18-07-2002 10:17									#91
	Intel 82810 Chipset-- Graphics Problem Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

Please help me! My graphics card is part of the Intel 82810 Chipset, and I've encountered several graphics-related problems. The most important is a problem with the Foreign Advisor. I haven't been able to find a pattern, but occasionally other leaders' heads fail to appear on the Foreign Advisor screen, making it impossible to contact them without searching for one of their units and right-clicking it. Where their heads should be, I find a yellow disc, and when I attempt to contact it, it sends me to a leader already on the screen.

Also, text appears completely out of place on the diplomacy screens and on the civiliopedia, and I've found myself having to guess at what I'm telling my opponents.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Shane Lawrence

	18-07-2002 23:52									#92
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Hmm... So you can see the pictures of them sometimes?

First off, I checked with Intel and there are some issues with DOS games, not sure if this is the root of the problem or not but try:

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/

This is for the drivers, but you should read the info first:

http://support.intel.com/support/gr...99851-prd39.htm

You might want to check with the manufacturer of your video card first and see if they've done anything as far as 'updated drivers' and such.

	20-07-2002 19:44									#93
	Too Many Resources (STILL) Suffering from ads?

I've had this bug since the original unpatched version and posted it once here, four times to Infogrames Support (with NO response) and all the patches up to 1.29f have NOT fixed this issue.

I have a save game you will have to reference, let me know where to send it - OR - you can download it from:

http://www.disorganized-mayhem.com/C3CrashSave.zip

I've tried this game on 3 different machines and I have the same issue on all three machines.

Game Year 1920, I launch an attack and take over a city (Mauk Chuk) with 3 ivory resources around it. The game crashes whether I choose to raze the city or take it over with my own governer. It crashes as soon as I decide to install my own governer. If I raze the city, depending on which patch I've played with, it either crashes right then or when I end my turn.

I suspect this is because of the amount of resources I currently have and I am adding a yet another new resource.

PLEASE HELP!

	21-07-2002 09:28									#94
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Well, I've tried your saved game...

From the looks of it, it looks like your using a Mod cause you can see the rest of the units, even those that are 'under cover' that are in the areas that are shaded. And for the Cruise Misslies too, I thought they were suppose to be based only in cities and not out in the open as they are in that saved game.

So if you are using a MOD then that is where the problem lies because I encounted the same error. You can get those errors from using saved game editors and other 'modifying' programs too, so that maybe another source of your errors.

That's why I prefer not to use any mods and just play the game 'as is'.

	27-07-2002 05:04									#95
	Palace enhancements not saved? Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

I resumed a saved game today and was soon notified that the people were going to improve the palace.
I was suprised to find all of the previous improvements were gone... just left with the basice cave.
I don't recall seeing this glitch before.

Windows ME -CIV 3 1.29f NO MODS

	27-07-2002 08:36									#96
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That may only happen with saves from previous versions. All of the patches have had some type of issues with saves from previous versions.

	28-07-2002 08:32									#97
	CPU usage pegged when the game shouldn't be "thinking" about anything. Support Apolyton

(Sorry for re-posting this. Just wanted to add it to the list. Firaxis says there's no fix.)

I just started a new game on a Tiny map with one other civilization. I have yet to make my first move. The usual "It is the year 4000 BC . . ." dialog box is visible. I Alt-Tab back to IE to continue typing this message and check CPU usage. Civilization3.exe is at 0% usage.

I switch back to Civ3 and hit Enter to dismiss the dialog box. I Alt-Tab back over here. Lo and behold, Civilization3.exe is now using all available CPU cycles. And I have 54 MB of physical memory free. If I closed IE and Outlook, I'd have 84 MB free. The hard drive is silent. There is no swapping going on. Page Faults Delta for Civilization3.exe is at zero. The game is just sitting there waiting for me to move. CPU usage is at 100%. This should not be the case.

