Frustrating problem...

[xmixmasterx]

i'm in the 1800s, ready to invade an enemy, ready to build eiffel tower and pentagon. when either of these are built, the cinematics freeze up, sometimes it forces through when i click ok button. But then i can't save. Most of the cinematics have been choppy up to that point, so i understand. If i set graphics to low will that work for saved games, or just new ones. i'm a computer noob.

[alva]

It will work for saved games aswell.

You can turn off movies too.

[JimG]

I had that problem - upgrading from a 64mb video card to a 256mb one solved it.
Up grading a video card should be pretty straightforward and your computer manual may even detail how to do it .

[xmixmasterx]

thanks, how do you turn the movies off? i couldn't find where to do that. i don't see anything under graphics?

[Stickyman]

In the init file there is a value for Movies.

Change

Movies=0

to

Movies=1

[alva]

I think you dig into the INI. file for that.

MyDocument\Civ4\Civ4.ini
Open it and look for the setting and change it accordingly.

Sorry, I just did a clean install and haven't reinstalled Civ4 yet, so - by heart - that's the best I can do.


If something goes wrong, just delete the file, once you start and Civ4 notices there's no .ini file, it will create a new one (default settings), either that or there is a back_up.ini file in the same directory.
Better wait for some confirmation before fiddling around.

[xmixmasterx]

all i see it saying is this

[71098.812] DBG: CIV Init
[71098.812] VERSION: App: C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Civilization4.exe
[71098.812] VERSION: Build: Wed Dec 21 23:17:25 2005
[71098.812] VERSION: 1.5.2.1736 (42422)
[71098.828] VERSION: Mod Loaded: none

[xmixmasterx]

i think i found it, thanks for help

[Martin the Dane]

I have this happend almost every time I complete a wonder, so I have taken to saving at the end of every turn. Then when the movie screen doesen't show the movie, I just press <ctrl>+F4 and start Civ4 again, load the last save game and press <enter>. Untill now this have solved the problem for me, but it's still quite annoying.