I bought a Windows 7 machine and went to install Civilization IV on it. It told me the program had "known problems". If I continue it begins the startup process but eventually fails. What do I need to do to get it working?
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OK I got this working and it seems you need to do two things.
- Update DirectX. The one from the Civ 4 disk may work, or this:
- Upgrade the game to version 1.74, which can be downloaded. Firaxis appears to no longer support this patch, but it is available from Gamespy:
The DirectX upgrade may or may not have been necessary. It certainly doesn't work without the patch upgrade. You don't need any of the Windows 7 compatibility modes.
Did you try just ignoring that message and continuing on with the install? I've run Civ 4 on my Windows 7 machine and haven't experienced any issues.
2Updating my graphic card driver solved this problem for me.
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