cant. "error loading shared libraries"

welcome to cfc

try installing a newer version of directx 9c
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&DisplayLang=en

 

[ThorleifClover]

PLEASE someone help?

I download the patch fine, install it and I get a message saying that installshield cannot find CIVIVBTS...even when I am running it,.....what am I doing wrong here?