Video problem in Civilization IV Warlords

Posted: 09-07-2006, 02:33 AM
No where in these forums or elsewhere on the net can I find any information
about this problem, which I'm not used to, but hey, welcome me to using beta
software I guess.

Anyways in Civ4, any 2d flat images are displayed fine, but any 3d stuff on
the bottom part of the screen is mostly blocked out by blue or black stuff.
Confused? A picture is worth a thousand words, I can email a screenshot to
anyone who is interested.

Also, I have a ati radeon x1600 with vista rc 1 drivers.
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Re: Video problem in Civilization IV Warlords
Posted: 09-07-2006, 02:02 PM
"Drez" <Drez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> No where in these forums or elsewhere on the net can I find any
> information
> about this problem, which I'm not used to, but hey, welcome me to using
> beta
> software I guess.
>
> Anyways in Civ4, any 2d flat images are displayed fine, but any 3d stuff
> on
> the bottom part of the screen is mostly blocked out by blue or black
> stuff.
> Confused? A picture is worth a thousand words, I can email a screenshot to
> anyone who is interested.
>
> Also, I have a ati radeon x1600 with vista rc 1 drivers.
Have you tried using ATI's drivers on their website? They're two weeks
newer than the ones included with RC1. I haven't tried Civ4 with RC1 yet,
but I didn't have any issues on previous builds (other than having to run it
in a window).

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Re: Video problem in Civilization IV Warlords
Posted: 09-07-2006, 07:07 PM
I did indeed get the latest vista drivers from ATI's website.

"Paul Smith" wrote:
> "Drez" <Drez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CFC0038-A611-4630-ACDE-E48118C961ED@microsoft.com...
> > No where in these forums or elsewhere on the net can I find any
> > information
> > about this problem, which I'm not used to, but hey, welcome me to using
> > beta
> > software I guess.
> >
> > Anyways in Civ4, any 2d flat images are displayed fine, but any 3d stuff
> > on
> > the bottom part of the screen is mostly blocked out by blue or black
> > stuff.
> > Confused? A picture is worth a thousand words, I can email a screenshot to
> > anyone who is interested.
> >
> > Also, I have a ati radeon x1600 with vista rc 1 drivers.
>
> Have you tried using ATI's drivers on their website? They're two weeks
> newer than the ones included with RC1. I haven't tried Civ4 with RC1 yet,
> but I didn't have any issues on previous builds (other than having to run it
> in a window).
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
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Re: Video problem in Civilization IV Warlords
Posted: 09-07-2006, 07:08 PM
I did indeed get the latest drivers from ati's website

"Paul Smith" wrote:
> "Drez" <Drez@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CFC0038-A611-4630-ACDE-E48118C961ED@microsoft.com...
> > No where in these forums or elsewhere on the net can I find any
> > information
> > about this problem, which I'm not used to, but hey, welcome me to using
> > beta
> > software I guess.
> >
> > Anyways in Civ4, any 2d flat images are displayed fine, but any 3d stuff
> > on
> > the bottom part of the screen is mostly blocked out by blue or black
> > stuff.
> > Confused? A picture is worth a thousand words, I can email a screenshot to
> > anyone who is interested.
> >
> > Also, I have a ati radeon x1600 with vista rc 1 drivers.
>
> Have you tried using ATI's drivers on their website? They're two weeks
> newer than the ones included with RC1. I haven't tried Civ4 with RC1 yet,
> but I didn't have any issues on previous builds (other than having to run it
> in a window).
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
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RE: Video problem in Civilization IV Warlords
Posted: 09-07-2006, 11:25 PM
I had the same problem. It turns out the newest ATI drivers are the problem.
Go to the device manager and select the Display Adapters. Then double-click
on your card and go to the driver tab and select Roll Back Driver.

That should do it.

"Drez" wrote:
> No where in these forums or elsewhere on the net can I find any information
> about this problem, which I'm not used to, but hey, welcome me to using beta
> software I guess.
>
> Anyways in Civ4, any 2d flat images are displayed fine, but any 3d stuff on
> the bottom part of the screen is mostly blocked out by blue or black stuff.
> Confused? A picture is worth a thousand words, I can email a screenshot to
> anyone who is interested.
>
> Also, I have a ati radeon x1600 with vista rc 1 drivers.
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