Vista Compatibility patch?

[Ekolite]

Hi, I have just got Windows Vista and when I installed civ4 on my PC it came up with a popup saying there are known compatibility issues with vista and that I need to d/l a patch. But when I looked for patches none were obviously vista compatibility so now I'm seriously confused. Could someone possibly send me a link to the patch because none of the ones I've seen sound like the rights one.

 

[AluminumKnight]

You might need to download something for Vista? I'm not sure, I have Vista and Civ runs just fine.

 

[Ekolite]

It doesn't on mine , it says I need to d/l a patch.

 

[Wlauzon]

Make sure you have all the windows updates. A patch was included in there someplace quite a while back.

You also need to have all the current CIV patches, so why don't you just download the patch it tells you that you need.

 

[Ekolite]

I don't have internet on that PC so it wont tell me which one I need.

 

[Breunor]

Kol,

You may get more help on the technical support forum:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=159

Best wishes,

Breunor

 

[ShakyDave]

BTS has most of the fixes in it for vista issues.
You need to have the latest patches for Civ $ and Warlords if you have it.

 

[shieldfire]

I got that error when running in native Vista mode. When running in W2K compatible mode I got passed that. Now on my Vista sp1 and fully patched CIV I constantly get disc not found errors.

My experience is that it either
a/ has something to do with the Safedisc secdrv.sys file/system and CIV IV compatibility or
b/ has something to do with sp1 breaking compatibility or
c/ both
Just a suspicion though. Because there is a unofficial "patch" of sorts that actually solves the problem. But of course a better way of solving the problem is an official route. Not quite sure where it is though.

 

[ShakyDave]

I'm runnig BTS on A Dell Vista machine.

I had problems with Civ 4 and Warlords, but BTS fixed our issues.

Make sure to load all the patches for Civ 4 prior to loading BTS.