Hi and help

[stevescoots]

Hi, just rejoined Apolyton, used to bea regular here in Civ 2 and CTP days. need help on Civ 4 (dont we all!)

the game runs ok on my system up to about 1600ad on a big map. After that the graphics go very slow and stuttery, map scrolling up/down in and out takes ages and is nothing but a series of jerks. The game dosnt crash and the actual turn speed isnt affected

I have tried the usual, running t on min graphics settings, no AA etc. latest drivers etc but no joy. Although my system is a little low end I haveno probs on other high end games. Any ideas?

2400XP
1 GB ram
20GB free hard drive space
just defraged
GEforce 5600FX
latest forceware (19th dec release)

have tried omega's to clock the card but made no diffrence.

[stevescoots]

note, it gets really bad if a settler is created

[TheHateMale]

Do you have 1.52 as well? Also to note, when you install a patch, all your preferences are reset, so check they're still on the low settings.

[stevescoots]

fully patched and settings checked. also tried some of the fixes on here such as virtual mem, rivatuna etc. I found a problem on some other places about trading world maps and it seems linked to that. If i scroll the map over areas I have explored its generally ok but look at areas shown on a traded world map later in the game and its unplayable

[TheHateMale]

You could test if this is causing the problem by opening the worldbuilder and using the reveal/hide map option. If it instantly causes a crash, you've found your culprit. I'm afraid that if you've already tried everything mentioned on the forums though, I don't know anything further.