what version of Civ4 are you playing (digital distribtion, CD/DVD, gold edition, ceomplete edition). Maybe the patches you downloaded are for the wrong version...
Game keeps crashing!!
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Giddy
Chieftain
Hi Ori,
I have Civ 4 complete on DVD. Warlords and BtS are installed, but I have never loaded them - I believe they are even more resource hungry than Civ 4
I have Civ 4 complete on DVD. Warlords and BtS are installed, but I have never loaded them - I believe they are even more resource hungry than Civ 4
complete is already patched to date (there are rumors of a new BtS patch in the works) - so at the moment those patches are not for complete since it should have them already.
Both Warlords and BtS did include some patches that might actually have them work better with some hardware components - so they might be more stable even if they use some more memory (actually BtS is better on that side than Vanilla in many respects)... You should probably try if they give you the same headaches.
Bottomline: patches are neither necessary nor available for Complete. If a new BtS patch comes along it will likely require a special Complete version of it to install...
Both Warlords and BtS did include some patches that might actually have them work better with some hardware components - so they might be more stable even if they use some more memory (actually BtS is better on that side than Vanilla in many respects)... You should probably try if they give you the same headaches.
Bottomline: patches are neither necessary nor available for Complete. If a new BtS patch comes along it will likely require a special Complete version of it to install...
Giddy
Chieftain
Thanks Ori, I will ignore the Patch route for the time being - Any other ideas that may help me solve my conundrum?
It is really frustrating playing the game - I have to save after every time a move a unit, and certainly every time before I end my turn, as it almost always freezes when I do that - It also freezes at other times, but most usually at end of turn.
I have set my video to minimum, which helped a bit, but the problem is still there.
It is really frustrating playing the game - I have to save after every time a move a unit, and certainly every time before I end my turn, as it almost always freezes when I do that - It also freezes at other times, but most usually at end of turn.
I have set my video to minimum, which helped a bit, but the problem is still there.
have you tried any settings in the civilizationIV.ini?
Giddy
Chieftain
I didn't even know there was a file called civilizationIV.ini, but I have now had a look at it, and don't have a clue what to change, although this would seem to be a place to make some alterations which (Hopefully) could solve my problem.
I see most of the parameters are set at "0", is that "on" or "off"?
Which should I change (and to what setting) to decrease the programs demand for video power and/or RAM?
I see most of the parameters are set at "0", is that "on" or "off"?
Which should I change (and to what setting) to decrease the programs demand for video power and/or RAM?
the following might be worth trying (note the further down on the list the uglier the game gets in my experience 
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apart from the autosave value those are indeed on/off switches, 0 meaning off, 1 meaning on:
Try setting those parameters to what I post (one at a time is probably the best way to find the setting that works - or set all and reset some if it helps at all
Note: there is a seperate .ini for each of the three games/expansions !
)apart from the autosave value those are indeed on/off switches, 0 meaning off, 1 meaning on:
Try setting those parameters to what I post (one at a time is probably the best way to find the setting that works - or set all and reset some if it helps at all
Note: there is a seperate .ini for each of the three games/expansions !
Code:
; Specify the number of turns between autoSaves. 0 means no autosave.
AutoSaveInterval = 1
; Don't show minimum specification warnings
HideMinSpecWarning = 1
; Dont show the game background during movies - may speed up movie playing
HideMovieBackground = 1
; Allows some memory savings *** ALT-TAB WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION ***
MemSaver = 1
; Don't skip frames if falling behind
BinkNoSkip = 0
; Copy entire image each frame, not just dirty pixels
BinkCopyAll = 0
; Copy ever other scanline during movie playback (faster)
BinkInterlace = 1
; Show movies using hi-color, not true-color (may be faster)
Bink16Bit = 1
; Copy ever other scanline during movie playback (faster)
BinkInterlace = 1Giddy
Chieftain
Hi Ori,
I do believe you have solved my problem!!
I made all the adjustments you suggested, and although the video quality is slightly down, it is not enough to worry me - but best of all, I have just played the game for two hours, and not once did it freeze - Wonderful!
Thank you for that - I hope that when I try BtS and Warlords I can make similar adjustments with similar results.
Once again, Thanks for all your efforts
I do believe you have solved my problem!!
I made all the adjustments you suggested, and although the video quality is slightly down, it is not enough to worry me - but best of all, I have just played the game for two hours, and not once did it freeze - Wonderful!
Thank you for that - I hope that when I try BtS and Warlords I can make similar adjustments with similar results.
Once again, Thanks for all your efforts
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