patch 109 now out

[Jabbaz]

I'm downloading patch 109 now.. Just to let everyone know.

 

[lifeaquatic]

where is it??????????

 

[Jabbaz]

"check for updates" through the game

 

[Jabbaz]

don't get too excited though... I just finished installing it and I just experienced my first ever civ4-caused BSOD.

 

[Dire]

I'm downloading patch 109 now.. Just to let everyone know.

Amazing .. have not played for awhile and decide to see if there was a patch. Started surfing the web to find out what changes were made. Here to find out it was just released.

Its big though .. ~24 meg ...

 

[Jabbaz]

Still getting knocked down to 3fps when I zoom out to globe view... Savegame load time was atrocious.

 

[Dire]

And for what it is worth ...

Changes:

- increased cost of Apollo Program...
- increased SS parts cost...
- Animal Husbandry reveals Horses
- tweaked Rifling, Chemistry, Steel, and Railroad tech costs...
- increased late-game tech costs...
- can now add two specialists in size 1 city with Mercantilism...
- final score is now modified by difficulty level...
- Speed up load times
- Global performance enhancements


Added:

- Include WB map size in the description field
- Save login name
- Added password encryption
- Added regenerate Map Button to World builder Map Mode...
- checkbox for using low resolution textures
- more logging for init failure
- minspec / video memory checking
- Added ability to change to and from fullscreen while in-game
- holding <shift> during startup will clean out the cache
- improved bink playback, added ini options


Fixes:

- ATI issue Failed to Init Renderer Fixed
- Multiplayer Lobby list jump problem and lobby crash fixed
- fixed war weariness calculation bug...
- units maintain their name when upgraded
- fixed Gold-for-Gold diplo exploit...
- fixed no research choice overflow exploit...
- Fix for voice initialization crash
- Fix addressing takeover AI and retirement OOS.
- Fixed issue with diplomacy text being always used in its first form in the translator.
- Popups, screens, and diplomacy properly cleared when exiting from main menu.
- Games protected by admin passwords (only) cannot be loaded if the version is different from the one that created the save
- Fixed bug where player could not offer any deal to other human in PBEM/Hotseat
- Sorting by date on domestic advisor now works.
- fixed bug where settlers could not move if the strategy layer was selected
- fixed Ironworks...
- fixed AI units not obeying open borders rules on declaration of war...
- fixed bug that prevent placing of units in world-builder
- fixed bug that prevented gifting of units to a human player
- stack attack infinite loop fixed
- Civic screen update fix (wasn’t showing the right maintenance and anarchy values)
- ctrl-g crash fix, optimized city bar art
- fixed right-click menu crash
- Intro movie crashing problems

 

[tango747]

I am downloadin it too !! I hope it works

 

[Dreamlogic]

I got this error while trying to install the patch:
"Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product Sid Meier's Civilization 4. The windows installer could not continue".

 

[Old Dood]

My system locks up after I click on updates within the game. My CD drive stops spinning...can't atl-tab...or ctl-alt-del out either.

 

[Niophebus]

Ok, but where's the fix for "incorrect dvd"?

 

[Zevus]

I just downloaded it & upgraded from 1.08 to 1.09 w/ no problems, for what it's worth.

 

[tango747]

Downloading stopped at 94 % :-( !!!
Is there any other places you can download patch from ????

 

[Divide Overflow]

I just get an error when I try to download the patch.

EDIT: Took several attempts but it finally downloaded. Hope it changes things for the better!

 

[spyder77777]

I too got Error 1706 when installing, but it seemed to install fine after clicking OK. My first WW animation after the patch froze up, but it didn't freeze the game, as a could still "OK" out of it. Less than a minute later, it crashed my video card. I don't ever get BSOD or CTD; my monitor just shuts off (6600GT 128MB card). Before the patch, the game would occasionally crash, but never this quickly. Plus, the WW animations did play, just a little choppy. I didn't want a patch that made things worse!!!

 

[Old Dood]

I wish I got something....my system just sits there. Same screen as the update one. Nothing changes when I click update....the CD starts to spin...then quits...I let it sit there for 30mins then had to hard boot out again...enough of that.

 

[tango747]

Can somebody upload the downloaded patch soemwhere else ?????

 

[Alvesang]

Having the same problem as with 1.08 (which I uninstalled): The intro doesn't stutter anymore: It has become a dia-show. And yes, I do have the latest nvidia drivers installed. This isn't funny anymore...

 

[ticats85]

I still have the black terrain but i guess its because i have a crappy graphics card and I will never be able to get the terrain to look right

 

[Zethris]

I re-installed unpacked the art files and then updated to 1.09 it starts, but the movies in the begining I notice skip more than before. So I exited out of the program ran a defrag and rebooted the pc. I have closed all unused programs and used the .bat file to set the game to run in high priority mode. I will update this post with my results as I am going to close this and test it.

Ok, after all that now it seems to work. But for me it seems only a few things were improved. No memory leak (runs no more than 256mb) and the lag isn't bad even in high quality mode. Still laggy. But not as bad. The leaders avatars actually render, no more cheshire cat. Also the resources show up properly on screen, no more burnt toast by itself.

The only problems are, the movies are more skippy than before, and I still have a black map problem in the main game when fog of war is turned on. But in worldbuilder, no problem. I also still have a problem with animals not rendering properly, just their shadows both in-game and in the world builder.