Hello fellow civilization builders!

I have an annoying problem playing Civ4. When I have built Stonehenge, I can either zoom very close to the units on the map. Losing the overview. When I zoom out I only see a field of stars, which is not exactly helpful playing the game. :-(

Stonehenge "centers" the map, readjusting it so you see its real dimensions and your position on it.

Could you post a few screenshots of what you are seeing?

Showing me how small I am in the universe I guess? ;-) https://ibb.co/f4XQ4qy

had to take the screenshot with my crappy phone, because Gnome-screenshot does not seem to play well with WINE.

The stars are always there. You can see them if you zoom out enough and you have "centered" the map. You should be seeing the Earth globe in front of them, which for some reason is not being displayed. I started a new game and I cheated a little with WorldBuilder so I could build Stonehenge (see in the attached picture how it is supposed to look).

You mention you are using Wine. I was able find some discussions online about Linux players experiencing the same problem as you. As a Linux user, you will probably understand them a lot better than me. ;)

* This post at Stack Exchange suggests some components to add to Wine that help an user fix the issue: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/476801/civilization-iv-turns-into-a-black-screen-after-revealing-map

* This discussion in the Steam forums explain how a user fixed it with "winetricks": https://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/1750106661711803494/

* One of the comments at WineHQ wiki suggests running on window mode instead of full-screen and change the resolution settings: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=10158&sAllBugs

* And your go-to site for all things Civilization, CivFanatics, has this thread where a user fixed the problem as well (check post #124 by Pangaea): https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/wine-civ4-in-wine-1-1-25-on-ubuntu-9-04.327508/page-7

I hope one of these helps you fix the issue! It's related to how Stonehenge is thought to be an astronomical monument, tracking the movement of the celestial bodies. The same effect happens when you research Calendar, a bit later in the game.

Thank you, ConsulCaesar! :)

I read the threads you linked and looked over protondb. so now I know, that I am not the only one having this problem. But sadly there is no fix in sight. I installed the MS dlls, but that did not help. And playing in the closest zoom is like putting my nose to the monitor for playing. :(

So thank you very much for your effort, alas it did not help. Well back to playing freeciv I guess.

hi it seems u use linux version.
i had the same issue but black screen afterstonehenge/ calendar. i looked up protondb and there was a fix

Which one? I tried the ones offered there, but alas those did not want to work for me. :-(

Gydion's lead to those other threads I have missed in searching for help on the forum, helped me insofar as it runs now, but at the cost of a Civ4 that is about 87GB in size. *sigh*

https: //imgur.com/a/A4qRXD2

i used this fixand it worked.
beside i can tell u that i had good experience running civ 4 with crossover untill version 18.1.0. it was all flawless.
but the newer versions from crossover have stonehenge/calendar bug unfortunately.