Game freezes and save corrupts

[WillCooper]

Im playing on an 18 civ large map in the modern era and my game keeps freezing. I'd move a unit and then it would freeze, I would end up using Ctrl Alt Del to shut down the game. After I load the game back up I cant load the save becuase the game stops responding.

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 3326MB RAM

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0605&SUBSYS_062D10DE&REV_A2
Display Memory: 1901 MB
Dedicated Memory: 495 MB
Shared Memory: 1406 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.7744 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/17/2008 19:20:00, 5570560 bytes

 

[ori]

did you try to update your graphics drivers?

 

[WillCooper]

Maybe. Would an un-upadted graphics driver create red spots on the map? I keep getting these big red blotches over certain tiles on the game map.

 

[ori]

could you post a screenshot of these dots?

 

[WillCooper]

I couldnt find a way to mirror it, so heres a link:
http://img37.imageshack.us/i/civ4beyondsword20091205o.png/

You can see 2 red blobs, 1 being under the city to the left. The other being on top of a road to the right.

\i think it has something to do witht he road models. Cause under both blobs you can see no roads.

 

[ori]

this looks like some files are missing - but it might also be the graphics card unable to render something. I'd update the card driver if possible.

Did you alter any game files?

 

[WillCooper]

I altered the civunitsinfos.xml file. I used it with one of those programs that make it easier to edit xml files. Other than that I didnt edit anything.

 

[Furiey]

Did you keep a copy of the original file? If so try replacing it and see if that removes the red blobs.

 

[WillCooper]

Nah that did not do anything. I had the modded game files before the red orbs came up anyways.
I didn't mod any of the files at all that would cuase this.

 

[ori]

is this the most recent driver for your graphics card?
also: please open civilizationIV.ini and set all items with log in their name from 0 to 1 then recreate the error and afterwards post the \logs folder as a zip file

 

[WillCooper]

Sorry for taking so long. Christmas vacation. I cant open civilizationIV.ini.bik. I only get that error where it asks you what to open the file with. Theres no 'open with' option either.

 

[WillCooper]

Could someone please respond?

 

[Furiey]

The civilization 4 ini file is called civilizationIV.ini (and will open in notepad or any simple text editor), not civilizationIV.ini.bik (the movie files are .biks), if you are trying to open the ini file it shouldn't have .bik on the end.

 

[WillCooper]

I think Ive found what youre talking about. CivilizationIV and theres [config] right at the top of the notepad page. However theres no .ini in the file name. Anyways Ill do that and see what happens.

 

[phungus420]

It's impossible to help you really. You edited your core BtS files, something you should never do, so it's impossible to focus in on your problem. You need to reinstall BtS. Next time you want to modify your game use Custom Assets, and you'll be able to revert to the original BtS setup easily. Never alter your core BtS game files, there is no reason to, and it only causes problems like what you are experiencing.

 

[WillCooper]

These problems started very long after I modded my game. Like, half a year after.

Ill try anyways. I uninstalled Civ 4 BTS successfully, but when I was trying to uninstall civ 4 vanilla I keep getting this error:

"An error has occured while running the setup. Please make sure you have finished any previous setup and closed other applications."

All I had running was internet explorer.

 

[phungus420]

Can't help you with that, I have no idea how Civ's installer/uninstaller works. I'm fairly confident though that your issue is caused by the modifications you made, so you need to revert to the original setup, and reinstalling is necessary for that. I don't know why you'd need to reinstall vanilla civ4 though, I'd assume any modifications you'd be making are in BtS.

By the way, when you go about reapplying your changes, simply copy the files into your custom assets folder and edit the copies there. Civ4 loads custom assets over the base files by default (unless playing multiplayer) so your changes are automatic, but that way the original files aren't changed, so you can easily revert things when you screw up. And you always screw up with modding, it comes with the territory.

 

[ori]

WillCooper:
locate the installshield folder and rename or delete it. Then try running the uninstall again.

 

[WillCooper]

Where do I find that?

 

[ori]

\program files\common files\