Sometimes when starting a game I'm not always pleased with the location of the settlers and their surrounding territory. Subsequently I start again (going back to "Single", "Custom" and entering my parameters). In this case I couldn't seem to get a decent location for the game. Well... After restarting about six or seven times, I got the feared "blue screen of death" (filled with computer gobbly-. .. .. .. .) and the only thing I could do was turn the computer off.
When I finally got back into the game, I discovered that it had lost my "default" parameters (typically it saves the last "name", "land", etc. to provide for it) and was giving my computer "name", default map, "standard" size, etc. Well, I changed all that and started the game.
Finally I found that I had a decent location. However, when I started moving all my units were EXTREMELY slow and the land scrolled at an exceptionally slow pace -- making the game virtually unplayable. I ran some tests via Norton WinDoctor and it indicated that "Flash9.ocx" was missing and I'm not sure that this is used.
Anyway, to make a long story even longer, I've run Norton SystemWorks against my CPU, memory, and graphics and it told me that everything was just hunky-dory...
After that, despite the fact that turns were taking well over a minute and the screen was inching (actually, partial inching) I stuck with it because I'm basically a Civ 4 addict. I kept exiting the game, going to the desktop, and going back in with the hope that it might speed up the game just a little. Well... The last time I tried this, I received another "Blue screen of death". After that, the game wouldn't start whatsoever. When I go to task manager I can see Civ4 running in the background doing SOMETHING, but the game never comes up (I've tried it three times, waiting 20-30 minutes each time and the last time a full hour to no avail).
Does anyone know if reinstalling the game would help?
Thanks to anyone who can provide some suggestions on what I can do to get this fixed. My apologies in advance for not being able to provide the information from the "blue screen", but there was a lot of information on it and I didn't jot it down.
Addendum: I have reinstalled BTS and the 3.13 patch. When I start the game it still goes out into "Never-Never" land (running in the background, but never going anywhere). Apparently the original Civ 4 game has been misplaced and the only other copy I have is at my workplace (don't tell anyone!!!). However, before I go to the bother of also reinstalling Civ 4, does anyone believe that this will help me? Thanks again.
Addendum #2: OK... It is REALLY localized to BTS. Like an idiot I hadn't tried any other Civ 4 games like Warlords or the standard. I just grabbed my old Warlords disk, stuck it in, and it runs like a champ (with high graphics!!!!). So, apparently, this problem is focused pretty primarily on the BTS version.
When I finally got back into the game, I discovered that it had lost my "default" parameters (typically it saves the last "name", "land", etc. to provide for it) and was giving my computer "name", default map, "standard" size, etc. Well, I changed all that and started the game.
Finally I found that I had a decent location. However, when I started moving all my units were EXTREMELY slow and the land scrolled at an exceptionally slow pace -- making the game virtually unplayable. I ran some tests via Norton WinDoctor and it indicated that "Flash9.ocx" was missing and I'm not sure that this is used.
Anyway, to make a long story even longer, I've run Norton SystemWorks against my CPU, memory, and graphics and it told me that everything was just hunky-dory...
After that, despite the fact that turns were taking well over a minute and the screen was inching (actually, partial inching) I stuck with it because I'm basically a Civ 4 addict. I kept exiting the game, going to the desktop, and going back in with the hope that it might speed up the game just a little. Well... The last time I tried this, I received another "Blue screen of death". After that, the game wouldn't start whatsoever. When I go to task manager I can see Civ4 running in the background doing SOMETHING, but the game never comes up (I've tried it three times, waiting 20-30 minutes each time and the last time a full hour to no avail).
Does anyone know if reinstalling the game would help?
Thanks to anyone who can provide some suggestions on what I can do to get this fixed. My apologies in advance for not being able to provide the information from the "blue screen", but there was a lot of information on it and I didn't jot it down.
Addendum: I have reinstalled BTS and the 3.13 patch. When I start the game it still goes out into "Never-Never" land (running in the background, but never going anywhere). Apparently the original Civ 4 game has been misplaced and the only other copy I have is at my workplace (don't tell anyone!!!). However, before I go to the bother of also reinstalling Civ 4, does anyone believe that this will help me? Thanks again.
Addendum #2: OK... It is REALLY localized to BTS. Like an idiot I hadn't tried any other Civ 4 games like Warlords or the standard. I just grabbed my old Warlords disk, stuck it in, and it runs like a champ (with high graphics!!!!). So, apparently, this problem is focused pretty primarily on the BTS version.
