Bad1: The Mesopotamia Conquest!

[Beorn-eL-Feared]

Then what's keeping you busy from playing that one

 

[soul_warrior]

swamped too.
i can get this during the weekend.

 

[D'Artagnan59]

I'm completely swamped... WITH AN ESSAY THAT HAS A RIDICULOUSLY SHORT DUE DATE!

Sorry for that fit of anger.

 

[choxorn]

I know how you feel. I have a lot of homework also, as well as afternoon rehersals for the school play (which last until 6:00! ), so I probably couldn't get anything done if I had the 1.22 patch. Well, it seems Abbadon and Mirc are the only ones able to play ATM then.

 

[Mirc]

Then Abbadon is up?

Just a side note: today I had 9 hours in school, and finished at 8:30 PM. I got home at 9:30 PM. Tomorrow I have 10 hours of classes in school and I start at 8:30 AM which means I have to leave at 7:30 AM which means I have to get up at 6:45 PM after going to sleep at at least 11:30 PM. We have too many classes. If my turn is ever going to be in a Tuesday or Wednesday, either skip me or wait until Thursday.

 

[choxorn]

All right people, I've got some good news and I've got some bad news.
The good news: I finished my 1.00 game.
The bad news: I CAN'T GET THE #$%^%*&(^)^&*()^*()*(&*^&^ 1.22 PATCH TO WORK!!!!!!!!! AAARGGGH!!!!!

Does anybody know how to make it work (and don't tell me to get a NoCD patch or something like that)?

 

[Mirc]

Exactly what error do you get? Gives you an error message and exists the game or what? Or do the buttons have messed up text (i.e. instead of "New Game" you have something like "0x00fh35g fortify pollution stage2")? Or doesn't it recognize the CD or the Civ3Conquests.exe file?

 

[choxorn]

I thought the NoCD thing would give it away. Well, it's the very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very annoying, irrititatng, maddening, and evil message called "Please insert Civ3 Conquests CD, hit Ok, and Restart application." So, now do you know?

 

[soul_warrior]

try here, chox

Please Insert CD:

Well, this one is difficult. It appears to be most prevelant immediately following patching of the game, and is most likely related to CD Copy protection used in the patches. Whilst unfortunately there is no definitive solution, we offer the following suggestions:

Firstly, the "official" line from Atari can be found here.

In a nut-shell, they suggest:
Disabling 3rd-party applications.
Making sure the CD is in the "correct" drive (if you have more than one).
Cleaning the CD.
Resintalling the program.
Modify the registry to point to the correct CD Drive letter.

Other suggestions that we have are as follows:
Only patch when you need to! If you get any of the compilation releases of the games (Complete, Gold edition, Game Of The Year, and even the PTW version released with conquests (although not C3C itself)), these come fully patched. Check the patch versions noted here, and if you already have the latest, then don't try to patch it!
Make sure you have the correct localised patch version: For PTW in particular, there are both US and UK patches for versions 1.21f and 1.27f. Some people have noted that they get this error following installation of the UK version, but not if they use the US version (and vice-versa).
Try updating your CDROM drivers: May help, may not. There is a list of possible drivers here, but you might want to search the net yourself. Also consider updating the ATAPI drivers.
Try changing the DMA settings: DarthS1d suggested this here:Hey, I just found a solution to the CD not found error when starting Conquests - I was running ot from a normal DVD-ROM drive, and didn't have any virtual imaging software. I went to Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager->IDE controller properties->Primary or Secondary channel, depending on where your optical drive is installed, and the drive access mode was "Multi Word DMA 2". I just changed it to "Ultra DMA 2 - Ultra33" and the game detected the CD! Not sure if this is a general solution or not, but hope it helps at least some people. It was driving me crazy not being able to play!

This is an ongoing issue. Please feedback any info you have on what works and what doesn't, as well as any new ideas so that I can keep this updated.
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[choxorn]

Well, this one is difficult. It appears to be most prevelant immediately following patching of the game, and is most likely related to CD Copy protection used in the patches. Whilst unfortunately there is no definitive solution, we offer the following suggestions:

Firstly, the "official" line from Atari can be found here.

In a nut-shell, they suggest:
1.Disabling 3rd-party applications.

What's a 3rd-Party application?

2.Making sure the CD is in the "correct" drive (if you have more than one).

I only have 1 CD drive.

3.Cleaning the CD.

I'll try that, but it works on 1.00 after it doesn't work on 1.22, so I doubt it will work.

4.Resintalling the program.

I've tried that already.

5.Modify the registry to point to the correct CD Drive letter.

What does this mean?

Other suggestions that we have are as follows:
1.Only patch when you need to! If you get any of the compilation releases of the games (Complete, Gold edition, Game Of The Year, and even the PTW version released with conquests (although not C3C itself)), these come fully patched. Check the patch versions noted here, and if you already have the latest, then don't try to patch it!

