24-10-2010, 00:41 | #11 |
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It's a known problem with the Deluxe edition. Old saves are not compatible with the new patch. They're doing a hotfix to solve the issue, should be Monday now.
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24-10-2010, 08:59 | #12 |
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Meh, doesn't sound very deluxe to me.
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24-10-2010, 13:48 | #13 |
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No, £10 extra for Babylon soon to be for sale for $5.
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29-10-2010, 22:21 | #14 |
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New Nvidia drivers that (allegedly) optimize CiV, FFXIV, FNV and a few others: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
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30-10-2010, 03:43 | #15 |
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Uh, I just installed 260.89 and now, 260.99 comes. It is quite frequent and somewhat annoying. Civ is still slow and graphics not improving much.
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30-10-2010, 10:27 | #16 |
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Is it so bad that they update frequently? If you're bothered by it, you can stop Steam from automatically updating. Not sure that works as advertised though.
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30-10-2010, 11:22 | #17 |
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There has been another Civ patch after the Mongols patch, don't know if this is the save fix or not - not had time to try it yet.
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30-10-2010, 15:55 | #18 |
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Old deluxe saves work: I finished an old game yesterday.
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31-10-2010, 07:11 | #19 |
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Actually, I was wrong. There is a huge improvement. I can now run the game on DX10 on laptop (Nvidia 310M). Previously, even though the card supports DX10, Civ always crashed (had to play in DX9) and now, out of a sudden, it works in window and full screen as well. If I play in window, it is painfully slow but I can switch to full screen in-game and its gets considerably better. Cannot switch back to windowed though because Civ crashes. If I try to exit in full screen, it also crashes. If I try to start it in full screen, it does not start but crashes. So, to play more or less normally, I have to start in window, switch in-game to full screen, crash either way upon exit and then manually edit the ini file to start in windowed mode every time. What a pain in the ass it is. Also, laptop overheats massively and the fan goes crazy and whistles like a broken hairdryer non-stop after about 5 minutes of play.
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31-10-2010, 09:36 | #20 |
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Ouch! So that's an improvement ... how?
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