Hi guys and gals. I hope I put this post in the correct thread, if not, please enlighten me
Problem: Version 6. 0 will not generate a world.
I am on Win7-64, dual-core; the game files are on my desktop, vcredist is up to date and I followed the installation instructions to the letter:
I downloaded and installed version 554 onto my desktop, unzipped the 554 patch and put it in the aurora folder, erasing two files in the process, then I started up, and a new world was generated, as expected. I checked some screens and played a few turns and I believe that the game works as expected. I am a total newbie, so I really don't know. But it didn't crash on me, I had contact and could write things and I had no error messages.
I then saw there was a version 6. 0, downloaded it and installed it according to the instructions. Now the game will not finish generating a new world. I get the first message (that my civ is created, and that the game will now create the other civs, and that it will take a few minutes). I click OK, and the game starts generating again. I can hear something is happening on my hd.
After 28 minutes I force quitted, de-installed everything (ie. I placed the aurora folder in the trash and emptied it) and then I redownloaded and re-installed from scratch. Same result: The patched 554 version generates a new world pretty fast, but the 6. 0 version takes literally forever. I left it running during the night, but it still wasn't finished this morning.
I have followed the instructions carefully, so I have had no problems with dll files or funny error messages yet, and I am using the default settings. And as I said, the 5. 54 version seems to be wad. So that is the one I will be using (trying to learn the game) until I find out how to upgrade to 6. 0
But what am I doing wrong? The problem is probably on my end, as I have not been able to find any complaints or bug reports about this particular issue.
Thanks.