Shono Mercy
Chieftain
It worked! thank you very much! now time to play ^_^
The Save File Has Been Protected to Ensure that Your Mod Files Have Not Been Changed
- Thread starter BrantleyL1
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It worked! thank you very much! now time to play ^_^
dannybe
Chieftain
I would get the same message when trying to load the latest GOTM. I have Warlords but not Beyond the Sword. I had to load the Beyond the Sword 3.13 patch before I could play the GOTM. Thanks to ChrisFromLux for his advice!!
ChrisFromLux
former 'Misfit'
Always glad to help 
Good luck ...
Good luck ...
BrantleyL1
Warlord
One step at a time....
Found, downloaded and installed the 1.6.1 patch... IT said something to the effect of "updating from version 1.09 to 1.61"... Then the 1.74 patch said "updating from 1.61 to 1.74"... YEAH
They could make the instructions a bit clearer... I don't think there was anything on the 1.74 page about doing 1.61 first!
Got sidetracked in playing a game, so have not tried re-installing BtS yet...
Ulfang
Balrog
Sorry to be the "but it doesn't work for me" person but....
Ok I recently started a PBEM using Vanilla Civ IV whilst also having Warlords and BtS installed. The game was going fine then I started a BtS PBEM as well and had to update to 3.13 and of course started getting the above error for my Vanilla game. Now i understand the .dll has been replaced with the 3.13 installation. I've checked and I know that I'm updated to 3.13, I tried downloading 1.74 and although it was already installed I was able to re-install 1.74 but it didn't make any difference - still get the error. Is there a link to the .dll I need to copy into the assets folder? Patching 1.74 didn't make a difference or do I need to do a complete re-installation of the game and expansions ... and patches??
Ok I recently started a PBEM using Vanilla Civ IV whilst also having Warlords and BtS installed. The game was going fine then I started a BtS PBEM as well and had to update to 3.13 and of course started getting the above error for my Vanilla game. Now i understand the .dll has been replaced with the 3.13 installation. I've checked and I know that I'm updated to 3.13, I tried downloading 1.74 and although it was already installed I was able to re-install 1.74 but it didn't make any difference - still get the error. Is there a link to the .dll I need to copy into the assets folder? Patching 1.74 didn't make a difference or do I need to do a complete re-installation of the game and expansions ... and patches??
I'm not sure what you want to get working - your old vanilla PBEM, or new a GOTM, or your new BtS PBEM, or all three?
If you need to continue your old PBEM game then you need to re-instate the exact same versions of software you had when you were playing it. Which vanilla version and which Warlords did you have then? Since that was pre-3.13, I am guessing it was vanilla 1.74 + Warlords 2.13, but it isn't clear from your post. You could also get this information by asking your PBEM competitors what configuration they have, and then reinstall to get back to that state.
If you want to play current vanilla GOTMs and your BtS PBEM then you should be OK with a full installation of C-IV 1.74 + WL 2.13 + BtS 3.13.
If you want to play both, plus the BtS PBEM game, then you need a dual installation. Create the set-up you need for the vanilla PBEM, make sure it works, then duplicate the entire Sid Meier's Civilization 4 folder in your \Program Files\ directory path, then upgrade on of the copies to the latest of everything and use that one for current xOTMs and your 3.13 PBEM game.
If you need to continue your old PBEM game then you need to re-instate the exact same versions of software you had when you were playing it. Which vanilla version and which Warlords did you have then? Since that was pre-3.13, I am guessing it was vanilla 1.74 + Warlords 2.13, but it isn't clear from your post. You could also get this information by asking your PBEM competitors what configuration they have, and then reinstall to get back to that state.
If you want to play current vanilla GOTMs and your BtS PBEM then you should be OK with a full installation of C-IV 1.74 + WL 2.13 + BtS 3.13.
If you want to play both, plus the BtS PBEM game, then you need a dual installation. Create the set-up you need for the vanilla PBEM, make sure it works, then duplicate the entire Sid Meier's Civilization 4 folder in your \Program Files\ directory path, then upgrade on of the copies to the latest of everything and use that one for current xOTMs and your 3.13 PBEM game.
Ulfang
Balrog
Ahh I was afraid of that! Was hoping I could use both the Vanilla PBEM function and the BtS PBEM. (um not sure what GOTM is??)
I had the Vanilla 1.74 and Warlords (whatever the latest patch for that was prior to BtS) and BtS (pathc prior to 3.13). Started the vanilla PBEM and it was fine till I started the BtS PBEM and needed to install BtS 3.13. It was advised that I should be able to play both Vanilla 1.74 and BtS 3.13 games but was assuming that because I patched BtS to 3.13 after starting the 1.74 game then that's what caused the problem.
