Is it True Windows 7 won't run CivIV?

[LeHam]

I just heard this from my Dad. He says he heard this online, but I've heard Windows XP game would run on Windows 7.

My God, is this rumor true?

 

[Rusty Edge]

I have windows 7 . There was an issue with the BUG mod and windows 7. They are working on it, last I looked.

I just won a game of Legends of Revolution. Huge/Marathon 1600x900 about 20-24 civs, no problem ( after Phungus420's fix).

 

[Lemon Merchant]

I just heard this from my Dad. He says he heard this online, but I've heard Windows XP game would run on Windows 7.

My God, is this rumor true?

It is not true. Windows 7 runs Civ and BTS beautifully. On 32 bit, 64 bit, natively, and if you're really paranoid, XP mode.

There is currently a problem with BAT 2.1 and the Varietas Delectat graphics, but it is NOT due to BUG, BAT, or Windows 7. It's apparently an error in one of the graphics files added into BAT, and the problem happens on Vista, too. BAT 2.0 works like a charm.

Anybody who tells you that Windows 7 can't run this and that probably owns Apple stock, as most of it is simply not true. Some older Windows programs won't run, yes, for reasons specific to those apps, but most of them will run in XP mode. I haven't found anything yet that will not run.

However, note that you can't usually run a 16 bit app in a 64 bit OS. Sorry, but it's the 21st century.

 

[karadoc]

I'm running civ 4 right now on 64 bit Windows 7, with Beyond the Sword, and with the BUG mod. I didn't do anything special to make it work. There were no problems whatsoever.

 

[Welfare Ninja]

I am running it on Windows 7 and it works fine. I had an initial issue involving not having a certain older Direct X file, but after searching the forums here I fixed it in 2 mins.

Now if I could just not stink so badly.......

 

[selectron]

I heard everything that works on Vista will work on 7. I hope that's the case.

 

[Bushface]

My hope is that several things which do not work IN Vista will work in Windows7. But I'm not changing yet, having noted the existence of the "black screen of death" phenomenon.

 

[LeHam]

Phew. Thanks for telling me that it works. I was just afraid, even though it was just a silly rumor. The reason I was afraid, though, was because my friend has several games that are supposed to be compatible with Windows Vista yet are unable to run. Didn't Microsoft promise that XP games would be compatible with Vista?

 

[J-man]

I can run BtS with the latest BUG on win 7 64 bit just fine.