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Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
Adding more info...
I downloaded both versions of Civassist II. Nothing I tried got the newer one (v2.0.6, from 2016) to "see" Civ running.
With the older one, 2.0.5, release date 2006, I installed it, and it could tell that Civ was running. However, trying to load saves (or end the turn in-game) would cause it to crash.
I ended up deleting my Civ VirtualStore directory. Running both Civ and CA as Admin seem to be working ... fingers crossed!
I'm using my old C3C CD version of Civ (with CCM).
I downloaded both versions of Civassist II. Nothing I tried got the newer one (v2.0.6, from 2016) to "see" Civ running.
With the older one, 2.0.5, release date 2006, I installed it, and it could tell that Civ was running. However, trying to load saves (or end the turn in-game) would cause it to crash.
I ended up deleting my Civ VirtualStore directory. Running both Civ and CA as Admin seem to be working ... fingers crossed!
I'm using my old C3C CD version of Civ (with CCM).
Elephantium
Malcolm was a very good cat.
I love it! 
It's from a magnificent photo show / collection called, "Ashes & Snow." Here's my 2nd favorite:
WeirdoJoker
King
I miss CA2. Never was able to get it running on my system. 
Thank you!!!!!!
I've re-registered on this site (old account was tied to a long-gone email account) just to say that to you. Though no doubt I'll continue to be around on this excellent site...
CivIII is just not the same without CivAssist. I searched for so long trying to figure this problem out, until I found your post. It deserves stickying.
The newer version gave me constant errors like "Parameter path1 cannot be NULL", "Access blocked" when opening a file, and wouldn't work in Lookout mode at all. The "Access blocked" problem was just untraceable: neither Windows logs nor BitDefender (the other possible culprit) had any record of any denied attempted access at the OS/antivirus level.
Now that I've downloaded the old version, I am a happy CIV-er!
OS: Windows 10 Pro, build 19043.1415
CIV and CivAssist installed well outside the Windows or Program Files pain-zone, of course (in fact, on a different drive from the OS).
WeirdoJoker
King
I tried it again & no dice.
Well, if you really want to get it running, get Windows XP! 
I would have like to seen a few of the best programs on this thread have had their source on github. Then maybe someone could be updated to current OS's.
It is a shame that they are not able to be used by so many fans. It would also be an ongoing tribute to all the effort that was put into the apps. It is not like it would hurt Firaxis to have
some of their stuff out in the world. It is 20 years and 4,5,6 and soon to 7, 4 versions ago.
Once Win11 is forced on us, we may have to get an XP box going. I just don't know where I could fit another PC, now that the boss works from home.
Edit: the last big Win10 update (maybe dec) broke my versions auto update.
It is a shame that they are not able to be used by so many fans. It would also be an ongoing tribute to all the effort that was put into the apps. It is not like it would hurt Firaxis to have
some of their stuff out in the world. It is 20 years and 4,5,6 and soon to 7, 4 versions ago.
Once Win11 is forced on us, we may have to get an XP box going. I just don't know where I could fit another PC, now that the boss works from home.
Edit: the last big Win10 update (maybe dec) broke my versions auto update.
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King Bulrush
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Thank you for the kind words. I am honored by them and glad that I could help.Thank you!!!!!!
I've re-registered on this site (old account was tied to a long-gone email account) just to say that to you. Though no doubt I'll continue to be around on this excellent site...
CivIII is just not the same without CivAssist. I searched for so long trying to figure this problem out, until I found your post. It deserves stickying.
The newer version gave me constant errors like "Parameter path1 cannot be NULL", "Access blocked" when opening a file, and wouldn't work in Lookout mode at all. The "Access blocked" problem was just untraceable: neither Windows logs nor BitDefender (the other possible culprit) had any record of any denied attempted access at the OS/antivirus level.
Now that I've downloaded the old version, I am a happy CIV-er!
OS: Windows 10 Pro, build 19043.1415
CIV and CivAssist installed well outside the Windows or Program Files pain-zone, of course (in fact, on a different drive from the OS).
Happy empire building!
Does anyone know of an updated Help file for CAII?
I've got a bookmark on this web address: gotm.civfanatics.net/civassist/help/introduction.htm
It's slightly annoying, as it opens in a popup and has no browser Back/Forward buttons or navigation buttons on the page. But I can live with that.
