v1.52 Font Problem/Error/Lockup

[Gothic Knight]

Am playing a game and get all the way to 75BC. I move one particular settler unit on a spot, this is my last move in that turn. Hit enter to go to next turn and the game locks up.

Have tried setting graphics lower thinking it was a memory issue, turned off sound, etc.

Finally checked the ThemeParseLog to find the following:

[Jan 01, 2006 - 13:52:16] Messages while processing 'Resource/Themes/Civ4.thm'

Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:401, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_Italic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:402, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_BoldItalic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:408, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Window.thm', Ln:3048, Col:9) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found


My question is simple, are these fonts missing causing the lockup? If so, why are they missing? Or more exactly why is the program looking for fonts that are not there, and how do I resolve the issue if it the case.

Thanks.

 

[Gothic Knight]

After reading about everyone elses various problems with this game, am begining to wonder if it is going to turn out like Master of Orion 3...

Lame support, no important issues resolved, and a dust collector on the shelf. I really hope Firaxis does not turn out to be another Atari.

Guess I will just shelf it for now and check back in a few months for a working patch. As I have the lastest DirectX from December installed as well as latest other drivers. And going through a bazillion point checklist to get a game to run on a system tells me that it is not the particular system's problem but poor programming.

 

[Gothic Knight]

A little further information about why I think my lockup (and possibly others are occuring...)...

I move my settler into a specific square that is on the coast next to an AI settler unit. I know he is going to move through that square and setup a city, and I am trying to get the area first. Anyhow.

If I move ANYWHERE else but that one particular square, the game does NOT freeze up. But if I move into the one he obviously wants to build a city in (which he does if I move into one of the other ones...) the game freezes.

So at this point, would have to say it is very unlikely that it is a graphic/sound driver problem.

More likely a GREEDY CHEATING AI problem.

 

[Rikard78]

Hello,

I appear to have a very similar problem; at least the game crashes at the same point and I get an identical message in the Themeparselog to do with fonts. I have done nothing special in my turn and I hit the end of turn and always get a crash. It seems to be caused by the AI (Mehmed II) sailing his caravel into my waters and thereby causing me to meet him for the first time. Curiously, when I do a lookup on civpedia for Mehmed the entry is completely blank. It makes me think that that civ is not installed properly......

In any case, it#s highly frustrating! Were you ever able to resolve your problem?

 

[crunch]

Read: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=179633

 

[Rikard78]

thanks for that! - the solution posted at:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpo...2&postcount=23

worked just fine.

I think somebody else posted on this but I do wonder how this kind of bug managed to get through Firaxis Quality Control.....

 

[vandish]

I have the same problem:


Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:401, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_Italic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:402, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size3_BoldItalic' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Common.thm', Ln:408, Col:13) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found
Error : Decl - ('Civ4Theme_Window.thm', Ln:3048, Col:9) Assignment source propertyId 'SF_CtrlTheme_Civ4_Control_Font_Size1_Bold' not found

How can I solve it? Thanks.