Please help!! Crash!!

snaphance

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Ok, I have received absolutely no help at all, and I have posted about this problem previously.
Civ IV Colonization crashes every time I try to play a game. Civ IV BTS works like a charm, and never gives me this issue. Whenever I start a game in Colonization, I get as far as the intro screen where I receive my commission, the year is 1492, blah, blah, blah. When I start the game, it freezes for a few seconds, and then it crashes to my desktop with the usual "Windows is searching for a solution to the problem" BS.

Will somebody please help me? I am getting sick of it.

Edit: Ok, so I solved the basic problem by setting the graphics to Medium, but now my ships sail underwater, and a bunch of grey, angular shapes flash across the screen. Any thoughts?
 
Will somebody please help me? I am getting sick of it.
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Any thoughts ?

If I knew how to help you, I would try to. :dunno:

You did install the official patch 1.01f, right ?

Edit:
Just read in your other thread, that you did.
 
Is there anybody else who might be able to help me? Anybody at all?

By the way, I think this speaks volumes about 2k games, particularly their "quality control department" and their "love of the customer," since it seems others have been having this problem since the game came out. Honestly, if a company isn't going to stand by their product and fix the errors that arise, then they really shouldn't be making any products to begin with.

On a side note, no matter what graphics settings I'm on, the anti-aliasing is always at 0 with no other options. Since others have written about reducing graphics and increasing the anti-aliasing as a solution, is this lack of anti-aliasing an issue?
 
How are we supposed to give advice, when you don't tell us anything about your system?
Helpful information would be:
Windows version
Colonization version (CD/DVD or via Steam or other distributors)
RAM
Graphics card and number of driver
Automatic updating of Windows activated or not?
Are there any special (non-english) characters in your installation path?
 
Tell you what, here's my dxdiag:

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System Information
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Time of this report: 12/13/2012, 19:46:16
Machine name: ANDREW-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Latitude D620
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Processor: Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2300 @ 1.66GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2038MB RAM
Page File: 1531MB used, 2545MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) GMA 950
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27A2&SUBSYS_01C21028&REV_03
Display Memory: 256 MB
Dedicated Memory: 0 MB
Shared Memory: 256 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 800 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: SEC3157
Native Mode: 1280 x 800(p) (59.995Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: igdumd32.dll
Driver File Version: 8.14.0010.1930 (English)
Driver Version: 8.15.10.1930
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Model: WDDM 1.0
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/23/2009 18:18:08, 3829760 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-64E2-11CF-1274-C821A2C2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x27A2
SubSys ID: 0x01C21028
Revision ID: 0x0003
Driver Strong Name: oem3.inf:Intel.Mfg:i945GM0:8.15.10.1930:pci\ven_8086&dev_27a2
Rank Of Driver: 00F42001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
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D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
 
Well, you have 2 GB RAM and 256 MB RAM on the graphics card (only 128 MB by the GMA 950 itself, as far as I see). This isn't much, to say the least.

I think, even for Civ4 I had more computing power in 2005.

Then I see a driver from 2009 in that display list. This is a bit astonishing as you're running Win7.

So my next question would be if you have activated the Win7-Update feature? (Seems so, as you have SP1 installed, but just to make sure).

In total, after having browsed for the the Dell D620's system specs, I wonder if that rig would really be capable to run anything but the lowest settings.
 
well, the interesting thing is that Colonization was running fine on my laptop a while ago. But that was several months ago. Civ IV BTS works like a charm, no problems there. Yes, I do have automatic updates.
 
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