Unmnemonic
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I'm upgrading to a windows 11 system, and have totally skipped windows 10. Does Civ4 BTS run on Win11?
I have recently moved to W11, it has been a nightmare playing Civ4 BTS, getting MAF every 5-10 turns. Have turned down all graphics settings, and still occurring. I was playing on a Ryzen3 laptop with 4GB RAM, and had settings on high, never got MAF. Now, with 12th gen i7, 16GB RAM, Civ4 is causing problems.Other users already confirmed that Civ4:BTS runs. The same restriction hold as for Windows 10. Thus, if you want start Civ4:BTS, check that the latest patch, 3.19 is installed. Only this variant for 'Beyond the Sword' contains the executable without the annoying CD-Protection.
(Note that for starting Civ4:Vanilla/Civ4:Warlords you need Patch 1.61 / 2.08!! The 3.19-Patch will overwrite them by 1.71/2.13. You has to backup your Civ4 installation before installing 3.19. Otherwise you can only start Civ4:BTS. Well, in most cases you simply want start Civ4:BTS…)
If it does not run, install following software manually(*):
*) I extracted the links to the installers from 'winetricks'.
- DirectX9c Download , Checksum 8746ee1a84a083a90e37899d71d50d5c7c015e69688a466aa80447f011780c0d)
- msxml3 (Download, Checksum f9c678f8217e9d4 f9647e8a1f6d89a7c26a57b9e9e00d39f7487493dd7b4e36c
- some mods requiring msxml4, too. Download Checksum 47c2ae679c37815da9267c81fc3777de900ad2551c11c19c2840938b346d70bb )
- C++ Redistributable Package 2010 (vcredist_x86.exe, the 32bit variant)
Is this about the SafeDisc check? But, if I just look at the size of the executables, they're almost the same – doesn't look like copy-protection was stripped from the older versions. Is there some other issue with 1.71/ 2.13?Note that for starting Civ4:Vanilla/Civ4:Warlords you need Patch 1.61 / 2.08!! The 3.19-Patch will overwrite them by 1.71/2.13. You has to backup your Civ4 installation before installing 3.19.
This made no difference.FAO Windows 11 Users:
I think I have found a potential cause, and solution for frequent MAF
Go to: Settings > Privacy & Security > App & Browser Control > Exploit protection settings
Spoiler :
Turn off these settings(in yellow):
Spoiler :
I haven't tested it yet, but I can't think of anything else that would have caused the frequent MAF I was having.
Yes, it's just about the SafeDisc check. I haven't checked it again now, but at that time it helped to use the binary of the previous version to get rid of the copy protection.Since this thread has already been resurrected:Is this about the SafeDisc check? But, if I just look at the size of the executables, they're almost the same – doesn't look like copy-protection was stripped from the older versions. Is there some other issue with 1.71/ 2.13?