Get the patch!

[bio_hazard]

Sure, sure... and you bought a second copy and have it stashed in the garage, right...?

Doesn't everyone? Actually, I do still have my pre-order edition of the PC version- waiting in the event I end up with a new PC for some reason.

I'm up to around 1600AD now on the large map. The game seems a little faster this afternoon than it did last night (faster between turns, leaderheads not as jerky, etc)- not sure if its some kind of cache-clearing effect following the reload or just that *I* was a little foggier last night at 2am...

 

[gfeier]

Hey gfeier, I'm ordering a MacBook with 1Gb today. What size maps are you able to play and have you played through to the late game?

Right now I'm still playing my first game (been REAL busy lately). I'm up to 1882 AD as the Greeks on a huge world at Chieftan level with seven other civs (well, six now - a moment of silence, please, for the Arabs, my former neighbors). The game plays OK - for a strategy game. The graphics are jerky, especially the combats, but there are a lot more sounds since the patch and processor use seems to have dropped from over 190% to around 100%. For a strategy gamer who cares more about finding the right combnation of Civics for a particular empire than about eye candy, the game is eminently playable and great fun. My daughter also has a MacBook and a copy and agrees.
There is one bug we have both seen - the screen gets darker, sort of like night falling and the game slows way down, usually after looking at an advisor screen or opening up a city. At that point you just save and reload and you're back up and running. I don't know if this problem is MacBook-specific, though. If not, I expect it''ll be patched.
The MacBook is a temporary solution for me. It's my wife's and I'm only using it to tide me over until the Mac Pros ship because my old dual 800 Quicksilver crapped out and I don't want to spend the money to fix it with a new machine a month or two off. I probably would not be as pleased with the game if I knew I would have to run it on the MacBook for the next five years, but I would be playing it during that time.

P.S. even with the patch, it's still a good way to make sure the fan on the MacBook works. Playing Civ is about the only time I ever hear the fan.

 

[floppymoose]

You can use this link to skip the 4 minute wait before the download starts on 3ddownloads.com.

http://www.3ddownloads.com/Strategy...C62FB0C1?key=D8554C91C52269375ACDAFA8C62FB0C1

 

[Zaimejs]

There is one bug we have both seen - the screen gets darker, sort of like night falling and the game slows way down, usually after looking at an advisor screen or opening up a city. At that point you just save and reload and you're back up and running. I don't know if this problem is MacBook-specific, though. If not, I expect it''ll be patched.

P.S. even with the patch, it's still a good way to make sure the fan on the MacBook works. Playing Civ is about the only time I ever hear the fan.

I have noticed this bug as well. My ships will go black. And ice will turn black. Last night just about everything turned black, and I had to restart.

I'm not sure what the cause is. It just seems to happen after playing for awhile. Maybe it's a sign that it's time to go to bed?

 

[ejday]

I have noticed this bug as well. My ships will go black. And ice will turn black. Last night just about everything turned black, and I had to restart.

I'm not sure what the cause is. It just seems to happen after playing for awhile. Maybe it's a sign that it's time to go to bed?

Could be... nothing wrong with the graphics, it's the eyes that are going!

 

[floppymoose]

I see the black graphics bug, both pre and post patch, on both intel and G5 macs (all running latest 10.4.7).

 

[awb]

Yay! Civ 4 runs very well on my MacBook 2 GHZ with 2 GB of RAM. Still notice some graphic / sound issues but nothing drastic that causes crashes.

When will a final version of this patch be available?

 

[lateralis]

can't believe I missed this all weekend!!!

downloaded and tried installing with no go. even though I've tried like 10 times, and it acts like it's writing files every time, civ is still the same old regular 1.61 not 1.61a.

tried upgrading where it usually is (external drive)
tried upgrading in the apps folder (after running it from there once).

both no go. I'm deleting and reinstalling from the DVD now, into the apps folder to if that will work.

BTW. anyone know how to trow away the receipt?

