PATCH 1.09 is out!

[Rommel2D]

It was reported that this couldn't be done in v100 by a reliable source- I doubt they'd list it as a fix otherwise. I'd guess someone might want to make a couple artists to rush the cultural expansion of a border city, but who knows what else might be useful...

[HavenDuuk]

Originally posted by Ljube
All that play MP games suffered.

I've been playing CIv4 MP compulsively since 1.09 came out. I've only crashed once and I think that was my fault.

[The Capo]

Ljube is right!

Well Haven, the problem is that the patch doesn't appear to be compatible in international MP games, at least not the majority of them involving Australia as we've noticed attempting to play two games with at least two players in each hailing from down under.

There were also a couple of players in the US who reported multiplaying problems. In fact it wasn't until we all deleted the patch that we were even able to play MP games, and this is involving two games with a pool of around ten players!

So I don't know the extent of your MP games played, but perhaps you haven't had any problems because you've only played against Americans, or maybe just others who have the right/wrong game depending on which one you consider right or wrong.

I think one Canadian actually reported the problem as well.

[Harkonnen604]

Check this thing out:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3420615

[Zoid]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Yeah, it's a RPITA (re)installing Windows. Tons of drivers and security patches and updates. Dozens of reboots.

Ugh.

yes, and now Microsoft´s demanding a validation of my XP copy before I can download anything. Bastards! File sharers need security updates as well

[LzPrst]

lolololol! this is what I've been saying all along... this game is junk. and even its patches are junk. I even got an ad for some program called xfire, like a messenger client.

commercials in a game patch!? holy cow, this is it. if I had nothing to do but civ I would blow up firaxis' offices.

quoth the raven: nevermore!
do not trust to hope, it has abandoned this game.

[HavenDuuk]

Re: Ljube is right!

Originally posted by The Capo
Well Haven, the problem is that the patch doesn't appear to be compatible in international MP games, at least not the majority of them involving Australia as we've noticed attempting to play two games with at least two players in each hailing from down under.

There were also a couple of players in the US who reported multiplaying problems. In fact it wasn't until we all deleted the patch that we were even able to play MP games, and this is involving two games with a pool of around ten players!

So I don't know the extent of your MP games played, but perhaps you haven't had any problems because you've only played against Americans, or maybe just others who have the right/wrong game depending on which one you consider right or wrong.

I think one Canadian actually reported the problem as well.

I'm an American, but I mostly play against Brits.

Though I don't know if he has a Brit version or an American version.

[Broken Hawk]

In case someone from Firaxis/2K is lurking on this thread...

I recently downloaded the v1.09 patch and have played several games since.

As far as I can tell, the patch works as advertised at the beginning of this thread.

Some things of note:

- the intro skip is still present but the WoW movie skips have disappeared

- the Cheshire cat and black tile bugs are gone. I think I actually miss the Cheshire cat bug, the various civ leaders are too cartoonish for my taste but I guess I'll get over myself. I installed the Blue Marble Terrain Mod to brighten up what I consider a dreary map. I really like the way explored/unexplored terrain is handled in CivII vs. CivIV. But never mind, I like a lot things better about CivII.

- as CivIV starts a dialog box opens "Your machine is below minimum specifications. Civ4 will not run on this hardware setup." Funny. I didn't get that message with v1.00. My specs are:

Hardware Summary -
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DONALD
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP d530 SFF(DG781A)
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2660 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard 786B2 v2.50, 4/16/2004
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name DONALD\Donald
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 2,048.50 MB
Available Physical Memory 1.47 GB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.84 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Sound Device -
Name Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Manufacturer Microsoft
Status OK
PNP Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{749296E6-71DC-4DBF-BA24-5989C5D762E1}
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\modemcsa.sys (5.1.2600.0 (xpclient.010817-1148), 15.75 KB (16,128 bytes), 7/31/2005 10:01 PM)
Name SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Manufacturer Analog Devices, Inc.
Status OK
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_12BC103C&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&FD
I/O Port 0x00002000-0x000020FF
I/O Port 0x00002400-0x0000243F
Memory Address 0xFC480400-0xFC4805FF
Memory Address 0xFC480600-0xFC4806FF
IRQ Channel IRQ 17
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\smwdm.sys (5.12.01.3620, 564.75 KB (578,304 bytes), 7/6/2005 8:02 PM)

Display -
Name Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_12BC103C&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&10
Adapter Type Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Adapter RAM 96.00 MB (100,663,296 bytes)
Installed Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.4308
INF File oem8.inf (i865G section)
Color Planes 1
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 800 x 600 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xF0000000-0xF7FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xFC400000-0xFC47FFFF
I/O Port 0x000024E0-0x000024E7
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.14.10.4308, 868.78 KB (889,628 bytes), 9/30/2004 4:05 PM)

At any rate I click on OK and proceed.

- under the Options menu --> Graphics tab I use a Screen Resolution of 800 x 600 (I know it's not an option but that's what my desktop is set for). I'm too blind for anything else. However, I think it is running at 1024 x 768 anyway. When I set the Graphics Level, etc. to High and restart the program, everything is reset back to Low. As a consequence, I have check and uncheck the boxes to the right as I am allowed/prefer to.

- concerning the MP issues discussed above, I cannot comment on since have not I tried MP. I have a hard time beating the AI at Noble level. I'm afraid my civ would be a early victim.

- the hillbiilly bango plucking music played when combating a barbarian is insulting considering I am a dumb American redneck.

[Enigma_Nova]

Wow, how did this thread get so large?
Was it previously stickied?

[rjwoer]

as CivIV starts a dialog box opens "Your machine is below minimum specifications. Civ4 will not run on this hardware setup." Funny. I didn't get that message with v1.00.

I finally got the patch running on both my systems. My laptop receives the same warning, and it meets the recommended specs. The message can be disabled in the Civ4Config.ini file:

; Don't show minimum specification warnings
HideMinSpecWarning = 1

will turn it off. I can't be sure, but I think the warning was negatively effecting my game (the animations were frozen). Now that I've turned the warning off the animations work fine. Who knows if it was actually to blame, but at least now I don't have to read the erroneous notification.

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
Wow, how did this thread get so large?
Was it previously stickied?

YOUR_WINNER!11!!

[SIZE=1]Now that I've turned the warning off the animations work fine. Who knows if it was actually to blame, but at least now I don't have to read the erroneous notification.

Even with this speq warning, you can still enable animations in the graphics options.

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
Wow, how did this thread get so large?
Was it previously stickied?

That should be correct, but I've seen loads of threads that has become way larger, with or without stickying. Check out the picture thread in the A/C forum.

[Shogun Gunner]

Originally posted by Nikolai


That should be correct, but I've seen loads of threads that has become way larger, with or without stickying. Check out the picture thread in the A/C forum.

Yes, set aside two, maybe three days, to look at Nikolai's Picture Thread. You can see lots of fun Nikolai moments there - especially how Nikolai shows his "playa" creds. Also there always seems to be a fork in play somewhere.

[Enigma_Nova]

Will there be bountiful amounts of spam available if I bring my own camera? =)

[GeoModder]

Definitely!