Civ4 GOTM crashes

[billybgame]

Moderator Action: I have moved these posts out of the GOTM 60 pre-game thread, as they are not specific to that game. AlanH

What I don't get is that I'm getting the same error message and the game is crashing. I dare say I went through this years ago, and haven't seen it since......though, it was not on this current laptop, so maybe I need to change something? Have had no issues with BTS or BOTM. Man, and I could swear I played a prior GOTM, without problems.

Edit: Looking at the FAQ, my answer is No to the first 4 things. Where does this leave me? I guess I'll have to run this Asset Checker. Doesn't seem to make sense, though.

Edit 2: Asset Checker result.................Vanilla Path: No errors found

Any ideas?

Edit again:

It's obvious to me now that this is a recent development. I have Robinson Crusoe saves, that if memory serves, were a GOTM in April. I played that, and those are my saves, and I cannot load those either, with the same error and shutdown. WTH????? I'm kind of at a loss. I've added nothing, and hadn't even played Civ 4 since late May, until recently.

Edit yet again:

I did some more searching here and then did a trial and started a new vanilla game(with 1.74.04 Mod loaded), and it starts with Lock Modified Assets off, and the HOF warning. I'm betting this is my problem, as I saw an Ori post that said the crux of the problem is the GOTM has a setting the Mod on your puter does not. Ok...so, how do I fix this? I just searched twice through the 1.74.04 ini file, and don't see it. Thought for sure that's where it would be, for modifying. But, I don't think so.

I guess this is my last frustrated edit:

Well, I give up. I'm extremely frustrated. I thought I had it figured out. I found another post from Ori that detailed how to change a line in the Ini file to make Lock Modified Assets come on. I did that, and saved it, and restarted game. If I go into Custom Game, it is checked. But, tried loading the GOTM again, and crash and burn, yet again. I'm about to give up. I just don't get it, and don't understand what could have changed in my game files.

 

[Dhoomstriker]

At this point, I'd suggest that you try out some simple things, to try and diagnose the extent of the problem.

For example, load up the 1.74.004 Hall of Fame Mod (1.74.002 if you are on a Mac). Then try and start a new game ("Play Now!" I think that it is called) and play through a couple of turns to see if that works.

That will at least give you one new piece of info to share, along with which Operating System you are using. There might be a separate page of steps to try that are specific to your Operating System.

EDIT: It looks like you have already tried to start a new game and the game was playable for a turn, right? Maybe try playing a Custom Game if you really want to get rid of that red message about Locking Modified Assets--I think that's where you can adjust the Lock Modified Assets setting. Honestly, though, I believe that that setting is game-depedent, and probably is not your issue.


You might as well also say what version of the game you are using, such as the Steam version or the Complete version, or just individually-purchased Expansion packs. There could be some additional suggestion that someone can make based on that info.


Then, exit the game and try to do some simple things. For example, locate the main directory for your Civ 4 game and perform a search in that directory for all files which have been modified within the last 10 months (that should cover you from before April). Maybe you will be manually able to spot a file that got changed which the Asset Checker doesn't look for.

You could also try to re-install the 1.74.004/1.74.002 for Mac Hall of Fame Mod. I just checked and you can simply re-install the Mod over top of itself, so it should be a quick enough thing to do (you might lose your customized settings, though, I haven't checked that part--if you do have to reconfigure your settings, I will have to do so too, haha). Then try loading up the GOTM game and see if that works.

You could also try downloading another copy of the Robinson Crusoe game and see if loading that game works.

 

[billybgame]

At this point, I'd suggest that you try out some simple things, to try and diagnose the extent of the problem.

For example, load up the 1.74.004 Hall of Fame Mod (1.74.002 if you are on a Mac). Then try and start a new game ("Play Now!" I think that it is called) and play through a couple of turns to see if that works.

That will at least give you one new piece of info to share, along with which Operating System you are using. There might be a separate page of steps to try that are specific to your Operating System.

