Patch 1.09 released!

[Steelsmith]

Actually it does not show up on add/remove programs. In fact can't find a way to uninstal it at all. Ended up deleting the whole folder and am now attempting to install it on my normal C drive rather than my E partition I had it on in case it was not partition friendly. What causes it not to show up on the add/remove programs?

How to uninstall an application when it does not appear in Add/Remove Programs

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/10/30/487096.aspx

This is a much better method than deleting directories and/or mucking about in the registry. The blog in the link above describes some tools that are very handy to have whenever you encounter this type of problem.

Hope this helps.

 

[yendorII]

Okay I'm confused about how to install the patch. I do not have internet capability on the computer I play cIV on so if I cant download it with the internet how else should I install it. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[crateau]

Just installed the patch and played the first complete game. Everything seemed to work fine EXCEPT the game ended unexpectedly after 2040

 

[boombaard]

but why the hell should you only be able to "see" horses *After* you've invented animal husbandry?.. i'm sure it's a bit more critical as a resource than say Cows because you actually use them for things too, but still.. it's kind of hard to imagine one *can* 'see' cows before you 'know' what to do with them, but can't horses.....

 

[blue3c]

Just installed the patch and played the first complete game. Everything seemed to work fine EXCEPT the game ended unexpectedly after 2040

Ok its offical, one post and I already don't like you

 

[boombaard]

Ok its offical, one post and I already don't like you

meh.. i've had about 2 ctd's due to memleaks in 80ish hours of playing.. otherwise everything's fine (though admittedly the mem/pagefile balancing implemented in 1.09 has made the game a bit more playable)

running on 2800+ barton, 1gb pc2700 mem (kingston/corsair, value)
ati9200SE (crappy card, i know.. but it works@1280x1024, if you ignore the slightly laggy/bumpy scrolling, on 5.6 drivers (later ones make my card freeze for some stupid reason.. ati's still crap at programming drivers properly)
X-Fi XMusic (latest drivers, eax4).. hd's don't really matter i suppose

anyway, i've never had trouble with rendering, no problem with constant crashes, just slightly choppy movies since 1.09.. but i don't really watch those anyway, so who cares.

just thought i should make you happy by telling you there's more ppl without any real problems running the game

 

[Psyringe]

Just installed the patch and played the first complete game. Everything seemed to work fine EXCEPT the game ended unexpectedly after 2040

That's a kown bug, but it only afflicts games that have been started without the patch and are finished with the patched game. The "x turns left" count is correct though. Games you start with the patched game will run til 2050, as it should be.

Glad the patch fixed your game

 

[Psyringe]

Okay I'm confused about how to install the patch. I do not have internet capability on the computer I play cIV on so if I cant download it with the internet how else should I install it. Any help would be appreciated.

You can download the patch from one of the sites mentioned here.

Make a backup of your exe file before you run the patch though, and run the patch from within the game dirctory. I've read posts from two people who had issues with the installation of the patch they downloaded from these sites. The recommended patching method is to connect to Firaxis from within the game, but since that won't work for you, you'll have to download and transfer the file manually.

 

[Psyringe]

but why the hell should you only be able to "see" horses *After* you've invented animal husbandry?.. i'm sure it's a bit more critical as a resource than say Cows because you actually use them for things too, but still.. it's kind of hard to imagine one *can* 'see' cows before you 'know' what to do with them, but can't horses.....

It's a balance issue. Horses provide a major advantage in early wars. Some players beeline for horse archers as soon as they see horses. For the other line of military offense (axemen / swordsmen), you need copper or iron, which you only see after you researched the respective tech. Apparently the wanted to even this out.

 

[joe8137]

I have come across a few other people that the game worked perfectly out of the box, v1.00, without upgrades under the Intel GMA series graphics cards. I have a GMA 950 and the v1.00 worked perfectly. The patch seems to mess things up for this card. If you have an Intel GMA card I wouldn't suggest downloading the patch.

Does anyone have a different card that is working with the pre-patch version? Or anyone with the Intel GMA have problems with v1.00?


Blue3c, were any of the setups you tried using this card series? Or were they all nvidia, Geforce, and ATI Radeon?

