Get the Rev. B patch (Vanilla)! And Warlords 2.08 patch!

[lateralis]

and to answer my own question - just replacing the app does NOT work. about this build will list

civ version 200
save version 200
build version 2.0.8.0

with just the app replaced but:

civ version 208
save version 200
build version 2.0.8.0

with moving over the whole folder - this is warlords obviously

 

[lateralis]

thanks alanh - quick response. also, I plan to download and try the WOTM so I'll report any findings I have.

 

[OscarWildebeest]

Installed the patch to Vanilla. Played for a little more than an hour, full screen mode. No crashes or other problems yet on 1st generation MBP.

Same experience for me, but in Single Player. No probs so far.

 

[WillSquared]

Wow, noticed that there is not speech for tech, as well as the no sound bug (except for ambient sounds, as another person pointed out).

However, it is faster...

 

[Cougarcat]

Guys, please post your issues at http://support.aspyr.com/ if you haven't done so already so Aspyr can figure out what's going on and get a patch out quickly.

 

[Skippy_Kangaroo]

Is that Warlords or vanilla, and at what stage in the game?

This was vanilla at the early stage (around 0AD) of the 18Civ Earth Scenario.

Maybe my memory is faulty about how hard it went on my machine previously because I hadn't played much since October - but I didn't remember it getting much above 105% except with the release version that maxed out both cores because of a bug.

I've also used memory meters to look at how the load is distributed. It is splitting evenly between the cores with about 75% total on each core with most of this being Civ IV. That looks like it is threading it more or less optimally. It is also playing nice when I put it into the background as it has dropped right down while I type this post.

Do others have better memory on this front? I'm running a 1st generation MacBook Pro (Core Duo 2.0GHz) for reference.

 

[lateralis]

now that I've had a minute to actually look, I too am having the interface sounds issue. tried clean installing from the ground up and patching everything - still MIA in menus. gonna play a bit more and see what happens.

 

[narmox]

Why does your crash report say version 2.00? Are you sure the patch installed properly?

JoAT

How can I make sure it's installed correctly? I run the patch installer, agree with the license, and click Upgrade and it tells me the upgrade is finished.

I checked the Get Info on the Warlords executable file and it does indeed say version 2.00, modified today at (a few minutes ago, when I actually patched it) so something did happen even if the version number has not changed.

What does your Get Info say, did it update the version number?

Thanks,
Narmox.

 

[lateralis]

well now everything is well and truly borked:

now I get games loading up like this:

 

[gidds]

Heh. Well, I just purchased the Warlords XP for Mac ... and, judging from what I've seen in this thread, I'll hold off on patching it and vanilla Civ IV for the timebeing.

No big deal for me. It's been months since I last played Civ IV, so I need some time to reacquaint myself with it. For starters, I've already copied a vanilla WBSave (Europe) and altered the map's suffix so it'll run properly in Warlords. Now I need to generate a 24-civ Warlords map, go into it with TextEdit and, using information from the aforementioned map, modify the copied Europe map accordingly so there are more civilizations (properly placed, too!) to play with. Carthage, the Vikings, the Celts ... oh, yeah!

Gatekeeper

Dont forget to post that map here....hehehehhe

 

[cmvc2cc]

Hi,

my system: iMac G5 (1st Generation with GeForce 5200)

After applying the patch for 1.61 Rev. B the game has problems:
- with the sound, I can only hear the background music, no city or unit specific sounds
- severe graphics errors escpecially with the map in the lower right corner of the screen

Before the patch, none of these problems occured.

Well, so much about software testing at Aspyr ;-)

 

[AlanH]

What does your Get Info say, did it update the version number?

Thanks,
Narmox.

As stated by others above. The version number remains at 2.00 in Get Info, though Aspyr claim it's version 1.00 rev A. I think they are as confused as we are

If you run the game and get to the initial menu, then click 'Advanced' and 'About this Build' you should see:

Civ Version: 208
Save Version: 200
Build Version: 2.0.8.0
Build Date: Jan 9 2007 16:01:50
Build: FINAL RELEASE
Mod Name: Mods\HOF-Mac-2.00.002\

Yes, OK, I admit it. The last line is an unashamed plug for the Mac HOF Mod You'll see 'None' in this line if you have no mod loaded.