EDIT: It looks like you have already tried to start a new game and the game was playable for a turn, right? Maybe try playing a Custom Game if you really want to get rid of that red message about Locking Modified Assets--I think that's where you can adjust the Lock Modified Assets setting. Honestly, though, I believe that that setting is game-depedent, and probably is not your issue.


You might as well also say what version of the game you are using, such as the Steam version or the Complete version, or just individually-purchased Expansion packs. There could be some additional suggestion that someone can make based on that info.


Then, exit the game and try to do some simple things. For example, locate the main directory for your Civ 4 game and perform a search in that directory for all files which have been modified within the last 10 months (that should cover you from before April). Maybe you will be manually able to spot a file that got changed which the Asset Checker doesn't look for.

You could also try to re-install the 1.74.004/1.74.002 for Mac Hall of Fame Mod. I just checked and you can simply re-install the Mod over top of itself, so it should be a quick enough thing to do (you might lose your customized settings, though, I haven't checked that part--if you do have to reconfigure your settings, I will have to do so too, haha). Then try loading up the GOTM game and see if that works.

You could also try downloading another copy of the Robinson Crusoe game and see if loading that game works.

I meant to post in the other post that I'm using Win 7, and I hopefully will never use Steam....I bought all my games.

I know darned well it worked in the Spring. I remember it, because I played that GOTM, and it was the first Vanilla game I had played in ages, so I had to dust off the discs. That's what I don't understand.

Not sure how to do that changed files check, but I do know how to reinstall 1.74.04. I don't think there's any settings I'd need to worry about. Getting the game to initiate with the MOD is in the actual game Ini, I believe, and I don't think I changed anything else. I just don't know that I need to reinstall. But, I guess it couldn't hurt.

Edit: Well, I just started another game, and even though I changed that line in the Civ 4 ini, starting a Launch Now SP game still doesn't have Locked Modified Assets. Could this be my problem? It is checked in Custom Game, though.

Edit again: Well, reinstalled, and it still doesn't work.............

 

[Dhoomstriker]

I meant to post in the other post that I'm using Win 7, and I hopefully will never use Steam....I bought all my games.

I am assuming, then, that by "the answer to all 4 questions being 'No,'" you mean that you have already gone through the steps for Windows 7 and/or Vista at the following URL?
http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/mod.php?show=vista

I know darned well it worked in the Spring. I remember it, because I played that GOTM, and it was the first Vanilla game I had played in ages, so I had to dust off the discs.

Therefore, I would think that it is at least worth checking whether or not a freshly-downloaded copy of that game will still work for you or not (look through the older threads and probably back a couple of pages in order to find the appropriate Pre-game Discussion thread).

Not sure how to do that changed files check

I don't have the same Operating System as you, but if you load up Windows Explorer (the program that lets you explore Folders--like, when you double-click on My Computer), there should be a Search option somewhere.
Here's a URL for telling you how to perform a Search in Windows 7.

Here's a URL for telling you how to search for files by date in Windows 7.

, but I do know how to reinstall 1.74.04. I don't think there's any settings I'd need to worry about. Getting the game to initiate with the MOD is in the actual game Ini, I believe, and I don't think I changed anything else. I just don't know that I need to reinstall. But, I guess it couldn't hurt.

Well, perhaps reinstalling everything would make the issue go away, but I suggested just simply reinstalling the HOF Mod, since that step is a pretty quick one to execute. All that I did was double-click on the downloaded HOF-1.74.004.exe file and followed the installation steps--it nicely reinstalled over the old version of itself.

 

[billybgame]

I am assuming, then, that by "the answer to all 4 questions being 'No,'" you mean that you have already gone through the steps for Windows 7 and/or Vista at the following URL?
http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/mod.php?show=vista



Therefore, I would think that it is at least worth checking whether or not a freshly-downloaded copy of that game will still work for you or not (look through the older threads and probably back a couple of pages in order to find the appropriate Pre-game Discussion thread).

