Latest game version on Steam, with or without expansions or DLC.
Application Details:
| Version: | Steam |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://civilization5.com |
| Votes: | 8 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 4.0-staging |
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What works
Nothing.
Installing works fine For this I used Steam within Wine. Nothing special there. Then the luck is over.
What does not
The application launch crashes with a:
Unhandled exception: page fault on write access to 0x7c002fd4 in 32-bit code (0xf79b06da).
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_b...
Workarounds
A proposed workaround from 2015, which I haven't tried, is disabling the Gods and Kings DLC.
That, considering the nature of Civilization V, I find an unworkable solution.
What was not tested
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
The interesting part here, is that apparently not everybody has this problem. Why, is sadly not something I can extract from bug reports and working tests.
I got this problem in three different scenarios:
One conclusion might be, that it really only works on older wine versions and that changes since then have broken support.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Antergos | Jan 27 2019 | 4.0-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Jacob Smith | |
| Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Jan 16 2019 | 4.0-rc6-staging | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Jacob Smith | |
| Show | Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Jan 12 2019 | 4.0-rc6 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Nowres rafed | |
| Show | Gentoo Linux | Dec 15 2018 | 4.0-rc1-staging | N/A | Yes | Yes | Silver | Alex | |
| Show | Ubuntu 18.04 "Bionic" amd64 (+variants like Kubuntu) | Dec 06 2018 | 3.0.4 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Eonfge |
Steam
If you are using this game with steam, see the Steam page for details on how to install Steam.
If you are unable to install Steam from the DVD, try installing it from http://store.steampowered.com/about/
Also remember to disable in-game community if you are using Steam.
Installation
For best results, start with a clean wine prefix, then install vcrun2008, d3dx9_36 and vcrun6sp6 using winetricks, then install the game normally.
DirectX 11 is not currently known to work, use DirectX 9 instead.
Use of downloadable content (DLC) may eventually cause the game to crash after a number of turns. If you are experiencing consistent crashes when near the renaissance age when playing with civilizations from the DLC, disabling any DLC other than the expansion packs is advised.
Lot of users are reporting
Unhandled exception which crashes civ5
This might be because of bug
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31113
This comment was made on 2013-08-22 by illich "I purchased the new expansion, it downloaded and installed fine, ran also well (I see the new start menu). But after starting the game, several menus are missing: such as purchase buildings/units in the city, unit commands, culture screen, etc. making the game unplayable. When I load an old Gods&kings game (within the same program) it loads fine and all the menus are where they should be. Did anyone else experience this too?"
steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/0/864973123439038306/#p2
might be wine bug or civ5 bug...
