Possible workaround for animated leader bug

[ilcheffe]

Ok, there's this annoying bug that sometimes a foreign leader wants to talk to you the computer crashes. It seems that many of you are having that problem.

Here is a workaround that might help. I could play some time without crashing.

1) Search for the file Civ4Leaderheadshader.fx located in Civilization 4\Shaders\FXO
2) Simply rename the file
3) Play the game

Now, when talking to a leader, you don't see him, just his clothes. It's kind of stupid, but much better than a crash.
In addtion I encountered some issues with some units not displayed correctle (eg. helicopters).

This is not a solution, but maybe the game becomes playable for some of you. Please report your experiences!

[WhiteHowler]

Thanks, I'll give this a try at lunch and report back.

Currently, the game is unplayable for me because of the diplomacy crashes, so I'm willing to sacrifice leader portraits if it means I can play.

[thorndike112]

I also ran into this problem. Thanks for the tip. I will try this tonight.

It seems especially likely to happen that the first couple turns after I reloaded. So now I changed my playing style, more like "ironman" mode now. My game was able to run 7 hours straight last night without crashing. The crash may have something to do with "cache" problem then.

[WhiteHowler]

It didn't work for me.

Although the floating, disembodied eyes and mouth were kinda cool for the couple of seconds before the game crashed.

[thorndike112]

same here, it didn't work for me.