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    Best PC config

    I find AMD plays Civ best. Tested on Intel Celeron (back in 2002) and some P4's but over all for me AMD is the best, the 4200+ loads games in under 7 seconds. If you know about task manger, set civ to real time, if your using dual core. The number of cities effects the load time, i think...
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    Issues with diplomacy menus on widescreen laptop

    Hey! Wow 1366x768, i didnt know the game could go that far, as bad as it may sound i would try it on the normal 1024x768. I do on my wide screen laptop and its fine :D May not look as good as some games but thats why we love civ right! :)
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    new at this: My civ3 doesn't work any longer

    Could be a million different reasons with the details you have given. I would agree with brainiac18, all else false do a re-install or system restore to when the game worked, or check the icon, ensure its linked to the right. Silly as it may sound was the disk in the drive, is the hard drive...
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    Multi-player speed tips

    :cool:hi all, After maybe 2 years of not playing Civ 3 multiplayer, I have come back, and with some interesting tips if you suffer from the lag that often comes with playing multiplayer. :goodjob: First, check your connection. If you are playing using wireless this is a massive no no, the...
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    Help!!! Editor Error!

    It worked!!!! woohooo!!!! Put the CD in, it installed it. On the first test the game ran using the complete version (nice) then when I clicked the editor (in the conquests listing not the complete) it loaded it up :)
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    Help!!! Editor Error!

    Yup, re-installed no difference. I have also just installed the game on my laptop, and it says that it can't find Civ Conquests.... Odd huh. I am at a loss as to what to do with it. I have searched here and found something about it dating back from 2004... Wonder why they haven't...
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    Help!!! Editor Error!

    Hey all, After many years away I thought about installing Civ again, but couldn't find my CD's :confused: so I brought the complete version. Install went well, so I thought. When I try to open the editor I have: Civ3QEdit ERROR: Could not open file for reading. This error pops...
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    More then 8 Players in Multi?

    Hey guys, Ok so me and some friends have come back to playing Civ Multiplayer:goodjob::crazyeye::lol::lol:. So off I go to design a map, looks great, I made a map with 16 player starting locations, so we have some A.I to fight... anyways my question...:confused: Is there any way to get...
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    Display Problems

    Oh no, sorry to hear about your problem. This isnt an uncommon thing to happen with older games like Civ 3. But fixing them is slightly different. As you said you have already looked at your screen, so I may cover old ground here, if I do please forgive me :crazyeye: 1) Press 'auto'...
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    Civ 3 and Dual core...

    Is there a patch to make it utilize both cores, as ye its using only the one core at the moment, even with both cores switched on for it to use in command promt... :( and planning to upgrade to 4 core soon to :(
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    Civ 3 and Dual core...

    Hey all... Been a while! Anywho started to playing Civ 3 again... is there a patch to make it support Dual Core? Using 50% of the CPU at all times :(( thx
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    Silly Custom Map Creation Question. Please help

    Hi Guys, I have a silly question:blush: . Is there an out of game map editor for civ 3 like the Civ 3 one??? :confused: the one i found in Civ4 is like cheating:sad: , and is not as good at all:rolleyes: , and its put me off the game, and haven't played it for months now. :cry: I really want...
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    Help Me Please Please Please

    Hi, To upgrade your graphics you need to open up your computer case and remove your old one and fit the new one. If your not too sure how to do it, take your PC to a PC store with a support centre, and they should give you advice on the best card to get and fit it for you. Hope this helps
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    SURPRISE - Problems with CIV4

    Hi there, The thing that is ringing in my ears is the Celeron Processor... is a new(ish) Celeron processor? As Celerons are much less performance orientated on running games. In my opinion Celerons or processors with less then 512kb of cache memory (ultra fast memory built into the...
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    Game font a blur?!

    :cry: :cry: :cry: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Still no different:cry: :cry: :confused: :confused: the fonts never used to be mashed:rolleyes: please help:cry:
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    Frequent Crashes

    Could this be down to the game looking for a item that’s not in its files? Such as a unit, building or resource that becomes available at certain times? if it crashing in an era then it could be the game looking for such a file. I had the same problem a while back, and after some...
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    Game font a blur?!

    thanks, i'll give that a go now
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    Game font a blur?!

    Hi everyone, After a year of not playing civ 3, i installed it today, purely to see how it runs on my new computers. But, from starting the game, i have an odd font problem. I have smooth fonts like it says it needs. Any ideas? I am using a 19" TFT screen, could this be distorting it? Also...
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    Need an Extreme boost to system performance?

    For the most extreme boost to system perforce get an AMD-64 processor. I have a AMD 4000+ 64, and a 3.2Ghz P4; and in games like Civ 4, the AMD out runs the 3.2GHz by 24 frames per second, which is a lot! also in games like eve-online, i get 140 frames with the AMD and 74 with the P4. They...
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    Upgrade

    For the most extreme boost to system performance get an AMD-64 processor. (stick with 32-bit OS for now) I have a AMD 4000+ 64, and a 3.2Ghz P4; and in games like Civ 4, the AMD out runs the 3.2GHz by 24 frames per second, which is a lot! also in games like eve online, i get 140 frames with...
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