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Elazul
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Location: Jönköping, Sweden
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 Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 14:10 Post subject: Civilization IV - Startup Problems |
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When i try to start the game it just quits and then a box appears saying "Failed to Initialize Renderer - Check DirectX Verision and Graphic Settings"
Anyone knows how to do? I have the newest Catalyst Drivers and DirectX, all other games work perfectly including F.E.A.R. and Quake IV. Wierd...
"Thats no prob kanee! Suck your cock! A Firmware flash is more than fucking enough!" - Supermax2004
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Jenni
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Location: England.
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 14:57 Post subject: |
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start>run>dxdiag
See if you have a problem there. Try doing the tests to see if everything is ok.
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Elazul
Posts: 550
Location: Jönköping, Sweden
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 15:07 Post subject: |
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Already tried that, shows nothing :/ Seems kinda strange since i didn´t think that this game needed a muscle machine. I have P4 3.2 GHZ, 1512 RAM, Radeon 9800XT.
"Thats no prob kanee! Suck your cock! A Firmware flash is more than fucking enough!" - Supermax2004
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 15:21 Post subject: |
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Its a problem with ATI cards at the moment, no official "fix" for it yet but there will be in a day or two. Worked fine for me though (9800XT, Athlon XP). Some people had more luck when they said yes to the DirectX 9.0c installation. I accepted it and the game works for me.
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 16:47 Post subject: |
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Do you get some error when loading the game regarding the DirectX version? Read on. This is for ATI card owners, but if you have a Nvidia card, read on - by all means.
1. Get version 5.10 from the official ATI site (www.ati.com). Only the drivers are needed, but grab what you need.
2. Install SP2 for Windows XP, if you haven't.
3. Install the DirectX from the CD/DVD.
Voila. I was to arrogant to install SP2 before, but it seems to solve the problem for this game.
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 18:14 Post subject: |
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I mounted with Daemon tools, and installed, tried to use and got asked for DVD.
Used Virtual CD hide and hide the drive then closed the program then trie to start game again an got the same DVD request.
any ideas on why it not work? is there a latest version of hide VIrtual cd drive i need and where i can get it?
Cheers
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 20:47 Post subject: |
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Have tried _everything_ including that. Several times, no luck!
-Snicker-
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SycoShaman
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Thu, 27th Oct 2005 21:03 Post subject: |
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| flick wrote: | | Its a problem with ATI cards at the moment, no official "fix" for it yet but there will be in a day or two. Worked fine for me though (9800XT, Athlon XP). Some people had more luck when they said yes to the DirectX 9.0c installation. I accepted it and the game works for me. |
I have an ATI x850 256mb and it works smoothly, all gfx settings on high. |
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| Posted: Fri, 28th Oct 2005 09:22 Post subject: |
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| Snicker wrote: | Have tried _everything_ including that. Several times, no luck!
-Snicker- |
Yeah for some of us all these instructions don't seem to work. I've given up hope by now. I'll just wait to buy the game, or get a crack if one will be available before next Friday.
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| Posted: Fri, 28th Oct 2005 09:56 Post subject: |
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I was such a stupid idiot!
For those who still can't get it to work - mount the MDS file - not the MDF! And it works using above instructions.
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