I'm running a 32 bit Vista Ultimate, just bought Civ 5, it installed fine, and i downloaded service pack 2 and a platform update to play the game in the recommended DirectX10 mode, and now everytime i try to load the game, a windows message pops up informing me that a problem has caused Civ 5 to stop working properly and must close. Im increasingly angry and frustrated that nothing i do helps and i've no clue how to resolve this. Can someone please help me so i dont have a $52.00 paperweight and an absurd amount of anger and frustration leading up to an office space moment?
Civilization 5 wont start
- Thread starter kec7971
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Ahh, I am having the same issue! Did you find a fix yet??? Frustrated here!
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Blackhawk7188
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Did you attempt to run it in Compatibilty Mode for Windows XP? Sometimes this works for games like that. Just a side note that to make sure you are hitting the minimum requirements and have a DX10 Card, usually a DX9 card wont work and you wont know it until something like this happens.
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Pawlwawl06
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It took me hours before I could get mine to load to the main menu. I found out that the intro video causes problems, so I had to disable that. Also I changed my startup resolution, which wasn't supported by the game in the options menu. If you search around on the net, you will find tons of conversations about it, its a hot topic at the moment.
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