I just went and bought Conquests from SuperTarget.

I came home and installed it and installation went off without a hitch.

No problem at all.

I placed an icon for the game on my desktop and went to play it, and it loads it up and then the screen goes black.

Then it goes back to my desktop without saying anything.

No popup, nothing.

WTF?

Try patching it to v1.22f. Patch is here. (http://www.firaxis.com/downloads/patch/Civ3Conquestsv122FULL.exe)

Failing that, make sure that you have the latest drivers for your video card. If it goes black then crashes, it suggests it might be a problem with either trying to play the intro (in which case find your C3C.ini file, open it and add the line playintro=0 to it), or else a problem with directx. What version of directx are you running?

I have the latest version of DirectX beacuse it promptedme when i installed the game.

I have the latest version of DirectX beacuse it promptedme when i installed the game.
Did you reboot the PC after the installation?

Yes. I will reinstall again just to make sure.

It still did not work.

I duno what to do i cannot find the c3c.ini file

I'm not sure if its called c3c.ini (I think t is), but it should be in the civ3\conquests\ folder - it might be called 'conquest.ini' come to think of it. :hmm:

Do you have the latest video card drivers?

my computer is only like ayear old im sure it can run conquests

my computer is only like ayear old im sure it can run conquests
It should be able to run it, but C3C installs directx 9.0b, which your video card may need updated drivers for. What sort of videocard are you running?

i have no idea.

myocmputer is a gateway profile 4

no tower all int he moniter

I searched for conquests.ini and found a file

when i opened it it says:
[Conquests]
Voice Quality=0

i added :
playintro=0


to the file and sved it and the same thing happened

Right-click on your desktopl, and choose 'properties'
On the form that comes up, choose 'settings'.
There is a button in the bottom right corner labeled 'advanced'. Click it.
A new form will come up. Click on the tab that says 'display adapter'.
At the top, it should tell you the make and model of your graphics card.

Post back here what sort it is. :)

What is the serial number for your PC.

(to find that, look here (http://support.gateway.com/s/MISC/CustIDSerial/Gateway_Learningsu35.shtml))

nvidia geforce 2 mx/mx 400 (microsoft corporation)

serial:

002897428

are u there??

nvidia geforce 2 mx/mx 400 (microsoft corporation)

serial:

002897428
Sorry - balancing this with work!

The serial number should be 10 digits.

If you go to this page (http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/dlcenter.asp) and enter your serial number, it should give you a list of all updates for your PC. Look for video drivers for your given operating system, and install the latest ones.

I use a GeForce MX440 with no problems, so you should be able to get it working (hopefully)

i went upstairs and installed it on my old ****ty computer

i had to install regular civ 3 and that worked fine

in installed Conq. and it worked fine but was incredibly slow.

when iw ent to pick my leader, it lagged and didnt work.

i duno what to do

i took it back to target and exchanged it for another copy just incase

came back and the same thing happens

nothing loads

What windows version are you running? Is it the same one as your old PC?
Did you try updating the video drivers?

i tried and im running xp

i called atari and they said i needed to uninstall everyting civ 3 related

turn off my antivirus

reinstall it

still didnt work

im callling back tomorrow

Try this:

Click on you 'start' button, and choose 'run'.

In the box that comes up, type 'dxdiag' without the little ' things. Hit enter.
This will start the dxdiagnostics.

It will start a new program, which has information about your system. From teh 'system' tab of it, find out what your directx version is.

If you then click on the 'display' tab, you will see whether the various directx modes are enabled. You can also run tests to see if directdraw and direct3d cause any problems - its worth trying that.