![]() Install Beyond the Sword, immediately patch to 3.17 (download it fresh from here).This is an official update for Sid Meier's Civilization® IV. Install Warlords, immediately patch it to 2.08 (download it fresh from here) Install Civ4, immediately patch it to 1.61 (download it fresh from here) (note: InstallShield Installation Information is a hidden directory so you need to configure windows explorer to show hidden files). (note: application data is a hidden directory so you need to configure windows explorer to show hidden files, also these directories in application data are sometimes removed by the uninstall routine)ĭelete ".\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\" (BtS) Use Control panel to uninstall Beyond the Sword, then Warlords, then Civ4ĭelete ".\documents and settings\\my documents\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\my documents\my games\warlords" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\my documents\my games\beyond the sword" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\application data\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\application data\my games\warlords" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\application data\my games\beyond the sword" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\my games\sid meier's civilization 4" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\my games\warlords" manuallyĭelete ".\documents and settings\\local settings\application data\my games\beyond the sword" manually Try to follow this order when doing stuff: Uninstall and Reinstall Civ4 Warlords BtS : Then do the following for a clean reinstall: Install the most recent version of DirectX 9c from Microsoft If you do not have warlords, ignore that part: Do the below, making sure that all installers/patch installers have admin rights. ![]() In vista even as an admin user you need to run many program installers with explicit admin rights. What do I do to make the patch realize Civ4 is installed? This update requires that a previous version of the application be installed."Īlso, since this is asked in all other threads, yes Civ 4 shows up in my control panel as a program I can uninstall. "The setup has detected that no version of Sid Meier's Civilization 4 is installed. Problem 3) If I download patch 1.61 from the Civ4 website, when I run it I get the following error. Problem 2) If I try to update Civ4 from inside the game (it wants to go to patch 1.74 and skip 1.6), when you hit update, the download bar says 0/-1 bytes, 0%, and after 10 seconds tells you the patch failed to download. ![]() then 5-10 seconds later, the error "The patch failed to install! Aborting installation." When you hit "okay", the whole installation disappears and you're back at desktop. It then finds that there is a newer version of Civ4 available, and will be installed now. It then checks and updates DirectX compenents. Problem 1) When I try to install BtS, it starts install shield. The version is retail (CD), and is the original Civ4 from when the game first came out if not just a few months later. I installed Civ4, with no problems known (played for 30 minutes fine). I have a new system running Vista 32x, 2gb ram, quad 2.6mhz. I've been searching these forums and can't find the answer to the following. ![]()
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