What Does This Mean?

[SlowwHand]

Uninstall and try reinstalling?
Yes snoopy, I looked at your start here.




EDIT: Oh, screw it. I'll die of old age before I get help.

[Solver]

Real men play in windowed mode. And use Celsius. And don't use Opera.

[SlowwHand]

If you can't tell, Einstein, I'm not playing.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Solver
Real men play in windowed mode. And use Celsius. And don't use Opera.

One could argue that a true Civ fan plays in full screen mode to more fully immerse himself in the game.

I've seen that error before, but I can't remember why or how I fixed it.

• Double check video settings (ie. make sure you're not trying to force a resolution or refresh rate that it can't run)
• Try clearing your cache
• Reinstall DirectX from the Civ4 CD/DVD. They've included a different version than the one you can download

[SlowwHand]

Don't know why? That's easy. The s.o.b. won't work. That's not the question.

[SlowwHand]

Ok, my problem is I'm running an Abacus pc.
Not enough horsepower for Civ 4.

[Sabre2th]

What are your PC specs?

[SlowwHand]

Processor: Intel Pentium III, ~1.0GHz
Memory: 510MB RAM
Page File: 841MB used, 407MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)


Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) 82815 Graphics Controller (Microsoft Corporation)
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82815
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1132&SUBSYS_0058107B&REV_02
Display Memory: 32.0 MB
Current Mode: 800 x 600 (24 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: EV700
Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
Driver Name: i81xdnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.13.0001.3198 (English)
DDI Version: 8
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/4/2004 01:56:42, 702845 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: i81xnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 8/3/2004 23:29:36, 161020 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-5272-11CF-B57F-5920A0C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x8086
Device ID: 0x1132
SubSys ID: 0x0058107B
Revision ID: 0x0002
Revision ID: 0x0002
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: n/a
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
D3D7 Test Result: Not run
D3D8 Test Result: Not run
D3D9 Test Result: Not run

[Harovan]

Current Mode: 800 x 600 (24 bit) (60Hz)

Didn't Civ4 need at least 1024 x 768? That's also what the error message says.

[Sabre2th]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


Didn't Civ4 need at least 1024 x 768?

Yes it does

You're half right, Sloww. Aside from your graphics, you could likely run the game acceptably at minimum settings (you'd probably be limited to Standard maps at most and pretty much all the "extras" would have to be turned off).

The main issue is that your graphics controller doesn't support T&L. I have heard of workarounds using various pieces of software, but even if that would allow Civ to run, it would slow to a crawl and probably would not be playable.

http://apolyton.net/forums//showthread.php?s=&threadid=141405

[SlowwHand]

I tried adjusting screen resolution.

What I figure is I'm trying to pull the Budweiser Beer wagon with Shetland ponies.

[Solver]

You'd need a new graphics card. With that one, Civ4 simply won't run. And the 1.0 GHz processor means that you'd probably not want to run anything larger than a Standard map, and even those might give you slow turns. 1.2 GHz is the official minimum requirement, it would run at 1.0 if you had a graphics card, though...

[Targonis]

Since the machine shows 510 megs of memory, the BIOS is set to provide only 2 megs of memory to the video, in addition to Intel video being garbage. You can try to boost the memory given to video from 2 megs and move it up to 64 or 128 megs, but keep in mind that it reduces the memory available to the main game and other applications.