Game crashes with 3.13 (BtS)

[Atreyu]

Hi,
I've recently updated to 3.13, but when i try to start a game it crashes. Any ideas?

 

[marost]

I've got the same. It just shows main menu for 1 second and quits to windows with no any messages

 

[ori]

Do you have any mods or modded files that might be loading?

 

[Phristen]

Same here.
No mods, nothing. In fact, I just reinstalled it completely, and it still crashes.

I don't know if this is of any significance, but this is what ThemeParseLog.txt shows:

Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:401, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_Italic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:402, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_BoldItalic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:408, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Window.thm', Ln:3048, Col:9) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found
Error : Syntax - ('Civ4Theme_HUD.thm', Ln:887, Col:13) Unexpected '.' in the identifier assignment statement
Error : Syntax - ('Civ4Theme_HUD.thm', Ln:927, Col:13) Unexpected '.' in the identifier assignment statement

P.S. Ok, I've just went there and fixed all of that, so the errors don't show anymore, but the game still crashes.

 

[Winterbreeze]

I've got the same thing.

ThemeParseLog says

[Oct 05, 2007 - 21:57:37] Messages while processing 'Resource/Civ4.thm'

Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:401, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_Italic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:402, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_BoldItalic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:408, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Window.thm', Ln:3048, Col:9) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found
Error : Syntax - ('Civ4Theme_HUD.thm', Ln:887, Col:13) Unexpected '.' in the identifier assignment statement
Error : Syntax - ('Civ4Theme_HUD.thm', Ln:927, Col:13) Unexpected '.' in the identifier assignment statement

 

[ori]

Does anyone get any error message when this happens? Also just to make sure: when BtS came out some people reported crashes with the 3.02 patch that went away after a restart of the computer

 

[Winterbreeze]

No error on the crash itself and I did try to reboot.

 

[Phristen]

Yep, no errors at all, the game just exits. And restart doesn't help.

 

[CBPE]

I have the same problems.
I turned Windows firewall off (in the other post, a moderator suggested me to turn Norton or any else kind of firewall off) and, besides, I've set the low definition but the game still crash with the patch.

I've this screenshot:



but I've also noticed that now I haven't the 'Sound' and 'Other' menu (sorry, it's in italian language, but I think it renders an idea anyway):

 

[Phristen]

How did you take screenshots of the menus? Mine crashes half a second after startup.

 

[CBPE]

No, mine crashes when I'm loading a saved game or, if I go for a new game, it crashes at the end of the first or second turn.

 

[Sam_Yeager]

@CBPE - The version details for your system look odd, especially the build date. Here's my system details:

 

[CBPE]

.... I don't understand.... what it means?!?

 

[ori]

There seem to have been instances in which the patch did not install correctly the first time and had to be manually reinstalled a second time - just download it from this site and try that.

 

[Phristen]

Reinstalling patch does nothing.

 

[trotty]

I got the same problem in a friend's laptop.
Could it be this http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=133232 ?

 

[Winterbreeze]

My card is GeForce 6600GT so it won't be it.
And same as Phristen, reinstalling does nothing.
Also it crashes a split second when opening the game, just getting a glimpse look of the main menu and nothing more.

 

[Atreyu]

Ok, I've tried this and it works:
Apparently I had Solver's patch installed (Ooops..), so I deleted it and reinstalled the 3.13 patch.

Hope it helps someone..

 

[Winterbreeze]

No Solver's patch here.

 

[qwertt]

i deleted bts
reinstalled
than patched
game opens but i cannot build cities
goes to xp desktop when i press build city button