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chris007jg
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I just got the game, LE, yesterday the 29th. I have a dell Inspiron 8000 purchased new in April 2001.
1GHz
256MB
32GB
ati M4 32 MB graphics that says its full open gl
dvd and cdrw seperate drives
WinME, Hey its what Dell put on it.
When i run the game i get the title screen then the program quits.
just stops and exits.
I have successfully installed and played on my tower, AMD K6-2/400 Win98SE with no major problems and like the subject says the laptop will run the editor just not the game.
Thanks
chris
Last edited by chris007jg on 30-10-2001 at 23:25
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xray2
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Durham, NC
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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I'm having similar problems with a Dell Dimension bought in Dec '99. Specs are:
PIII 700 Mhz
256 MB RAM
GeForce 256 AGP
SoundBlaster Live Value
Samsung DVD-ROM
Win98 2nd Ed 4.10.2222A
I start the game, it gets to the title screen (I think) and hangs. I get a white rectangle on a black background, some music starts to play and the game hangs. There is a faint hint of the Infogames logo in the white rectangle. CTRL-ALT-DEL says that CIV3 is not responding. I can eventually terminate the program but my desktop is stuck in what appears to be 640x480 and I have to restart the machine. I suspect a conflict with the sound card but not sure where to start troubleshooting.
I can run the Civ3 editor with no problems. Just not the game. 8-(
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xray2
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Durham, NC
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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In my C:/Windows/Fonts directory I have 238 fonts so its something else (at least for me).
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BBarl
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Silver Spring, MD
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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I was having two of the problems mentioned here:
(1) the game often wouldn't start, or crashed as soon as I tried to leave the first game set-up screen.
(2) Much of the text was running together, and was not lined up properly on the preferences screen.
I followed the suggestions I saw here--strip down all but the essential two programs that are running in the background, and pare down the fonts in the Windows/Fonts directory. (After copying the full set to a separate location to reinsert later.)
It worked. I don't have my home computer specs with me--I'm at work--but I wanted people to know that this might help if you haven't tried it yet. (When a new game comes out, there's nothing worse than hurry-up-and-wait.)
Many thanks to those who posted these ideas. You ended my frustration, and I hope that of many others. Good luck to those still struggling!
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xiskool
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I have an IBM Thinkpad 570E running W2K Pro and I had the same problem running the game. I would double click civilization3.exe, the cd would spin up, a brief flash of music would play and the introduction/title screen would flash for about a second. Then suddenly I was back to the Windows desktop.
After many hours of troubleshooting and reading forum posts with no success, I installed a backup hard drive which had a fresh install of W2K Pro with the exact same video card and monitor drivers. After instlalling the new drive I installed Civ3 and ran the game the first time without any problems. I was absolutely shocked because after hours of troubleshooting on my original installation and reading all the negative posts I was certain that Civ3 was incompatible with my hardware.
I have gone back and forth between the two hard drives after reading the forums and can find nothing that will fix my original installation. I uninstalled almost every application I could find and still could not get Civ3 to work on the original drive (yes, I checked the fonts).
I wish I could be more help but if you have an extra hard drive laying around, you might want to consider installing Civ3 on a clean OS installation if all else fails. It worked for me and a friend of mine.
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DarthRosie
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OK, welcome to messed up land, starring me & CIV3. I got it running (i had the problem where the title screen would open, access drive, then shut down - with no errors. Nothing worked to fix it).
Well, I fixed it, in a really odd manner.
Now, I haven't gone beyone opening the main title screen with the option to start a new game, but it's gotten me this far, and I'm almost positive it will work.
Head on over to gamecopyworld.
http://www.gamecopyworld.com/
From there you can download the fixed .exe for civilization3. I believe it might be a no-cd patch, but mine access the cd for some reason when I play it.
I have no idea WHY this is working - it was really on a whim that I did this, thinking that I had a problem with my CD, but it worked nonetheless.
NOW, I'M OFF TO PLAY SOME DAMN CIV3!!!!!
