09-11-2001 19:04									#1
	PLEASE HELP! I canīt install Civ3!!!! Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

I tried to install the game but the installation froze at 54%. I waited for 10 minutes, but nothing. All the while, my HD was in a frenzy activity, judging from the small red light always on.

I had to reboot my machine, and when Windows started again, I saw that the game had apparently been installed. Hmmm... Letīs try to start it, I thought. The game automatically skipped the intro movie and then I was looking at the beautiful menu screen. But something must be wrong, I said to myself. Yep. I tried to click on all the buttons on there (yes, I tried to click twice), but nothing happened.

Now comes the worst part. I tried to reinstall the game, but the uninstall program starts to work and then finishes its activity, saying to me that everything is fine. Guess what? The uninstall didnīt work, so I could not install the game again!! I got mad, screamed at the machine, and then decided to try another method: Norton CleanSweep and Norton WinDoctor. Those two programs managed to uninstall Civ3 from my machine, but now I am afraid to install it again and face the same problems I had before.

Please, donīt tell me that Iīll have to wait for the patch...

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

	09-11-2001 22:36									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

When you installed the first time was Norton and/or other Virus protection software running/ If so, disable it and try again.

	10-11-2001 01:12									#3
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

Ignis: thanx for the reply.

I disabled all the programs that were running on the system tray prior to the installation. But your words made me wonder... probably I have not disabled ALL of the programs running on the background, because I did not use Ctrl-Alt-Del.

I'll try that. Maybe it works.

	10-11-2001 04:03									#4
	Got spare money?

Did that work? I have at least a dozen running in the background and I don't even know what they are for. But I'm afraid to delete them.

	10-11-2001 05:18									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

cave: it worked. I finally could install Civ3, but I chose the "minimum" install over the "typical" install (which the game chooses as standard). With the "minimum" setup, the game installed without flaws.

Now I am having a different kind of problem: this game is sooo slooooow... Sometimes it takes 30 sec to open an advisor screen, even if the game is played on the "cleanest" environment possible. Sound stutters, music crackles... I tried to disable the sound, but to no avail.

Granted that my system is extremely low-tech: K6-2 500 Mhz, 64 Megs RAM, Viper v770 video card (32 Megs), WinMe. But it is above the minimum requirements, so the game should run fine. Yeah, I know... game developers are always fairly... ahem... optimistic... about the min reqs, so they can sell even more.

But the torturing question encroaches in my mind... Do I have a terrible machine for Civ3 to play fine or the game is somehow flawed and a patch can fix these issues? Only time will tell...

	10-11-2001 05:47									#6
	Inflate your Upload Space

K6-2 500 Mhz, 64 Megs RAM, Viper v770 video card (32 Megs), WinMe.

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	10-11-2001 08:11									#7
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Cavebear,
Before starting up any game, you can turn off everything in your task bar EXCEPT explorer and systray these are the ONLY 2 programs you need runing to start with.