What updates I need for Civilization Comeplete?
- Thread starter TheViPer
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Bear in mind that the patch won't work by just running it, unless you happened to change the installation folder to "Sid Meier's Civilization 4" instead of the default "Sid Meier's Civilization 4 Complete." The problem is that Complete uses the latter folder name by default, and the patch is set up to look for the former installation folder. Since it doesn't find it, it creates a new path of folders and the game isn't patched.
I don't know the exact procedure since I never did it, but you have to copy the files over from the new path to the old one, overwriting the previously installed files. Maybe someone else who has actually done this can tell you exactly how.
Another option would be to uninstall the game, then reinstall, but this time choosing "custom install." When it asks you for the installation folder, backspace over " Complete" (note the space before complete) to rename it to what the non-complete version uses.
I don't know the exact procedure since I never did it, but you have to copy the files over from the new path to the old one, overwriting the previously installed files. Maybe someone else who has actually done this can tell you exactly how.
Another option would be to uninstall the game, then reinstall, but this time choosing "custom install." When it asks you for the installation folder, backspace over " Complete" (note the space before complete) to rename it to what the non-complete version uses.
That doesn't matter one bit. The patch finds the folder by looking at the computer's registry, not by the actual folder name. The registry will have the location of the game, and the location of every single program on your system, stored in it's database. When I install the game I drop the Sid Meier bit and simply call the folder Civilization 4. By your reasoning the patch shouldn't be able to find the game but it has no problems. You really should learn how computers work before spreading bad advice.
I read that several others here had problems getting the patch to install, and it was creating a different folder. When I installed the game, I noticed it was going to install in a different folder, so I changed it, and the patch worked for me, so I thought that was the problem. If it would find the location of the exe anyway, I wonder why others had problems with the patch.
This thread has some people who said it was creating a different folder: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=286835
What's probably happening there is that they originally installed the vanilla game, or vanilla + Warlords, then later got Complete. This created two seperate install paths in the registry, one of which was never cleared out from it's database. This would confuse the patch to think that the original path was still valid, even though it wasn't. Many games when uninstalled don't bother cleaning up their registry entires when you uninstall them. That's why sometimes you need to use a registry cleaner to clear out all those obsolete entries. If the game was simply searching your hard drive for a specific folder then I would never have been able to patch the game, as I always rename my folder. The name of the folder itself means nothing, it's the registry entry that matters. It's like an address book that lists all the programs on your computer and tells it where everything is. If there's something wrong with that entry then the patch is going to have problems finding the game.
Error Code: -5006 : 0x8000ffff
Error Information:
>SetupNew\SetupDLL.cpp (841)
PAPP:Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword
PVENDOR:Firaxis Games (http://www.2kgames.com/civ4)
PGUID:32E4F0D2-C135-475E-A841-1D59A0D22989
$12.0.0.49985PAK
@Windows XP Service Pack 3 (2600) BT_OTHER 256.64
Error Information:
>SetupNew\SetupDLL.cpp (841)
PAPP:Sid Meier's Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword
PVENDOR:Firaxis Games (http://www.2kgames.com/civ4)
PGUID:32E4F0D2-C135-475E-A841-1D59A0D22989
$12.0.0.49985PAK
@Windows XP Service Pack 3 (2600) BT_OTHER 256.64
Welcome to CFC 
set windows to show hidden files
go to
\program files\common files
delete or rename the installshield folder
try to install the patch
Moderator Action: moved to Tech Support
set windows to show hidden files
go to
\program files\common files
delete or rename the installshield folder
try to install the patch
Moderator Action: moved to Tech Support
OscarWildebeest
Prince
My version didn't come with any patches for BtS, although Vanilla was fully patched (not sure about Warlords, haven't tried to play it).
[I should add that I managed to install the 3.17 patch successfully, albeit with a minor emergency when I had to re-set the resolution.]
unfortunately there seems to be little information available on this error - try this thread (first two posts):
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=262258
especially clearing the temp files might be worth a shot
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=262258
especially clearing the temp files might be worth a shot
