Furiey
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In Vista the setting in Windows Explorer to show hidden files & folders is in Tools>Folder Options, then the View Tab and the option to show hidden files and folders should be visible towards the top of the list.





ed up. I can't load COD 4 cause it seems it can't find my sound card. I have no sound at all on anything. Works isn't loading up because it says I don't have enough memory to. Same goes for Window Media Player. I can't ever search for anything on my pc anymore. I click on Search/For Files and Folders and nothing happens.


from my computer. I know this isn't true but everything was perfect till I tried to load the damn mod.Sounds like your overheating.My problem (I forgot to state it) is that after a few minutes play (BTS vanilla or BTS ROM+), the computer switches off abruptly. It restarts, and can reload a play, but again... a few mins, and it's all kaputt.
"yes you can patch directly in most cases - but no bug in the game should reboot your computer. Is there any error message when it does that?"
Nothing, the computer simply quits without any warning. When W7 restarts, there is the usual info "W. did not close properly..."
But in fact everything restarts ok.
"Sounds like your overheating."
Well, I did not check the temperature, but I don't think so. The same machine (on dual boot) with the other setup (Vista) has absolutely no problem with BtS-ROM (except for the "normal" MAFs, which is indicated with an error message "Out of memory, memory allocation failure")
And the W7 setup works fine for all other activities. So, it's something in the Civ setup -- even Civ4 vanilla has the same problem, so it doesn't depend upon BtS or ROM. However, I've reinstalled thrice, updated the video drivers and still it does this.
At first, it would give error messages of various DLLs missing, but I've managed to fix that (all the various dx... and other required DLLs are now in "system", "system32" and in "civ" folders).
It also happens after a time interval -- not when doing a particular activity in Civ -- about 20 mins, and then... poof!
Sounds like overheating to me too. My laptop started to do exactly the same thing for no apparent reason. I blew big lumps of dust & fluff out of the fan and the problem went away. It must have got sucked in when I had a big house cleaning session, now I have an excuse to leave the cleaning well alone!...It also happens after a time interval -- not when doing a particular activity in Civ -- about 20 mins, and then... poof!
I can totally understand. You think nature abhors a vacuum...It must have got sucked in when I had a big house cleaning session, now I have an excuse to leave the cleaning well alone!



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