Realism Invictus

Gandhi II
did you change the install folder name?

 

It is strange indeed. There is a zero division error stuck in there though; try using this file (replace the one in Realism Invictus/Assets/Python/Screens) and see if it helps any.

 

Hello. Me and my friends love the mod, thanks Walter you are a legend! Having just downloaded 3.55 however, we ran into a snag when trying to start a multiplayer game. Upon starting a new multiplayer game, one of my friends game loads up but has absolutely no interface at all. This is true of his singleplayer experience also. Has anyone else ran into this problem and know how it can be fixed? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you for the decade (and all that came before it) that I've been aware of R:I.

I guessed from the slowdown in SVNs that the end of an era might be near. Sadly, I too realized that the 3.55 game I recently finished may well be my last. Playing on giant maps it's been a long time since I've gotten to the natural end of a game, but this time I just had to keep going despite the MAFs every other turn.

I don't know if any other game will ever recapture the majesty of R:I.

 

I posted this earlier to another Realism: Invictus thread:

For the memory problems/crashes, I think I found a solution that works for me. It was suggested for another game, but works well here to. The app is called Process Lasso from Bitsum. It runs in the background and monitors/optimizes all the process that are running on your PC. It manages the priorities to keep background processes from hogging the CPU from foreground processes.

One feature it has is a thing called Trim. It will execute a Trim to have certain processes release memory at designated conditions. The other feature is Process Watchdog. This is a tool to monitor a specific process and take certain defined actions when defined conditions occur.

For Civ 4, I have a Watchdog set to Trim the working set memory whenever it exceeds 825Mb. I have not had an in-game memory problem ever since. The only problem is when I try to load a saved game from a running game. It crashes me to the desktop, but then I just restart and load the saved game fresh.

And I'm playing the historical scenario with 55 Civs and the Huge Earth map. I'm currently in game year 1781 and my save game file is 6,148kb.

 

It would seem the black tile issue went away for me, at least for now. Can't tell why. The only thing that I know for sure is different since I last tried (months ago) is that I have a widescreen monitor now.

 

And the black tiles are back. Didn't even end up playing RI since my previous post. As before, can't tell anything that's different on my computer since then.

 

This works beautifully. Not a single RI game crash even on the biggest maps since I started using it. Thank you.

I gave up on the official 3.55 release because of the black tiles. I've been using the SVN instead, and haven't had any black tiles with it.


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Thanks for the feedback on Process Lasso. It really works to sidestep the memory crashes, and I wonder if the word should be spread more widely to the Civ 4 community?

For the black tiles, I've never personally experienced them. I wonder if downgrading the rendering setting would help? I know that would degrade the graphics visually.

On the other hand, has anyone tried ensuring that the dedicated graphics card is being used on computers that have both an integrated and dedicate GPU? If one is causing the black tiles, try switching the game over to use the other one?

 

@Walter Hawkwood

I discovered something that could help you pinpoint the source of the problem. I don't have black tiles when I run Steam. When Steam isn't running they do appear. The thing is that I'm not playing the Steam version of Civ4 (Complete) but GOG's. Is it possible that there's something in your files that's interacting with Steam?

 

I don't understand why, but I have copied all the files .FPK from the folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Sid Meier's Civilization IV Beyond the Sword\Beyond the Sword\Mods\Realism Invictus\Assets,

to the folder:

D:\João Filho\OneDrive\Documentos\My Games\beyond the sword\CustomAssets,

and the problem was solved.

 

@Phylhom

See above. I got it working by running Steam in the background (even though I'm not playing a Steam version of the game). There seems to be a Steam connection in any case.

 

I am super interested in the "New World is the new Old World" update in SVN. I find it especially noteworthy that the Aztecs can give their new Captive Taking promotion line to other units above and beyond their National Units. It seems like no matter the circumstances, you can bet on the Aztecs being just a little bit better at handling barbarians than anyone else, which is a great thematic element. The Incan Chasquis getting a national wonder isn't quite as theme-focused, but it's also a fascinating way to impact playstyles beyond just combat.

My question is, do you envision other civs getting the same treatment? Perhaps Scandinavian units get a unique line of pillaging-themed promotions. Maybe Spanish units go a different direction and get a spread religion or remove heresy charge? You could borrow from the newer civ games and let Italian melee units build roads. There's a world of possibilities here, I'm just curious if that meets your vision for the mod or if you just wanted to show these civs specifically some love.

 

Another unrelated question - is there a way to predict which cities will levy a citizen militia when under attack or is it random? More mature cities are more likely but I can't nail down if it's based on population, culture, technology, etc. It would be nice if you knew that building a barracks/arsenal or walls/castle would guarantee you a citizen defense force.

 

It's based on culture afaik, but I don't know the exact numbers. It actually removes culture from the city tile to form the militia, so that makes the city easier to manage afterwards.

 

I don't believe it is directly linked to Steam per se, but Steam definitely influences something. I am getting even more confident that the problem lies with how Windows caches shaders, as Steam has its own shader cache. No idea what to do with that knowledge though.

Not in a major way, no. While I contemplated it before, it is just too much work at this point. I am just giving some units a facelift and improving stuff in the process. Just thought I'd make Aztecs and Incas a bit more unique while I was working on them. Don't plan anything as big as this for any other civ at this point.

It's basically 100% at Legendary culture 100% nationality and -20% for every culture level and -% for non-titular nationality. And of course the city should actually be able to draft the unit in question.

 

I understand, and I have no right to ask for anything more than what you feel inspired to do. Just know that you've still got fans out there checking out the new updates!

Thanks for the clarification. I'm assuming there's some sort of scaled down version of this after the first spawn? I've seen as many as three in a row while taking a big capital city.

 

Hello RI team!

First of all, thank you for the amazing mod, I'm having a lot of fun with it!

I'd like to have a question, if I may: I conquered the barbarian city circled with blue, and the city got destroyed, I wasn't able to capture it. The AI went, and captured what used to be a barbarian city circled with red.

Is this intentional, that the human can't capture barbarian cities while the AI can? Or it's random for everyone, that barbarian cities get destroyed? (Or other?)

 

I'm assuming the city in blue was a small one? Frequently population dies when conquering a city. Therefore if you attack a city with only one population, it will likely be razed during the fighting. To directly answer the question, humans can conquer barbarian cities like any other.

 

I guess that'd explain it, I didn't pay attention but sounds reasonable. Thank you!