Start from Play Now testing phase

[Leoreth]

Yeah, the new update didn't come over clean. Even down to dynamicnames_england has a red mark.

1) This is unrelated to what we are talking about.
2) Did you manually edit this file?

 

[BigSchwartzzz]

I didn't do anything out of ordinary. Git pull and that's it. Only thing I can think of is delete all the problematic individual entities and repull it. Figured if he had a problem with the newest-patch and I had a different problem altogether but with the same newest-patch there might be some sort of relationship or overlap between the two issues. I have no idea if that would be the case but figured it'd be worth mentioning as a possible clue to his issue.

 

[Leoreth]

If you make local changes, there will be conflicts when pulling from git.

 

[BigSchwartzzz]

The only thing I ever touch in the code is hiding python exceptions and that's far outside the RFCD folder. And the newest pull lit that folder up like a Christmas Tree.

 

[Leoreth]

I cannot remote diagnose how you made that happen. If you are not familiar with git, the easiest way to recover from your error is to clone the repository again.

 

[Leoreth]

That's no bueno either, with the MapParser.py change or not. Is the problem exclusive to the Steam version?

Had a different idea that might work if you don't mind trying. What happens if you open the RFC_3000BC.txt file with Notepad++, use Edit -> EOL conversion -> Windows, and then try to load the 3000 BC scenario?

 

[black213]

Had a different idea that might work if you don't mind trying. What happens if you open the RFC_3000BC.txt file with Notepad++, use Edit -> EOL conversion -> Windows, and then try to load the 3000 BC scenario?

3000BC file was already in Windows format. I tried it for the 600AD one but it made no difference, still just closes the game.

 

[Leoreth]

:/

 

[borhap88]

I've had the same issues (All 3000BC games start with some python exceptions and generate a flat map of grassland. Starting 600AD instead just closes the game) with Windows 10 as well. I give up for now, I'll try in the near future.

I'm on Windows 11 and playing the Steam version of Civ4 (rolled back to a prior version which was recommended somewhere here on the DoC forums).

 

[Leoreth]

How did you get the files from git? Using a git client, or by downloading a zip file? (Question for both of you)

 

[black213]

I did it by downloading as a zip

 

[borhap88]

I did it by downloading as a zip

Me too.

 

[Leoreth]

Interesting. I will see what happens when I do this on my end.

If you're open to it, you can try the git client. This one is pretty easy to install on windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win

 

[black213]

Interesting. I will see what happens when I do this on my end.

If you're open to it, you can try the git client. This one is pretty easy to install on windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win

Yes, it seems that something goes wrong with the files when downloaded as a zip for one reason or another. It works after pulling with TortoiseGit.

 

[Leoreth]

That's great to know! Narrows the number of possible explanations, and hopefully will not affect the eventual installer. I would still like to keep the option to download via zip available, so I am going to look into this some more.