game wont launch

[al-rashid]

i just bought a new laptop, and installed civ 5 on it. i get to the screen where it says to pick what direct x version to use and once i pick nothing happens, no error or anything, it just wont load up. dont know if its something to do with that this is a 64bit comp..also ive civ 5/steam installed on another pc
specs are acer aspire dual core 1.9ghz
64 bit
3gb ram
intel gma series 4 chipset
250gb hdd

 

[The_J]

intel gma series 4 chipset

More specific please.
The graphics card is probably not sufficient.

 

[WimpyTheWarrior]

A few things to check:

1. Is the process still running? If you launch Task Manager you should see a process steam.exe or Civ5(something).exe.

2. I had a similar issue where the game would not appear to launch. I downloaded the free TCPView (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437.aspx) and found that what was happening was that steam.exe was downloading lots of data, updating whatever it needed to update. I let it cook for a long time and eventually it worked OK.

And +1 to The_J's response: "more specific please". What symptoms are you experiencing? It took me 2 days! to launch Civ5 from a recent fresh install, and I have copious notes on all the little diagnostic steps I took.

 

[Maniacal]

If you have an intel "graphics" card you should be glad if it can run games a few years old or which don't have a lot of requirements (like Minecraft or Defcon or Max Payne 2). I'd be surprised if any intel card can run Civ5.

 

[al-rashid]

never mind, ithe problem was more obvious than first thought: steam didnt download all of the files -_-, also apparently the chipset ive got intel mobile series 4 gma (64mb dedicated 1700 shared) .. is fairly capable in games, as it claims it can run call of duty 4 and various others which im pretty sure have higher graphical demand. thanks for the help anyway.

 

[Maniacal]

Call of Duty 4 did not have a high graphical demand when it came out, indeed it was pretty well optimized (especially in comparison to its sequels), its also several years old now.