Civilization IV, Baddest Beat of my Life

[4_2_it]

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All,

For a total noob at these games, as in I have never played even once, should I pick up CIv 4 or go to an earlier version.

Thanks,

Calda

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Go right to 4, there is no story continuity to worry about.

[Blarg]

Pick up the new one. It has smooth multiplayer for one, and that's a very nice option. There is no reason to go to an earlier version on this one, if you could even find it.

[Grisgra]

It's all about the choprush.

[wayabvpar]

I have heard that there is a patch (1.09) out now- time to fire up Civ 4 again!

[Blarg]

You were waiting on a patch to play? Hmm.. one of those guys with video card problems?

[Grisgra]

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You were waiting on a patch to play? Hmm.. one of those guys with video card problems?

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There were only about, maybe, a billion of us . . .

Yay patch! Movies are still jumpy and I can't play on a world larger than "small" without it freaking out on me after the middle ages, but it still kicks ass. Friend of mine has a new top-of-the-line computer and the movies are jumpy even with his setup . . . bizarre.

[Blarg]

I know the vid card issues are legit, but I've seen some nutty or just ignorant complaints, too. People complaining that they can't play anything bigger than a small map without experiencing lag ... when they have only 256 meg of RAM in their system and onboard video. That was too little to run Civ 2 without hitches, years and years ago. Some people also expect to max out their visual settings in a game and crank the resolution to 1600x1200 and can't believe the game doesn't run smoothly when they do. It's kind of sad when they say, "But it's a new computer!" without realizing that just because it's new doesn't mean it's not a total piece of crap for running games.

Have you tried using a bunch of different drivers, even pretty old ones? Firaxis keeps on harping on the need to have the latest video drivers, but my video drivers on my ATI 9800 Pro are dated April 2004 and they work great. I don't even want to upgrade them since they work so well on everything. If you've tried everything else but that, maybe that would help.

[Ulysses]

All,

I am pretty sure if I ever got this game, I would never stop playing.

[wayabvpar]

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You were waiting on a patch to play? Hmm.. one of those guys with video card problems?

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No vid card problems- just the memory leak. The end game becomes incredibly tedious- it takes forever to scroll in and out, move around the map, etc. Even a freshly loaded save game is bad, but if you play it in one sitting it becomes completely unplayable eventually.

I have also been playing more p***r and Battlefield 2 these days [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[Aytumious]

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You were waiting on a patch to play? Hmm.. one of those guys with video card problems?

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No vid card problems- just the memory leak. The end game becomes incredibly tedious- it takes forever to scroll in and out, move around the map, etc. Even a freshly loaded save game is bad, but if you play it in one sitting it becomes completely unplayable eventually.


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There is a memory leak fix here. Even if you have a high end machine, this fix helps a lot.