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Hey everyone, i registered for this forum just so that I could post my problem, cus i'm getting desperate after trying for one entire day to even start the game. My comp is using Winxp, with 1 gig ram, geforce 6800 ultra...basically, it runs all other games with no problems. Many "controversial" games which ppl couldn't run due to blacklisting of their cd burning applications ran perfectly fine for me ( i have nero installed, not sure if SD4 blacklists it). Anyways, when i start the game, i get this msg saying "application failed to initialize properly". Just curious, is anybody even facing the same problem as me? i google'd it, searched a few forums, apparently my problem seems, unique. and I'm just lost as to what I can do. tried the following solutions below, but to no avail:
(btw, mine's a DVD version)
1. Attempted to hide nero from sd4
2. unpak'ed the assets fpk file
3. downloaded latest graphic drivers.
4. created a new user (although the current one already has admin rights)
5. couldn't even attempt to clear the cache. apparently the civ4 folder in "my games" is created when u run the game for the first time. I never even got the folder to be created.
6. Just testing, I took the DVD out of the drive and tried to run the game. same error msg. meaning whatever problem is happening is nothing to do with the dvd check or anything. the game doesn't even get that far.
So, as of now, I'm quite sickened. My games have always ran without a hitch even though the recent games I've been buying had users swamping the tech support forums. I thought i would be immune. I guess not :sad:
pls, just knowing someone even has the same problem would help a lot. haha. cus that would mean it's not a problem with my system. thx a lot guys!
(btw, mine's a DVD version)
1. Attempted to hide nero from sd4
2. unpak'ed the assets fpk file
3. downloaded latest graphic drivers.
4. created a new user (although the current one already has admin rights)
5. couldn't even attempt to clear the cache. apparently the civ4 folder in "my games" is created when u run the game for the first time. I never even got the folder to be created.
6. Just testing, I took the DVD out of the drive and tried to run the game. same error msg. meaning whatever problem is happening is nothing to do with the dvd check or anything. the game doesn't even get that far.
So, as of now, I'm quite sickened. My games have always ran without a hitch even though the recent games I've been buying had users swamping the tech support forums. I thought i would be immune. I guess not :sad:
pls, just knowing someone even has the same problem would help a lot. haha. cus that would mean it's not a problem with my system. thx a lot guys!
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