Possible work-around for crashing when loading/starting new game

BlindZenDriver

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The demo ran fine on my system except for the mouse going off on one side due to having two monitors. So after seeing there was a patch coming to solve the so I bought my self the gaming and did not play till after the patch or rather I tried playing.

My first game started fine so I except for some weird graphics when talking to other leaders so I went into video options and maxed out anything. Restarted only to find I could not load game I just saved without a crash happening and same thing would happen when starting a new game.

The game simply crashes on my system when starting a new game something like 2/3 the way through the nation introduction and the same happens when loading a game. When crashed the sounds play on nicely but there is a Windows dialog saying the game exe-file has crashed and needs to close.

Anyway I did the whole update dance to no avail, but playing with the video options I have found a solution. If "Leader Scene Quality" is set to minimum then there are no crashes and I can play for hours.


It's in no way a perfect solution. The leaders are just a picture with the minimum setting, but it sure beats not being able to play. Also there are still a couple of minor issues which I shall post on separately (Taking a screenshot = crash, and on the right 1/5 of the screen only city icons and so are visible on the map)


Civ 5, version 1.0.0.62
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My system specs:

Core i7-870
4 GB Ram
Radeon HD 4980 2 GB
Realtek HD Audio (onboard my Gigabyte motherboard)
Windows XP SP 3 (So i play in DX9 but I'm not sure if that matters)
Screen 1: 2560x1440
Screen 2: 1920x1200
 
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