I don't have the same Operating System as you, but if you load up Windows Explorer (the program that lets you explore Folders--like, when you double-click on My Computer), there should be a Search option somewhere.
Here's a URL for telling you how to perform a Search in Windows 7.

Here's a URL for telling you how to search for files by date in Windows 7.



Well, perhaps reinstalling everything would make the issue go away, but I suggested just simply reinstalling the HOF Mod, since that step is a pretty quick one to execute. All that I did was double-click on the downloaded HOF-1.74.004.exe file and followed the installation steps--it nicely reinstalled over the old version of itself.

I went through all the Win 7/Vista stuff, back when I got this laptop, last winter. Never had any problems. So, I doubt it's that, especially being vanilla GOTM worked before.

I was editing while you were posting...see above...I reinstalled 1.74.04, and it didn't change a thing.

I'll see about searching the folder....I'm used to using Explorer for everything, but Win 7 sure doesn't show any easy way to search things in that. I'll try and figure it out.

This is starting to seem pretty crazy. I was all geeked to try this GOTM. I may be losing interest

Edit: Geez....can't see the forest for the trees....now I see that Search field in the upper right corner of Win Explorer....never even noticed it before!

 

[AlanH]

Hi. I see Dhoomstriker has been doing a valiant job of tech support. A couple of questions that come to mind:

1. When you played your two previous GOTMs (39 in Feb '09 and 53 in April '10), what operating system were you on?

2. Have you reinstalled 1,74 *since* installing BtS? If so, you will have overwritten the DLLs that BtS installed. You either need to reinstall BtS, or replace the DLL for vanilla using the one we link to on the Release pages.

 

[billybgame]

Hi. I see Dhoomstriker has been doing a valiant job of tech support. A couple of questions that come to mind:

1. When you played your two previous GOTMs (39 in Feb '09 and 53 in April '10), what operating system were you on?

2. Have you reinstalled 1,74 *since* installing BtS? If so, you will have overwritten the DLLs that BtS installed. You either need to reinstall BtS, or replace the DLL for vanilla using the one we link to on the Release pages.

1. This was a brand new laptop last winter...Win 7.

2. Uhoh....I just did reinstall 1.74. And.....maybe more importantly, I might have installed BTS before installing the HOF mods, for sure. But, then, shouldn't that have caused me the same issues in my prior GOTM play? And, I've had zero problems with BOTM or BTS.

Edit: ????Release pages??? Can I get a link, or a pointer?

 

[leif erikson]

Edit: ????Release pages??? Can I get a link, or a pointer?

The first post in this thread.

 

[billybgame]

The first post in this thread.

Oh...ok....gotcha...that release

Well, downloading this file keyed me into what may be a part of my problem. Though as I've said, it hasn't been until now.

Anyhow, I elect to choose where to download, but I could not see the whole location. It looked like it started right, so I went ahead. But, when I looked in my C: Program Files/Firaxis Games/Civ 4 folder, the DLL zip file was not there. So, I chose Google Chrome to open the file in a folder and it was in C: Users/Bill/My Documents/My Games/Civ 4. And, so were all these folders, none of which are in what I thought was my game folder:

Custom Assets
Logs
Patch
Replays
Saves
ScreenShots
Transferred Maps
Civ 4_Bts_DLLs

This can't be all good, having things in two spots, right? Yikes. I have no idea how this happened. I know Win 7 likes to funnel everything under Users, and so somehow I must have let something slide there, but not most??? Who knows.

Should I cut or copy these to the Firaxis Games folder? Could this be part of my problem? There was a different Config file in that folder, too, that didn't have the 1 in the next to last number, to Lock Modified Assets.

Problem is, I start the game from the Games folder, and I don't see how you can trace it's path, like you used to be able to in prior Windows. At least right clicking doesn't give that option.

I'm not sure where to put this DLL now. I guess I'll put it in my Firaxis/Civ 4

Edit: BTW, the DLL was still there, too. I'm becoming even more confused...........