 

[Sofus]

Hi! I'm almost positive it's map size.
I'm a big fan of Epic games on the largest maps possible with the most AI Civs as possible.

Sadly, even after the patch, by the time I get to the 1800's AD, the game is crawling slow, and I still get Crashes to Desktop.

I guess I'll have to resign myself to playing on smaller maps...

Anyone experience the same?

i dont have many crashes, but sometimes it tab's out automatically and then it can take up to 5 min. to tab in again

 

[player1 fanatic]

Have any of Intel users tried using "HideMinSpecWarning = 1" in their INI file?

It seems it should help since:
-cards were good in playing the game before the patch
-"reset to minimum with warning" is feature of the patch

Which means that Intel cards got shafted in "bad GPU" group by mistake of developers.

 

[TheRealCzar]

have they fixed the super-generous peace treaty exploit?

if they'll talk to you and will sign peace treaty, demand everything they have left, gold tech etc (haven't tried with cities yet) they won't accept the treaty of course, so you click "how can i make this deal work?" an advisory window opens to tell you you can't make exchanges during peace treaties (ie you can't have peace and tech trade etc). fair enough but now the AI finds your exhorbitant demands acceptable, click "its a deal" and his tech/gold are yours.

 

[blue3c]

I have come across a few other people that the game worked perfectly out of the box, v1.00, without upgrades under the Intel GMA series graphics cards. I have a GMA 950 and the v1.00 worked perfectly. The patch seems to mess things up for this card. If you have an Intel GMA card I wouldn't suggest downloading the patch.

Does anyone have a different card that is working with the pre-patch version? Or anyone with the Intel GMA have problems with v1.00?


Blue3c, were any of the setups you tried using this card series? Or were they all nvidia, Geforce, and ATI Radeon?

All my machines have nvidia. I do have an old pIII that I have been testing with. It has the intel onboard, but I do not use it. So ummm nevermind. Its morning and I have yet to complete that first cup of java.
You could try the steps with out the patch. If the patch has alread hosed your install.
patch bad, game bad. make the bad man go away.

 

[sgtfury]

As of today, 11/29, 2K Games is posting a link to the 1.09 patch, at 31.5 MB (I think elsewhere folks were indicating a somewhat smaller file). So, I think they heard us, and responded.

Now, I hope the patch works.

 

[halfpimp]

Civ4 worked fine for me with v1.00...that stupid init renderer message never came up. the only thing that happened the longer i played is that it would crash to desktop every now and then. so i waited for patch. now when i updated to 1.09 it gives the stupid init renderer msg so i cant even play now. i installed new drivers it worked fine the first time and then it crashed to desktop and now i get the init renderer msg again. This isnt a patch its another pos. Why cant get they get the greatest game ever to work properly!! I have a Athlon 64 3500+ 1gig RAM and a X800. Should work perfect! Anyone know anything about this or have this same issue?

 

[Abaddon]

but why the hell should you only be able to "see" horses *After* you've invented animal husbandry?.. i'm sure it's a bit more critical as a resource than say Cows because you actually use them for things too, but still.. it's kind of hard to imagine one *can* 'see' cows before you 'know' what to do with them, but can't horses.....

thats how the game works- in the same way you cant see uraniuim or oil straight away.

 

[Psyringe]

have they fixed the super-generous peace treaty exploit?

Yes, that's fixed.

 

[Cytadc]

As of today, 11/29, 2K Games is posting a link to the 1.09 patch, at 31.5 MB (I think elsewhere folks were indicating a somewhat smaller file). So, I think they heard us, and responded.

Now, I hope the patch works.

It is the same size as the other patches. Not 31.5 but 24. Just makes me wonder what is up with the site update people... days to post about the patch and then the information about it is wrong.

Hopefully it just indicates they are all hard at work on the next patch.

 

[blue3c]

It is the same size as the other patches. Not 31.5 but 24. Just makes me wonder what is up with the site update people... days to post about the patch and then the information about it is wrong.

Hopefully it just indicates they are all hard at work on the next patch.

now maybe its just me. But I am hoping the web geeks are not working on the patch. This would be bad. Let the web geeks stick to the page and the programmers stick to fixing the game. If they are one in the same it would explain alot.