Laptop and patch

[CivFan91]

This isn't my laptop I'm talking about (dang!), it's my mom's. She is the one that got me hooked on Civ I way back in the day of Tandys and I want to return the favor by helping her with an annoying problem.

Her computer can barely play Civ IV. For this reason, I have to host all our MP games. But after the patch, she gets a popup after the in-flight movie that says "your hardware is below minimum requirements. Civilization 4 will not run on this hardware setup."

Thing is, the game doesn't quit after that. She can play the game! It appears every time you go to the main menu, though. Like I said, she barely meets minimum before patch, and for some reason she's below minimum now, yet we've somehow fooled the computer into thinking it can play it! Is there a way to get rid of that annoying message?

 

[Captain Pugwash]

Yes, there is an option in the .ini file to turn it off

 

[CivFan91]

Where? I've scanned the file twice.

 

[Zanmato]

Look for the line, in the ini file:
; Don't show minimum specification warnings
HideMinSpecWarning = 0

Set to '1' and you should be all set.

 

[CivFan91]

I'm looking on my .ini file and I don't see it. Is that line created the first time you get the warning? If so, I'll look on the laptop.

My .INI file:

Spoiler :

[GAME]

; Map Script file name
Map = Ice_Age

; GameType options are singlePlayer/spLoad
GameType = singlePlayer

; Pitboss Turn Time
PitbossTurnTime = 0

; Max number of turns (0 for no turn limit)
MaxTurns = 0

; Handicap for quick play
QuickHandicap = HANDICAP_NOBLE

; GameSpeed options are GAMESPEED_QUICK/GAMESPEED_NORMAL/GAMESPEED_EPIC
GameSpeed = GAMESPEED_MARATHON

; Era options are ERA_ANCIENT/ERA_CLASSICAL/ERA_MEDIEVAL/ERA_RENAISSANCE/ERA_INDUSTRIAL/ERA_MODERN
Era = ERA_ANCIENT

; Sealevel options are SEALEVEL_LOW/SEALEVEL_MEDIUM/SEALEVEL_HIGH
SeaLevel = SEALEVEL_LOW

; Climate options are CLIMATE_ARID/CLIMATE_TEMPERATE/CLIMATE_TROPICAL
Climate = CLIMATE_TEMPERATE

; Worldsize options are WORLDSIZE_DUEL/WORLDSIZE_TINY/WORLDSIZE_SMALL/WORLDSIZE_STANDARD/WORLDSIZE_LARGE/WORLDSIZE_HUGE
WorldSize = WORLDSIZE_HUGE

; Game Name
GameName = ZMACHINE

; Save Path - relative to working (Civ4) folder
FileName = 0

; Account Username
Nickname = Timothy

; Email Address
Email = ZMACHINE

; In-game Alias
Alias = Timothy

; Move along
CheatCode = 0

[CONFIG]

; Screenshot format (TGA,JPG,BMP)
ScreenShot Format = JPG

; Enable Trilinear Filtering for the Minimap
MinimapTrilinearFilter = 1

; Enable Tree Region Cutting
CutTrees = 1

; Allow Camera Flying
AllowFlying = 0

; Enable Quick Slide Show Transitions
PopSlides = 0

; SMTP server login for Pitboss reminder emails
PitbossSMTPLogin = Timothy

; SMTP server for Pitboss reminder emails
PitbossSMTPHost = mail

; Number of seconds to accept live game list updates from GameSpy (-1 for initial snapshot only, 0 for no live updates
GameUpdateTime = 10

; Allows some memory savings *** ALT-TAB WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION ***
MemSaver = 0

; Use managed interface textures (may be safer but shouldn't be needed, uses more memory)
GUIManagedTextures = 0

; Enable voice over IP capture and playback
EnableVoice = 1

; Disable caching of file system (may slow initialization)
DisableFileCaching = 1

; Disable caching of xml and file system (may slow initialization)
DisableCaching = 0

; Disable PAK memory mapping (May affect performance)
DisablePAKMemoryMapping = 0

; Don't skip frames if falling behind
BinkNoSkip = 1

; Copy entire image each frame, not just dirty pixels
BinkCopyAll = 1

; Show movies using hi-color, not true-color (may be faster)
Bink16Bit = 0

; Copy ever other scanline during movie playback (faster)
BinkInterlace = 0

; Set to 1 to page units out when non-visible
DynamicUnitPaging = 1

; Set to 1 for no tech splash screens
NoTechSplash = 0

; The maximum number of autosaves kept in the directory before being deleted.
MaxAutoSaves = 5

; Random seed for map generation, or '0' for default
MapRandSeed = 0

; Random seed for game sync, or '0' for default
SyncRandSeed = 0

; Bandwidth options are modem or broadband
Bandwidth = broadband

; QuickStart - SinglePlayer games only!
QuickStart = 0

; Enable/disable background music
PlayMusic = 1

; Allow Screenshots. May affect performance on some video cards
AllowScreenShots = 1

; App Selects Specific IP to use for Multiplayer
SelectIP = 0

; Specify a Mod folder (Mods\Mesopotamia), '0' for none
Mod = 0

; Specify whether to play in fullscreen mode 0/1/ask
FullScreen = 1

; Set max frame rate clamp (0 means none)
SetMaxFrameRate = 0

; Set to 1 for dynamic animation paging
DynamicAnimPaging = 1

; Set to 1 for no in-game movies
NoMovies = 0

; Set to 1 for no python exception popups
HidePythonExceptions = 1

; Specify the number of turns between autoSaves. 0 means no autosave.
AutoSaveInterval = 4

; Enable Audio
AudioEnable = 1

; English(0),French(1),German(2),Italian(3),Spanish(4) - Defaults to user-installed language
Language = 0

; Determines which user profile is loaded on game start
UserProfile = Default Profile

; Sync input to smooth interface (may run slower)
SyncInput = 0

; Force numlock always on while playing
ForceNumlock = 0

[DEBUG]

; Create a dump file if the application crashes
GenerateCrashDumps = 0

; Number of turns to autorun before exit (0 for no limit)
AutorunTurnLimit = 0

; Set App on Auto-Run
Autorun = 0

; Enable D3D9 Queries
D3D9Query = 0

;
ScreenHeight = 0

; Custom Screen Resolution, ex: 1200x1200 - Normal resolutions can be set in-game and will be used when both values are set to 0
ScreenWidth = 0

; Establish connection to Python Debugger
HAPDebugger = 0

; Show python debug msgs in IDE console
ShowPythonDebugMsgs = 0

; NetComm Port
Port = 2056

; Enable the logging system
LoggingEnabled = 0

; Overwrite old network and message logs
OverwriteLogs = 0

; Enable rand event logging
RandLog = 0

; Enable message logging
MessageLog = 0

; Break on memory allocation order #
BreakOnAlloc = -1

 

[Akhenaton]

I'm looking on my .ini file and I don't see it. Is that line created the first time you get the warning? If so, I'll look on the laptop.

It could also be that it applies only to earlier versions, you should check that the machine is patched to CivIV 1.52. It doesn't hurt to add the line yourself to the end of the file.

 

[CivFan91]

I think hers is 1.09 patch. I've tried to convince her to patch it again, but little luck. I'll add the line, with her permission, of course.

Thanks, I'll let you know if it worked.

 

[James P.]

Civ IV crashes often on my pc, especially after loading a saved game. I have above min reqs on my laptop. Will the 1.52 patch fix this?