Game won't start after jul 12 hotfix

[klazer]

When I say it won't start, I mean it just... doesn't start. Windows is extremely helpful with its' "derp, civ 5 crashed, checking for solutions, none found". Tried the standard troubleshooting drills, no go:
-deleted cache folder in docs/games/civ5
-validated game files with steam
-SkipIntroVideo = 1 in the usersettings.ini, has been like that since like Nov

Happens with BOTH dx9 and dx10/11 versions. I'm well above the minimum requirements; i7-720, 5870M on 11.3 drivers, 8gb ram. I'll try downloading/installing 11.6 but I have my doubts that it'll fix the problem.

Figures I can build maps now, but not actually play them... while I'm here, might as well ask: is it 2 or 3 tiles minimum distance between cities allowed? xCxxCx or xCxxxCx ? I'd check again myself to be sure, except I can't right now

 

[klazer]

Ok, I figured it out. It wasn't starting because of a subfolder in the maps folder of /docs/games/civ5. Apparently, you can't have any folders within that maps folder!

 

[The_J]

Oh, that's interesting.
Thanks for reporting the solution .
Will have to keep it in mind, just for the case that it could be helpful for someone else .