Due to not being able to use Civ 4 like I hoped I have had to return the game to Amazon.co.uk simply due to the game not finding the damn DVD drive even though it looks at the damn drive the DVD and then tells me please insert the correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application I find this very odd that a game these days is so badly written that it needs people out side of the company to try and fix it.
Why dont games companies employ the right staff to get the game right in the first place?
I read somewhere that the publisher moved the publishing date up should be a load of bullocks as you should only release a product that is working out of the box, does that not make the product libel for people to take you to court and get there money back??
I have a mid range computer and I see no reason as to why Civ 4 wont work but there again call of duty 2 does not work quake 4 did not work till the patch was released both of those game had the same problem Civ 4 now does,
NO one can find a F****** DVD drive whats this all about hey ??
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name COFFEE
System Manufacturer NVIDIA
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2191 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F15, 02/08/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name COFFEE\John Stubbs
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 630.77 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
And before someone tells me that I have not get my PC setup right I would like to just say that I have done everything I can think of to get this f****** game to work.
I feel that the writing of computer code these days is getting very sloppy due to the amount of space they have to play with, I.E. the standard hard drive these days is 80gig where in the old days you had a lot less and so writers had to make things work and not leave it so people either get board with the games play and put it on the shelve or just make do with a half decent game.
Right to the things I have done to get this pile of crap to work are.
1. Installed the patch
2. Check all my windows 32 drivers
3. Update the firmware on my DVD drive
4. Unplugged all other drives in the computer
5. Tried installing onto another PC that played the game so its not the DVD
6. Even changed the locale of the computer in the hope I had a US DVD but no
So the conclusion here is that if you want an up to date game you either wait for mouths while the forum people sort out the crap or you dont bother at all.
Or is it a case we all buy a standard computer like a Dell ?? Then all the hardware is the same and you dont get the crap excuse that its a hardware issue.
Right Im off to play quake 4 now that things works.
John Stubbs
Why dont games companies employ the right staff to get the game right in the first place?
I read somewhere that the publisher moved the publishing date up should be a load of bullocks as you should only release a product that is working out of the box, does that not make the product libel for people to take you to court and get there money back??
I have a mid range computer and I see no reason as to why Civ 4 wont work but there again call of duty 2 does not work quake 4 did not work till the patch was released both of those game had the same problem Civ 4 now does,
NO one can find a F****** DVD drive whats this all about hey ??
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name COFFEE
System Manufacturer NVIDIA
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2191 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. F15, 02/08/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name COFFEE\John Stubbs
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 630.77 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
And before someone tells me that I have not get my PC setup right I would like to just say that I have done everything I can think of to get this f****** game to work.
I feel that the writing of computer code these days is getting very sloppy due to the amount of space they have to play with, I.E. the standard hard drive these days is 80gig where in the old days you had a lot less and so writers had to make things work and not leave it so people either get board with the games play and put it on the shelve or just make do with a half decent game.
Right to the things I have done to get this pile of crap to work are.
1. Installed the patch
2. Check all my windows 32 drivers
3. Update the firmware on my DVD drive
4. Unplugged all other drives in the computer
5. Tried installing onto another PC that played the game so its not the DVD
6. Even changed the locale of the computer in the hope I had a US DVD but no
So the conclusion here is that if you want an up to date game you either wait for mouths while the forum people sort out the crap or you dont bother at all.
Or is it a case we all buy a standard computer like a Dell ?? Then all the hardware is the same and you dont get the crap excuse that its a hardware issue.
Right Im off to play quake 4 now that things works.
John Stubbs
