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Application (Civ 4) won't launch

Hi, strangely (and frustratingly) Civ 4 suddenly won't launch for me; no error message, nothing, it just bounces a few times in the dock and stops. I've never had any problems before. I found a few similar threads here, and followed the advice there, but nothing seems to help. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the program, I've verified that I have the latest software updates, and have repaired permissions (twice, once in safe mode). Not sure what else to do. I'm a relative mac newbie, so advice for dummies would be appreciated!

I have a MacBook Pro, running Mac OS X 10.4.11, 2.2 GHz Intel processor, with 4 GB of RAM and 35 GB of free memory. Never had any similar problems, this just popped up out of the blue, and only seems to affect this one application. Thanks for any help, David

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jan 25, 2009 1:47 PM

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db09 Author

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Jan 27, 2009 3:26 PM in response to db09

Thanks everybody for the input. I'm not sure I want to go through the hassle of an archive and install, so I guess I'm resigned to wait for a patch from the vendor. I hope it doesn't take too long, I've got civilizations to conquer...

toddball

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Jan 27, 2009 4:36 PM in response to db09

I am having the same issue have reinstalled but the bounce back continues

BigK

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Jan 27, 2009 8:05 PM in response to db09

I am having the exact same issue, but have tried to uninstall quicktime to revert to an earlier version... to no avail. Just going to have to wait out the storm... I hope you bide your time wisely Isabella!

BDAqua

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Jan 29, 2009 12:37 PM in response to db09

Hi Everyone, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

It's not the QT Update causing it, and it's not old PPC Hardware causing the problems.

I finally got the QT7.6 update, (Dial-up takes awhile), I installed it and Civ 4 runs as good as always on my old G4.

My advice to every one is to first get the Download for real here...

http://www.apple.com/downloads/

Then Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the sippnig radian is happening, so let it go... if it takes way to long, then you must find another way to repair your HDD first, like DiskWarrior).

Then Re-apply the Update & reboot.

Jan 29, 2009 8:28 PM in response to BDAqua

BDaqua,

What OS are you using? Did this work in Tiger? 10.4.11

BDAqua

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Jan 29, 2009 8:50 PM in response to caliscott

Hi caliscott, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Yes, a fully updated Tiger 10.4.11 on a QS/2002/1.5GB/GigaDesigns DP 1.4GHz.

BigK

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Jan 30, 2009 4:26 PM in response to BDAqua

BDAqua I am running OS X 10.4.11 on my PowerBook G4, tried your advice and everything went smoothly. Although, when I tried to fire up CIV it did the same thing as before. I uninstalled CIV and then reloaded, still didn't work.

BDAqua

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Jan 30, 2009 4:46 PM in response to BigK

Hmmm, I'm running Version 1.61, are you?

BigK

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Jan 30, 2009 6:58 PM in response to BDAqua

I am running CIV v1.61 and Warlords v2.0

BDAqua

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Jan 30, 2009 7:16 PM in response to BigK

I don't think I have Warlords at all, not sure.

Zamu M

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Jan 31, 2009 9:21 AM in response to BDAqua

I'm having same Civ 4 problems.
Spent $100 on Disk Warrior (before I realized everybody was having these problems). Disk Warrior did a lot of repair Disk Utility didn't report, but Civ still won't fire up.
I'm for waiting this one out. Playing Pirates at the moment anyway!

BDAqua

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Jan 31, 2009 11:22 AM in response to Zamu M

Hi Zamu M, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Do you remember what kind of errors DW repaired?

If it was other than Icon & Date type fixes you may need to replace some files, or Archive & Install.

PtboMac

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Jan 31, 2009 3:44 PM in response to db09

Here's how I solved this problem.
I downloaded an older version of QT here:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/QuickTime7_3_1_forTiger
Using Pacifist found here:
http://www.charlessoft.com/
I opened the QuickTime731_Tiger.pkg file and used Pacifist to install the older QT over the new one. All you have to do is select replace when asked about files that are already there.

Hope this helps.

BDAqua

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Jan 31, 2009 3:50 PM in response to PtboMac

Hi PtboMac, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

Great first post & tip, thanks! 🙂

BigK

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Jan 31, 2009 9:34 PM in response to PtboMac

Thanks for the links and tip. Works perfectly.

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