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DarthRosie
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I tried my 32 & my 40 or 50 (i forget - and it's not written on it). Neither worked. Until I did that silly work around - which isn't the best because I can't watch wonder movies & stuff like that. If anybody find a real solution, I'll still be happy to use it - I'm just happy I can play the game - even though I munch at it.
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SCLZ
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New Zealand
Oct 2001
time: 17:15
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quote:
Originally posted by xiskool
I have an IBM Thinkpad 570E running W2K Pro and I had the same problem running the game. I would double click civilization3.exe, the cd would spin up, a brief flash of music would play and the introduction/title screen would flash for about a second. Then suddenly I was back to the Windows desktop.
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In the readme it mentions something on improving the bink video playback performance by replacing the bink dll file on your hard drive with the one on the CD. I think this fixed someones problem once.
The other thing is the monitor profiles...some people think Civ3 trys a video mode that your monitor can't handle if you don't have the correct monitor inf file installed. (I think this applies to the grabbled text thou).
See if any of these are the problem...
LZ
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Ignis Fatuus
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Darth Rosie
Sounds like you were experiencing the dreaded Safedisc2 "can't play the game eventhough I bought it and it is not copied/pirated syndrome". That is why when you downloaded the fixed.exe the game will work. I am having the same problem but don't have a program to unzip the .ace file that the fixed.exe is compressed with.
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Ignis Fatuus
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Darthrosie,
WOW! Thanks a lot. I am downloading it now. I looked all over the net 2 days ago and couldn't find a valid download site to get this program. Thanks again.
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xray2
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Durham, NC
Oct 2001
time: 00:15
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I figured out the problem I was having (and it was simple really). Apparantly my PC doesn't like the opeining movie. I just wait for it to start and tap like crazy on the key. I have a half to three second window to stop the movie before it kills my machine. After I get past the movie, a haven't had any problems other than it seems to run a little slow, but not so bad as to make the game unplayable.
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Missourian
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Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Jun 2001
time: 23:15
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The game freezes up on me every time at the begining screen before the movie. I get an error message - Civilization 3 has caused an error in ~DF394B.TMP Civilization 3 will now close.
I will post my system specs.
Time of this report: 11/3/2001, 16:04:25
Machine name: OEMComputer
Operating System: Microsoft Windows ME (4.90, Build 3000)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model: VT8363
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1133MHz
Memory: 256MB RAM
Page File: 85MB used, 1706MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.0 (4.08.00.0400)
DX Setup Parameters: None
DxDiag Version: 4.08.00.0400
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type:
DAC type:
Device ID: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0110&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_B2\000800
Display Memory: 63.5 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 720 (32 bit)(optimal refresh rate)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: nvdisp.drv
Driver Version: 4.13.01.1241 (English)
DDI Version: 8 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 5/17/2001 11:23:42, 105888 bytes
Driver Certified: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: *vdd
Mini VDD: nvmini.vxd
Mini VDD Date: , 0 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4250-11CF-6967-012010C2C935}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0110
SubSys ID: 0x00000000
Revision ID: 0x00B2
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
Anyone else having similar probelms?
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Ignis Fatuus
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Missourian,
This is I beleive another case where someone is unable to get by the Safedisc2 copy protection. If you have a burnt disc, then whoever burned it did not patch it first with the fixed.exe patch. If you are having these problems with the original game disc, then go to www.gamecopyworld.com and d/l the fixed.exe patch and run it from there.
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chris007jg
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I went to gamecopyworld via the link above. I could not find anything for Civ3. Can one of you who has dl'd the fixed.exe post a direct link to it or arrange to make the file available your self? I believe this may be what is causing my problem as it is a dell dvd drive i am trying to play it on.
thanks
chris
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chris007jg
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Well I found it and dl'd it and even with a minimum install and cd not in drive the game plays. feel bad about using that exe but it now works and i can use what i shelled out for.
thanks
chris
Last edited by chris007jg on 06-11-2001 at 02:28
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Ignis Fatuus
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Deleted partial post.
Last edited by Ignis Fatuus on 06-11-2001 at 02:48
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30-10-2001 19:30
It was a bad exe file the fixed one works like a charm. Thanks alot
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