It seems to be about a previous version, however. For example, on the Cities view, there's a lot there that's not documented in this Help:
I would love to contribute to making CAII even better (can code in VB, also some C#), but AFAIK it's not open source.
I've got a bookmark on this web address: gotm.civfanatics.net/civassist/help/introduction.htm
It's slightly annoying, as it opens in a popup and has no browser Back/Forward buttons or navigation buttons on the page. But I can live with that.
It seems to be about a previous version, however. For example, on the Cities view, there's a lot there that's not documented in this Help:
- some of the city Sizes are in red, with a *. That seems to apply to 6-towns with no Aqueduct, or 12-cities with no Hospital. But why are metros >12 also showing this * ? A bug?
- There's a useful-looking Pollution column - but I can't figure out what it means
I would love to contribute to making CAII even better (can code in VB, also some C#), but AFAIK it's not open source.
tjs282
Stone \ Cold / Fish
I think the asterisk might actually be a tag for "Wasting food".
So it not only applies to Pop6 Towns and Pop12 Cities which currently lack a Duct/Hospital, but are nonetheless harvesting net-positive food, but also to Metros harvesting a net food amount which will exceed the food-box storage capacity.
Once towns contain population points above the Size-2 cap (=Pop12 in the epic game), or pollution-generating buildings, the in-game city-screen will start showing pollution-icons (1 icon per pop-point over Pop12; building-pollution is based on the .biq-setting for that building, e.g. Factories add 2 icons).
The "Pollution" column in CAII (presumably) shows total-pollution-icon data for each town.
This didn't work for me. Still got the "access is blocked" errors.
However, using compability mode fixed it!
Thanks for getting me 90% there
For others trying to get it working (some steps may or may not be necessary):
-Follow the above instructions.
-Create a shortcut to the civ .exe (I've only tried with conquests) and the civassist .exe.
-With both shortcuts: Preferences -> advanced -> run as administrator. And: preferences -> compability -> run in compability mode for Windows XP service pack 3.
-Both civ and civassist are installed outside of ProgramFiles.
WeirdoJoker
King
Tried it all again, still get "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application...."This didn't work for me. Still got the "access is blocked" errors.
However, using compability mode fixed it!
Thanks for getting me 90% there
For others trying to get it working (some steps may or may not be necessary):
-Follow the above instructions.
-Create a shortcut to the civ .exe (I've only tried with conquests) and the civassist .exe.
-With both shortcuts: Preferences -> advanced -> run as administrator. And: preferences -> compability -> run in compability mode for Windows XP service pack 3.
-Both civ and civassist are installed outside of ProgramFiles.
I think I've only had that error when I tried using the newer version (from 2016 if I remember correctly).Tried it all again, still get "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application...."
I've only been able to get the older version working.
I may be wrong, but that sounds like it could be a .NET-related issue.
Have you tried reinstalling the .NET-runtime framework, and/or make sure you have the correct version?
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WeirdoJoker
King
Not recently, but I did it a couple times with no result. I might have the newer version, but I don't think so.
Playing Civ3 Complete via Steam on my new computer. Win 11 so I figured what chance of this working?
The newer .net 4 version didn't work at all.
Surprise, installed the older version and the .net 3.5 that it asks for when run, which is the most recent compatible version, and it worked straight off.
You do need to go out of your way to get the old version, when I tried to download the old one without jumping to the versions tab it gave me the new one.
The newer .net 4 version didn't work at all.
Surprise, installed the older version and the .net 3.5 that it asks for when run, which is the most recent compatible version, and it worked straight off.
You do need to go out of your way to get the old version, when I tried to download the old one without jumping to the versions tab it gave me the new one.
jarred!
King
I just got this to work on Win11! Just download the older version, 2.05 not 2.06.
It's the file from 2006 with 16k downloads. Run the installer, let it download the older .NET framework, and it ran for me. I was never able to get this to run in the past, but maybe I was just trying to run the newer file which doesn't seem to work for anyone.
It's the file from 2006 with 16k downloads. Run the installer, let it download the older .NET framework, and it ran for me. I was never able to get this to run in the past, but maybe I was just trying to run the newer file which doesn't seem to work for anyone.
WeirdoJoker
King
This is totally awesome! Worked for me, too!!
Now, if I can just find some time to actually play...
