Hmm wonder crash my game

[erez87]

It doesn't wether which wonder I finish and when.. but the game will just crash when the wonder movie (whatever wonder..) pops up... Any way to cancel it? or any way to fix this..???

 

[MrCynical]

You can turn off the wonder movies by opening up the Civ 4.ini config file and changing "Nomovies" from 0 to 1. It does seem to be a problem for a lot of people that wonder movies crash the game, but I haven't seen a proper fix for it.

 

[erez87]

well thanks!

Now thats what I mean when i say I get the feeling the released CIV4 before it's ready... this stuff should have been in the options in the game...

 

[Donderwolkje01]

"this stuff should have been in the options in the game" yes, i too have searched like crazy for this!!

i don't understand those vague low medium high settings, what do they actually really change.

wierd.

very disappointed with Sid

 

[Renata]

Wonder movies aren't going to work right on below-recommended video cards; that's just life. Originally, they worked on and off for me, but since 1.52 offloaded more work to the graphics card, it's absolutely no go.

Save your pennies; you can buy a video card adequate to run CivIV for less than $100.

<-- just ordered hers

Also, I had thought someone said that 'no-movies' *is* in the game options in 1.52. I haven't looked for it myself, because I was already used to using the .ini file.

 

[Donderwolkje01]

it isn't in the game, you have to do in the ini file. but something as simple and silly as a little movie shouldn't crash this game, right?

nothing should crash this game, even when i meet and extra all the requirements

i'm sad

 

[ANZAC1071]

I too am having this problem.

P4 2.4
512MB
nVidia GeForce 5600

Nortons 2006 fullu updated and reporting clean, machine fully updated. Is SP2 mandatory?

I have read a lot posts about making config changes to the game and to my computer. My personal feeling is that I should not have to if my machine meets not only the minimum specs but also the 'recommended' specs.

I feel reipped off for a hundred bucks, and would rather go back and play ver 3 - it worked!

 

[Muttoneer]

I'm extremely angry about this too - fourth time tonight it has happened. Thank goodness for autosave! Have to keep lowering my graphics settings every time I want to build a wonder.

Oh yes, and I've got Geforce, 1024MB RAM on a P4 2.0 PC. That *should* be enough shiny kit to run this game, shouldn't it?

 

[ANZAC1071]

The most annoying thing is that having waited patiently for this 'fantastic' game, I discover that the official website lists help/support for the US and Canada... To bad for the poor bunnies Down Under

There appears to be no way of reporting faults, everything steers you back to a forum.

So what now? Keep waiting for patches? Use the DVD as a $100 beer coaster? How does one get a real response from the manufacturer?

 

[Tatran]

I haven't played a civ4 game which didn't crash or gave other visual
problems.Especially the wonder + leader pop-ups.
Upgrading to patch 1.52 and nvidea drivers, using memory saver
also didn't help.

Maybe this help :
Set the AGP Aperture size (Mb) in the system bios to a higher value.
I used 64 Mb () and switched it to 256 Mb )) .
At the moment I'm playing a game at a large map with medium settings,
there aren't any problems so far and the space race just started.

 

[ANZAC1071]

But do you really think it's good enough to have to make significant system changes. I've never had a problem with a Civ version in the past.