Checking XML?

[tulkas12]

I hope this is a simple problem.

I installed the game just fine, it asked if i wanted to install the latest the driverx 9.3 thing and i clicked yes and installed it. When I press on the shortcut, the startmenu button, or the auto-startup screen's play button, it shows the game loading screen. then it gotes the the screen where a bar is loading. about 1/5 of the way, it says "Checking XML" and then the screen exits and nothing happens.

Does anyone know what the problem is? I went SRTest.com and I passed the minimum requirement test. I passed everything in the recommended setting except for my video card which is slightly weaker than what they recommend

I have the same exact issue...

Anyone know what this is about yet?

[Fubar95]

I have the exact same problem... I tried to reinstall my video drivers and that didnt help. The take 2 support line won't answer their phones, they just tell you to call back in 24 hours... Grrrrr.

[mountainlion2]

I'm having problems as well...As an idea I went to look at the xml files to seee if they were opening corectly. I did notice when I was going through the different xml files in the civ4 directory that every time I opened one I recieved a popup from windows security saying it had blocked something. I don't know if this is the problem, I cannot figure out how to shut down the windows security blocker.

[mountainlion2]

This problem must be machine specific...I was able to install Civ4 on my other (older and crappier) machine, but not my Alienware Laptop(!?!) WTF? I will look to see what is different, if anything between the two...

[Jazz42]

I am also having this problem and I also have the problem with opening xml files in the civ4 directory. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Soren Johnson]

You should have a Logs folder under My Games, and it will have a file called xml.txt... could you post that if you are having problem with xml?

[cd_goldberg]

I too am having this problem.

as for Soren's request, when I checked my Logs folder in My Games, I don't have anything in there, much less xml.txt. Anyone else missing this file?

[OnlyMaestro]

I noticed when I was having this error there were no files at all in the My Games folder created by the installation.

Even the XML folder itself had nothing. I recently returned my game to the store for a refund, I will pick it up if a fix is located for the XML problems.

Painful for me to have returned it too

[Jazz42]

I have a bunch of folders in my games/civ 4, but nothing is in them except civilizationIV.ini.bak and CivilizationIV config settings.

[Soren Johnson]

we think this might be caused by you not having msxml3.dll on your system. Most people have it b/c they have IE6 installed... is that the case for any of you? (that it is not installed?)

[cd_goldberg]

Soren,

No, I don't have IE 6, I use Firefox. I am downloading it right now and will let you know if that fixes things.

Edit: Apparantly I do have IE 6, so I'm back to square one: the game still doesn't work.

[abatishko]

I'm experiencing the problem, and I have the msxml3.dll file in my c:\windows\system32 folder. The file has a size of 1,236,480 bytes, has a description of MSXML 3.0 SP 5, and a file version of 8.50.2162.0.

Note also that if I turn on the logging in the configuration, I get the following text in init.log:

[11473.781] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[11473.937] DBG: NOT Using XML cache, failed to find crc.dat file
[11473.937] DBG: Game Init
[11473.937] DBG: Multiplayer Init

None of the other log files contain any text at all.

[OnlyMaestro]

Actually I have three instances of msxml3.dll on my computer.


One in my windows\system32 (last modified 8/4/2004)
Another in windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 (same)
and the final in my NAV\Suport\MSRedist\MSRedist (7/30/2001)

[OnlyMaestro]

Hoping to get this worked out, I miss my Civ4 :/

[badave]

Originally posted by abatishko
Note also that if I turn on the logging in the configuration, I get the following text in init.log:

[11473.781] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[11473.937] DBG: NOT Using XML cache, failed to find crc.dat file
[11473.937] DBG: Game Init
[11473.937] DBG: Multiplayer Init

This is the EXACT same problem I've been having.

Windows XP Home
ATI 9200 (Notebook)
512 MB Ram
2.8 ghz Intel 4