Anyone else having trouble getting Civ4 to run? - Page 3

Shabbaman · 27-10-2005, 14:34

What level are you playing Beam?

grahamiam · 27-10-2005, 14:49

i played noble last night as the english (liz) till 250BC. standard, continents. my units were dying all over the place (hint, don't attack barb archers with chariots

). I shared a content with Rome, all alone. I beelined for Alpha while he pretty much did the bottom techs. However, once I reached alpha (the tech that allows tech trading), i couldn't sell writing for lower priced techs (he refused). Kind of annoying, but I'm sure I'm missing something.

killercane · 27-10-2005, 15:05

That confused me at first too. Im not sure how to improve relations besides sharing the same religion. If they dont like you, then no trades. Open borders help, but they wont give you that option at all.

grahamiam · 27-10-2005, 15:11

open borders becomes available with a tech, forget which one. Rome offered it to me and I accepted. They also demanded writing and I refused, but they didn't declare

grs · 28-10-2005, 20:57

Gee, I am way below minimum requirements, but it runs quite well on my 5 year old machine!

Mistfit · 01-11-2005, 13:31

I'm hoping one of you can help me figure out what needs to be upgraded on my machine...

If I play a game above a tiny map on the lowest graphics setting I can get the game to play alright.

Any higher settings than that the game will crash telling me that I have a lack of "virtual memory" Is that the RAM? the Processor? The graphics card itself?

What do you think? Will I need a whole new computer?

Shabbaman · 01-11-2005, 13:45

Perhaps your pagefile is too small. You can set this in the windows configuration screen, in system or something like that.

Mistfit · 01-11-2005, 14:12

erm... explain like you are talking to someone a bit slow...please

Shabbaman · 01-11-2005, 14:20

It's a bit difficult, because I'm using a dutch win2k machine at work (and I assume you're using an english winxp). But let's try. Go to the start menu in the bottom left, then settings and configuration screen. Click the system icon. It should be in the advanced tab, under a advanced button or something. Perhaps using windows help searching for "pagefile" might help.

Mistfit · 01-11-2005, 14:26

and I need to increase this?

Edit: There is actually a tab that says "Virtual Memory"

any guess as to what to set it at?

27-10-2005, 14:34	#21
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	What level are you playing Beam? __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

28-10-2005, 20:57	#25
grs The Nameless One Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany. Posts: 1,449	Gee, I am way below minimum requirements, but it runs quite well on my 5 year old machine! __________________ grs / Grookshank

01-11-2005, 13:31	#26
Mistfit King Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: idunno. Posts: 2,428	I'm hoping one of you can help me figure out what needs to be upgraded on my machine... If I play a game above a tiny map on the lowest graphics setting I can get the game to play alright. Any higher settings than that the game will crash telling me that I have a lack of "virtual memory" Is that the RAM? the Processor? The graphics card itself? What do you think? Will I need a whole new computer? __________________ Stumbling from pillar to post...

01-11-2005, 13:45	#27
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	Perhaps your pagefile is too small. You can set this in the windows configuration screen, in system or something like that. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

01-11-2005, 14:12	#28
Mistfit King Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: idunno. Posts: 2,428	erm... explain like you are talking to someone a bit slow...please __________________ Stumbling from pillar to post...

27-10-2005, 14:49	#22
grahamiam Emperor Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA, East Coast. Posts: 2,673	i played noble last night as the english (liz) till 250BC. standard, continents. my units were dying all over the place (hint, don't attack barb archers with chariots ). I shared a content with Rome, all alone. I beelined for Alpha while he pretty much did the bottom techs. However, once I reached alpha (the tech that allows tech trading), i couldn't sell writing for lower priced techs (he refused). Kind of annoying, but I'm sure I'm missing something.

27-10-2005, 15:05	#23
killercane Prince Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 959	That confused me at first too. Im not sure how to improve relations besides sharing the same religion. If they dont like you, then no trades. Open borders help, but they wont give you that option at all.

27-10-2005, 15:11	#24
grahamiam Emperor Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA, East Coast. Posts: 2,673	open borders becomes available with a tech, forget which one. Rome offered it to me and I accepted. They also demanded writing and I refused, but they didn't declare

01-11-2005, 14:20	#29
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	It's a bit difficult, because I'm using a dutch win2k machine at work (and I assume you're using an english winxp). But let's try. Go to the start menu in the bottom left, then settings and configuration screen. Click the system icon. It should be in the advanced tab, under a advanced button or something. Perhaps using windows help searching for "pagefile" might help. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

01-11-2005, 14:26	#30
Mistfit King Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: idunno. Posts: 2,428	and I need to increase this? Edit: There is actually a tab that says "Virtual Memory" any guess as to what to set it at? __________________ Stumbling from pillar to post...