Vista problems....what a shock

[DrwHem]

First off i would like to state that i had no desire to buy vista...its all my school would let me buy from them. now on to the problem...by bts is patched to 1.03 currently as i can not find a 3.13 link.
when i played bts on my old computer with xp i had no problems with the mods or anything. now that ive reinstalled it on vista i have not been able to play a single mod successfully. My first try was the max riga mod. That mod actually started up and let me play about 20 turns. then on turn number 21 i continually got a crash. So then i tried the europa mod. That mod failed to even start. Then i moved on to the history in the making mod which looks pretty sweet. That mod starts up and lets me begin a game...but it fails to restrain the number of ai for some reason. i tried an 18 player game on huge and that crashed. i tried a quick game and that crashed and then i tried a scenario and that crashed. I am currently reinstalling all of civ4 for the 2nd time in a row. does anyone have any idea why god wont let me play bts?

 

[Zelig]

It's not a problem with Vista, Civ IV works fine with it. Just hit the "check for updates" in the menu to update to 3.13.

 

[Dagta]

It may be a DirectX issues. Once you have BTS installed, go into the Advanced menu from the main menu and check for updates. Version 3.13 will download from there and then install. I think that version contains a DirectX check and update, so that may fix your crash issues.

 

[HiroHito]

"Vista is perfect, there are no bugs in vista, this is just lies, we are in control of the interface, I repeat there are no bugs related to Vista"

-Microsoft Minister of Information.

 

[Zelig]

Vista is perfect, there are no bugs in vista, this is just lies, we are in control of the interface, I repeat there are no bugs related to Vista

Except they self-document bugs, it's no secret, I haven't been keeping track of the exact number though.

It's better than XP, and in any case, nobody is being forced to use it.

 

[IamJohn]

by bts is patched to 1.03 currently as i can not find a 3.13 link.

There's three links for it on the civfanatics main page on the announcement of the patch, there's a link for the patch at the top of the main page, it's available from civ.com (downloads section), and you can get it from in game via going to main menu ->Advanced ->Check for patch.

Also if you haven't updated are you sure that the mod works for non-patched Civ4?