Weird Problem with the game...

[Xmagnifiedplaid]

I just installed the game and i noticed a couple of things wrong:
1. The sound on the opening movie cuts in and out.
2. All I can see are the eyes and the teeth of the Leaders.
and 3. When I start playing the game I cant see the terrain.
If I can get any help on this I would be grateful.

 

[robaughjr]

Try to install 1.09 patch if you haven't already. Got rid of the leader face/black terrain for me. The intro movies is probably a soundcard problem. Disable your soundcard and load the game to find out for sure. If it is update your drivers or buy a new soundcard.

 

[Zydor]

Xm

Any other symptoms you can think of - it seems like you are running but with problems - such as slow game play, slow turns, CTDs, large save files, you play large / huge maps, blackterrain, xml hassles

it would be helpful to attach the dxdiag dump (go to start, click, type"dxdiag", let it run thro, press "save all information" - then attach it here

Regards
Zy

 

[stecoli]

I have a simila problem with a compaq presario 2500 and ATI Radeon IGP 345M,
Time of this report: 12/15/2005, 00:49:33
Machine name: STECOLI-PC
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: Italian (Regional Setting: Italian)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: Presario 2500 (DP871E)
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Processor: Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.30GHz
Memory: 446MB RAM
Page File: 305MB used, 749MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

 

[bio_hazard]

Stecoli-
I'm running on a Presario--2195us, 320M graphics card, otherwise probably pretty similar hardware (?)

From doing a lot of reading here, I'm not sure I have great news for you. Laptops with integrated graphics processors often have big problems with Civ4, especially if they don't support T&L (not sure about the 345M, but the 320M doesn't).

I installed the patch 1.09, and deleted the memory cache, and have a somewhat stable game but with stuttering movies and the black terrain problem. The terrain is fixable with a cheat (give yourself satellites in the worldbuilder). However, the game is still super slow/laggy, and with only 500mb ram nothing's really going to fix that.

Its worth looking around this forum, especially the stickies- it may be that you'll find people with your exact hardware have had more success than I have, or you can try some of the other fixes. There's a user-made patch by Harkonnen (sorry, can't find the link) that has been pretty successful, but I think it mainly helps people with speedy systems.

 

[robaughjr]

Harkonnen patch link:http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=146309
I'd say it's a must have with that little ram. As far as the black terrain, the 1.09 patch fixed it for me and I have an intel integrated chipset. If not all you can do is use the reveal map cheat.