While the PAK-fix work for a majority of the ATI users having problem, there are some that still can't get the game to launch. There have been suggested a few possible fixes for that error, and I start this thread for users having this problem (not the black texture problem) to not have to read through all posts in the PAK-fix thread to find various possible fixes.
A first thing you should try is to clear your Civ4-cache. It is possible that your testing to get past the renderer problem have rendered your cache useless, but Civ4 haven't detected that. To delete your cache go to your "Application Data\MayGames\Civilization 4" folder (normally C:\Documents and Setting\%USERNAME%\Application Data\MayGames\Civilization 4), and delete the folder named cache. Now retry to launch the game.
Hopefully the above steps will be ennough to get past the crash problems. If deleting the cache don't work there are reports that doing advanced file renaming steps can solve the problem. However, those steps might just be what is needed to make the game realize that the cache should be updated. These steps are described here.. Note that there have been no confirmation on any case where this have worked when deleting cache have not.
Please post in this thread if it fixes the problem or not, and if the problem was fixed, if deleting the cache were ennough, or ifyou had to do the file renameing as well.
A first thing you should try is to clear your Civ4-cache. It is possible that your testing to get past the renderer problem have rendered your cache useless, but Civ4 haven't detected that. To delete your cache go to your "Application Data\MayGames\Civilization 4" folder (normally C:\Documents and Setting\%USERNAME%\Application Data\MayGames\Civilization 4), and delete the folder named cache. Now retry to launch the game.
Hopefully the above steps will be ennough to get past the crash problems. If deleting the cache don't work there are reports that doing advanced file renaming steps can solve the problem. However, those steps might just be what is needed to make the game realize that the cache should be updated. These steps are described here.. Note that there have been no confirmation on any case where this have worked when deleting cache have not.
Please post in this thread if it fixes the problem or not, and if the problem was fixed, if deleting the cache were ennough, or ifyou had to do the file renameing as well.
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