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6 Nov 2002, 14:41
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Problem with Civ3
whenever i install it and try to play it, it ****s up my comp, lines across the screen and i gotta ctrl-alt-dlt and guess which proggy im closing
anyone else have this prob?
any ideas on how to fix it?
my comps fairly decent the only thing i can think of is possibly my video card
Nvidea Geforce2 MX 400 64 bit
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6 Nov 2002, 14:49
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Dirte
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Take your civ3 cd.
Throw it out off the window.
Problem fixed.
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6 Nov 2002, 14:53
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Good Son
Join Date: May 2001
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Well, with Voodoo 6 it has been rolling fine with no real problems.
Dunno then.
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6 Nov 2002, 14:58
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=Ž
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by Snurx
Take your civ3 cd.
Throw it out off the window.
Problem fixed.
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heh
dont own the CD, this is from a rip, tho exact same thing happened when i tried playing it off a friends CD awhile back
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6 Nov 2002, 15:00
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Dirte
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Hmm. Then its not the cd thats ****ed.
Have you defragged and checked for errors? It has helped me more then once when i had "smaller" problems like that.
If not, try to change your graphic settings etc, read the readme and find out what settings are recomended.
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6 Nov 2002, 15:06
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Good Son
Join Date: May 2001
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try patch it before running it.
mine's 1.29f (not necessarily the newest, but runs fine for me).
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6 Nov 2002, 15:29
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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warez are bad mmkay?
(you got cable fs, just go redownload it from kazaa)
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6 Nov 2002, 16:20
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Das Scoot
Join Date: May 2001
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I've never had any problems with it, and the graphics on my computer (a laptop even) are ****. All I can suggest is try the 1.29 patch, and if that doesn't work, time for a new computer. 
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6 Nov 2002, 17:32
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Had a smilar problem, which was due to the monitor refresh rate.
It would crash when running the video when the game loads.
If you have the default monitor drivers installed, install the drivers for the monitor you are using in the Display Properties and set the best refresh rate your monitor will run too.
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6 Nov 2002, 17:40
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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"why isnt my rip working? I got it from a reliable site called www.0wnj00n00bs.com and been assured by my faithful warez freind N3r0Z that it doesnt have any problems/trjoans/viruses and it only took 15 reconnects before downloading was complete"
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6 Nov 2002, 17:43
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try getting latest driver off the nvidia website
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6 Nov 2002, 22:40
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p a r r a c i d a
Join Date: Apr 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by Car'a'carn
try getting latest driver off the nvidia website
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6 Nov 2002, 22:42
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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all my drivers are always updated, and this is a generic monitor that can only go up to 60 hz refresh rate, maybe thats the prob
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6 Nov 2002, 23:01
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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yer its an older monitor all right heh
NEC MULTISYNC 3FGX
cant even find any drivers for the fkin thing
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6 Nov 2002, 23:46
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p a r r a c i d a
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monitor drivers don't usually matter :/
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7 Nov 2002, 00:13
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its the only thing on my computer thats out of date, and im guessing the refresh rate isnt high enough to run civ3 so thats what causes the problems
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7 Nov 2002, 08:22
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by Steve_G
its the only thing on my computer thats out of date, and im guessing the refresh rate isnt high enough to run civ3 so thats what causes the problems
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Refresh rate not high enough?
As long as the monitor is able to display the needed screen resolution and the needed colour settings then there shouldn't be a problem with the monitor.
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7 Nov 2002, 11:28
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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On my comp Civ3 insisted on changing refresh rates/screen resulotion to maximum allowed..which kinda was a problem since i was using generic monitor driver and a ****e monitor...
there was something you could do about it in the init-settings though.. something like "keepres = 1"...
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7 Nov 2002, 11:51
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I found i had that problem when running it under my ATI Radeon
i would get as far as the menu screen but then it would seaze up, and i needed a reboot before the machine went back to normal
I tried the path, which let me get intot he game itself
but again bombed me out
this was about 1month ago.. nto tried since then ( and oddly enough its a legal copy)
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7 Nov 2002, 22:53
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally posted by hyfe
On my comp Civ3 insisted on changing refresh rates/screen resulotion to maximum allowed..which kinda was a problem since i was using generic monitor driver and a ****e monitor...
there was something you could do about it in the init-settings though.. something like "keepres = 1"...
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hrmm where could i find this?
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8 Nov 2002, 14:52
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not really on topic, but: did anyone try this x-pack yet? it clearly rocks \o/
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8 Nov 2002, 15:03
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Why on earth do you want to play Civ 3? It's by far the weakest out of it, civ 2 and alpha centauri.
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8 Nov 2002, 15:07
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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ive never played any, spose im gonna dl 2 and give it a try
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8 Nov 2002, 16:34
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Das Scoot
Join Date: May 2001
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I downloaded 2 just a bit ago, playing it for nostalgia...I'd say 3 > 2 in pretty much every area, except for the fact that corruption in 3 is unreasonably high.
Other than graphics and a few smaller things tho, they're pretty similar.
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8 Nov 2002, 16:56
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centauri does the exact same thing as civ3
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8 Nov 2002, 17:49
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Quote:
Originally posted by Scoot951
I downloaded 2 just a bit ago, playing it for nostalgia...I'd say 3 > 2 in pretty much every area, except for the fact that corruption in 3 is unreasonably high.
Other than graphics and a few smaller things tho, they're pretty similar.
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The corruption was reduced in a patch.
I guess the warez version is the original release.
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8 Nov 2002, 19:48
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Das Scoot
Join Date: May 2001
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They have a new patch after 1.29? That's the last I played before I uninstalled it for HD space, and corruption still seemed pretty high to me.
(And I actually paid for this game, thank you very much  )
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