Edit again:

I'm still getting nowhere fast. I knew I had the same problem before, on my old laptop, so I went searching for my old posts, and found this:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6123779#post6123779

So, hopefully, I tried what worked for me that time. Nope. I did find, that upon loading up 1.74.04, then unloading to vanilla, starting a game, then reloading 1.74.04, the Locks Modified Assets check in Custom Game was no longer there. And, I'm still getting HOF warning, every time I start a regular game.

Am I onto anything with all this? It's really enough to make your head spin, just to play a game.....and to think it worked fine, 6 months ago. My search didn't really disclose any changes, other than from my activity the last few days.

 

[leif erikson]

And, so were all these folders, none of which are in what I thought was my game folder:

Custom Assets
Logs
Patch
Replays
Saves
ScreenShots
Transferred Maps
Civ 4_Bts_DLLs

Is this the HoF Mod download? Please try this link. This download should have a folder in it labeled Civ4. Inside this Civ4 folder, you should find 2 folders, one labeled Assets and another labeled Warlords. Inside the Assets folder, you should find a file named CvGameCoreDLL.dll. This .dll file should be located in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete\Assets or something similar
(I have win7 64 bit edition with Civ4 complete loaded).

My other computer has the location as:
C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civ4\Assets.

The Assets folder is where the new .dll should be placed.

The second folder is labeled Warlords and inside this folder is another Assets folder which contains your new .dll file. This .dll file should be placed in the Assets folder for Warlords, something like:

C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete\Warlords\Assets

Also in the folder Civ4 folder, you should find a screen shot of the file structure to place the new.dll file in the correct place along with a rich text format file that provides instructions of how to do it.

If you navigate to these locations, you should see the CvGameCoreDLL.dll file located there before you make the change.

Hope this straightens things out for you?

 

[billybgame]

Is this the HoF Mod download? Please try this link. This download should have a folder in it labeled Civ4. Inside this Civ4 folder, you should find 2 folders, one labeled Assets and another labeled Warlords. Inside the Assets folder, you should find a file named CvGameCoreDLL.dll. This .dll file should be located in:

C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete\Assets or something similar
(I have win7 64 bit edition with Civ4 complete loaded).

My other computer has the location as:
C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civ4\Assets.

The Assets folder is where the new .dll should be placed.

The second folder is labeled Warlords and inside this folder is another Assets folder which contains your new .dll file. This .dll file should be placed in the Assets folder for Warlords, something like:

C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete\Warlords\Assets

Also in the folder Civ4 folder, you should find a screen shot of the file structure to place the new.dll file in the correct place along with a rich text format file that provides instructions of how to do it.

If you navigate to these locations, you should see the CvGameCoreDLL.dll file located there before you make the change.

Hope this straightens things out for you?

No...not really. I know that stuff. I already had the DLL file in the Assets folder, but I downloaded and reinstalled it in Assets. Still doesn't work.

I'm about to give up. It seems crazy to me, but I'm not sure what else to do and I'm not sure any game is worth all this trouble. I must have spent 4 or 5 hours trying to figure it out yesterday. I have no problems with BTS or BOTMs.

I want to uninstall and reinstall Civ like I want a hole in the head, as well.

I just don't get why it worked in April, I didn't play at all since then, and now it doesn't. That's the crux of the issue, to me.

 

[Dhoomstriker]

No...not really. I know that stuff. I already had the DLL file in the Assets folder, but I downloaded and reinstalled it in Assets.

Well, the point is that you should have already had a DLL file with the exact same filename in the Assets folder, but it would have been a DIFFERENT version of the DLL file than the one that you downloaded.

So, based on what you said about uninstalling Vanilla and then reinstalling it, without uninstalling and reinstalling BTS, then yes, you would have had a copy of the CvGameCoreDLL.dll file in your Assets folder, but it would have been the wrong copy of that file.