 

[cmvc2cc]

Hi,

and now I really have a problem.

I was so naive to simply apply the patch without making a copy of the existing installation directory.

Now I would like to reinstall Civ IV and apply the old patch revision A, which has worked perfectly well for me. But: the official websites only the list the rev B patch, the older patch is not available anymore.

Does anybody know a place that still has the patch file? Even here on Civfanatics the link in the download section refers to macgamefiles, where there is only the new rev B patch.

 

[Cougarcat]

When I emailed Aspyr with my issues I asked them to re-post the old patches to tide us over until they figure out what's going on...

 

[AlanH]

As far as I can tell they replaced the rev A patch with rev B. The number of downloads looks like it's the total for rev A and rev B.

 

[cmvc2cc]

Hi Guys,

thanks for your replies and the information. For the future I will be more conservative with the handling of Aspyr patches

I'd love to have OSX 10.5 with time machine right now so I that I could go back with my installation to yesterday

I am a software engineer myself and I know how many things can go wrong during an application shipment, but this ....

Anyway, I have opened a ticket at Aspyr and I am looking forward to their response

Greetings from Berlin

 

[AlanH]

Is there anyone with Mac Warlords 2.08 who hasn't read the WOTM 5 spoilers, and would like to play the game? It has three weeks to run, and I can put together a set of saves if required.

I did get a response to the above post, so I've built and uploaded Mac versions of the WOTM 05 start files. To play them you will need to install Mac HoF Mod 200.002.

You can find the WOTM 05 "Saves Available" thread here which gives a description of the game, and from there you can get to the Game Release page where you can download the start file for the level of difficulty you want.

Please give it a shot. It's a Prince level game this time around, on a Fantasy Realm map which should stretch your graphics a bit. And please let me know if you have any problems with the saves or with the Mod.

 

[iamliberal]

"No big deal for me. It's been months since I last played Civ IV, so I need some time to reacquaint myself with it. For starters, I've already copied a vanilla WBSave (Europe) and altered the map's suffix so it'll run properly in Warlords. Now I need to generate a 24-civ Warlords map, go into it with TextEdit and, using information from the aforementioned map, modify the copied Europe map accordingly so there are more civilizations (properly placed, too!) to play with. Carthage, the Vikings, the Celts ... oh, yeah!"
-Gatekeeper[/QUOTE]


I'd love an Earth map! Usually, civ comes with at least some earth map made my someone, but I don't see anything with Warlords. So do you think you could share that 24-civ world map when you've modded it for Warlords?

 

[AlanH]

Does anybody know a place that still has the patch file? Even here on Civfanatics the link in the download section refers to macgamefiles, where there is only the new rev B patch.

You have a PM

 

[Hyper Nova]

Overall the patch seems to be much better than previous. The one thing that is good is that this patch adds the functionally to play the old Vanilla custom maps such as Earth18Civs or Earth etc that actually came with the Vanilla install without having to change the file type or restart back into vanilla they now actually appear under the play scenario section with '(Civ 4)' after there name to denote its a Vanilla map . The only thing that i seemingly have to boot into vanilla for is the 3 original Scenarios that were actually mods ie the American Revolution, Greek World and Desert War. (I haven't downloaded any mods/scenarios that did not come on the original disks so I don't know about them).
Overall I am happy with the patch. I expect a second one will accually address some of the new issues.

Oh just remember something else tho. I used to have a issue where i was playing and all of a sudden my speakers make a loud pop sound and then i would have no sound at all. All i have to do is hit the F5 key to turn the sound up and its back. This only happens in the game and at no other time. This seem to be better but not completely gone in this patch anyone else experiance that issue (Again this is on a MBP)? this is no big issue at does not affect my game or sound once it comes back so if no one has an answer no biggy. Thanks in advance.