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!
Last edited by Solver; April 30, 2008 at 17:25.
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Last edited by Solver; October 27, 2005 at 17:09.
Solver, WePlayCiv Co-Administrator
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I can kill you whenever I please... but not today. - The Cigarette Smoking Man
WOOHOO!!!!!!! I love you man!!!
It worked for me on my Radeon 9550!!!
Sapphire 9600xt 256mb...
WORKED!!!!!!!! WOOT etc!
THANK YOU... back in about 10 hours.
Looking forward to testing this in two hours!
Fingers crossed.
__________________________
Well many hours later and my Arabs are well on their way to a cultural victory. Loving Civ IV!
Last edited by JD13; October 28, 2005 at 10:41.
Sweet Holy Jesus! It works! 9800 mobility
You have win xp with SP1 or SP2?Originally posted by Sikta
WOOHOO!!!!!!! I love you man!!!
It worked for me on my Radeon 9550!!!
It worked! I'm finally able to play. This freaking rocks!
Works for me too.
Radeon 9550
Well done gentlemen, and thanks.
Woohoo! Works!!!
ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 256MB
Dell XPS Laptop
Question: Will this work for European Version? Might fix my probs with ingame videos, too...
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.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - Epicurus
Sapphire Radeon 9600
Workin'
Nice fix guys! Any chance of a technical explanation of why it works?
McKeu: should work on Euro versions too.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - Epicurus
Any chance of a technical explanation of why it works?
Computers.
Solver, WePlayCiv Co-Administrator
Contact: solver-at-weplayciv-dot-com
I can kill you whenever I please... but not today. - The Cigarette Smoking Man
< sigh of relief >
- What's that?
- It's a cannon fuse.
- What's it for?
- It's for my cannon.
"I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it. We have to leave this place, I am almost happy here."
- Ender, from Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Only for XP though is it??
Definitely will try this when I get home.
(Is someone letting the other poor people on other Civ4 message boards know?)
It should also work on Win2000 I believe. It's just that we're running XP.
Solver, WePlayCiv Co-Administrator
Contact: solver-at-weplayciv-dot-com
I can kill you whenever I please... but not today. - The Cigarette Smoking Man
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?
ATI x800 XL. Had the renderer error, works now. Cheers to anyone else with an x800.
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
It shouldn't be in CustomAssets. Are you sure you're looking under the folder you installed Civ4 to?
Solver, WePlayCiv Co-Administrator
Contact: solver-at-weplayciv-dot-com
I can kill you whenever I please... but not today. - The Cigarette Smoking Man
Worked Win XP SP 2 Radeon 9600 AMD64 2800
Thanks!
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.
We seem to have figured out what the problem was.
Have fun everyone!
WOO!!! fixed the render error for me as well.
RADEON 9600 256
Thanks
It works!! x800
Thanks bigtime!
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