So, when you say that you "reinstalled it in Assets," do you mean that you copied the new CvGameCoreDLL.dll file over top of the old file?


To confirm that you have the correct CvGameCoreDLL.dll file in your Assets folder, look at its file size.

The correct CvGameCoreDLL.dll file should have a file size of 3,630 KB. The incorrect CvGameCoreDLL.dll file will have a file size of 3,624 KB. If the file size matches the incorrect CvGameCoreDLL.dll file, then you'll have to copy the downloaded CvGameCoreDLL.dll into the Assets folder again.

I'm about to give up. It seems crazy to me, but I'm not sure what else to do and I'm not sure any game is worth all this trouble. I must have spent 4 or 5 hours trying to figure it out yesterday. I have no problems with BTS or BOTMs.

Well, you certainly learned a few things in the process--if nothing else, how to search for files in Windows 7. So, you can certainly say that some of the time was spent on learning activities. I'd also believe that you learned a bit about diagnosing a problem, too.

I want to uninstall and reinstall Civ like I want a hole in the head, as well.

Why is it really so bad? Certainly, doing so will take far less time than 4 hours. In fact, the hardest part is going to be changing CDs and double-clicking; the task is so simple in nature that you can have do something else at the same time while waiting for the "insert the next CD" dialogue to pop up. For example, you could be reading some articles over in the War Academy in your favourite web browser while you wait for files to be installed.

 

[billybgame]

Yes, I copied over the new DLL, and my file size is 3,630.

I just detest the whole idea of uninstalling and reinstalling when the game works fine. It's hard enough to get it working good, upon install, to give that all up, and have to hassle with things for hours again. Not to mention the pain that is all the patches and doing it right. And, the Windows 7 issues(though I didn't seem to have any). I also don't want to lose my Hall of Fame, yet again. If I could save that somehow, that'd be one step.

Though, I know something's amiss, so part of me thinks maybe it'd be best just to clean all the files out of the two locations, and install anew. Guess I'll have to talk myself into it

 

[Dhoomstriker]

I also don't want to lose my Hall of Fame, yet again. If I could save that somehow, that'd be one step.

Though, I know something's amiss, so part of me thinks maybe it'd be best just to clean all the files out of the two locations, and install anew. Guess I'll have to talk myself into it

Well, you could certainly copy the existing files to other backup folders before uninstalling.

I'm pretty sure that all of the Hall of Fame Replays, the Saved Games, and other customized data will be found in the \My Documents\My Games\ folders (one for each of Vanilla, Wardlords, and BTS).

Also making a copy of main game folder would allow you to keep copies of your Mods, which might work if you just copy the files over, as I don't think that Mods tend to use Windows Registry settings.


It's probably more trouble than it is worth to try and back up the Windows Registry keys, since they're spread all over the place in the Registry--but reinstalling the 3 games (Vanilla, Warlords, and BTS) will recreate these Registry keys for you, so it's probably not a big deal. I don't think that many customized settings are stored in Registry keys, either--the CivilizationIV.ini files found in each of the 3 respective sub-folders of \My Documents\My Games\ folders will likely contain most of the games' customized settings.


Now, considering that you reinstalled Vanilla AFTER already having BTS installed, it might be worth simply trying to uninstall ONLY BTS, then reinstall ONLY BTS and patch BTS up, so that BTS once again gets installed after Vanilla. This process might not work and you might end up having to reinstall everything anyway, but it's a potential time-saver if it works.

 

[billybgame]

Well, you could certainly copy the existing files to other backup folders before uninstalling.

I'm pretty sure that all of the Hall of Fame Replays, the Saved Games, and other customized data will be found in the \My Documents\My Games\ folders (one for each of Vanilla, Wardlords, and BTS).

Also making a copy of main game folder would allow you to keep copies of your Mods, which might work if you just copy the files over, as I don't think that Mods tend to use Windows Registry settings.


