Since several days I have the upgrade icon for a gratis change to windows 10. As I have several Civ 3 modding projects mostly in an advanced state, I wonder if such a change from my current Windows 7 to Windows 10 would be a good thing to do.
Are there any experiences with running Civ 3 and especially C3C under Win 10 yet?
I am running Windows 8.1. After some trial and error, I found that the problem was related to one of the dozen or so windows updates that had auto-downloaded and installed. I don't know which one it was.
But I'm fearful that it may cause me the same problem again.
with the September 2015 Windows Security Update KB3086255, the service has also been disabled on older Windows OSs (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1), causing these games to no longer run on these systems either.
It is KB3086255.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=552308
That fear is substantiated as Windows 10 does not support Safedisk.
When I run the program, I receive an 'optimal resolution notification' but the introductory sequence (movie) runs without issue. The the menu page displays properly, however, I am unable to select 'new game', 'quick start', or 'tutorial' to start a new game. When I try to load a scenario (e.g., earth (standard)) it tells me the file is corrupt. I can get access to the preferences, audio preferences and credits but cannot start a new game.
If you've successfully installed -- and it sounds like you have, or you wouldn't even get as far the menu-screen -- then all you need to do is overwrite the corrupted files (maybe the art-files for the 'Choose world' and/or 'Choose opponents' screens?) with versions that you already know work. You say you can still access the HD on your old computer -- if that's the case, then rather than just a single savegame, why not just copy the entire Civ3 directory from your Vista-installation onto a USB-stick, and then paste some/all of those files/folders from the USB-stick into the Civ3 directory on the new computer?Thanks justanick
I attempted a reinstall - no luck
Tried running a different (downloaded) scenario - no luck
Tried running a saved game (retrieved from the hard drive of my broken vista computer) - I get "DatalO operation System error: GAME" error followed by a message stating that there was a Load Error and was unable to load the saved game file.
I think it is strange that I can 'almost' get there but can't seem to start the game itself (the editor runs just fine as well).
Any other suggestions?
So Steam and GG still don't include Civilization3X.exe in their download (i.e. the file you need to run Play the World 1.27, and play GotMs)? That's a pity. I thought this might have changed after Steam starting hosting online-MP, but I guess not.Played Cotm_118 in W10 with Steam version of PTW (V 22). Got a victory, but unable to get the post-victory save file, as I get hung up in one of the wrapup screens. Had to make do without Civ Assist program which fails in W10, even though I activated .NET 3.5, which has (limited) 2.0 support. Had no success in getting Steam version updated so I could play Gotm_145 (Have v.22, need v.27).