Recent content by dobbles

just wanted to throw it out there and see if anyone had tried CA2 on the windows 7 beta? i downloaded the beta and plan on trying it on a computer, but have not got around to it yet. I know there's been a lot of talk about how much less finicky windows 7 is, so maybe that will clear up the problems.

i would like to say that i finally put vista on my laptop... and CA2 totally works! i did everything the same way. it was even the same vista version. i think my problem on my desktop might have to do with my outdated video card and its drivers. it has been kinda weird all around with vista...

great post snake. unfortunately, i still am unable to use CA2... at this point its not a big deal as i just play civ on my laptop, but i would love to be able to eventually move to vista and not lose this program. no idea what my issue is. silly vista!

you got it to work? an old version?

any other thoughts on this?

one thing i probably should have noted is that i have the 64 bit version of vista ultimate. i am sure the various editions of vista probably make things a lot more dicey in terms of people with certain editions getting things to work...

yeah, that was turned off almost immediately for me. so no luck there either. but thanks for another good suggestion!

thanks very much for this information! it did not seem to help though. i did have the correct .net stuff installed. and i tried your combination of settings but that didn't seem to have an effect. but definitely info like this is appreciated!

yeah i hear ya donny. though dont get all teary eyed for me. i decided to put it on a machine thats fairly new just to try it out. i had vista at work when it first launched, and hated it. had avoided using it at home because of it. trying to give it a 2nd chance. i have mostly played civ on...

did anyone ever come up with a solution regarding the vista issue? i finally am trying out vista on my desktop machine, and cannot get CA2 to run. I was able to install .net 1.1, the patch, and even an extra windows update. but no where along the process could i get CA2 to work. i tried...

thanks for the reply. the disc still runs fine. any other input from anyone?

is it possible to make a back up copy of my civ3 complete disc? i would like to have a copy for my laptop and one for my desktop. when i tried to burn an image i kept getting an error. is this just not possible because of copyright issues?

I got into civ by playing the original on super nintendo. Playing that simpler version and getting to see things expand over the years made it much more digestable. I could only imagine if I tried to learn civ3 from scratch. It is indeed a complex game. I think reading the manual really helps...

There was a post a few weeks ago from a guy who figured out how to get around this problem. Though it does involve going into the editor. I think you had to create a new unit that the army can upgrade to. When you do that, it will kick all the units from the army. As long as the new unit you...

Did you even bother reading the thread? If you did, you would notice a lot of guys taking time to point out the strengths of Civ3. Thanks for trolling the thread though! /soapbox I have always enjoyed Civ3 more. I played Civ4 when first released and just couldn't get into it. Though it also...