I must thank everyone involved for the release of the 1.52 patch! Those memory issues were really making me
The game runs fine for me except for this one issue.
The run-down:
Intel P4 3.0GHz
1GB PC3200 DDR
nVIDIA GFORCE FX5500 256MB (with the new Forceware drivers v81.98)
SB Live!
WinXP SP2 (the the latest & greatest patches & hotfixes from MS)
Symptoms:
After the game starts, the cursor 'freezes'.
It actually still works, but the cursor graphics are locked in place.
After exiting the game, the invisible cursor resides.
I have to goto Control Panel/Mouse to enable mouse trails to get the pointer grahics to reappear.
After some careful observations I noticed:
when ever the cursor is on an area where data windows overlap, it becomes a problem.
For instance, the lower right-hand side where you see the list of CIV nations and the map overlap one another, BAD place to leave your cursor when ending your turn.
I just played for approx. 1.5 hours without a problem.
What I did: I kept the cursor directly under, and centered, under the green research bar along the top of the screen. I did this whenever I end my turn, or when my machine is processing other CIV4 tasks. (basically whenever possible)
It take a little getting used to (training yourself to park that cursor there all the time) but I think it helps.
Keeping the cursor away from overlaping data objects can be very tricky, especially when you want/need to pick a building improvement for a city.
I was doing just that, I wanted to see the attributes of an improvement in the list (the little help dialog window when you hold the cursor pointer over a particular improvement) and I lost the cursor graphics.
I'm learn to deal with it with a little help.
WinXP // Control Panel / Mouse / 'Pointer Options' Tab /
There's a little something called "Show location of pointer... press the CTRL key" This is VERY useful!
I made a shortcut for the 'Mouse' control panel applet on my desktop (right next to the CIV4 shortcut So I can access that without jumping thru hoops.

The game runs fine for me except for this one issue.
The run-down:
Intel P4 3.0GHz
1GB PC3200 DDR
nVIDIA GFORCE FX5500 256MB (with the new Forceware drivers v81.98)
SB Live!
WinXP SP2 (the the latest & greatest patches & hotfixes from MS)
Symptoms:
After the game starts, the cursor 'freezes'.
It actually still works, but the cursor graphics are locked in place.
After exiting the game, the invisible cursor resides.
I have to goto Control Panel/Mouse to enable mouse trails to get the pointer grahics to reappear.
After some careful observations I noticed:
when ever the cursor is on an area where data windows overlap, it becomes a problem.
For instance, the lower right-hand side where you see the list of CIV nations and the map overlap one another, BAD place to leave your cursor when ending your turn.
I just played for approx. 1.5 hours without a problem.
What I did: I kept the cursor directly under, and centered, under the green research bar along the top of the screen. I did this whenever I end my turn, or when my machine is processing other CIV4 tasks. (basically whenever possible)
It take a little getting used to (training yourself to park that cursor there all the time) but I think it helps.
Keeping the cursor away from overlaping data objects can be very tricky, especially when you want/need to pick a building improvement for a city.
I was doing just that, I wanted to see the attributes of an improvement in the list (the little help dialog window when you hold the cursor pointer over a particular improvement) and I lost the cursor graphics.
I'm learn to deal with it with a little help.
WinXP // Control Panel / Mouse / 'Pointer Options' Tab /
There's a little something called "Show location of pointer... press the CTRL key" This is VERY useful!
I made a shortcut for the 'Mouse' control panel applet on my desktop (right next to the CIV4 shortcut So I can access that without jumping thru hoops.