Civ II on WinXP

[GeneralHotRod]

I have a pre-release copy of Windows XP, but I am afraid to install it because of possible incompbatibility issues. I read somewhere that about 70% of win 98 software is expected to be compatible with win XP. My fear is that CivII is one of the thirty percent that is incompatible.

I also know that XP is based on the Win2k OS with enhanced multimedia tools. So if I could get any input on how win 2k works with civII it would be of great help.

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[This message has been edited by GeneralHotRod (edited August 08, 2001).]

 

[Thunderfall]

Here is an old news post I posted in June:
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Total Windows 2000 Civ2 Solutions

Many players have problems getting Civ2 to work on Windows 2000. There are two ways to do it:

Method 1(discovered by David Pritchard):
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[*]Installed WinG from CivII setup
[*]Do *not* install Video for Windows during CivII setup. If you did this already, delete Ir41.dll from Winnt\system
[*]Installed the <a href="http://www2.us.ligos.com/ids/indeo/iv5setup.exe">LATEST Indeo drivers (v5.11)</a> from Ligos. This last step is what got the videos working.
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Method 2: Just install the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/appcompat/default.asp">Windows 2000 Compatibility Patch</a> (354 KB). I found method 2 in the strategic games newsgroup (posted by Hank). You should try method 2 first since it's alot simpler.

[This message has been edited by Thunderfall (edited August 08, 2001).]

 

[GeneralHotRod]

Thank's a lot.

It worked great!!