My units are vanishing, please help!

[thunderjaw]

When playing Beyond the Sword, offline/hotseat, well into the game my units just start disappearing. They are not invisible (like i have read on some other posts), they are just gone, with no explanation. 2-3 workers and/or combat units per turn will just start vanishing.

I have the Civ4 Complete Edition, and I am running Vista. I am way beyond any and all recommended PC specs. I have updated to the latest version of the game and DirectX. Game Version 3.1.9.0

Can anyone solve this issue?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Furiey]

Welcome to CFC!

This is probably too obvious for you to miss, but just in case, do you still have the money to support the units?

I don't really play multiplayer so will not really be much help, but could they be being attacked and the attacker moving back out of sight? Is there anything in the combat log?

 

[thunderjaw]

i have plenty of gold yes... as for the combat log... i actually have no idea where that is (i have been playing for weeks and have never been able to find it)... but i know that's not the reason because i would have seen the reports as they pop up between turns. (i see them all the time when it's not error related). and the units in question are not always anywhere near enemy territory or combat. i have a vast territory and all my cities are connected. no war at this time, and no barbarians. they just start dropping off the planet (even units disappearing from cargo space in my sea units).

incidentally; i would like to know how to open the combat log. assuming i ever get this bug fixed, that would be a handy thing to know.

 

[Furiey]

There's a button in the top left below where it lists how much gold you have and above the culture/espionage %. It looks like an open book with a pen on it. It says Event Log if you hovver over it and once clicked on opens with tabs for the Event Log, Chat Log, Combat Log and Quests.

 

[thunderjaw]

i am an idiot.. and yes that was the problem... i feel so stupid. i just figured there would have been some kind of pop-up for that.

tyvm