problem installing the patch

[is_jahanzeb]

i saw this problem on another thread but nobody posted a solution so here it is:
i used the check for updates feature on my copy of civ4 and it downloaded the patch 1.09 but when i try to install it i get an error msg which says that i do not have a copy of civ4.
wtf?

[greggles]

yea it's weird, that happened to me too.

I just reinstalled the game, then ran the patch.

I also tried updating from game.

Both worked.

[cornchex]

Hi greggles,

I tried both reinstallig and dling the patch straight from the game and neither worked for me. Has anyone else figured out what the problem is?

[Stromprophet]

Same issue.

Someone asked me if I was running as the Admin. But I don't know why that would matter.

I checked my registry and there is no sign of Civ 4. So I know that my computer is unaware that is installed. But is there a way around reinstalling?

[cornchex]

Can someone who got 1.09 to work post their registry info for civ4? Maybe that will fix the 'no find' problem.

[Petek]

Originally posted by cornchex
Can someone who got 1.09 to work post their registry info for civ4? Maybe that will fix the 'no find' problem.

All registry entries are in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4

This key contains two values:

Name: DEFAULT_LANGUAGE
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 9 (hexadecimal)

Name: INSTALLDIR
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4

There are two subkeys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\1.00.0000

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\1.09

Neither contain any entries. Also, presumably the 9 entry in DEFAULT_LANGUAGE stands for English.

HTH

[Stromprophet]

Yeah, The Firaxis folder is not there in my registry. The game is installed and I can play it.

Anyone know of a way around this?

[Petek]

Originally posted by Stromprophet
Yeah, The Firaxis folder is not there in my registry. The game is installed and I can play it.

Anyone know of a way around this?

I think that cornchex's idea was to edit the registry manually and then try to install the patch. My last post should provide enough information to do that. Be sure to change the INSTALLDIR entry, if appropriate.

[cornchex]

I tried to manually edit it and it didn't seem to help. Thank you for the info though Petek.

[GoatT]

i have this problem too, i have no trouble reinstalling as long as i can save my high scores.....anyone know how?

[Jojac]

I noticed that the patch that the game downloaded when clicking the update, was actually installed in
c:\program\firaxis\civilization 4, but I installed the game on g:... I just moved the files manually from "c:\program\firaxis\civilization 4" to g:\civ4 and that seems to work just fine.

[GoatT]

i reinstalled and it worked...thx though