It's probably more trouble than it is worth to try and back up the Windows Registry keys, since they're spread all over the place in the Registry--but reinstalling the 3 games (Vanilla, Warlords, and BTS) will recreate these Registry keys for you, so it's probably not a big deal. I don't think that many customized settings are stored in Registry keys, either--the CivilizationIV.ini files found in each of the 3 respective sub-folders of \My Documents\My Games\ folders will likely contain most of the games' customized settings.


Now, considering that you reinstalled Vanilla AFTER already having BTS installed, it might be worth simply trying to uninstall ONLY BTS, then reinstall ONLY BTS and patch BTS up, so that BTS once again gets installed after Vanilla. This process might not work and you might end up having to reinstall everything anyway, but it's a potential time-saver if it works.

Crap...I meant to address that last part, last post....not where you got that I re-installed Vanilla, ever. I never did that. I know there were a ton of posts yesterday, so things probably got confused.

One question though...you are pointing to files in \My Documents\My Games.....I thought the game files were all supposed to be in C: Program Files(x86)/Firaxis Games/Civ 4? I mentioned I thought ALL my files were there, but then found some under the other location. What gives? If I reinstall, I want to be positive where the game files should be.

Edit: I don't see the HallofFame anywhere. I've never been able to find this in Civ 4, and I've looked before. Before, I've always just lost all my game records, when we went to the new HoF mod, or whatever. I would REALLY love to not do that. A pointer to where to find this file would be very much appreciated.

 

[billybgame]

Went ahead and did the uninstall/reinstall of everything, and voila, GOTM 60 works!

Unfortunately, as I posted in the tech forum, there's another issue. I cannot open the Civ4.config Ini file. Don't get that one. I hope I didn't screw it up, as I was trying to speed the whole process up, and tried to open it, to change the settings for the game to start up with the HOF mods, while BTS was installing. Could that have done it?

Any way to fix this? Don't even say reinstall again. Could someone else send me that simple notepad document, or something? Or, I could copy it off another computer I have the game on, maybe, to a Flash drive.....would this work?

 

[Dhoomstriker]

Crap...I meant to address that last part, last post....not where you got that I re-installed Vanilla, ever. I never did that. I know there were a ton of posts yesterday, so things probably got confused.

Okay, I apparently misunderstood, because I thought that you'd reinstalled Vanilla. That's why I thought that the DLL issue sounded like AlanH had hit upon the right solution for you.

One question though...you are pointing to files in \My Documents\My Games.....I thought the game files were all supposed to be in C: Program Files(x86)/Firaxis Games/Civ 4? I mentioned I thought ALL my files were there, but then found some under the other location. What gives?

C:\Program Files(x86)\Firaxis Games\Civ 4 should contain the game files required to run the game. It also contains the DLL that we were talking about, as well as all of your Mods, such as the Hall of Fame Mod.

\My Documents\My Games contains your saved games. It also contains your in-game Hall of Fame entries, which are stored under \My Documents\My Games\{CivVersion}\Replays
where {CivVersion} is one of Civ 4, Warlords, or BTS

As far as I know, the in-game Hall of Fame entries are separated by Mod by game version. So, you won't see your BTS in-game Hall of Fame entries when you load up Vanilla. Similarly, you won't see your no-Mod-used games when using the Hall of Fame Mod or when using BUFFY for BTS.

Presumably, if you recopy all of the files in your Replays directories after reinstalling, you will get all of your in-game Hall of Fame entries back.

If I reinstall, I want to be positive where the game files should be.

Well, you can trust the installation routine to put the files in the correct locations.


What you probably want to do, if you reinstall everything, is to first make a backup of at least the /My Documents/My Games/ folder and all of its sub-folders.

After reinstalling everything, you'll want to make sure that your game works. If it does, then I'd suggest making a separate copy of the new /My Documents/My Games/ folder and all of it's sub-folders.

Then, you can take the copy of your original /My Documents/My Games/ folder and copy it over top of the reinstalled version. If the game still works for you at that point, then you'll have your old saved games and in-game Hall of Fame entries returned to you.

