I'm starting this thread because of the rise in questions here recently. This is going to be basic so please feel free to reply with other situations that occur and the remedy for them as well.
Note: I do not work for the company nor do I take responsibility if anything goes wrong while trying out these solutions. This is from my own trial and error unless noted otherwise. Credit will be given where credit is due.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Q. Do I need to have Warlords installed to play BTS?
A. No. It is not required. Everything from Warlords is included with BTS EXCEPT the scenarios.
Q. Will BTS run properly on Vista?
A. Yes. It is highly recommended however, that you fully update Windows across any platform before installing BTS. Especially your Graphics Card software and Direct X program. To find out what version your Direct X is, go to Start, Run, type "Dxdiag", and hit enter. Near the bottom of the first tab it should tell you the version currently installed. I recommend version 10 (9c on Windows XP) or higher if it's available at the time you read this.
Q. Why doesn't the patch work for BTS when I click Automatic Update?
A. This is the main reason I started this thread. There are several solutions depending on which patch, official or unofficial (3.13 - By Bhruic).
Q. Should I download the Unofficial Patch? What does it fix?
A. Many of the 'What does it fix' questions have been answered here.
Feel free to ask more questions in here or post some of your own fixes to problems you've come across regarding Installation or Patches.
Note: I do not work for the company nor do I take responsibility if anything goes wrong while trying out these solutions. This is from my own trial and error unless noted otherwise. Credit will be given where credit is due.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Q. Do I need to have Warlords installed to play BTS?
A. No. It is not required. Everything from Warlords is included with BTS EXCEPT the scenarios.
Q. Will BTS run properly on Vista?
A. Yes. It is highly recommended however, that you fully update Windows across any platform before installing BTS. Especially your Graphics Card software and Direct X program. To find out what version your Direct X is, go to Start, Run, type "Dxdiag", and hit enter. Near the bottom of the first tab it should tell you the version currently installed. I recommend version 10 (9c on Windows XP) or higher if it's available at the time you read this.
Q. Why doesn't the patch work for BTS when I click Automatic Update?
A. This is the main reason I started this thread. There are several solutions depending on which patch, official or unofficial (3.13 - By Bhruic).
- Official Patch (3.13) - This will need to be installed manually.
- Unofficial Patch (By Bhruic)(3.13) - This will also need to be installed manually.
- You will need to download the .zip file from here . Once you download it, unzip it into its own folder. You will first want to make a back-up of the original file that it is updating. To do this go to Start, (My) Computer, C Drive, Program Files, Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization 4, Beyond the Sword, Assets and rename the file 'CvGameCoreDLL.dll' to something else as a back-up. Copy Bhruic's version of the same named file from your unzip folder into this very same folder. You can either trash the rest of the files that came with Bhruic's Patch, or keep them if you plan on doing some of your own modifications. Next step, play. The most noticed change right away is the visual display of
when you mouse-over a building in your city's building queue. Without this unofficial patch, given by a building won't be shown until it's actually completed and in your built list down the left-hand side of the city screen.
- There is also a supplementary patch available here that has a few minor changes as well. I have not installed this so I will leave it up to someone else to post the installation instructions.
- If you don't want to try it manually, try Bhruic's Patch Installer instead. I have not tried this, so again I will leave it up to someone else to post the installation instructions (if any).
- You will need to download the .zip file from here . Once you download it, unzip it into its own folder. You will first want to make a back-up of the original file that it is updating. To do this go to Start, (My) Computer, C Drive, Program Files, Firaxis Games, Sid Meier's Civilization 4, Beyond the Sword, Assets and rename the file 'CvGameCoreDLL.dll' to something else as a back-up. Copy Bhruic's version of the same named file from your unzip folder into this very same folder. You can either trash the rest of the files that came with Bhruic's Patch, or keep them if you plan on doing some of your own modifications. Next step, play. The most noticed change right away is the visual display of
Q. Should I download the Unofficial Patch? What does it fix?
A. Many of the 'What does it fix' questions have been answered here.
- As for should you download it...
- and...
- Unfortunately not all the bugs were fixed with the official patch. Bhruic's patch battles most, if not all, the major issues that we were left with.
Feel free to ask more questions in here or post some of your own fixes to problems you've come across regarding Installation or Patches.
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