System Details:
Windows XP (fully patched)
Dell Inspiron 7500
500 MHz P3
256 MB
ATI Rage Mobility graphics chipset (latest drivers)
1.29F patch

	01-08-2002 20:42									#98
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I'm not using a mod - it's been ages since I looked at this saved game, but I believe I spied to get their units location and the CM's have been moved up in preparation for some bombing ...

Next please ...

quote: Originally posted by ACTD_Ran From the looks of it, it looks like your using a Mod cause you can see the rest of the units, even those that are 'under cover' that are in the areas that are shaded. And for the Cruise Misslies too, I thought they were suppose to be based only in cities and not out in the open as they are in that saved game. So if you are using a MOD then that is where the problem lies because I encounted the same error. You can get those errors from using saved game editors and other 'modifying' programs too, so that maybe another source of your errors.

	02-08-2002 07:06									#99
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New bug in 1.29f:

(1) The start of this thread stated a known bug of "After a successful battle with barbarians..., a unit being promoted makes the game think the Warrior unit has a second move..." is there. It is true, as I have seen this bug since the first version with no patches (1.06?). However, in version 1.29f it happens all the time, and is more annoying than ever.

(2) I just found an interesting one in 1.29f. I created a Pikeman in a city, and I wanted to move it a long way up a continent. When I click-and-dragged to scroll up the screen, I passed over the edge of the continent into uncharted water. It said the Pikeman *WAS* able to go there in something like 45 turns. I decided to explore this and scrolled up the screen more. When the number reached 108 (not kidding), I think I reached the top edge of the map (it was all black/unexplored). However, the game froze. I had the salute the game and kill it.

(3) 1.29f makes all the other civs feisty compared to older versions. They have gone to war with me three times out of four when I hadn't done anything to them to warrant it. Perhaps they thought I was weak, due to the way army strength is changed in the version. This makes early gameplay harder, even in the easy levels (one up from lowest).

(4) Thank you for "accelerated production". It makes the slow gameplay tolerable.

	30-09-2002 17:46									#100
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I found a bug.

I was playing as the English, and I sometimes like to hide the interface by hitting the delete key.

Well I had met the Russians and I bought their world map for 101g and ended the meeting. But when I turned the interface back on (hitting delete), the map was not shown. So I left the interface on and tried again, (only cost me 1g to buy their world map this time), and the map appeared.

So it seems after you buy a map with the interface off, you won't see the map at all; even if you turn the interface on afterwards.

	31-10-2002 04:39									#101
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For some reason, I cannot build the Hoover Dam in two cities (Elephantine and Grand River). Both have the same river within their radii. Elephantine(which also cannot build SW's -Forbidden Palace and Battlefield Medicine) is seperated from the river by a channel, but Grand River is ON the river! I don't know if this is causing a confict or not.

I've checked all the production queues, so no other cities are going to build them. I tried abandoning Grand River, but to no avail.

Plz tell me if I'm over looking something obvious. I do believe this is a true bug though. I want to win this game so thx for any feed back.

My PC spec:
Win2000 SP2
533mhz Celeron
256Mb Ram
Ati Radeon 8500
SB live

Attachment: cleopatra of the egyptians, 950 ad.zip
This has been downloaded 2 time(s).

	01-11-2002 09:46									#102
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Its not a bug! Just read the FAQ's...Should of done that to start with! Doh!

	02-11-2002 23:28									#103
	hoover dam Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by HAND For some reason, I cannot build the Hoover Dam in two cities (Elephantine and Grand River). Both have the same river within their radii. Elephantine(which also cannot build SW's -Forbidden Palace and Battlefield Medicine) is seperated from the river by a channel, but Grand River is ON the river! I don't know if this is causing a confict or not. I've checked all the production queues, so no other cities are going to build them. I tried abandoning Grand River, but to no avail. Plz tell me if I'm over looking something obvious. I do believe this is a true bug though. I want to win this game so thx for any feed back.

finish harbor.........trade for iron (needed for factory)....build factory (needed for a dam) ..... build Hoover Dam..........fini

	02-11-2002 23:45									#104
	battlefield medicine Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by HAND For some reason, I cannot build the battlefield Medicine)

need 5 hospitals

	05-11-2002 07:37									#105
	PBEM Shield and Food Bug? Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Looks like PBEM has a problem. I have three games going currently (or had) and had the same problem on each. After about the third turn on one game we noticed that shields and surplus food was not being credited to the city in question. This means that the cities will never produce anything and will never grow. Is anyone else noticing this problem?