If, however, the game stops working after recopying those files over, you'll know that something in the /My Documents/My Games/ folder or its sub-folders is causing your problem, and you'll be able to use the backup version of the reinstalled /My Documents/My Games/ folder and its sub-folders to re-fix the problem, by copying those files back into the /My Documents/My Games/ folder. You won't have your saved games or in-game Hall of Fame entries, but at least you'll have a working copy of the game, and can possibly pick-and-choose individual saved games and other files to try copying back over.

Edit: I don't see the HallofFame anywhere. I've never been able to find this in Civ 4, and I've looked before. Before, I've always just lost all my game records, when we went to the new HoF mod, or whatever. I would REALLY love to not do that. A pointer to where to find this file would be very much appreciated.

As I said, I'm pretty sure that you get an individual file for each entry, which appears in your Replays folder. The data in each of those files will differentiate between Mods, so you won't be able to see in-game Hall of Fame entries from one Mod to another. That setup is by design, because some Mods can make the game considerably easier, more difficult, or just plain different in the way that Scoring is calculated.


I haven't got either Vista or Windows 7, but again, if the reinstallation process is such a chore for you, then consider at least trying each of the Vista + Windows 7 steps again--even if your BOTM is working, there is a small chance that one of those fixes needs to be applied for you to get your GOTM working. For example, maybe you have properly set administrative privileges for your Civ4BeyondSword.exe executable file but still need to do so for your Civilization4.exe executable file.

Once again, here's the URL for Vista and Windows 7 fixes.

 

[Dhoomstriker]

It looks like I cross-posted with your message. I'm glad that things are working.

The C:\Program Files(x86)\Firaxis Games\Civ 4\_Civ4Config file is really just a Windows shortcut, which points to the actual file in \My Documents\My Games\Civ4\, and that file is called CivilizationIV.ini

So, a work-around would be to see if you can find the CivilizationIV.ini file in \My Documents\My Games\Civ4\ and make your changes there.

If that works, then the game may automatically recreate the C:\Program Files(x86)\Firaxis Games\Civ 4\_Civ4Config shortcut for you, the next time that the game is loaded. If not, then it shouldn't take too much work to re-create a Windows shortcut, but I'm not going to explain that process unless you ask for that info.

 

[billybgame]

It looks like I cross-posted with your message. I'm glad that things are working.

The C:\Program Files(x86)\Firaxis Games\Civ 4\_Civ4Config file is really just a Windows shortcut, which points to the actual file in \My Documents\My Games\Civ4\, and that file is called CivilizationIV.ini

So, a work-around would be to see if you can find the CivilizationIV.ini file in \My Documents\My Games\Civ4\ and make your changes there.

If that works, then the game may automatically recreate the C:\Program Files(x86)\Firaxis Games\Civ 4\_Civ4Config shortcut for you, the next time that the game is loaded. If not, then it shouldn't take too much work to re-create a Windows shortcut, but I'm not going to explain that process unless you ask for that info.

Thanks for all the help. I had no clue that was how Win 7 or Vista worked things. Never seen where games had files in two different places like that. I kind of figured it out, though, when I tried to download GOTM 60, after I deleted the files from My Games, and I was getting error messages, when trying to download to Saves. Figured it out then, and restored those files.

Also, interestingly, now that I've been playing GOTM 60, the Civ4.ini file suddenly opens.

So, guess I'm all set, and thanks again. Have no idea what got screwed up, but not worth worrying about it now.

 

[billybgame]

Well, I spoke too soon. My Civ4.config file does not have a listing for Specify a Mod folder. I've never had a problem setting this up to autoload in the past. I've done it numerous times, so I'm pretty familiar with it. Never had a problem like this before.

Also, once this is figured out, I would put the command to start with MOD 1.74.04 in the Civ4.config file. Where is the Ini. file to start BTS to put the 3.19.03 command in? I don't see any BTS.configs, or anything like that.