Minimum requirements - Page 5

Dell19 · 23-10-2005, 23:05

Quote:

quote:Congratulations, your system will Rock this product! Wish we had a system that hot you lucky dog.

Which is pretty cool since the PC is slightly over two years old.

Swingue · 02-11-2005, 18:28

Ok, at the office we got civ4 (this means PP has to spent less time with his kid

.

But I keep getting bugs when i try to play civ4. The terrains is shown black except for the trees and so.
Can anyone help please.

barbu1977 · 02-11-2005, 19:42

I had balck terrain problem with a nVidia GF4 MX420

I had to get the latest drivers from nVidia, the latest from my video card maker was not enought.

ERIKK · 02-11-2005, 19:53

Check out the Nvidia thread at cfc (bug reports) for detailed help (from other posters).

Swingue · 02-11-2005, 19:59

Problem is that I don't have a Nvidia card but a Sis M650 card

ERIKK · 02-11-2005, 20:27

You can always call the helpdesk...

ProPain · 02-11-2005, 20:33

Well, all works well on my laptop. Now I have to test my desktop

Darkness · 11-11-2005, 22:24

201.61KB

I guess this means I need a new graphics card to run the game...?
Or is

But which one?
And how do I check if the card is compattible with my machine?

And, guys, please note that I am a complete idiot on these things so please just use simple words...

But, you know what's really strange?

194.24KB

I get this when I check Madden05, which works perfectly on my machine.
So, how good is this test anyway?

Rik Meleet · 12-11-2005, 00:13

84.46KB

Socrates · 25-11-2005, 00:13

So I eventually started Civ4 on my PC.

I installed it (in English), then installed the patch downloaded from CDZ. Odd, the PC freezes when I try to access/open the Civ4 directory (seems to work OK now, but before I launched the game, it would freeze, then accept me in that folder) ; BTW, I installed the game in another place than the default directory. OK, so, now I have launched the game, I can find the directories and INI file to which 10 links point (/Civ4/My Games) : is there something to do about that, to make the Civ4 activity running (taking screenshots, save games, etc...) ?

I launched the game, and watched the intro movie. It was completely fucked up : graphics and sound were glitching every 2 seconds, making it unbearable to watch (fortunately I saw it in a vid before and we can skip it). The main menu runs fine, the Earth rotation's cinematics and the superb music (Lion King

). Just, I get a message that I'm below the recommanded configuration (and so it will give low performance), but it was expected. Odd, when I entered the tutorial mode and got out of it, the game would leave full-screen for a few seconds, back to Windows, before going to this little box with the status bar again (like when you launch the game), and then go to the tutorial/main menu.

The graphics are fair, not splendid. Can't tell much by what I saw, since the tutorial prevents you from messing with the game as you want. I stopped there (well, I went as far as Sid was there). In fact, I have never seen a game exiting as fast as this one (a very few seconds including the "bzzz bzzz" in Windows). Leaderheads would show completely. Noticed a few strange things on the map. I could see the terrain east of Rome in the tutorial (beyond the sea), but when I moved the screen towards it, it would become black (fog of war) as it should always be, and the rest of the land would turn blueish ; mousing over the "new" terrain in the east wouldn't reveal the usual info though (normal). Also, I was able to see the greenish stuff specific to the (long) flood plains in the fog of war... effectively indicating that there were some flood plains there. That's all so far, I think.

Anything to comment on, direct me to ? How do I stand on the system's issue ?

02-11-2005, 18:28	#42
Swingue Prince Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Looking for grandchildren. Posts: 659	Ok, at the office we got civ4 (this means PP has to spent less time with his kid . But I keep getting bugs when i try to play civ4. The terrains is shown black except for the trees and so. Can anyone help please. __________________ If violence doesn\'t work, use more violence! ================================================ Swingue got a new pair of eyes, 20/20 vision now

02-11-2005, 19:42	#43
barbu1977 Emperor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Blame Canada!. Posts: 3,501	I had balck terrain problem with a nVidia GF4 MX420 I had to get the latest drivers from nVidia, the latest from my video card maker was not enought. __________________ Postcount = Postcount + 1; //Postcount++

02-11-2005, 19:59	#45
Swingue Prince Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Looking for grandchildren. Posts: 659	Problem is that I don't have a Nvidia card but a Sis M650 card __________________ If violence doesn\'t work, use more violence! ================================================ Swingue got a new pair of eyes, 20/20 vision now

02-11-2005, 20:33	#47
ProPain Customized Admin :) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: sailing the seas of cheese. Posts: 5,852	Well, all works well on my laptop. Now I have to test my desktop __________________ I fed my Dog the American Dream Well, he rolled over and he started to scream He said, I dig the taste of salt but it don't keep me alive yeah, yeah

11-11-2005, 22:24	#48
Darkness Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 4,169	201.61KB I guess this means I need a new graphics card to run the game...? Or is But which one? And how do I check if the card is compattible with my machine? And, guys, please note that I am a complete idiot on these things so please just use simple words... But, you know what's really strange? 194.24KB I get this when I check Madden05, which works perfectly on my machine. So, how good is this test anyway? __________________ "Death is lighter than a feather, but duty is heavier than a mountain..." - The Eye of the World

02-11-2005, 19:53	#44
ERIKK Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands!. Posts: 2,636	Check out the Nvidia thread at cfc (bug reports) for detailed help (from other posters).

02-11-2005, 20:27	#46
ERIKK Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands!. Posts: 2,636	You can always call the helpdesk...

12-11-2005, 00:13	#49
Rik Meleet Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands. Posts: 2,502	84.46KB __________________ Social life ? Sounds like fun !! Where can I download that ?

25-11-2005, 00:13	#50
Socrates Emperor Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,946	So I eventually started Civ4 on my PC. I installed it (in English), then installed the patch downloaded from CDZ. Odd, the PC freezes when I try to access/open the Civ4 directory (seems to work OK now, but before I launched the game, it would freeze, then accept me in that folder) ; BTW, I installed the game in another place than the default directory. OK, so, now I have launched the game, I can find the directories and INI file to which 10 links point (/Civ4/My Games) : is there something to do about that, to make the Civ4 activity running (taking screenshots, save games, etc...) ? I launched the game, and watched the intro movie. It was completely fucked up : graphics and sound were glitching every 2 seconds, making it unbearable to watch (fortunately I saw it in a vid before and we can skip it). The main menu runs fine, the Earth rotation's cinematics and the superb music (Lion King ). Just, I get a message that I'm below the recommanded configuration (and so it will give low performance), but it was expected. Odd, when I entered the tutorial mode and got out of it, the game would leave full-screen for a few seconds, back to Windows, before going to this little box with the status bar again (like when you launch the game), and then go to the tutorial/main menu. The graphics are fair, not splendid. Can't tell much by what I saw, since the tutorial prevents you from messing with the game as you want. I stopped there (well, I went as far as Sid was there). In fact, I have never seen a game exiting as fast as this one (a very few seconds including the "bzzz bzzz" in Windows). Leaderheads would show completely. Noticed a few strange things on the map. I could see the terrain east of Rome in the tutorial (beyond the sea), but when I moved the screen towards it, it would become black (fog of war) as it should always be, and the rest of the land would turn blueish ; mousing over the "new" terrain in the east wouldn't reveal the usual info though (normal). Also, I was able to see the greenish stuff specific to the (long) flood plains in the fog of war... effectively indicating that there were some flood plains there. That's all so far, I think. Anything to comment on, direct me to ? How do I stand on the system's issue ? __________________ Sent from my Debian