game crashes on same turn everytime...

[Milamber]

Hi i hope some one can help me with this problem im having with civ4...
ive been playing the game without the movies on as they are very stuttery and slow but the rest of the game has been running fine without movies until i got to the year 1637 and everytime i end that turn the game loads and then crashes with the 'sorry windows need to close the application' error. error sig reads:
AppName: civilization4.exe AppVer: 1.6.1.1841
ModName: cvgamecoredll.dll
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 001045f0

ive tried reinstalling, updateing my display drivers, defragging my computer etc. but nothing fixes it....
was wondering if any one had any ideas what could be causing the crash.
im not so worried about not being able to play movies at the moment but just want to get passed this blimin turn and play the game!
any help or ideas would be really appreciated!
cheers

 

[ainwood]

Firstly, do you have the lastest patch?

Secondly, post the save file here. If you can repeat it, then hopefully someone else can repeat it as well. If so, we can send it to firaxis, and they can fix it for the next patch (if there is one!)

 

[crunch]

Can this help you?
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=164675

 

[mercy1]

Same prob with me too here

 

[Milamber]

this problem seems to have fixed itself for me! i played the turn again recently but made different moves than i had when ive tried previously and it didnt crash. i already had the latest patch installed and no mods installed so it wasnt anything to do with that. strange....

 

[OOOOGY]

I am having this problem too, but with multiple save files. I have played 3 different save files to 300 AD, and every time I end turn on any of them, CIV4crashes to desktop with no error message.

The game works flawlessly other than this...

I am using the latest patch, and I have all of my drivers updated. I have also tried playing in window mode, and editing many of the .ini file parameters, nothing seems to help.

Has anyone else had anything like this?

 

[han]

OOOOGY,
I have exactly the same problem. Funny thing is, it has happened in EVERY Civ4 game. So far I've tried twice with Chinese civ and once with Jap civ. All of them crashes after a certain number of turns, to the desktop without any message.
There was once when it crashed right after autosaving, when I tried to load that autosave file the game crashed.

Have you resolved your problem? I'm on the verge of giving up civ4 altogether..
thanks..

 

[vxt]

Me too!

My crashes are very much like Han and OOOOGY. During 300 AD some kind of revolution or new age arrives, that "something big is about to happen" music starts and game crashes without any error messages back to desktop. Can't even see what was the BIG thing that was happening.

I have all the patches, even Warlords addon. I tried making different moves, that lets me play couple more moves until that BIG thing happens and crashes. Also tried with AUTOSAVE off and MUSIC off. Didn't help.

Otherwise the game runs smooth with the highest settings.

Im using ASUS N6600 graphics board.

Can anyone help please!!

 

[OOOOGY]

I'm still getting this problem too. I kind of gave up on Civ4 for about a month now, but I'm getting the urge to play it again.

I've tried to sim a few turns past the crash even, and it still crashes. It CTD right away when I try to load any autosaves past the "end of the world" turn at 300 AD.

 

[vxt]

I'm still getting this problem too. I kind of gave up on Civ4 for about a month now, but I'm getting the urge to play it again.

I gave up on it. It was just making me madder and madder. Paying for this kind of crap is painful. No wonder most people just download a copy. Burn in hell Sid!

 

[Artosoft]

Strange. I have no problem running Civ4 with Warlords expansion.

Sid really make my day!

Regards,
Arto.

 

[Doomed_UK]

After looking at someone elses save with the same problem I have 2 questions:

1) is your population about to hit an importent amount e.g. 10 million people

2) do you have a graphics chip that shares system memory?

 

[pip420]

again ive got the same problem as you guys =/ just at a different turn bc 0580

 

[EaJ]

Hi!

I'm having the same exact problem with the Civ4. I was looking for the solution for the problem and found my way here. The game crashes to windows desktop every single time I end the turn in the year 300AD. I've got the latest update (1.61). I'm getting really frustrated by now... If someone finds out a solution for this problem please share it with us...

 

[stonestone]

Hi there,

I've exactly the same problem like OOOOGY, han, vxt etc. and I'm going MMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDD about this f***ing Crash!!!! It crashes everytime I try to turn in to 300 AD!!! I have the latest Drivers, the latest patches (I play the Total realism mod). I also tried to make other moves several turns before but it still crashed.
I have no Idea what to do. Any help out there!

