*MOD* problem

[Oblivionn]

Whenever I get into a mp game in civ4, it says my game files are different from host's. So it shows me as *MOD* Oblivionn. I'm not in a mod though, and I have 1.74. I haven't had this problem untill I downloaded 3.13 for bts. Having *MOD* in front of my name is getting me booted, so I'd like to fix it so I can play some mp.

 

[ori]

Welcome to CFC
Unfortunately the BtS patch did patch Vanilla as well without changing its version number from 174 - so your assets are different from those of Civ4 players without BtS - this causes the *Mod* warning.
There is a way to get around this:

Gyathaar tells me (and I have no way to verify it) that the change that's made by the 3.13 patch is to install a new version of CvGameCoreDLL.dll in the top level folder of your Civ4 software installation.

To revert your patched vanilla installation it should, therefore, be possible to delete this file and run the vanilla 1.74 patch installer to reinstate the old version of the DLL. This should then play the existing GOTM/WOTM/SGOTM games.

If you then want to run BtS 3.13 you will need to copy your reverted Civ4 installation and re-apply the BtS patch to the copy to create a dual installation.

This procedure also rescues your MP games, but you'll probably have to reapply the BtS patch when you want to play that