 

[Gatekeeper]

In order for the patch to install correctly, it's necessary to have launched the Civ IV program first?

My new Intel iMac arrived this morning, so I'm going to have a jolly good time figuring out the ins and outs of it *and* getting Civ IV installed and properly patched.

But first things first: a trip to the store to get a good surge protector.

Gatekeeper

 

[AlanH]

downloaded and tried installing with no go. even though I've tried like 10 times, and it acts like it's writing files every time, civ is still the same old regular 1.61 not 1.61a.

Who says it should be 1.61a? Mine is still 1.61. You have to look at the build number, which changes from v8012 to v9221 in GetInfo for the Civilization IV application file.

BTW. anyone know how to trow away the receipt?

If you really feel you need to, it's at /Library/Receipts/Civ4.pkg

In order for the patch to install correctly, it's necessary to have launched the Civ IV program first?

Well, it's all circumstantial evidence, but it does seem as if the patch installer is expecting to find the Civ4.pkg receipt in /Library/Receipts/ in order to track down your installed copy. Since that can't be created just by dragging the software from the DVD, I'm assuming it is created during first run.

 

[Cougarcat]

can't believe I missed this all weekend!!!

downloaded and tried installing with no go. even though I've tried like 10 times, and it acts like it's writing files every time, civ is still the same old regular 1.61 not 1.61a.

I think it did update. My copy still says version 1.61 in the finder, but it's obvious the patch was applied because the game is way faster.

 

[lateralis]

so should it still be saying "FINAL RELEASE" in the "about this build" window in the app? I assumed it would say something like "beta fix" or something.

let me put it this way. I HOPE it didn't work because the game did not get any better AT ALL.

here's hoping this "try again" works "this time"

"I" "like" "quotes"

 

[lateralis]

yeah no matter what I do it stays at 8012.

gotta go back to work now, I'll try again tonight.

 

[Zaimejs]

Mine says 9220... not 9221?

 

[AlanH]

Alan,
It crashed on start up for me right after the first page. Heres the crash log..

I've been playing the GOTM 8 game for a few days off and on. I'm at like 1500 AD...

So definitely playable over here... iMac coreduo 2ghz.

Hi waltham845 and monaco27:

Can you tell me if you have any mod in place - eg Blue Marble?

Reason I ask is it looks as though I can load the GOTM start file if I don't have Blue Marble installed, so I'd really like someone else to confirm this. It may simply be that it fails if you have a CustomAssets mod installed. If so then we have a workround for supporting Mac players in Civ4 GOTM, and a clue for Brad for fixing it in the full patch.

Thanks

 

[CivPatriot]

First kudoes to Brad and the team for getting this patch out so quickly. I'm really impressed.

The game feels faster and smoother overall for me(running BlueMarbleMod) though I get a screech coming from the right speaker every now and then. Pretty much the only complain I have is about the sound, combat sounds are sporadic and the ambient sounds are as well. Still, I'm very impressed with the patch (considering the speed of its deployment). Looking forward to the final version.

 

[monaco27]

Hi waltham845 and monaco27:

Can you tell me if you have any mod in place - eg Blue Marble?

Nope, no mods at all.

 

[awb]

Brad: One question, do you all plan on adding MacBooks to the list of supported computers? Reason being is a) people like me are running Civ4 on our MacBooks without much problem (I do have 2 GB of memory) b) people are having EXCELLENT experiences with Civ 4 in Boot Camp with MacBooks. Do you think we'll ever get to the PC level of Civ4 on the MacBook in actual OS X?

 

[Brad Oliver]

Do you think we'll ever get to the PC level of Civ4 on the MacBook in actual OS X?

A lot of that is going to depend on Apple. The iMacs are seeing roughly equivalent performance in Boot Camp vs. Mac native. I have no idea how the MacBooks compare in Boot camp vs. Mac native in Civ4, so for all I know they're already there.

 

[AlanH]

Nope, no mods at all.

OK. That might be the reason you're able to run the GOTM save. Thanks