15-09-2004 17:32									#1
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I am currently playing Civ III with the 1.07f patch. When I install any other patch or Conquests, I get sound but no picture. I've made it compatible with XP, but something is messed up. Any ideas?

	15-09-2004 18:28									#2
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I have been using XP since CivIII came out. The 1.07f patch is very far back. I would delete the whole thing (keep saves) and clear it from the registry.

Install CivIII, no patch, then C3C and see if it worked. If not contact them, be sure to check on drivers.

You do not need comp mode.

	15-09-2004 20:53									#3
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IIRC I had some minor trouble too with graphics on some early patch.
No idea on wether it was 1.07 though.

Just try what Vxma suggested.

	15-09-2004 23:08									#4
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Well, thanks for the help, but I still have the same problem. Everything works fine up until the animation stops and you are supposed to get the next screen that asks you New Game, Load Game, ect. Then it goes blank. Conflict with the video card or the monitor I suppose, but it's strange that I get part of the game.

	15-09-2004 23:28									#5
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Obligatory question, but have you updated your video drivers?

	16-09-2004 00:05									#6
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Yes, I have. The DirectX is fine. I am baffled.

	16-09-2004 23:26									#7
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Ok, I am playing! This is what got done on the computer.

Disabled onboard video card, installed drivers for specific monitor. Restarted system, installed game!

Thanks for all the suggestions, I was lost.

	16-09-2004 23:35									#8
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onboard video :shudders:

anyway, have fun

	16-09-2004 23:42									#9
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I am fine with on board sound, but not video. Glad you are up and running.

	17-09-2004 02:18									#10
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It's good to have some onboard video/audio as back-up though.
I know I wanted it a couple of weeks ago when my vidcard went dada.

	28-03-2005 09:51									#11
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Hey, folks.

I've been googling around for most of today and yesterday trying to find the answer to a problem i'm having with Civ3, which seems to be the exact same problem Topaz had. YAY!

Problem is, i'm a little thick on the old computer knowledge side of things, and i'm not exactly sure what he did to fix it. Can somebody please dumb it down a little for me?

What do i have to do to solve this problem?

My computer specs:
Win XP Pro 2002
Pentium 3 550 mhz
384 MB Ram
GeForce 4 440 MX

I'm running Civ3, 1.07f version.

It's so frustrating that i can't play this game. I used to be able to play it on windows 98 a few years back with this same computer system. But now that i have XP it wont work for some strange reason. Help!

What happens is (as Topaz already said, but i'll say again anyway) i load the game, the monitor shuts off, then about 10 seconds later comes on again. I see the intro movie, then when it's time to see the main menu the monitor shuts off again, but i can still hear the menu music.

	04-04-2005 19:28									#12
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No love for old Nick?

	04-04-2005 19:55									#13
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The first thing to do is install the latest patch.
For Vanilla, that is 1.29f.

	04-04-2005 20:29									#14
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I've had the same problem but with 1.29f. The solution was

get directx 9.x
be sure that your VC driver supports openGL

The directx upgrade removed the black screen and then I could see that the program was displaying a message that there was no openGL support

	05-04-2005 12:12									#15
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Oooh... So i just have to get a VC driver that supports OpenGL? What is openGL anyways? And how do i make my computer support it. Hehe.

	05-04-2005 13:32									#16
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Why would you need openGL for CIV?
--

Upgrade both your game (patch 1.29) and possibly your videocard driver. You should be fine then.

	05-04-2005 13:36									#17
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Videocard driver :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_71.84.html

DirectX 9.c

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...a1-914185249413

Civ patch

http://apolyton.net/civ3/downloads.html

	05-04-2005 14:13									#18
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quote: Originally posted by alva Why would you need openGL for CIV? -- Upgrade both your game (patch 1.29) and possibly your videocard driver. You should be fine then.

If the program claims it need it, I guess that it is nessecary, but don't ask me why it is

	06-04-2005 08:06									#19
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Alright i'll do that, thanks fellas.

I really hope this works, downloading all these programs is such a painful wait on my 56k.

And BlackCat, just on the side, how did you get your computer to support openGL?

Last edited by NickB33 on 06-04-2005 at 10:09

	06-04-2005 10:15									#20
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Well, the game patch 1.29 didn't solve the problem... next up: Video Card update... I have a good feeling about it though... the release notes says that this openGL thing is supported.

	06-04-2005 16:05									#21
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quote: Originally posted by NickB33 I really hope this works, downloading all these programs is such a painful wait on my 56k.

Ack!! Time to upgrade there mate, best investment you'll ever make.

	07-04-2005 06:37									#22
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$$$

	07-04-2005 14:26									#23
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That expensive? I know for me it's cheaper to use cable (42€/28£) than it is using a 56K modem, considering all the time I spend on-line.

	08-04-2005 19:32									#24
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Ohh it's about double the price for me where i live... ahh well.

Meanwhile i downloaded the VC update and i didn't help the game either. I don't think i'll bother with downloading directX either. It's 34 MB, and it wont make my game work either. It didn't for BlackCat.

So does anybody have any other tricks up their sleeve?

	08-04-2005 20:49									#25
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You are making your download problem four times bigger than nessecary. If I'm not wrong, then you have found the redist version of directx, and you only need a runtime wich is at 8 Mb. Check here :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...&DisplayLang=en

Actually, it was upgrading to directx 9.0c that removed the black screen and revealed that I had to get openGL support on my VC. After that all worked fine for me.

	09-04-2005 05:58									#26
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Excellent, thanks a lot Mr. Cat. I'll download this and post the results. I have a good feeling about this one. (But then, that really hasn't changed anything before. :P)

Edit: By the way, does it matter that my version of windows xp isn't original? There's this validation process that this site wants me to do before i download. But my xp is copied. Does this matter? I'll hold off from downloading it until i get an answer... Better safe than sorry!

	09-04-2005 14:53									#27
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When you click "continue" you get the possibility to validate later/not this time, so you might be safe

	09-04-2005 21:29									#28
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I'm an idiot.

	09-04-2005 22:28									#29
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Don't worry, you're deffinately not the only one here.

	09-04-2005 22:49									#30
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Quite right - we are a majority - hope your problems dissapear so you also can get your nightsleep spoiled