October 27, 2005, 16:59
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Deity
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New fix for the renderer error
This is old (2005) information applicable to the original Civ4. If you have patched your game or if you have any of the expansions, or Civ4 Gold/Civ4 Complete, and you are having problems, then your problem is certainly not what this thread was about.
Official Civ4 Patch:
The official 1.52 patch is available for download. Please download and install the patch before trying any other fixes.
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This fix has been tried for Inverse Icarus and Unimatrix, and got their games fully working, so everyone give it a try.
Requirements:
You have installed a retail version of Civ4, along with the DirectX update on the CD. You have installed the 5.10 ATI drivers.
Instructions:
1. Download, unzip and run this application.
2. From the menu, select PAK->Unpack.
3. Go to your Civ 4 Folder, Assets subdirectory (CivilizationIV\Assets), select the Art0.FPK file, click Open.
4. You'll be prompted to select an extraction folder, select CivilizationIV\Assets - same folder as above.
5. Wait. The program may appear to hang with the progress bar at 100%, but it will be done with unpacking in 2-5 minutes.
6. Move the Art0.FPK file out of your Assets folder so that Civ4 can't find it.
7. Run Civ4.
Attention Windows 2000 users!!
The Unpak tool doesn't work for Windows 2000, but Firaxis are in the process of updating it to do so. In the meanwhile, you can use the unofficial utility by Gramphos.
Please report your video card and whether this works for you.
Thanks!
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Last edited by Solver; April 30, 2008 at 17:25.
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October 27, 2005, 17:00
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Deity
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Last edited by Solver; October 27, 2005 at 17:09.
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October 27, 2005, 17:05
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Settler
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WOOHOO!!!!!!! I love you man!!!
It worked for me on my Radeon 9550!!!
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October 27, 2005, 17:06
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Settler
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Sapphire 9600xt 256mb...
WORKED!!!!!!!! WOOT etc!
THANK YOU... back in about 10 hours. 
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October 27, 2005, 17:09
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Settler
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Looking forward to testing this in two hours!
Fingers crossed.
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Last edited by JD13; October 28, 2005 at 10:41.
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October 27, 2005, 17:13
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Settler
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Sweet Holy Jesus! It works! 9800 mobility
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October 27, 2005, 17:13
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Prince
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Originally posted by Sikta
WOOHOO!!!!!!! I love you man!!!
It worked for me on my Radeon 9550!!!
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You have win xp with SP1 or SP2?
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October 27, 2005, 17:14
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Settler
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It worked! I'm finally able to play. This freaking rocks!
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October 27, 2005, 17:14
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Settler
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Works for me too.
Radeon 9550
Well done gentlemen, and thanks.
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October 27, 2005, 17:14
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Settler
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Woohoo! Works!!!
ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 256MB
Dell XPS Laptop
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October 27, 2005, 17:14
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Settler
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Question: Will this work for European Version? Might fix my probs with ingame videos, too...
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October 27, 2005, 17:15
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Settler
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IT worked
I have an ATI Radeon 9550 256MB and tried everything.. even formatted and reinstalled windows.. and did everything all over again..
it worked.. that fixed my Failure to Initialize renderer Issue thanks.
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October 27, 2005, 17:15
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Deity
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Come along and take that ride
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October 27, 2005, 17:16
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Settler
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Sapphire Radeon 9600
Workin' 
Nice fix guys! Any chance of a technical explanation of why it works? 
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October 27, 2005, 17:16
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Deity
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McKeu: should work on Euro versions too.
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October 27, 2005, 17:16
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Deity
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Quote:
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Any chance of a technical explanation of why it works?
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Computers  .
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October 27, 2005, 17:17
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Civilization IV Lead Designer
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< sigh of relief >
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- What's that?
- It's a cannon fuse.
- What's it for?
- It's for my cannon.
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October 27, 2005, 17:18
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Emperor
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- Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
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October 27, 2005, 17:18
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Settler
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Only for XP though is it??
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October 27, 2005, 17:20
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Settler
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Definitely will try this when I get home.
(Is someone letting the other poor people on other Civ4 message boards know?)
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October 27, 2005, 17:20
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Deity
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It should also work on Win2000 I believe. It's just that we're running XP.
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October 27, 2005, 17:20
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Settler
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when i try to open the art0.fpk file in assets (also my assests file is acually CustomAssets, is that all right?) nothing happens
what am i doing wrong?
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October 27, 2005, 17:22
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Chieftain
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ATI x800 XL. Had the renderer error, works now. Cheers to anyone else with an x800.
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October 27, 2005, 17:22
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Settler
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I'm having probs then running the file after it's been unzipped... I'm Win2000
Something about the entry point, AttachConsole in Kernal32.dll
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October 27, 2005, 17:22
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Deity
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It shouldn't be in CustomAssets. Are you sure you're looking under the folder you installed Civ4 to?
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October 27, 2005, 17:23
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Settler
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Worked Win XP SP 2 Radeon 9600 AMD64 2800
Thanks!
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October 27, 2005, 17:24
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Emperor
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Solver, Inverse Icarus and Unimatrix, nice job! 
Btw, I don't have the game yet (I live in Brazil... A beautiful place, but with a delay of two months of Civ IV  ). I'm just an enthusiastic civver.
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October 27, 2005, 17:24
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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We seem to have figured out what the problem was.
Have fun everyone!
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October 27, 2005, 17:25
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Settler
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WOO!!! fixed the render error for me as well.
RADEON 9600 256
Thanks
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October 27, 2005, 17:25
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Settler
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It works!! x800
Thanks bigtime!
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