Riiight. So, first everything works fine. Then there was this minor patch yesterday;

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Fix for a crash that occurs on bootup for customers using a Spanish Windows XP operating

Now DX10/11 doesn't work: freezes after a few seconds in main menu. And on top of that, when I try to reïnstall, it tells me the Steam servers are too busy...

I'm installing from a disc. Where do the Steam servers factor into it?



Hey Sid, you got some fail in ma patch. :yeah:

Arc you need to be on Steam to finish the install for some reason. I had internet issues so after installing it at 8:30pm local, I couldn't actually play it until 11:00pm local because my internet instability wouldn't let me finish the install.

Now I run steam in offline mode if I want to play, saves me the trouble of worrying about an internet drop out.

Even with the DVD version, doesn't it try to install from Steam? I thought I read somewhere that if you use the default installation the Steam files will be downloaded but if you manually navigate to a folder on your DVD you can run the installer that uses the DVD files. Which sounds ridiculous, but still.

If you run the installer from the disc, it will install from the disc. What I did yesterday was "delete local content" in Steam and then run the installer again. But it kept stopping halfway through the "building cache files" bit, stating the error that the servers were busy.

I went into my Steam/steamapps/common folder and physically deleted the Civ5 folder; was still some crash logs in there. After that it installed fine.


DX10/11 still doesn't run though... Why do patches do more damage than they fix nowadays? :doh:

Hahaha I've got a case of history repeating itself. I'm playing as the Germans and I own my continent after taking out the Japanese and West Africans. On the other continent the American's have already taken down the Chinese and are now working away on the Ottomans.

America vs Germany. History repeats in Civ 5. Though it'll end differently I suspect since its human v ai. And they've got to get across the sea to get me.

Just watch out for the B-17s they can do a job on your cities :yep:

Bought it, have not been able to get into it yet thou, will try some more tommorow, really like the Civ Games.

There will be a learning curve if you ever played Civ4. Did you buy the "strategy guide" aka the manual that should have come with the game for the price you paid?

I am in my 7 or 8th game and it is starting to grow on me. I don't think it should be considered a "replacement" for CIV4BTS. :nope: It is a different game with its own strengths and weaknesses.

There is a manual, it's just not printed...

Yeah but I hate paying $50 for a game and not having a printed manual. One of the many things that bugs me about video games these days.

Where is the manual? All I can find is some readme files

Some of the things to be fixed in the upcoming patch:

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94438

Look at that - a game company that listens to player gripes, and communicates its intentions to fix them the player base. I'm not used to being treated that way.

Kinda hoping they'll fix the DX10/11 .exe. Haven't played since their last patch broke it. :shifty:

Thanks mookie. Good looking patch list.

Some good changes coming in that patch. Many of the problems I never experienced but it is good that they fix them.

I am very happy they are toning down the Trading Post priority and allowing you to tell workers not to change anything. You put a few workers on Auto and all you can see is trading posts as far as the eye can see. :D

LOL, exactly the conversation I was just having with a friend!