for people who have installed DirectX 9c from the CD and updated their driver to 5.10

[Soren Johnson]

thanks acratin

[acratin]

You're welcome Soren. If I might do anything else, please ask. I can also provide e-mail.

[thamer]

Acratin, according to your dxdiag report, your ATI drivers are old:

"Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)"

They should be updated to version 8.18 (from 10/12).

Please make sure you have the latest drivers and try again.

Thanks,
-Mustafa Thamer
-Civ IV Lead Programmer

[acratin]

I'll try again, though those are the drivers downloaded from ATI today. Is there anything specific I should do to un-install the old ones?

[Tebriel]

Dammit...Mine says that driver version too. What the hell did I just download and install then?

[Tebriel]

Actually, those are the latest ones: file name
5-10_xp-2k_dd_cp_wdm_27256.exe

[Inverse Icarus]

^^^ Yeah, what he said. ^^^

Originally posted by thamer
Acratin, according to your dxdiag report, your ATI drivers are old:

"Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6575 (English)"

They should be updated to version 8.18 (from 10/12).

Please make sure you have the latest drivers and try again.

Thanks,
-Mustafa Thamer
-Civ IV Lead Programmer

I have a 9600, and have downloaded the latest drivers / catalyst from ATI's website, and I still have 6.14.0010.6575.

Where did you find 8.18?

[kbeck]

8.18 driver is a linux driver

It looks like the 8.18 driver is a linux driver and the 6.14 version is the latest on ATI's site.

Yes, I'm one of the ones following this issue and crossing my fingers for a solution.

[timekillr]

Yep, got it.

If this is useful...

[706.640] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[706.796] DBG: Using XML cache
[706.812] DBG: Game Init
[706.812] DBG: Multiplayer Init
[706.937] DBG: Audio Init
[707.687] DBG: ArtFileMgr Init
[707.703] DBG: Python Init
[709.875] VERSION: CIV Version: 0
[709.875] VERSION: Save Version: 100
[709.875] DBG: Input Init
[709.875] DBG: Engine Init
[732.046] ERR: Initialize Renderer failed - parameters:
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0x30470
- adaptrid = 0
- deviceid = 1
[732.046] DBG: Failed to Initialize Renderer - Check DirectX Version

From init.log

I enabled the logs from the civilizationIV.ini; I just pasted the only important info (none of the other logfiles give anything substantial).

I guess I *could* code something to get my hwnd, but I doubt that'd be the problem..

[JaguarUSF]

Here is my init log file:

[2173.785] DBG: FILE Cat Init
[2174.046] DBG: Using XML cache
[2174.046] DBG: Game Init
[2174.046] DBG: Multiplayer Init
[2174.556] DBG: Audio Init
[2175.868] DBG: ArtFileMgr Init
[2175.878] DBG: Python Init
[2179.604] VERSION: CIV Version: 0
[2179.604] VERSION: Save Version: 100
[2179.604] DBG: Input Init
[2179.614] DBG: Engine Init
[2182.678] ERR: Initialize Renderer failed - parameters:
- width = 1024
- height = 768
- flags = 0xc
- hwnd = 0x60334
- adaptrid = 0
- deviceid = 1
[2182.678] DBG: Failed to Initialize Renderer - Check DirectX Version

I also have the 5.10 Catalyst drivers installed for a Radeon 9550

[Soren Johnson]

I assume everyone has this file ‘d3dx9_26.dll’ in your C:\windows\SYSTEM32 folder, right?

[Inverse Icarus]

I do.

[Iakhovas]

Yes, have the .dll. Still no luck

[timekillr]

Originally posted by Soren Johnson Firaxis
I assume everyone has this file ‘d3dx9_26.dll’ in your C:\windows\SYSTEM32 folder, right?

There you go, with today's timestamp no less!

[codechino]

yep. have it, cant find 8.18 other than linux drivers, though after some googling i found 8.18 beta drivers for windows, but they wouldnt install.