1.09...still checkerboard after loading save games

[AoA]

Patched with 109, black terrain FIXED, shields/gold/grain on tiles FIXED, so far so great

When I load a save game (109 save) I still get that checkerboard terrain-looking pattern on the screen. I've noticed this ONLY happens when the other civs are thinking. However, after some time (has been 5-30 seconds) the pattern clears and play continues as normal. This is a vast improvement over previously, when the game delay would be 1 minute to infinity and I had to do a hard shut-down of the computer.

Anyone else still have this problem? Is it the fabled cache? And I hold SHIFT during startup to clear the cache? Startup of what...the game initially (the splash screen), when Spock is talking or when?
We need a pop-up (if there isn't one yet) telling us YOU HAVE DISCOVERED CACHE CLEARING

[AoA]

Oh, well I figured out how to clear the cache. It didn't help my problem after loading a save game. Not really sure what it did at all.

Guess I'll just have to play a quick game all in one sitting.

[SkalTur]

Allo!

Some problems were really fixed on my computer with patch 1.09, though I think what really helped was my +512 MB DDR 400 MHz RAM (I had only 512 MB)...

Loading time was cut by the half (huge map fully uncovered, 100+ cities...), texture problems were fixed (navigating through mini map does not make black terrain anymore), diplomacy screen does not crash to desktop nor freezer the game ad eternum :-)... but I have a GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB - 128 bits bus)...

And about the cache, before patch 1.09 I loaded the game with this batch:

cd \
@ echo Pasta do Cache:
cd C:\Docume~1\Admini~1\DadosD~1\MyGame~1\SidMei~1\ca che

@ echo .
@ echo Excluindo os arquivos .dat...
del *.dat

cd \
pause

@ echo .
@ echo ...Abrindo o jogo...
pause

C:\Jogos\firaxi~1\SidMei~1\Civilization4.exe

And it used to help. Now I only load the game with the proper .exe, because it does the cache clearing already. Also, I use full hardware acceleration for video settings. Thats Video Properties / Configurations / Advanced / Troubleshooting.

Ahm, there is also that trick about disabling AGP Texture on DxDiag...

I think this should help a little. A little.

[]s,
Daniel Silva Marques Vilela.