I play Civ 4 - Beyond the Sword in single player mode on my laptop.
I start the game by running the following command: steam://rungameid/8800 via the "Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" icon on my desktop, and then loading the game ("Game 32") from the saved games folder.
When I did that today the game appeared to load normally, but no units were visible on the map. When I enter a city screen, I can see the units present in the city in that screen, but when I exit the city screen, no units are visible anywhere.
I have been playing that game for some time and have reached turn 239. The problem did not occur in any of the previous 238 turns.
I tried exiting the game and restarting it but with exactly the same result every time.
I tried loading some old games from the same folder, but they all had the same problem - no units visible.
I tried starting a new game but that had the no units problem from the start.(Turn 1).
I had encountered a different problem with the previous game that I had been playing ("Game 31"). I had been playing it for some time - over several sessions - but at one point, when starting a turn (Turn 576), the main menu (containing "Exit to Desktop", "Exit to Main Menu", etc) popped up spontaneously. I dismissed it, but, a couple of seconds later, the Domestic Advisor screen popped up spontaneously. I dismissed that, but it popped up again. That cycle repeated endlessly. I could not get rid of the Domestic Advisor screen. That was when I started Game 32 which I played successfully up until turn 239 when I encountered the "no units" problem as I described above.
I tried loading Game 31 again, but that now had both problems - no units and repeating Domestic Advisor.
I tried loading a previous game ("Game 30"). That one had the no units problem, but the Main Menu did not appear spontaneously..
I tried loading a very old game ("Game 17") from March 2023. that one behaved exactly the same as Game 30.
I start the game by running the following command: steam://rungameid/8800 via the "Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword" icon on my desktop, and then loading the game ("Game 32") from the saved games folder.
When I did that today the game appeared to load normally, but no units were visible on the map. When I enter a city screen, I can see the units present in the city in that screen, but when I exit the city screen, no units are visible anywhere.
I have been playing that game for some time and have reached turn 239. The problem did not occur in any of the previous 238 turns.
I tried exiting the game and restarting it but with exactly the same result every time.
I tried loading some old games from the same folder, but they all had the same problem - no units visible.
I tried starting a new game but that had the no units problem from the start.(Turn 1).
I had encountered a different problem with the previous game that I had been playing ("Game 31"). I had been playing it for some time - over several sessions - but at one point, when starting a turn (Turn 576), the main menu (containing "Exit to Desktop", "Exit to Main Menu", etc) popped up spontaneously. I dismissed it, but, a couple of seconds later, the Domestic Advisor screen popped up spontaneously. I dismissed that, but it popped up again. That cycle repeated endlessly. I could not get rid of the Domestic Advisor screen. That was when I started Game 32 which I played successfully up until turn 239 when I encountered the "no units" problem as I described above.
I tried loading Game 31 again, but that now had both problems - no units and repeating Domestic Advisor.
I tried loading a previous game ("Game 30"). That one had the no units problem, but the Main Menu did not appear spontaneously..
I tried loading a very old game ("Game 17") from March 2023. that one behaved exactly the same as Game 30.
