I got the game yesterday and have tried it on all three computers at home, all with the same result. The question that I have is whether the graphics that I am seeing (or I should say - not seeing) are a "feature" of the game or a failure of the three video cards. Specifically - I have played the game on easiest level up through getting monarchy. The video on the units comes in perfectly clear, the improvements, cities, pigs, panthers, leaders, rice etc, all perfectly clear, beautiful, no problem whatsoever. The wonders or whatever (Obelisk) also perfectly clear.
BUT.... as I move the units through terrain it is all BLACK. The regular terrain features - grassland, plains etc. do not appear visually at all though there is an identifying window on the left that tells me what they are (grassland, plains, coast, jungle,ocean etc.). As I said, the terrain has no display but the improvements do. I tried moving from computer to computer and got the same result - exactly.
Thus the somewhat foolish question - is this a "feature" (if so, a very stupid one, i feel like I am about to go blind) and does it ever go away...or is it a failure in all three the video cards?? If a video card failure, anything that I can do about it (e.g. lower resolution).
BUT.... as I move the units through terrain it is all BLACK. The regular terrain features - grassland, plains etc. do not appear visually at all though there is an identifying window on the left that tells me what they are (grassland, plains, coast, jungle,ocean etc.). As I said, the terrain has no display but the improvements do. I tried moving from computer to computer and got the same result - exactly.
Thus the somewhat foolish question - is this a "feature" (if so, a very stupid one, i feel like I am about to go blind) and does it ever go away...or is it a failure in all three the video cards?? If a video card failure, anything that I can do about it (e.g. lower resolution).
