Loading BTS

[tapper]

Cannot load BTS. I have civIV on PC under vista when I try to load BTS it fails when installing updates. Can anyone suggest a remedy.

 

[ori]

does Civ4 work?
Welcome to Civfanatics

 

[tapper]

does Civ4 work?
Welcome to Civfanatics

Yes its working perfectly.

 

[tapper]

does Civ4 work?
Welcome to Civfanatics

Thanks for the great welcome.

 

[ori]

Did you patch Civ 4 before installing BtS? Also is BtS registered in the Control Panel, i.e. could you uninstall it from there?

 

[tapper]

In answer to your questions no i didn't and no it didn't load. Which patch do I need to load?

 

[ori]

you should install the 1.61 patch for civ4 before installing Beyond the Sword (get it here).

 

[tapper]

Downloaded 1.51 patch and ran it. It is telling me it cannot locate CivIV on my PC ad won't load. CivIV files saved to C:\programs\take two\sid meier's civilization 4\civilization4.exe which I downloaded and ran from take two web site.
Have tried moving it out of take two directory and running the patch again didn't work.

Any suggestions

 

[tapper]

sorry should have been 1.61 patch

 

[Sattakan]

I do not have CIV4 downloaded on my C: drive. I moved it to the F: drive. Now when I attempt to install BtS it will not even give me the option of custom install and automatically installs on my C: drive.

Is there anyway around this?

 

[ori]

@tapper:
you downloaded the original game? then you need the patches for the download version. Take 2 does not sell those directly, where did you get it from?

@sattakan:
Welcome to Civfanatics
the game registers its install path in the windows registry - if you moved the game after installing you'll need to change the registry entries or uninstall and reinstall the game directly to its right location.

 

[tapper]

I got the game from take 2 digital download

 

[ori]

you'll need to get the patch from their website...