Yield display only shows food

[Sk0pe]

I also have a GF4 MX440, and have been experiencing multiple problems, including food only yield, flood-plains always visible, MASSIVE amounts of drive activity, extraordinarily low frame rates, texture loss, CTD, computer restarts... the list goes on.

A mate of mine had a GF4 Ti 4200 with 128MB sitting in a drawer, unused. So, last night I grabbed it and replaced my tired old MX440.

The game is now playable. I have no issues with the game whatsoever (except for the occasionally choppy wonder movies - nothing a quick press of the "Esc" key doesn't fix). Constantly good frame rate, no texture problems, even the time between turns is significantly lower (yes I know this does not really make sense, but I tried it on several savegames and the difference is quite apparent). Drive churn has gone too.

I am using the latest Omega drivers, as I was for the MX440. All this makes me think that the biggest mistake from Take2 was incorrect System requirements. Honestly, the difference is incredible - and they're the same family of cards! (By family I mean GeForce 4.)

I am planning on acquiring a GF FX 6200 now. The Ti4200 can go home when that comes in, although my mate has offered it to me at $AU25, which is worth it to get Civ4 working like this. Hmmmm...

 

[Roetghoer]

Nvidia Geforce4 MX 440 64MB
driver version 6.14.0010.8194 (eng)

and having same problems as stated by many,

1.visibility of floodplains through undiscovered terrain
2.invisibility of hammers and commerce
3.sometimes map goes black in some parts
4.sometimes undiscovered terrain will temporarily be visible from certain viewpoints, to the left or right side of a vertical line on the screen
5.sometimes a 3D vertical plain of a beige color appears (virtually shooting up towards your face), it reacts to scrollmovements and i can change my viewpoint on it, clearly a driver problem.

And i'm still in the process of tweaking my pc to perform better at the game.
1800+ AMD using 768MB and an audigy card

I've set the Page file size to 1500 min 2500max because i noticed a large pagefiling increase during the game. I dislike standard size games or smaller and mostly play huge or terra (extra large!!) maps which of course adds to the problem.

Anyway, the thread clearly specifies problems with the Geforce4 MX 440,
so i don't feel lonely in this

 

[chiefcommander]

I've got a NVIDIA GeForce4 420 Go (32MB!!!) with driver version 77.56 (as a newer one made my system hangup, bluescreen when booting))

I have the problem with the invisibility of hammers and commerce, too.

The comment "There were also a number of video card specific fixes." in the patch announcement gives me hope that the patch might fix our problem...

 

[Juliusan]

My NVIDIA GeForce4 420 does that too...
I cann't see hammers or coins and my starting video and some wonder movies stutters a bit...

 

[Barak]

How do you clear out the game cache?

 

[Juliusan]

How do you clear out the game cache?

Just delete folder C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\My Games\Civilization IV\cache (For Win 2k and Xp).
By the way, if it is not there, it might be hidden... Than you'll have to go to Tools in MS Explorer menu, hit "Folder options" and select View tab. Then check that radio button "Show hidden files" is selected.

 

[BF_Sweden]

When I press the yield button I dont see anything. Dont know if anyone else have the same problem but I think its a bug.

 

[Eastian]

Got same issues as Roetghoer, same video card. Hope the patch will resolve this...

 

[Juliusan]

I heard that the patch (which came out yesterday, but now is taken out and being tested) fixes this issue. Can anybody confirm that?

 

[highstreet]

I heard that the patch (which came out yesterday, but now is taken out and being tested) fixes this issue. Can anybody confirm that?

Confirmed!! Now I can see the hammers and coins too. I couldn't be happier about this.

 

[MattJek]

Confirmed!! Now I can see the hammers and coins too. I couldn't be happier about this.

Sweet, what a relief.... I dont have the patch yet. Im waiting to make sure its works 100%. (ive read there is still some errors in it)

 

[Robi D]

Confirmed!! Now I can see the hammers and coins too. I couldn't be happier about this.

Same here, just downloaded the patch and i can see hammers and coins

The game also runs smoother but the movies are still a little jumpy but i can live with that

 

[Eastian]

Same here!!!

 

[playshogi]

Yes, you can now see the coins and hammers. However, you can also see the floodplain graphic through the fog, too. Maybe, somebody could just mod the floodplain graphic to fix this?

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[angeleyes]

I wonder if this is a bug or a feature. I've always thought that, because the
mini map is not centered, the designers wanted to give you a clue where to
go....

Asperge

 

[Berry]

I hope the patch will fix the coin- and hammerproblem for me to. The floodthing isn't such a big deal.
I will install it later this day.

 

[Roland Johansen]

The patch fixed the commerce/hammer problem for me:

Nvidia geforce 2 MX/MX 400 (64MB), 1600Mhz, 512 MB Memory.

Good luck for the rest of you!

 

[JCricket]

Yep, add another happy owner of the MX440 to your list
At last have my precious hammers and coins just where they suppose to be

 

[MattJek]

Patch fixed the problem for me too.... but the floodplain problem still exits.

 

[Juliusan]

Ok. The patch reveals hammers and coins and displays bread correctly, but now intro movie stutters a lot. It was just sound which was annoying before and now both sound and video stutters badly. On the other hand I haven't had chance to watch any wonder movie - I hope they are not affected... Either way, to see hammers and coins without movies is better than watching perfect movies and those irritating two bread peaces everywhere... Does anyone has the same problem?