01-11-2001 00:00									#1
	Game can't see the CD Increase Your PM Length

I installed the game (typical install). That went fine, but when i try to run the game it shows the loading screen, but then it says "eject and insert your Civ3 CD, click ok and try again". Well i do that and it says the same thing...my CD rom is a CD-RW drive...i think it's 8x readable, and it is external. any ideas?
i want to play! grrr

-Jason

	01-11-2001 11:30									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

That is normally happennig with PIRATED versions of the game.
In that case NO-CD crack (probably on the same CD, if not look at the web) will do the trick.

	01-11-2001 12:48									#3
	Re: Game can't see the CD Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

quote: Originally posted by dudemanjack I installed the game (typical install). That went fine, but when i try to run the game it shows the loading screen, but then it says "eject and insert your Civ3 CD, click ok and try again". Well i do that and it says the same thing...my CD rom is a CD-RW drive...i think it's 8x readable, and it is external. any ideas? i want to play! grrr -Jason

if you pirated that game, it's alrite with me, but i hope you will keep such thing private.

	01-11-2001 12:52									#4
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

It is strage, someone actually gets pirated game, and doesn't know how to install it.

	01-11-2001 13:58									#5
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

In the defense of the 'dude, it's not uncommon for copy protection to choke on external drives. In which case the fix is the same no-cd crack as if it was pirated.

	01-11-2001 19:34									#6
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Now, now, don't go chasing after him like that

Actually I think Civ3 is protected by SafeDisc 2, and one of the "features" of SafeDisc 2 is that you can't play the game, even with the original CD in a CD-R(w) drive So it will only play from a regular CD-ROM drive! Kinda sucks i'd say.

	01-11-2001 20:20									#7
	Inflate your Upload Space

bah...i guess my "pirated" version of the game comes with a nice tin and a copy of risk...well, at least risk works. always liked that board game

	01-11-2001 20:58									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by elrond1999 Now, now, don't go chasing after him like that Actually I think Civ3 is protected by SafeDisc 2, and one of the "features" of SafeDisc 2 is that you can't play the game, even with the original CD in a CD-R(w) drive So it will only play from a regular CD-ROM drive! Kinda sucks i'd say.

The original works fine in my CD-RW and in my DVD drive so I dont think thats the problem.