	20-04-2003 00:12									#106
	Another Crush Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I get a crush always on the same turn (AD 1810). It's a huge map game with max civs at the beginning. I started the game on Classic Civ III , and loaded a save with year 1788 and continued playing PTW (1.21f). After my move on year 1810 I get a standard windoze Illegal Operation Error (so commonly seen). I loaded up PTW autosave dating 1800 and after my move in 1810 got the same result. So I tried loading my last original classic civ save(1788) and skipped moving up to critical year 1810 and there were no problems. Maybe it's the result of changing civ classic to ptw while the game is in progress. I don't use mods. Any ideas?

My comp specifacations:
P III 650 Mhz
256 DRAM
G-Force 3 Ti 500
SB AWE 32
Windows 98 SE

I'm including my PTW save from begining of 1810 (it's 'bout 380 kB)

Attachment: civ iii ptw autosave 1810 ad.zip
This has been downloaded 0 time(s).

Last edited by Alakhai on 20-04-2003 at 00:21

	20-04-2003 03:41									#107
	Re: Another Crush Remove this text

quote: Originally posted by Alakhai I get a crush always on the same turn (AD 1810). It's a huge map game with max civs at the beginning. I started the game on Classic Civ III , and loaded a save with year 1788 and continued playing PTW (1.21f). After my move on year 1810 I get a standard windoze Illegal Operation Error (so commonly seen). I loaded up PTW autosave dating 1800 and after my move in 1810 got the same result. So I tried loading my last original classic civ save(1788) and skipped moving up to critical year 1810 and there were no problems. Maybe it's the result of changing civ classic to ptw while the game is in progress. I don't use mods. Any ideas? My comp specifacations: P III 650 Mhz 256 DRAM G-Force 3 Ti 500 SB AWE 32 Windows 98 SE I'm including my PTW save from begining of 1810 (it's 'bout 380 kB)

hi ,

, have you tried a re-install , ...

have a nice day

	20-04-2003 11:20									#108
	Re: Re: Another Crush Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

quote: Originally posted by panag have you tried a re-install

No , but it seems to me like sth is corrupted in this particular save not in whole game. If sb would be so kind downloading it to check if an error occurs. (If you have the same version of ptw)

	20-04-2003 15:12									#109
	Re: Re: Re: Another Crush Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

quote: Originally posted by Alakhai No , but it seems to me like sth is corrupted in this particular save not in whole game. If sb would be so kind downloading it to check if an error occurs. (If you have the same version of ptw)

hi ,

try a re-install , it should do no harm to your saves , .....

try to play it afterwards , .....

sorry no windows comp for today , so no download

have a nice day

	20-04-2003 18:24									#110
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

I reinstalled both - Civ III & PTW. It still crashes at the end of my turn(in this particular save of corz'). Any other suggestions?

	21-04-2003 18:11									#111
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quote: Originally posted by Alakhai I reinstalled both - Civ III & PTW. It still crashes at the end of my turn(in this particular save of corz'). Any other suggestions?

hi ,

send the SAVe to Firaxis , uninstall , delete all files , look manually for all civ , civilization , firaxis , infogrames , etc ..... delete them , reinstall , get patches and play

have a nice day

	30-04-2003 13:37									#112
	Got spare money?

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to post it.

I had a fleet of ships set up to autobombard a city, perhaps 7-10 ironclads and destroyers.

I asked for and received peace early in the turn. I did not turn the autobombard off, so the message pops up asking if I want to declare war. I click no, no, no, over and over but nothing happens so I have to go to war to end the loop.