I want to play both games you see and the people playing the vanilla PBEM don't have BtS so my question was how can I get the 1.74 save to load while still being able to play the 3.13 game!? I guess you answered that though
Ulfang
Balrog
Ahh well I was directed here via a link in regard to the error I was receiving so wasn't aware of the GOTM
Just that I'm receiving the same error! 
You should be able to get the original DLL back by deleting the current one and re-patching. You might want to make a copy of both the old and new DLLs so you can swap them out depending on which game you want to play. Good luck.
Ulfang
Balrog
Thanks Denniz. I had repatched but hadn't thought to delete the .dll first. The repatching didn't make any difference. I want to play both and had understood I would be able to play both with one installation. As I said I started with the Civ IV vanilla game with no problems but when I updated BtS I received the problem. Sounds like I might have to have two seperate installs to play both PBEM games. Anyway I'll work it out.
Sorry for hijacking the thread I wasn't aware it was for GOTM. Someone sent me a link to the thread saying people had had the same problem here bit wasn't aware you were talking about a specific type of game....
No problem, we've had a lot of hassle with these issues here, so we're happy to help if we can.
It sounds like Denniz' idea will work if you want to avoid dual installations.
It sounds like Denniz' idea will work if you want to avoid dual installations.
MarkM
Cow Herder
Yeah I can verify that you can play with both dlls, all you need to do is go in and rename each (fyi what I actually do is have three dll files, one suffixed "bh" for the unofficial one, one suffixed "orig" for the shipped one, and anytime I want to switch (or forget which one i have I just delete the "real" one that ends in .dll (and no furhter sufifx), make a copy of whichever one I want, then remove the final suffix.
It would be pretty easy to even write a batch file to do this for you, but I can't be bothered
I just delete the "real" one that ends in .dll (and no furhter sufifx), make a copy of whichever one I want, then remove the final suffix.It would be pretty easy to even write a batch file to do this for you, but I can't be bothered
BrantleyL1
Warlord
The circle is now complete...
Brief recap:
I uninstalled BtS and Vanilla.
Reinstalled Vanilla.
Patched to 1.61
Patched to 1.74
Installed latest HOF for Vanilla.
Vanilla worked!! (Yeah!!)
Played a game on vanilla - got sidetracked on that game...
Last night...
Reinstalled BtS.
Patched to 3.13
Installed latest HOF for BtS.
Started on the BtSGOTM...
Tried to start the GOTM 26 for Vanilla and got the message that started out the whole dialog. If I recall correctly, there is a file (DLL?) that I need to download and put in the Vanilla directory. I seem to have missed where that info is... What file? Where do I put it? And I need to keep the original, in case I need to patch again - right??
Thanks!!
Brief recap:
I uninstalled BtS and Vanilla.
Reinstalled Vanilla.
Patched to 1.61
Patched to 1.74
Installed latest HOF for Vanilla.
Vanilla worked!! (Yeah!!)
Played a game on vanilla - got sidetracked on that game...
Last night...
Reinstalled BtS.
Patched to 3.13
Installed latest HOF for BtS.
Started on the BtSGOTM...
Tried to start the GOTM 26 for Vanilla and got the message that started out the whole dialog. If I recall correctly, there is a file (DLL?) that I need to download and put in the Vanilla directory. I seem to have missed where that info is... What file? Where do I put it? And I need to keep the original, in case I need to patch again - right??
Thanks!!
CvGameCoreDLL-hell should be behind us (at least until Firaxis start messing with our heads again).
You should be able to play GOTM 26 with exactly the same set-up that you use to play BOTM 01 or 02. So I've no idea why you are still having this problem.
Have you run the AssetChecker?
You should be able to play GOTM 26 with exactly the same set-up that you use to play BOTM 01 or 02. So I've no idea why you are still having this problem.
Have you run the AssetChecker?
BrantleyL1
Warlord
Excuse me for being dense... But WHERE is the asset checker???
On the HoF Web Site there's a page devoted to the HoF Mod. One of the tabs on that page takes you to the Asset Checker. You need to downlaod that and install it.
It was developed by the HoF team using MS .NET, so if you don't have the .NET v2 framework installed it will ask you to install that, as well! The wonders of Windows.
It was developed by the HoF team using MS .NET, so if you don't have the .NET v2 framework installed it will ask you to install that, as well! The wonders of Windows.
) not being able to be run on the first version of Mac OS X 
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