Civilization4 memory usage fix

[ghen]

ROFL - Care to share since the patch is complete?

[Harkonnen604]

More improvemens might be coming

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Harkonnen604
Urban Ranger
There's one more coming later This was a safeguard against silently using my DLL in 1.52

Your patch doesn't work with 1.52 on my machine, even after I set vid_memory to 64 and insane mode off.

The game starts up, then some text flashes by (which appears to be generated by your patch), but then the game crashes to the desktop without starting up.

[Enigma_Nova]

Your post has a flaw in it, detailed in a thread I made at this link:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=146126

[Master Marcus]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Your patch doesn't work with 1.52 on my machine, even after I set vid_memory to 64 and insane mode off.

The game starts up, then some text flashes by (which appears to be generated by your patch), but then the game crashes to the desktop without starting up.

I suppose you installed the fix prior to v1.52. I have Harkonen's fix, but not 1.52 yet ( I want to finish my actual campaign before ): do you recommend to reinstall the whole game before patching again??? Or is there anyone else using the fix having patched thereafter, with no problems?

[Harkonnen604]

When I installed 1.52, my fix wasn't loaded anymore. Firaxis is aware of my fix long ago, so they shipped original 'zlib1.dll' with their 1.52. That's for good, my fix has no effect (and sometimes even crashes) with 1.52.

[Urban Ranger]

That rots. Civ 4 with patch 1.52 lasts only a few turns on my computer before freezing

[Enigma_Nova]

age

[Urban Ranger]

Hi Denis, have you found a way to make your patch to work with patch v152?

[Silver14]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
That rots. Civ 4 with patch 1.52 lasts only a few turns on my computer before freezing

UR what exactly are your system specs. I keep seeing that you can't get the game to run.

I have no idea what you've tried, but in general if you are having a software issue I'd try the following.

1. If you are running Windows XP go to Start then Run. Type msconfig then hit enter. On the general tab under selective startup uncheck a box labeled 'Load Startup Items'. Then click ok. If you are running W2K let me know and I'll find the link for msconfig for w2k off of Microsoft’s site. If you are running Windows 98 or Windows ME then that’s your problem and you can stop there.

2. Update to the latest video card driver direct from the manufacturers website. This should be either www.nvidia.com or www.ati.com (I'm sure you are well versed on this but if you need details let me know). If you are running a Dell, HP, or some brand name computer don't get the driver from them as its usually outdated. If your video card isn't an Nvidia or ATI brand then that may be part of the problem.

3. Run Adaware and Spybot to eliminate spy ware programs that may be running.


Spy Bot Search and Destroy

Adaware



Download and run them both.

4. Virus Scan. If you have antivirus software make sure it’s up to date and run a scan. Start it up manually as it should have been disabled from starting up automatically in step 1. If you don't have an AV program (and I don't, just stay away from pr0n and keep the firewall on) then use this free online scan here:

Trend Micro Online Virus Scan (Free)

I've used this previously when I accidentally left an open share on once. It cleaned up the virus I had got because of it.

5. Run the game. Set all graphics to 'low'. Use low resolution textures. Disable the sound (for now). You may have to exit and restart the program. Start a new game. Play on a 'small' or 'standard' size map for now. Stay away from larger maps until you are stable.

6. If the game still crashes on a small map after all of that then run a scandisk and defrag of the drive the game is installed on. If you get to this point let me know.

All of these things should have been suggested to you by now I would hope. But in case they were not. Step 1 and 2 are the big ones that can help. If you have to do step 6 then you are getting to the point where it may be a hardware issue.

[Enigma_Nova]

7. Make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements to play Civ, and that you aren't doing something unusual or stupid that would reduce your computer's performance.

[Harkonnen604]

Urban Ranger
No, not yet... and it crashes in civ4/ntdll/d3d9, etc.. - so I can't even figure out easily what exactly causes it to crash... still working on that problem.

[Urban Ranger]

Happily, I found patch 1.09 on Poly's archives (thanks Dan and Markos ) so I can play the game with that patch and your memory mod.

Looking forward to having your patch run with patch 1.52