Crash/graphic glitch, when I open a city window

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Hi

I'm new to this forum. While I have read all the threads about graphic problems and the upcoming patch, I haven't found anyone describing my particular problem with Civ IV.

As soon as I open a city window, the screen fills up with graphic artifacts and after a short while my Nvidia 6800 GT card shuts off.

It is a very consistent crash, that I have replicated 5 times now. It happens every time I doubleclick on a city.

My Dxdiag is attached.

rgds/EoE

 

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Update:

I installed the ForceWare 81.94 driver, since some had reported problems with 81.85.

Same result: I press 'open city window', the screen fills up with graphic artifacts, and the game crashes.

rgds/EoE

 

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Yet an update:

I thought I'd give the leaked patch a spin. And guess what? Something new has happened.

The crash now comes right after naming my first city. Without even opening the city window. It saves me some time, but I'm still left with a screen full of nothing but graphic artifacts.

Anyone else having this problem?

rgds/EoE

 

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Update III:

I downloaded and installed patch 1.09 with the same result: A messed up screen after a 20 seconds or so, and some graphic language on my part.

So I removed Civ 4 and reinstalled it along with the patch. Now I've played for 10 turns without any problems at all. Something simply went wrong with the original installation it seems. Try it, if all else fails.

Now you must excuse me gentlemen. It's time to draw down the curtains, live off delivered pizzas and stocked food and ride out the winter with Civ 4.

rgds/EoE

 

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Update IV:

&/("#&! For the love of everything we hold sacred, beautiful or true! I'm now officially furious.

I tried running the tutorial and sure enough it crashed on me. Then I tried a standard game in window mode so I could watch the temperature of my 6800 GT card. No problem there. But after the standard 20 seconds or so, I had the exact same crash: The screen fills up with graphic artifacts and I'm dead in the water.

I had the same problem with Il2+FB+PF 4.01m, but something in the new 4.02 patch changed it, so I know for sure it's not a system problem, but a software problem.

rgds/EoE

 

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Update V:

I looked at the log folder, and found this from my last game in the resmgr.txt file:

RESMGR: Texture PlayerColor01.tga failed to load
RESMGR: Texture PlayerColor02.tga failed to load

Does that ring a bell for anyone?

rgds/EoE

 

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Update VI:

Out of curiousity I downloaded the demo to see if that would work. I played for maybe 10-12 turns, and everything went well, until I opened the city window. Then I had the exact same crash: The screen fills up with graphic trash, and that's it.

It's really hard to isolate the specific event that triggers the crash. I suspect it might have to do, with the zoom that happens, when the window opens, but then again: maybe I'm just imagining a pattern here.

rgds/EoE

 

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Update VII:

For what it's worth: I installed Civ IV on my second computer; a woefully inadequate laptop. It ran slowly but surely - and of course with the black terrain of death that makes it unplayable. So I'm back to square one.

Anyway, when is turkey munching season over in the US, so I can expect someone at Firafix to take a look at the Dxdiag, MSinfo, logfiles and screen dumps I've sent?

rgds/EoE