Game crashes on any custom game after a certain action

[chrissicom]

I don't know what this is but it seems like a really stupid bug. Here's what I have done:

Fresh install of Civ IV, Warlords, BTS all with default settings and then applied patches as necessary (namely BTS 3.03)

My OS is Vista x64 and I use Blue Marble 3.00 and SmartMap 9.1 (please note that I could reproduce the error described below also without BlueMarble and SmartMap)

The game usually works fine but when I create a game with 14 civilizations in exactly this order:

Augustus Caeasar
Charlemagne
Washington
Victoria
Catherine
Brennus
Cyrus
Hannibal
Justinian I
Pericles
Ghandi
Mao Zedong
Isabella
Napoleon

The game crashes right after clicking launch no matter which map generator and which settings I use (I tried at least 30-40 random combinations).

After the crash it is not possible to create any new custom game anymore, even settings that worked before don't work anymore.

Re-installing all 3 games (Civ IV + expansions) fixes the error and I can create custom games again. But as soon as I try to start a game with these 14 Civs the game crashes again and the same thing happens again, re-install required.

I know this is weird, but be cautious when you try this on your PC it might break your game. I've warned you

 

[chrissicom]

Ok, I played a little further with this and it's actually enough when I completely remove the Civ folders in My Games instead of re-installing. Also when choosing the same Civs in different order the game loads just fine but when I choose exactly this order the game crashes how is that possible?!?