Well, I need to to be in many SG's! But I'll live with it if I have to.

2.Make sure you have the correct localised patch version: For PTW in particular, there are both US and UK patches for versions 1.21f and 1.27f. Some people have noted that they get this error following installation of the UK version, but not if they use the US version (and vice-versa).

1.22 only has 1 patch version!

3.Try updating your CDROM drivers: May help, may not. There is a list of possible drivers here, but you might want to search the net yourself. Also consider updating the ATAPI drivers.

What does this mean?

4.Try changing the DMA settings: DarthS1d suggested this here:Hey, I just found a solution to the CD not found error when starting Conquests - I was running ot from a normal DVD-ROM drive, and didn't have any virtual imaging software. I went to Control Panel->System->Hardware->Device Manager->IDE controller properties->Primary or Secondary channel, depending on where your optical drive is installed, and the drive access mode was "Multi Word DMA 2". I just changed it to "Ultra DMA 2 - Ultra33" and the game detected the CD! Not sure if this is a general solution or not, but hope it helps at least some people. It was driving me crazy not being able to play!

I don't have a DVD-ROM drive. Therefore, this won't work.

 

[soul_warrior]

3rd party applics = daemon tools or others that simulate a cd drive?
all other applics that run in the background. such as EMule, internet, nero, etc.

if 1.00 still works, try uninstalling civ3. then reboot. then reinstall 1.00, loadit to check, then re-download the 1.22 version.
come to think about it. do you have 1.29 installed? it might be connected.
if NO > install it (1.29) then retry 1.22
if YES > uninstall it and retry 1.22

 

[choxorn]

Well, cleaning the CD didn't work. Mabye I should try getting a new CD, though, because there are TONS of sctaches on the one I currently have!
Oh, and the third party applications thing. I'll try closing everything I have open, then retry playing, but I don't think that will work. And the solution you just suggested won't work either- I've already uninstalled in reinstalled vanilla several times trying ot get it (it didn't work after I uninstalled and reinstalled conquests, for some reason) to work, and it comes with the 1.29f patch. I don't have any more ideas as to how to make it work.

 

[soul_warrior]

isit possible your PC is just not strong enoough for C3C?
it doesnt take much, but still....
otherwise, im fresh out of ideas

 

[choxorn]

Well, what are the requirements? It works on 1.00, but not perfectly, so why shouldn't it work on 1.22? are the 1.22 requirements different from the 1.00 requirements?

 

[soul_warrior]

Well, what are the requirements? It works on 1.00, but not perfectly, so why shouldn't it work on 1.22? are the 1.22 requirements different from the 1.00 requirements?

that would suggest toan imperfect instalation.
again, i suggest you uninstall civ completely (back up your saves)
it might just fix it

 

[Tribute]

I tried restarting my computer or reinstalling civ and then restarting. Both worked for me.

 

[choxorn]

that would suggest toan imperfect instalation.
again, i suggest you uninstall civ completely (back up your saves)
it might just fix it

I told you, I've already done that several times. And when I mean "imperfectly", I mean my computer is slow and that it has several of the bugs that 1.22 fixes And like I said, the disk has some scratches (A new disk would probably help). Oh, and how would restarting help, tribute?

 

[soul_warrior]

its been 2 weeks since the last set, ill play one now.
report in a while....

 

[choxorn]

Well, nobody seems to have another solution I guess I'll try the restart idea, and if that doesn't work, :suicide:
Maybe I could get complete somewhere?

 

[soul_warrior]

0- sumeria begs for peace. Nope.

1- an immortal dies. Kill 2 archers.

2- Build SUMERUIN.

3- Build URARTU. Immortals start getting out. Keep it up. Almost take a Sumerian town, lose archer and horse, kill enkidu and spear, leave a redlined archer there

4- Take ZABALAM. No loss. Kill some

5- Lose a horse. Attack ISIN, kill 2 enkidus, 1 archer left. Build ZARNAKA.

6- Raze ISIN. No losses. Build PARATAITIKA.

7- In the IBT, HITTITES demand astro. Im in no mood for a 2 front war, so cave and mark his name. BABYLON AND SUMER sign MPP.

8- Build Assersion. Move some new immortals towards the Babylonian frontlines. Just in case.

9- We get MILITARY TRAINING (companion infantry…) set for HORSEMANSHIP (in 8.)

summary - lost a few horse (5-8?) and 3-4 immortals.
took 2 towns, with troops amassing to get rid of the rest.
we are very comfortable militarily.

we have companion infantry.

babylon and sumer have an MPP, so we need to make the babilon border stronger.
here is a generic view of the empire.