Help with Black Background

[Krull]

After I have moved, I still can't see the tile, all I see of the terrain is black.

 

[Thunderfall]

Welcome to the forum, Krull.

Have you patched your game to v1.52? You can download the patchhere:
http://www.civfanatics.com/civ4/patch/

If you still get black terrain after the patch, you may want to wait for the upcoming patch (supposed to come out very soon). And if the problem is still there, you would need to upgrade your graphics card.

What graphics card do you have?

 

[deathmetalheart]

The terrain it´s totally black , except the trees, rivers , cities and the units. I have the patch 1.52 installed and my video card (SIS 650/651 M650 M652 740) I don´t know what is exactly! HEEEELp

 

[Zanmato]

Those integrated graphic chipsets don't support a feature called T&L (transform and lighting if I remember correctly). Basically it is a 3D element used to display the terrain and is stated in the min spec for the game. If the graphics can't support it, the terrain ends up black. Sadly you will have to upgrade the graphic hardware to play.

 

[phule on me]

I as well have the SIS 650 video with the latest drivers, and am getting the black terrain.

I installed the 1.52 patch with no effect. tried the low memory setting.

This is on a laptop so not possible to upgrade the card.
So are you saying that they are not going to support this video type?
And if so why doesn'y fireaxis put a disclamer somewhere.

 

[Zanmato]

Well... I thought they did. On the back of the box and on the website, look under min spec. it says '64mb video card w/ Hardware T&L (GeForce 2/Radeon 7500 or better)'.
Your spec may well not support the game unless you upgrade to a AGP or PCI video card as the game was never intended to be supported on those integrated chipsets. See if there is a driver update for your graphics, other than that I don't know what else to suggest...