GOTM 06 - Pre Game Discussion

[ainwood]

i am having same problems as an earlier user pointed out with the contender class. I ran the asset checker, and it came up all ok. i re installed the 1.61 patch, so i really am stumped why i cant play it. i havent edited any of the game files so yea... any help

OK - I suggest the following.

Full uninstall. Then delete any folders left-over in the installation directory, as well as the \my documents\My games\Sid Meiers civilization IV\ directory.

Full reinstall, then patch.

Reinstalling the patch may not delete extra (superfluous) files that are in the assets directory.

 

[GrandMatt]

well... ( i have done everything besides a full reinstall ) . can you just release a non asset locked file at the end of the month, i did request it in another thread.

I dont mind the wait, would that be ok for you to release it ainwood?

 

[GenMarshall]

I feel a bit intimidated by the difficulty level since I am normaly a warlord player. I still kick myself in the pants for missing the last GOTM since it was on my level.

 

[drkodos]

I feel a bit intimidated by the difficulty level since I am normaly a warlord player. I still kick myself in the pants for missing the last GOTM since it was on my level.

Give this one a try.

You might find it has a more level playing field than a person at either end of the spectrum might assume.

It's really a very good game.

 

[dalamb]

I've only started Civ IV within the last month, and am just now starting to play at Chieftain level, so Noble is a big step up for me. I may try it if I feel braver in a few days.

I really appreciate all the 'starting advice' in this thread, even if I don't play. I tried the other Khan earlier, and found as someone said that the Keshiks weren't good conquerors; I'm glad to hear the scout and pillager suggestions.

I can't imagine playing next month's game if it's even higher level though. So maybe this is my last chance at GOTM for a while (until the level drops, as someone mentioned somewhere).

I'll have to unlearn my reloading habits. I hate making (and living with) stupid mistakes; I seem to make a lot of them.

 

[ionimplant]

i just started the game today but was surprised to see that my game is 'deforsted'. can anyone tell me why this happens and what i should do? (this's the first game that i tried with the 1.61 patch. all previous patches run well on my laptop and i've been playing all the last 5 gotms).

edit: change defrosted to deforested

 

[jayeffaar]

Maybe it's only me, but I have no idea what you mean by "defrosted"... If the screen shot represents what your game looks like, it seems perfectly normal to me... (besides the white box in the minimap being in the wrong place - ???)

 

[Dianthus]

I suspect that's a typo and he means "deforested".

 

[DaveMcW]

Must be a graphics problem. The real forests still get an extra hammer in your screenshot.

 

[ainwood]

Must be a graphics problem. The real forests still get an extra hammer in your screenshot.

Yep.

Maybe there's a problem with the texture files for the forests? Note that the locked assets don't affect graphics mods, so it will still load. Try a reinstall, or perhaps even get (say) blue marble terrain.

 

[ionimplant]

Yep.

Maybe there's a problem with the texture files for the forests? Note that the locked assets don't affect graphics mods, so it will still load. Try a reinstall, or perhaps even get (say) blue marble terrain.

thanks all for the help! i never used any mods and so i've been using a very 'clean' civ4. i don't have the disk since i'm on vacation away from US and won't be back before the deadline of this gotm. so a reinstallation won't be possible. it seems i'll have to try blue marble.