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I'm still stuck, unfortunately.
Here's what I do step by step.
Step 1: I double click on the Civ 4 shortcut icon on my desktop.
Step 2: The Civ 4 program starts up. Then initalizes.
Step 3: I either watch or skip through all the intro movies, and arrive at the main screen.
PROBLEM 1: My cursor flickers endlessly here and from this point onwards. My cursor is the yellow arrow thing, I believe- a Civ 4 graphic cursor.
Step 4: I go to Single Player.
Step 5: I create custom world. The customization screen comes up with all the options. World Type, Civilizations, Leaders, Sea Level, Victory Conditions, Special Conditions, and so forth.
Step 6: I click "LAUNCH".
Step 7: The Launch screen comes on, and I see a green bar fill up with advice text under it. The geen bar reaches 100% and the screen says "DONE".
PROBLEM 2: The game either crashes to desktop or goes into a hard freeze in this point. This means I can't even play any Civ 4 games, or even start my 1st turn in 4000 B.C.
PROBLEM 3: I sometimes check out the Civilopedia, and whenever I check the leader faces, they aren't visible. I get the Cheshire Cat Syndrome, with the leader teeth, hat, or whatever showing, but not their faces. This must also mean I will have black map if I ever can get my 1st Civ 4 game going.
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I tried the PAK unzipping thing, but so far it hasn't made any difference, I believe. Besides, the PAK didn't apparently unzip anything into my Assets folder as the Assets folder remains empty except for the Art file and the various folders in there.
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I'm getting a little frustrated as I honestly do not know what to do. Is there anyone that can help me identify and fix these 3 problems I have?
By the way, here's my computer stats.
Computer Type = Laptop
RAM = 1022 MB (1 GB)
Hard Drive = 80 GB
Processor = Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHZ
Video Card = Mobile Radeon 9000
DirectX = 9.0c installed from the Civ 4 CD.
More information:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/30/2005, 01:38:02
Machine name: LAPTOP01
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSCPL
System Model: BrkdlePE
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz, ~3.1GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 222MB used, 3777MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: MOBILITY RADEON 9000
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: Mobility Radeon 9000 (LF)
DAC type: Internal DAC(350MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C66&SUBSYS_001214C0&REV_01
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 800 x 600 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.13.0010.6200 (English)
DDI Version: 8
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/12/2002 13:14:00, 241536 bytes
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's what I do step by step.
Step 1: I double click on the Civ 4 shortcut icon on my desktop.
Step 2: The Civ 4 program starts up. Then initalizes.
Step 3: I either watch or skip through all the intro movies, and arrive at the main screen.
PROBLEM 1: My cursor flickers endlessly here and from this point onwards. My cursor is the yellow arrow thing, I believe- a Civ 4 graphic cursor.
Step 4: I go to Single Player.
Step 5: I create custom world. The customization screen comes up with all the options. World Type, Civilizations, Leaders, Sea Level, Victory Conditions, Special Conditions, and so forth.
Step 6: I click "LAUNCH".
Step 7: The Launch screen comes on, and I see a green bar fill up with advice text under it. The geen bar reaches 100% and the screen says "DONE".
PROBLEM 2: The game either crashes to desktop or goes into a hard freeze in this point. This means I can't even play any Civ 4 games, or even start my 1st turn in 4000 B.C.
PROBLEM 3: I sometimes check out the Civilopedia, and whenever I check the leader faces, they aren't visible. I get the Cheshire Cat Syndrome, with the leader teeth, hat, or whatever showing, but not their faces. This must also mean I will have black map if I ever can get my 1st Civ 4 game going.
-------------------------
I tried the PAK unzipping thing, but so far it hasn't made any difference, I believe. Besides, the PAK didn't apparently unzip anything into my Assets folder as the Assets folder remains empty except for the Art file and the various folders in there.
------------------------
I'm getting a little frustrated as I honestly do not know what to do. Is there anyone that can help me identify and fix these 3 problems I have?
By the way, here's my computer stats.
Computer Type = Laptop
RAM = 1022 MB (1 GB)
Hard Drive = 80 GB
Processor = Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.06 GHZ
Video Card = Mobile Radeon 9000
DirectX = 9.0c installed from the Civ 4 CD.
More information:
------------------
System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 10/30/2005, 01:38:02
Machine name: LAPTOP01
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSCPL
System Model: BrkdlePE
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz, ~3.1GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 222MB used, 3777MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0904 32bit Unicode
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: MOBILITY RADEON 9000
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: Mobility Radeon 9000 (LF)
DAC type: Internal DAC(350MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C66&SUBSYS_001214C0&REV_01
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 800 x 600 (16 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.13.0010.6200 (English)
DDI Version: 8
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/12/2002 13:14:00, 241536 bytes
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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