	01-05-2003 08:57									#113
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quote: Originally posted by asleepathewheel I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to post it. I had a fleet of ships set up to autobombard a city, perhaps 7-10 ironclads and destroyers. I asked for and received peace early in the turn. I did not turn the autobombard off, so the message pops up asking if I want to declare war. I click no, no, no, over and over but nothing happens so I have to go to war to end the loop.

hi ,

have you tried this in an other game also

have a nice day

	07-06-2003 03:58									#114
	Civ 3 error (unknown) Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Everytime i launch the game an error message pops up saying "civilization 3 has caused an error in (unknown) Civilization 3 will now close if you continue to expierience problems, try restarting your computer" but when i hit enter it doesn't close another window pops up saying the same thing i click enter about twenty times and finnaly they dissapear and the game loads but when i enter into a game it does it agian and everytime i move or do anything it pops up . I emailed infragames but they still haven't responded in a week did any one else have this problem ever.

I am running on a Pentium 3 730 mhz i have all the latest drivers and i uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times i have tried everything on their faq sheet and i have not heard of anyone else having this problem.....why me?

	07-06-2003 03:59									#115
	Civ 3 error (unknown) Increase Your PM Length

Everytime i launch the game an error message pops up saying "civilization 3 has caused an error in (unknown) Civilization 3 will now close if you continue to expierience problems, try restarting your computer" but when i hit enter it doesn't close another window pops up saying the same thing i click enter about twenty times and finnaly they dissapear and the game loads but when i enter into a game it does it agian and everytime i move or do anything it pops up . I emailed infragames but they still haven't responded in a week did any one else have this problem ever.

I am running on a Pentium 3 730 mhz i have all the latest drivers and i uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times i have tried everything on their faq sheet and i have not heard of anyone else having this problem.....why me?

	07-06-2003 04:30									#116
	Re: Civ 3 error (unknown) Support Apolyton

quote: Originally posted by kilikitari Everytime i launch the game an error message pops up saying "civilization 3 has caused an error in (unknown) Civilization 3 will now close if you continue to expierience problems, try restarting your computer" but when i hit enter it doesn't close another window pops up saying the same thing i click enter about twenty times and finnaly they dissapear and the game loads but when i enter into a game it does it agian and everytime i move or do anything it pops up . I emailed infragames but they still haven't responded in a week did any one else have this problem ever. I am running on a Pentium 3 730 mhz i have all the latest drivers and i uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times i have tried everything on their faq sheet and i have not heard of anyone else having this problem.....why me?

hi ,

have you tried " re-install " yet , ......

have a nice day

	07-06-2003 04:33									#117
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Yes i reinstalled and completely uninstalled then installed agian nothing seems to work. I don't know what the deal is i am hoping that infrogames will respond to my email but they haven't yet and it has been a week.

	07-06-2003 05:28									#118
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quote: Originally posted by kilikitari Yes i reinstalled and completely uninstalled then installed agian nothing seems to work. I don't know what the deal is i am hoping that infrogames will respond to my email but they haven't yet and it has been a week.

hi ,

okay , try this ;

unistall everthing , both civ3 and ptw , the look manually for folders like civilization , ptw , firaxis , infogrames , etc , .... you shall find several folders , delete them , dont forget to turn off all you security programs you might have on your comp , reboot (!) , get microsft or whatever os you have updates (!) > direct x 9 etc , .... reinstall civ3 , get the patch , reinstall ptw and get patch , note ; get the patches for your local version , dont install the latest us english patch on an uk english disk / software (!) , reboot , defrag and do diskcontrol , enjoy the game

and if that does not work , post again

have a nice day

	07-06-2003 05:37									#119
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I have done all of this i am running windows ME if that has anything to do with it. I have all the patches and still.

	07-06-2003 05:44									#120
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quote: Originally posted by kilikitari I have done all of this i am running windows ME if that has anything to do with it. I have all the patches and still.

hi ,

there is no way you could have done that in 9 min , ......

anway , check for updates right now , there are some new ones , ......

does civ play

have a nice day