17-02-2002 04:51									#1
	Problems with startup!!!!! Help me, please!!!! Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

I don't know what else to do. I've got everything installed properly and all of my video and graphics are working perfectly, but for some reason when I get to the start-up screen where you select new game, load game, etc. it comes up in 3 different screens. There are cursors, and three menus to chose from. When I select one of them, it does the same thing as it progresses. Does anybody know what the heck is going on?

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

	17-02-2002 04:55									#2
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Sounds as if you are low on RAM. Have you tried a reboot?

	17-02-2002 05:02									#3
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Actually, I have tried a reboot, but that didn't seem to work. I also checked my RAM and everything seemed okay there too.

	17-02-2002 05:04									#4
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What res do you have?

can you attach your Civilization3.Ini?
(renamed to .txt or just post it)

	17-02-2002 05:12									#5
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my res is 1152 x 864 right now.

I can't seem to find the civ3.ini file

	17-02-2002 05:14									#6
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quote: Originally posted by dirtyhelen my res is 1152 x 864 right now. I can't seem to find the civ3.ini file

Try to change the res to 1024x768
it is civilization3.ini, it should be in the same directory as the game. You might not always ee the .ini part.

	17-02-2002 05:24									#7
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okay, I changed the resolution.

is there an icon associated with the .ini file? I am still not seeing it.

	17-02-2002 05:27									#8
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quote: Originally posted by dirtyhelen okay, I changed the resolution. is there an icon associated with the .ini file? I am still not seeing it.

Did the res change work?

he iniflie are most likely associated with Notepad.

	17-02-2002 05:30									#9
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The resolution change did not work.

	17-02-2002 05:33									#10
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quote: Originally posted by dirtyhelen The resolution change did not work.

Strange. I still wan't to see that ini, but I'm going to bed now. DX version?

	17-02-2002 05:37									#11
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DX version is 8.0 just and is just what was reccommended.

I wish that I knew which one was the INI file. I'm going to send an attatchment, but I don't know if this is it or not.

Attachment: civ 3 o-d i g.doc
This has been downloaded 1 time(s).

	17-02-2002 05:48									#12
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quote: Originally posted by dirtyhelen DX version is 8.0 just and is just what was reccommended. I wish that I knew which one was the INI file. I'm going to send an attatchment, but I don't know if this is it or not.

No, not that file, Civilization3.ini. You might have to deselect to not view the fle extension for registered types in the windows explorer options.
Try DX 8.0a

	17-02-2002 06:02									#13
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Okay, try this file. I think that this is it.

Attachment: civilization3.txt
This has been downloaded 13 time(s).

	17-02-2002 06:06									#14
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It doesn't seem to be any errors in that. I can't help oyu. Maybe someone else.

	17-02-2002 06:08									#15
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Thanks for the attempt. I appreciate it.

	03-03-2002 06:47									#16
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are the 3 seperate displays slightly garbled? it sounds like a refresh rate setting it may be just a touch out of sync with your monitor. I am looking at a fix now with that same error. (a less evil varient of the black scren error so many others are having.

I copied this from another forum
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Chieftain

One thing I have noticed with some other postings on other sites as well as my own experiences with Civ3 is that there seems to be a problem with the way the game polls to see which settings to use with the graphics cards.

The intro blink movie worked fine. The small portion before the blink intro and the menu screens after the blink video would display as if the refresh rate was incompatible with the monitor.

By experimenting with my display settings I was able to reproduce the the graphical "mess" by setting my refresh rates to 120hz.

From reading on the net I discovered that I would be able to fix this problem. The way to do this was to find the settings in the regestry dealing with the graphics card. I then removed the settings corrisponding to the higher refresh rates. (I removed the 100,120,80,85 hz options)

It appears from looking through the regestry that when the graphics card is installed it places entrys in the regestry for all resolutions and all refresh rates that the graphics CARD itself is capable of. (even if the system is not capable of running them)

The listing in the regestry seems to display them ordered not numerically, but ordered alphabetically, meaning instead of putting them in numeric order of 65,70,75,80,85,100,120 the regestry would display them as 100,120,65,70,75,80,85.

If the game were to pull the first settings it came across, it would pull the refresh rates that were physically to high for my monitor, and hence the "mess" that was displayed on the screen.

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if i fugure it out will send the exact registry areas dealing with this in the meantime try ensuring your comp is not using the default microsoft display drivers look for drivers at www.driverguide.com