Civ 3 with Wine in Mac Mavericks Freeze

[zacharyhose]

Alright so I have been working awhile to get civ 3 running correctly on my Mac with the new Mavericks and Wine/Wineskin and have been unsuccessful to run it correctly until tonight. I replaced a .exe that allowed the program to not have to ask for multiple cds. Unfortunately though after it starts running the intro "Atari" and video begin but as soon as I click anywhere it automatically freezes. I can hear the menu music but am unable to click anything after the initial click (i.e. start a new game.) I'm hoping someone can help me out and offer a patch or some suggestions as I have been working awhile to get it running on my Mac

 

[Puppeteer]

Civ3 uses DirectX--or more specifically to your dilemma, DirectDraw. I haven't messed with Wine in a few years, so I don't know the current status of DirectX support in Wine, but it used to be difficult at best without paying for the commercial product at the time (WineX or Crossover-something...don't recall for sure.)

I am assuming you are using the PC-version of Civ 3 on an Intel-based Mac, otherwise i don't see why Wine would enter into it.

You might try altering the .ini file to skip the intro video, to use existing screen resolution and/or to run in windowed mode. Conquests.ini, ptw.ini or (I think) Civilization.ini depending on which exe you are running.

Add items as the 2nd line or otherwise close to the top of the file. This will skip the intro video:

PlayIntro=0

This will run as the same resolution as the "Windows" desktop instead of trying to switch to 1024x768 (not sure how Mac/Wine handle this in the first place):

KeepRes=1

This will run in a windowed mode...oh, apparently there isn't a windowed mode as such, but this has been used to limit Civ3 to the upper-left corner of the desktop for displays larger than 1024.768:

Video Mode=1024
KeepRes=1

You might search for other Civ3 .ini options...your hang-up seems to be the video / DirectDraw, assuming your civ3 install is not corrupted.