Python Init Failed

yeah theres something still left, but where, i have deleted everything warlords and i have a registry scan thing, warlords isnt on its list.



also i can't call that number, i live in the UK and would cost a fortune.

is there any other way i can search for these elusive files? as i want to play bts, im stuck just being able to play civ4 atm.



p.s. i have just done another windows search, but this time in hidden folders and sub-folders... searched for warlords. found afew in windows folder and alot in bts which i won't touch.
but why are there warlords files in my windows folder? im going to delete them, uninstall civ4 and bts and try another install. i will let you know.
 
i've just uninstalled civ4 and bts, funny thing is there was a tab for warlords in add and remove:

warlords
size 39.50mb
used frequently
last modified 8/18/2007

now thats interesting considering it was last year i install that, i tried the remove tab but like a year ago it crashed and i got a pop-up saying their was a problem blah blah blah would you like to send an error report.

could this be the source?
 
I'm almost certain that it is.
You have to get that old warlords completely out of your system.
Maybe try reinstalling it to the same old directory and then uninstall it using
the add/remove method. I will call support today on your behalf and ask them
for advice and then I will post it here.
 
Ok,

I contacted them and they are emailing instructions to me for the manual uninstallation
of Warlords. I will post that here after it arrives.


*** EDIT ***

Here is the email: (let me know if it works)


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Discussion Thread
Response (Overflow UK 1) 20/08/2007 01.21 PM


Hello Rick,

RELEASE VERSION

A) Open My Computer then open the Local Disk C Drive
B) Open the program files folder.
C) Click on the tools menu then choose folder options
D) Click on the view tab and tick the box labelled "show hidden files and folders". Press OK
E) Open the installshield installation information folder
F) Search for a folder named {3E4B349F-10B5-4586-9D99-489A90A8B228}
G) Right click on the folder and choose rename. Press the End key on the keyboard and type the word OLD. Press the enter key


POST 2.08 PATCH

1) Click START > RUN and type REGEDIT
2) Now navigate to HKey_local machine > Software > Microsoft > Windows >Current Version > Uninstall.
3) Now can you delete the Folder {3E4B349F-10B5-4586-9D99-489A90A8B228}
4) Now run the setup.exe found on the Civilisation IV Warlords cd.

Customer (Entered by Michael Spence) 17/08/2007 06.25 PM


> When he starts beyond the sword he gets failed to initiate pyton when he goes to play the game. <


Reinstall and repatch civ 4 to 1.61 then install BTS and patch

Question Reference No070817-000225
Product Level 1: PC
Product Level 2: Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Date Created: 17/08/2007 06.25 PM
Last Updated: 20/08/2007 01.21 PM
Status: Solved


Please be sure to delete all previous correspondence when replying. This will help us to process your response in a more timely and efficient manner.

Kind Regards,

2K Games Technical Support
 
okay i have rename a file old and deleted the same one in regedit.

should i reinstall warlords and then delete or just try and reinstall civ4-1.61 patch-bts?

the problem i had with reinstalling to uninstall warlords was the installer alway said i had a newer version than the one i want to install and that i should uninstall that first, hopefully the renaming and deleting will of got rid of that.

thanks Ingot for contacting them on my behalf
 
You're welcome,
I hope it works and that you will let me know either way.
 
okay i uninstalled bts, installed warlords(2k stuff worked) and then add and removed warlords.
then uninstalled civ4 and started all over again...... civ4-1.61-bts

and it WORKS!!!!!!

thanks a million Ingot
 
new problem... ggrrrr

was playing the mod where you kill zombies all night, great mod by the way.
and when i woke up and launched civ4 to continue i got this:


Initialize renderer failed. check directx installation. latest graphics drivers and graphics settings parameters:
-width = 1024 (should 1440)
-height = 768 (should be 900)
-flags = 0xc
-hwnd = 0x2d03ac
adaptrid = 0
deviceid = 3
error: creation failed: invalid 3d device type


its like what the hell, nothings changed since last night, i have even started over fresh and still the same.
i know its not the laptop as it meets the requirements:

3.4ghz pentium 4 ht
1.5gb ram
ati radeon mobility x600
loads of disk space
got latest ati drivers and latest directx 9.0c i have xp so this is highest for me.
 
I haven't experienced that so I don't know what it is. But, it does sound like
a driver conflict to me. Have you ran windows update? I think I can recall
seeing something in the tech support forums about ATI issues with Civ 4.
I'll look around and I recommend that you do the same. If we don't come
up with anything, we can give support another call.
(start with windows update and see if it helps)
 
i sorted it Ingot.

somehow the ATI files got corrupted and it turned itself off, hence civ4 didn't know what i had. wasn't until i rebooted and got 800x600 that i realised there was a problem. ATI help files said uninstall but i couldn't reinstall it just crashed so i had to go extreme and reformat my laptop.

after a loooong time updating i am once again playing BTS.

thanks anyway Ingot
 
Hey guys, I've also had this problem and managed to fix it quite simply, what I had done wrong was forget were I had installed Civ4 originally. When installing Civ4 and the expansions it automatically goes into the C: drive, which is not were I keep it.

