OOS Problem..

[sirdale12]

so my friend and I have been playing civs with my friend. and we always get an oos error ALWAYS after turn 60. we do not know why, i have turned off random events, tried different maps.

does anyone have the solutions to this.

also it says *MOD* before my friends name but we have the same exact files.. game builds are the same and etc.

 

[sirdale12]

bump. D; i promised my friend we would try to fix this

 

[ori]

the *mod* does indicate different files - sometimes they hide though
1) clear the cache (both) by holding down shift during startup - does that help?
2) enable logging in the civilizationIV.ini by setting all items with log in their name from 0 to 1 then after an OOS close the game and post all items in my games\<gamename>\logs (both) as a zip file attachment
3) all players should do a clean reinstall: is this just civ4 or also an expansion? what operating system?

 

[sirdale12]

the *mod* does indicate different files - sometimes they hide though
1) clear the cache (both) by holding down shift during startup - does that help?
2) enable logging in the civilizationIV.ini by setting all items with log in their name from 0 to 1 then after an OOS close the game and post all items in my games\<gamename>\logs (both) as a zip file attachment
3) all players should do a clean reinstall: is this just civ4 or also an expansion? what operating system?

well its all 4 civ4 games we play BTS though. it worked fine for me when i played with other friends. it might be my friends version. i did the cache thing did not work. i will try the ini file thing.

 

[ori]

all people should collect their logs and post them - but most likely its something stuck in custom assets.
I would recommend a complete reinstall as below on all machines (excluding the warlords lines if you don't have that):


install the most recent version of DirectX 9c from Microsoft

then do the following for a clean reinstall:

Uninstall and Reinstall Civ4 Warlords BtS :

Try to follow this order when doing stuff:
Use Control panel to uninstall Beyond the Sword, then Warlords, then Civ4
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\my games\warlords" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\my games\beyond the sword" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\application data\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\application data\my games\warlords" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\application data\my games\beyond the sword" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\application data\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\application data\my games\warlords" manually
Delete "...\documents and settings\<username>\local settings\application data\my games\beyond the sword" manually
(note: application data is a hidden directory so you need to configure windows explorer to show hidden files, also these directories in application data are sometimes removed by the uninstall routine)
Delete "...\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{CFBCE791-2D53-4FCE-B3FB-D6E01F4112E8}" (Civ4)
Delete "...\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{3E4B349F-10B5-4586-9D99-489A90A8B228}" (Warlords)
Delete "...\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{32E4F0D2-C135-475E-A841-1D59A0D22989}" (BtS)
(note: InstallShield Installation Information is a hidden directory so you need to configure windows explorer to show hidden files).
Install Civ4, immediately patch it to 1.61 (download it fresh from here)
Install Warlords, immediately patch it to 2.08 (download it fresh from here)
Install Beyond the Sword, immediately patch to 3.17 (download it fresh from here).