Civ III and Win NT
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hi UffeC,
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I don't know the answer to your question yet. Can civ2 and Alpha Centauri run on Win NT? If they do, then Civ3 probably can run on WinNT. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/devil.gif" border=0>
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I don't know the answer to your question yet. Can civ2 and Alpha Centauri run on Win NT? If they do, then Civ3 probably can run on WinNT. <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/devil.gif" border=0>
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Are you saying this because Civ3 is going to have the same underlieing game engine? If it doesn't have the same engine, then it might have different OS requirements. It might require Direct X 8.0 and I don't believe NT 4.0 supports higher than Direct X 4?
<u>Update:</u>:
Q. Is DirectX compatible with Windows NT 4.0?
A. Yes. However, the only version supported on Windows NT 4.0 is DirectX 3.0a. You must also install Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.
Found this at: http://www.microsoft.com/directx/homeuser/faq.asp#dx5
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hmm... I didn't know that. I think almost all new games require at least DirectX 6.0 to run nowadays.
If WinNT only supports DirectX 3.0, then the answer to UffreC's question is definitely NO.
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Dan Magaha FIRAXIS
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None of our products are officially supported under NT4. However, some folks were able to get SMAC to run under NT, with the caveat that the sound was always screwed up. The culprit is NT's limited DirectX functionality.
Though I haven't tried running the current build of the game under NT, I'd imagine similar kinds of results.
I feel your pain, believe me. 95/98 can't hold a candle to NT's stability, but I had to switch because my gameplaying was suffering =)
Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.
Though I haven't tried running the current build of the game under NT, I'd imagine similar kinds of results.
I feel your pain, believe me. 95/98 can't hold a candle to NT's stability, but I had to switch because my gameplaying was suffering =)
Dan
Firaxis Games, Inc.
And that functionality is not going to be improved because for all intents and purposes NT 4.0 is dead. Buy Whistler, the upgrade to Win2k, when it comes out, or jump to Linux and play FreeCiv until they port Civ3 to it, that's if you want stability. If not, come on over and join me with Win98SE! Where I am happy when I run for more than 4 days without restarting! And that is good for this operating system ;D
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i got windows 2000 (ugh i hate the name.. they should have called it NT 5 or something.. get it mixed up with that horied winme)
and i haven't run into a game that i haven't been able to run yet.. but i don't have many games though lol.. and if your smart you skrew with the settings, it can be tweeked up the ying yang.. i'm just not smart lol..
and i haven't run into a game that i haven't been able to run yet.. but i don't have many games though lol.. and if your smart you skrew with the settings, it can be tweeked up the ying yang.. i'm just not smart lol..
Welcome Fishheads.
Are you Running Civ2 fine on your Win2k machine?
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Are you Running Civ2 fine on your Win2k machine?
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Yeah. Me and Fish have played a few times. He's got this other problem though. His colors keep reverting to 256 and he can't change it. This stops him from doing 3D stuff and playing Starfleet Command
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I had problems before when loading video drivers on a Win NT 4.0 system. I was loading the incorrect drivers. Double, no, triple check to make sure that you are loading the correct drivers for your video card. Also see if your video card is supported by Win2k.
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Fishheads
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that problem was taken care of :_)
my colors stayed at 16 bit.. but my icons were 256 colors.. and none of my games didn't see there was any direct3d or opengl..
which didn't make sense because i was able to work fine in 3d studio max..
yeah the card support win2k
anyawy.. i got it fixed.. i hope .. lol
my colors stayed at 16 bit.. but my icons were 256 colors.. and none of my games didn't see there was any direct3d or opengl..
which didn't make sense because i was able to work fine in 3d studio max..
yeah the card support win2k
anyawy.. i got it fixed.. i hope .. lol
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