I already owned civ3, but never had the expansions. it was cheaper to just buy the whole c3complete package so I did. I completely uninstalled the old civ3 including registry, but all Ive had is problems installing C3Complete. my 48x cd-rom has trouble reading the all 3 CD's of C3Complete and if I try and execute any files from the CD they come up as "corrupt" or "not valid win32." assuming it was a CD-rom error, I popped C3Complete into my external cd-writer . . . it was slow and choppy and barely loaded onto my computer. once it was loaded, the editors and game of PTW and conquests wouldnt work because a plethera of missing .pcx files errors came up. The uninstall feature wouldnt work either, so had to manually remove it. I went back to the shop and exchanged C3Complete for a new set, same problems, only this time my 48x read the CD but could only install up to CD3 where is couldnt read the disc. so I installed from the CD-writer again, same problems. atari told me sorry pal, sold "as is." whats the freekin problem, Im gettin pissed. no other CD's give me problems except for these C3Complete ones. only time I ever had an issue b4 this was trying to get my 48x to read a cd-format it didnt understand, but these are brand new discs, so whats the deal? anyone else having this problem? . . . so anyways I finally got it to install properly, I dunno what changed, but now the games work along wth the uninstall. maybe the Cd's needed breakng in, however that works, but the conquests editor and PTW editor still dont work due to "missing .pcx files. any suggestions on how to get them to work? I also noticed if I install any patches with C3Complete, it actually uninstalls certain files from the corresponding games eg. conquests/PTW/original, then running the patches again reinstalls certain files but they ask for the corresponding CD which is not the civ3complete CD. so I guess Im not supposed to install the patches with the complete version? man, Ive never had ths much trouble installing a game ever.
C3C installation problems
- Thread starter noowanda
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Sounds like you're a victim of the dreaded "copy-protection scheme". 
I don't recall exactly which system Atari uses on Civ3 CDs, but it can be a bear on some systems to get it to install properly. I think it has something to do with phases of the moon, and exacly how far out youstick your tongue as you try to install it.
I don't recall exactly which system Atari uses on Civ3 CDs, but it can be a bear on some systems to get it to install properly. I think it has something to do with phases of the moon, and exacly how far out youstick your tongue as you try to install it.
actually, all I had to do was a little dance. I figured the problem was the expansion folders didnt have the orignal .pcx files, or the expansions .exe files werent programmed properly on where to look for them, cuz original civ3 worked, editor and all. so I copied the original art folder from civ3complete to some folder, call it "screw you atari", copied PTW art folder ontop of "screw you atari" art folder, replacing anything that had to be overwritten, and then replaced that new combioned art folder for the one in PTW and thus PTW worked, editor and all. did the same with conquests, only I first copied PTW over a copy of orignal civ3 art,"screw you atari 2", then a copy of conquests art folder over that combinbed one, again overwriting all files that prompted, and replaced the art folder in conquests with this new conglomerate copy ,and bingo, civ3complete works, comquests, PTW, and all, including editors. thanks for nothing atari.
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