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7/12/2007 1:38 PM
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I just recently got an HP laptop, nice specs, so I decided to install Civ Four, which didn't work on my crappy desktop because of horrible specs. I've got Vista, naturally. Anyway, I tried five or so times, but I had tons of troubles. I never got any pop-up screen telling me about installing the game, and when I tried to check the CD-ROM drive on the computer area to see if I could somehow install the game manually, everything froze up, and I had to remove the battery to actually get the computer to get back up (I know, horrible for the computer). So, the point is: Is Civ Four even compatible with Vista? If so, does anyone have any suggestions for how I can get the installation to work? And if it's not possible, is there some sort of patch that will allow Civ 4 to work with Vista? Thank you so much in advance for your help.
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7/12/2007 3:38 PM


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Hi Blue.  I recently installed CivIV on a Vista Home desktop w/out any major problems.  However, the install was performed off of a download from Direct2Disk not a DVD/CD.  I had some initial problems with the video display, but some minor tinkering with settings cleared up the issue.  Given that, I think you might be looking at a hardware issue not an OS issue. 


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7/12/2007 7:01 PM


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hmmmm,  I 'nowed better than to install vista on my hardware... 

Lets see... Does Vista have any interesting updates from M$?   I never checked as I don't own enough hardware to run it properly, I stuck with XP Pro.

Perhaps copying the files from the CD/DVD to the computer's harddrive would help?

Sorry,  If you want instant answers try Civfanatics...  More members=more experience with troubleshooting.



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7/13/2007 2:25 AM


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Yup, what he said.  Try moving the whole package to your brand new, all kinda empty HD and running it from there.  Couldn't have said it better myself...and I didn't


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7/15/2007 7:22 PM
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bluej,

I run CIV IV on Vista without any real difficulties.  As far as your system freezing, I have that problem with just about everything I run a Vista.  It seems to be more of an OS problem than a problem with the game.

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8/15/2007 6:55 AM
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Hi,

Moi aussi, je n'arrive pas à jouer CivIV sous Vista. J'ai un message comme quoi il y'a un prob de compatibilité connus.

Finalement, y'a t'il un patch?

Merci.



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8/30/2007 5:46 AM
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Hi i bought myself an alienware desktop the other week got this game and tried 2 install it but basically cant get anywhere.  God damn windows vista.  It just flags up a msg saying there is known compatibility issues and points me in the direction of firaxis game website for solutions of which i cant see any? any advice or am i screwed.
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8/30/2007 6:20 AM


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I have no experience with Vista....like said before though, try Civfanatics or Apolyton, there might be some help in troubleshooting sections there.


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2/24/2009 10:33 AM
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I installed it on my vista laptop last night and had no problems what so ever. Game runs like a dream, had some issues with the music after 3 hours or so - but I think that was an overheating issue - something my laptop suffers from when playing games. Love the game by the way!
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Glad to hear it.  Several others have run it without issues as well.

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