Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find any mention in the forums I've been reading.
Also, I'm a Steam noob, and I'm pretty sure this is a Steam question more than a Civ V question. Nevertheless. I've installed Civ V twice now...both times, I finally end up to the freeze where the screen is black and white (two overlapping rectangles). I've only now just read that I should have given more patience at this point. After a minute of waiting, I'd quit Crossover Games.
When I relaunch Crossover Games, and subsequently launch Steam, Steam knows that I've activated Civ V, but can't find the install. It wants me to install, and to install via download.
It may be significant to mention that I have purchased the DVD and installed Civ from this, not from a download.
Does anyone know how I can remind Steam that I've done this before? It is important to me because I'm living in a situation right now that is without reliable internet. It costs a bit of money for me to be online.
Thanks!
Gus
Edit: I'm also (obviously) a Crossover noob. But I have a hunch that I'm not supposed to have separate bottles for both Steam and Civ V? I can locate the Civ V install manually in the Civ V C-drive, but it isn't in the Steam C-drive. So I'm guessing I've installed incorrectly, having chosen use Crossover's client to install an "unsupported application" instead of using Steam to install it.
Edit 2: I suppose I should probably keep working on it before I post, but as I only get internet at most for a couple hours a day...Anyway, my problem was that I had installed Steam first, which created a Steam bottle, but then when I installed Civ V, it created a separate bottle for this. THIS installation doesn't add a menu option, which I see is an issue in another thread.
Currently, I've started from scratch but without installing Steam manually, instead letting Civ V install Steam. Still, no menu option, but the Run command seems to circumvent this
Also, I too got to the point where Civ V was running, but the terrain was all grey, but I see there is a post for that too...if only my connection would allow me to load the darn thing. (Obviously, I am not waiting for any answers at this point...if i could delete this post I would, though it may be good for some other noobs to see the places that I went wrong.)