Giles wrote: > Could you explain how, as this may be of help to someone experiencing the same problem? I am tempted to say: vitamin wrote: > There is no simple answer. But I downloaded the patch (http://www.firaxis.com/downloads/Patch/Civ4Patch1.74_Final.exe), installed it, and the game worked from there. No idea what was changed by the patch to make it work for me though.