Yield display only shows food

[Ragnoff]

same bug with GeForce 4 MMX 440, with the newest drivers downloaded just today.

 

[mash]

I have latest driver too, for MX 440. It seems only a small number of people with certain cards have this problem. But i'm not convinced that graphics cards are responsible for this. Because even when there is 2 toasts in a square the toast is not supposed to be next to each other but on top of each other. Maybe some copies of the game have a bug that rpalces all yield incons with pieces of bread. I'm playing a DVD version of the game from Europe. Are others in this post also playing the DVD version or do some have the 2 CD version?
Very weird problem... Since it makes city mangement a real pain in the ass an spoils the game strategy.

 

[General_W]

I'm playing a DVD version of the game from Europe. Are others in this post also playing the DVD version or do some have the 2 CD version?

I'm using the 2 CD US version. - same problem. Too weird.

 

[gskyes]

I am also one who is having this problem. The threads on this topic are rare compared to the black terrain and "I can't even make the game run" stuff, so it must not be too common. I, like almost everyone else in this thread, have a GeForce4 MX440. That makes me think its a video card problem, but i'm no computer expert so who knows. Maybe its a small percentage of us who have the combination of GeForce cards and got a bad copy of the game?

This doesn't make the game unplayable but it is irritating. I have just been letting the computer handle citizen placement for now. I'll let you guys know if i can find a way to fix this.

 

[catorulz]

I have this problem too. No other graphics problems like black terrain though. I do have choppy video and sound but I attribute that to the old PC.

Athlon 1GHz
256MB RAM
GeForce 2 card (Asus V7700)

 

[Scot_free]

Same thing here, meh, has to be the video card cuz it's everyone with a GeForce MX card or another older GeForce card. I myself have:

P4 2.53 GHz
512 RAM
GeForce 4 MX420

and have the same problem. The odd thing is that the icons are sometimes garbled a little; I mean to say, it looks like the food icons are partially eaten sometimes. Haven't noticed (or tried to notice) any patterns though.

 

[mash]

yes on hills the bread seems half eaten. THis problem should be easily fixed with a patch, but the question is when? Maybe I should send a msg to firaxis or 2k games. Also maybe many people have this problem but haven't noticed it yet.

 

[zorven]

same thing for me i have nvidia 4400. makes micromanaging the city screen a *****, damn it

If you mean the GeForce4 Ti 4400, then I have the same card and have no graphic problems.

 

[ombak]

Nvidia GEForce MX420. Same problem here. Bread only.

 

[nextgenciver]

Same here!!!!! I have geforce 2!!!!!

It would be a lot easier with it on the city screen. i have to zoom in and out to find what the tile has

this all seems to be happening with geforces.

 

[Distraction]

I've got this too, along with a problem where part of the floodplains show up in the fog of war. GeForce 440 MX

 

[voodoocat]

GeForce 440MX checking in with the same problem.

 

[yalejock]

I think so many ppl have problems even getting this game to run - they do not notice this... in fact I AM YET TO HEAR OF ANYONE who sees hammers... they might have burnt the old code on the CDs heheheh...

 

[kynetic]

maybe its not video card, i get this exact problem with a Radeon 7500, 64 MB, Win2000.

also, i never got the dread renderer error, or the all black terrain, or the "chesire cat,"
but the water will change from normal looking, to part normal/part black triangles, to all black, as you scroll around.

the land, and the units have always looked fine.

 

[Ravenlock]

I think so many ppl have problems even getting this game to run - they do not notice this... in fact I AM YET TO HEAR OF ANYONE who sees hammers... they might have burnt the old code on the CDs heheheh...

No, I definitely see hammers in my copy. Only visual problem I have is the globe view messing up when I zoom way out. My friend from work who bought the game, however, has an integrated GeForce MX card and sees only bread, and sees the floodplains through the fog of war. Definitely a common issue.

 

[Ragnoff]

not all systems have it yalejock, one one of my systems it works fine, but on the system with the GeForce 4 MMX 440 it has this bug.

 

[mash]

I think many people indeed haven't noticed the missing hammers and coins yet, but I think some people are not facing this problem. I really wanna get this fixed before I can properly test drive this game, in the hope of eventually liking it since right now I'm pretty disapointed.

 

[yalejock]

Man... I wonder if we should all return this game and demand a refund... maybe then they will think twice before releasing buggy software.

 

[mash]

Man... I wonder if we should all return this game and demand a refund... maybe then they will think twice before releasing buggy software.

This kind of buggy game simply encourages piracy. It's so easy to buy a game, only to find that it doesn't work with your setup or it has some weird mysterious bug, and then it's hell to return it since it's been opened. I think only quality games should deserve our hard earned cash. If Firaxis and 2k games expect me to pay for Civ IV they better test the hell out of it to make sure it's working properly. I was really planning to buy a copy to support them after reading the reviews, but after seeing for myself this beta masquerading as a release, I'm sure am happy I kept my 60 bucks.
This game will probably be great after 2 huge patches. And I think once you get into it, it will be as enjoyable as civ 3 was.

 

[timmy]

never realized it before because i was content that i was actually able to play but same problem exists here with same geforce mx card.