Installing the UK version??

[mysterioso]

Hi, can anyone help me? I'm in the UK, just got the game, but cannot get it to install properly. My PC comfortably meets the stated recommended reqs, and I've got DX9.0c installed OK. I've tried a lot of the things suggested on the forum here, no luck. The official support seems to bear no relation to the game as I have it!

The install process seems to work fine (I've tried it more than once), but when I try to fire up the game, I immediately get the microsoft message about it having a problem and having to close.

I tried checking the config file in the Civ4 directory, but this is not a file, but a shortcut to a file in my documents\...\games\...\civ4. So I can't open it. It just says 'can't find civilization4.ini'. There are lots of other file shortcuts to this location too. Trouble is, the install process hasn't created this games folder, and there are no files there either. So I'm thinking this is maybe my problem, since the shortcuts seem to point nowhere and the relevant files are nowhere to be seen. I've not tried to customise any file locations, just let the program do its thing.

Am I missing something very obvious here?!

Thanks for any help

Andy

 

[prehensile]

Can't really help I'm afraid but this (taken from another thread here) may be helpful / relevant ...

The .INI file is found under the MyGames folder btw, not where you installed the game (something I wish they didn't do, I'd prefer having a mygames folder in the installation folder rather than off on it's own, but that's another issue)

 

[jojon]

I'm having the same problems. Are you also using a none-english version of Windows? I have a Swedish WinXP pro with SP2 here.

Same problem seems to be in http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=137453 but no solution there either.

 

[davidwchislett]

Are you using the DVD or CD version, my UK DVD didn't like the autorun.

 

[jojon]

The solution might be at this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=134106
At leat it worked for me.