Failed to Initialize Renderer

Ati Radeon 9550 + Direct X 9C yadda yadda. Multiple Reinstalls.

I noticed for me during game intialization post Python, my monitor goes out of range to 90 Mhz during the mayhem. My CTX Ultra Screen doesn't support beyond 75 [ that i'm aware of].

So I throttled down to 256 color + 800X600 (felt nastalgic, flashbacks of Civ 1).

Ordinarilly, run 1600X1200 32 Bit True Color 60 Mhz.

Many fingers to point @ such a premature launch

Nice WeRk HaXXoRZ, largest abortion I've witnessed....& I've saved thousands on my car insurance
 
Patroklos said:
Face it, Sid Miers doesn't care about us :(
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I'm a Sid fan now after the tutorial that my 5yr old son understood enough to know how to start playing.

I suspect anyone that would make such a sweeping statement about Sid hasn't seen this tutorial.
 
I fixed the intial problem by updating my driver but now that I have the game running i'm getting a whole bakset of fun NEW problems! joy :D
 
I haven't bought the game yet, but I had a problem with another game that was just released. When I started it no movies or anything would come up. I had daemon tools installed on my pc, and when the game runs it checks for tools like this or alchol 120%. I guess it's a safe guard. When I took daemon tools off the game runs fine. Just an idea. Hope it works
 
Azazell said:
Hello I`m new guy for this site
and Game is Working !!! :D

I have Amd 64 3000, 1 gb ram , Radeon X600 Pro 128mb , xp sp1 , Newest Ati Catalyst 5.10

Game Working with ATI Cards !!!
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is it possible that the peeps at firaxis were running sp1, because all of the ATI success stories ive seen use sp1... might think about downgrading, if possible
 
jomorisin said:
ainwood - yes I did do the install. No go. :(
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i have the same card as you geforce4 mx400 64 mb i hope it works when i get the game friday if not i will be very sad
 
Speaker said:
It's a few models of Radeon cads. More than 5, less than 10. Out of all the video cards out there, I'd say that constitutes "a few." I want this to work as much as anyone (probably more considering I've been working on it for about 6 hours now), but let's not bite the hand that feeds us.
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read the forums a few with nvidia also had problems just not as many as ati
 
Hypus said:
I'm a Sid fan now after the tutorial that my 5yr old son understood enough to know how to start playing.

I suspect anyone that would make such a sweeping statement about Sid hasn't seen this tutorial.
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I know I haven't seen the tutorial. Because the game won't even load.

I admit I'm getting a little frustrated. I understand bugs happen, and a few Firaxis people are working on it, but;

1. The 2K support line is so amateurish it's really quite amusing. "Hello, I'm the Australian tech support person with no technical support skills. We're so resource-short, we can't even put you into a queue. Please call back in 24 hours so we can probably tell you exactly the same thing."

2. You do have to wonder about the production values when they misprinted the DVDs, put the wrong support line number for Canadian customers into the manual, and sent people documentation in the wrong language.

3. Let's be honest; the Firaxis guys sound like they're pretty much shooting at random. The last big question at Apolyton was "So, are the people having problems using LCDs?" As it turns out, generally not. So I guess that wasn't it. Sure, some Firaxis guys are working on this, but where the hell's everyone else?

We've already had the "Not many people are having this problem" post on here, after the "This fix works on every example" post on Apolyton, which did not appear to fix anyone's problem. It's not looking real good so far, as technical support fixes go.
 
RickJay said:
I know I haven't seen the tutorial. Because the game won't even load.

I admit I'm getting a little frustrated. I understand bugs happen, and a few Firaxis people are working on it, but;

1. The 2K support line is so amateurish it's really quite amusing. "Hello, I'm the Australian tech support person with no technical support skills. We're so resource-short, we can't even put you into a queue. Please call back in 24 hours so we can probably tell you exactly the same thing."

2. You do have to wonder about the production values when they misprinted the DVDs, put the wrong support line number for Canadian customers into the manual, and sent people documentation in the wrong language.

3. Let's be honest; the Firaxis guys sound like they're pretty much shooting at random. The last big question at Apolyton was "So, are the people having problems using LCDs?" As it turns out, generally not. So I guess that wasn't it. Sure, some Firaxis guys are working on this, but where the hell's everyone else?

We've already had the "Not many people are having this problem" post on here, after the "This fix works on every example" post on Apolyton, which did not appear to fix anyone's problem. It's not looking real good so far, as technical support fixes go.
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What he said. I would laugh if I weren't so pissed right now.
 
RickJay said:
3. Let's be honest; the Firaxis guys sound like they're pretty much shooting at random. The last big question at Apolyton was "So, are the people having problems using LCDs?"
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At this point they are, yes, with a few people burning the midnight oil ('Trip' is still at the office trying to solve this thing). What more can they do tonight but make wild guesses? They've already tried everything they could think of. Tomorrow morning, first thing, they will be having a meeting about it, and no doubt will be making it their first priority to fix. My guess is it gets done tomorrow.
 
I cant believe how pathetic this release has been. First I get the "French" poster, then I get the error when I lauch the game.

ATI x800 xl, 256mb.

I cant imagine how on earth did they NOT test on these graphic cards. Bet the NDA's keep the beta testers shut as well. Perhapse they should have done a reliability preview instead of the features preview to hype up this buggy game.
 
Iolum said:
I cant believe how pathetic this release has been. First I get the "French" poster, then I get the error when I lauch the game.

ATI x800 xl, 256mb.

I cant imagine how on earth did they NOT test on these graphic cards. Bet the NDA's keep the beta testers shut as well. Perhapse they should have done a reliability preview instead of the features preview to hype up this buggy game.
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And don't forget the mislabled cd's. And am I the only one who thinks the cd sleeve/holder sucks? It's impossible to remove one of the cds without getting fingerprints and smudges on the bottom of it. A normal jewel case would have been fine.
 
Speaker said:
At this point they are, yes, with a few people burning the midnight oil ('Trip' is still at the office trying to solve this thing). What more can they do tonight but make wild guesses? They've already tried everything they could think of. Tomorrow morning, first thing, they will be having a meeting about it, and no doubt will be making it their first priority to fix. My guess is it gets done tomorrow.
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If in fact that happens I'll be the first to applaud.

shabaz, yeah, the CD holder is awful, but I always put them in my CD case so I don't really notice.
 
RADEON 9550
Driver Version 6.14.10.6546
DirectX 9C
Does not work.

OS: XP PRO
PIV 2.4 Ghz
1 GB RAM
One real large headache. Who knew I'd get $50 worth of driver swapping and reboots when I shelled out the dough this afternoon.
The Upside: I'll sleep tonight.
 
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