_________________________

Game producers are selling things that don't work. All these Beta-versions should be free for use!

 

[EaJ]

I'm starting to get really pissed off... I started a new campaign and the same f*cking thing happened... The game crashes in the year 300 AD... Please help!

 

[stonestone]

OK Guys, I have figured out a way you can game on! The Idea is really simple: Why turning to 300 AD when it crashes there? We just have to chnage the date.

1. Open your last save file

2. Open world builder

3. save as world builder save

4. Exit to desctop

5. Go to world builder save folder (C:\Documents and Settings\*username*\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Saves\WorldBuilder)

6. Open the world builder save with wordpad or notepad. This should look like this:

"Version=11
BeginGame
Era=ERA_CLASSICAL
Speed=GAMESPEED_REALISM
Calendar=CALENDAR_SEASONS
Option=GAMEOPTION_NO_CITY_RAZING
Victory=VICTORY_TIME
Victory=VICTORY_CONQUEST
Victory=VICTORY_DOMINATION
Victory=VICTORY_CULTURAL
Victory=VICTORY_SPACE_RACE
Victory=VICTORY_DIPLOMATIC
GameTurn=46
MaxTurns=460
MaxCityElimination=99999
TargetScore=99999
StartYear=-270
Description=
ModPath=
EndGame (...)"

7. Change "Gameturn=xy" to one number more (xy+1) or what you want (you can change "StartYear= 400 and for example "MaxTurn=xy" to "MaxTurn=99999999999" too or what else you desire)

8. Save and close

9. Open any civ 4 game (I opened a total realism save because the file I changed is a save from TR. Don't know if it works anyway)

10. Open World builder and load the changed wb-save file. (Open the wb-save file directly from folder didn't work properly, it did not recognise that its a Total Realism Save)

11. And Tataaa: You can play along! (You will only loose your current level of Production. Fore that you have to cheat a lil bit and cmplete them in the wb)

I think the lost of the correct date in't that hard. Have fun!

 

[EaJ]

OK Guys, I have figured out a way you can game on! The Idea is really simple: Why turning to 300 AD when it crashes there? We just have to chnage the date.

1. Open your last save file

2. Open world builder

3. save as world builder save

4. Exit to desctop

5. Go to world builder save folder (C:\Documents and Settings\*username*\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Saves\WorldBuilder)

6. Open the world builder save with wordpad or notepad. This should look like this:

"Version=11
BeginGame
Era=ERA_CLASSICAL
Speed=GAMESPEED_REALISM
Calendar=CALENDAR_SEASONS
Option=GAMEOPTION_NO_CITY_RAZING
Victory=VICTORY_TIME
Victory=VICTORY_CONQUEST
Victory=VICTORY_DOMINATION
Victory=VICTORY_CULTURAL
Victory=VICTORY_SPACE_RACE
Victory=VICTORY_DIPLOMATIC
GameTurn=46
MaxTurns=460
MaxCityElimination=99999
TargetScore=99999
StartYear=-270
Description=
ModPath=
EndGame (...)"

7. Change "Gameturn=xy" to one number more (xy+1) or what you want (you can change "StartYear= 400 and for example "MaxTurn=xy" to "MaxTurn=99999999999" too or what else you desire)

8. Save and close

9. Open any civ 4 game (I opened a total realism save because the file I changed is a save from TR. Don't know if it works anyway)

10. Open World builder and load the changed wb-save file. (Open the wb-save file directly from folder didn't work properly, it did not recognise that its a Total Realism Save)

11. And Tataaa: You can play along! (You will only loose your current level of Production. Fore that you have to cheat a lil bit and cmplete them in the wb)

I think the lost of the correct date in't that hard. Have fun!

Thank you for sharing your idea but sadly it doesn't work... Not for me at least... If I do all that the game crashes when I'm trying to open the modified saved game file...

 

[stonestone]

It worked fine for me but not as long as I wanted. I played some dozen rounds and then it crashed again. So I've done the same procedure and could play again, but only a few turns till it crashed again. Now it looks like some towns grow culturally before it crashes. I'm really tired to change and try angain. I don't think that my System is too weak. Has someone else tried my solution? I'm sorry that it didn't work for you. I tested it several turns before posting.

 

[selkye]

Not working for me too..game crashes while loading the worldbuilder..any other idea?