Recent content by Nicknine

Hmm, you appear to be right, there are next to no references to it on the internet. I think 1.26f was either up for a very short time or it was never publicly released at all.

I'm pretty sure it's safe to mention SafeDiscShim in the OP. I've examined its code and it doesn't do anything secdrv driver doesn't. The latest version of the driver is literally set up to simply return hardcoded values to the game's requests and the shim copied its logic. So it really doesn't...

Added Internet Archive link to the OP. I had an idea of uploading there, just wasn't sure. I'm keeping MEGA link since IA speeds can be pretty awful.

That's weird because the initial PTW UK release (http://redump.org/disc/39627/) was 1.01f even though it indeed came later from looking at the dates. It also came out a few days *before* 1.14f so there was a very short period during which UK players were stuck on 1.01f while US players were on...

Retail releases of PTW and C3C use GameSpy for online multiplayer. While GameSpy was shut down in 2014, you can use OpenSpy as a replacement server if you really want to play retail version online: http://beta.openspy.net/en/ The primary method of using OpenSpy involves patching the executable...

A lot of patches were in fact obtained via civfanatics.com snapshots so I already followed that trail.

In the interest of preservation, I have assembled as many official patches for Civilization III and add-ons as I could find on the internet and Wayback Machine, that includes both latest and historical versions. https://mega.nz/folder/TEZEHJKD#KiLozqoynuOOy91v4u_i8A...

Ok, this is just incorrect on several levels. - Most Civ3 releases use SafeDisc not SecuROM. The only exception is US release of Play The World which does use SecuROM. - SecuROM still works fine on modern systems despite the annoyingly persistent myth claiming the contrary. - SecuROM is actually...