So, it gets installed to the "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe" etc, where there are Firaxis files, but I had top copy the whole BtS folder and paste it to "D:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe". After doing this BtS works for me.

FYI I have Warlords still installed etc and there doesn't seem to be any conflict, although all the games are off of discs and not D2D.

Hope this helps someone, sometimes when looking for problems the simple solutions are easy to miss!
 
Sounds like you have a nice solution there but, I can't really understand what you are saying. Could you clarify your solution?
 
Sorry mate, will try and clarify:

My pc came partitioned, i.e. my 150gig hard disk was split into a 40gig (HDD) C: drive and a 110gig (DATA) D: drive. The operating system (XP) and other essential programs and files are stored in the (HDD) C: drive, while music, films, games and other non-essential programs and files should be stored in the (DATA) D: drive.

I believe the reason for this is incase the need arises to reinstall your operating system (XP in my case) if/when something goes wrong; or if I wanted to install Vista without losing whatever I had on my pc when I was using XP.

So, when if I'm installing Civ4 etc, I change the place to save the game files from the default C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games etc, to D:\Program FIles\Firaxis Games etc.

The problem arises when the program you are installing, for whatever reason, doesn't let you change the location of where it is going to be installed. I think Civ4 and the expansions are guilty of this, or if they are not then the downloaded patches won't work unless the game is in C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\ etc (which is why I've got half the game installed in one place and the full game installed in an other).

What you need to check is the pathway for BtS: to do this right click on the BtS icon on your desktop; properties and check where the game application is looking for the game on your pc. As I said in my previous post, the default location is "C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword" but because not all of the game files were there (they were in my other, larger drive (DATA) D:) I had to manually change it in the icon properties to -> "D:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword"

The main thing to remember is that the pathway in properties etc must be where all the relevant files for the are. So, after checking the pathway follow it yourself, so you click on My Computer; then whichever drive the pathway says, if it starts off with C:\ double click on that, then Program Files etc right through and make sure the files are there, if not you only have to copy and paste, or even easier change the pathway itself to wherever the files are on your pc.

I think this problem has more to do with the computer not finding all the files it is supposed to find and thats whats causing the problem, and what I've tried to describe above is how I fixed the problem myself.

So, try looking at the pathway first and make sure that where the computer is looking is where the files are!

Hopefully that is a little bit clearer - if not just say and I'll try again.

P.S. - The screenshot is what your screen should look like in the Beyond the Sword Folder, the only difference is the wee file with the planet in bewtween < > those arrows, thats because I have a program to edit xml, but everything else should look the same.
 

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Ok,
so your installation was not finding the python.dll file it seems.
I don't konw if that is our problem and becuase everything is
working, I'm not inclined to experiment. However, if I want to
revert to Warlords someday with BTS installed, I may be able
to use your solution in some way.

Thanks for taking the time to clarify your situation. I think it
has given me a new understanding of the issue.
 
Hello, even after trying everything on this thread, I cannot find a solution to the "failed initializing python" error. Tech support was no help, I've tried cleaning the registry, and many other things. This is really making me sad, as I can see no reason as to why the game would not work. I've tried vanilla, BtS, Warlords, nothing seems to help.

Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Did you fully uninstall all versions of Civ, then resinstall only vanilla with BTS?
Warlords and BTS don't work together well.

You should try to completely uninstall everything and to be sure you have completely
removed everything, follow the procedures from this part of the thread that tells you how
to manually remove any remmenants:

Hello Rick,

RELEASE VERSION

A) Open My Computer then open the Local Disk C Drive
B) Open the program files folder.
C) Click on the tools menu then choose folder options
D) Click on the view tab and tick the box labelled "show hidden files and folders". Press OK
E) Open the installshield installation information folder
F) Search for a folder named {3E4B349F-10B5-4586-9D99-489A90A8B228}
G) Right click on the folder and choose rename. Press the End key on the keyboard and type the word OLD. Press the enter key


POST 2.08 PATCH

1) Click START > RUN and type REGEDIT
2) Now navigate to HKey_local machine > Software > Microsoft > Windows >Current Version > Uninstall.
3) Now can you delete the Folder {3E4B349F-10B5-4586-9D99-489A90A8B228}
4) Now run the setup.exe found on the Civilisation IV Warlords cd.

Customer (Entered by Michael Spence) 17/08/2007 06.25 PM


> When he starts beyond the sword he gets failed to initiate pyton when he goes to play the game. <


Reinstall and repatch civ 4 to 1.61 then install BTS and patch
 
You might have some registry entries from warlords remaining. Try the manual removal that is listed above and see if it helps.
(after fully uninstalling all expansions and vanilla using windows uninstaller)
 
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