Civ III won't start up

[Unionfield]

OK, so I have a netbook that I want to install Civ III on.

Here's my problem: the game installs fine, but then it won't start up. I click on the icon, and it does nothing. No errors or any clues.

The netbook far exceeds the Civ III requirements. Any help?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115512

 

[r16]

ı have a PC that does the same thing time to time , ı close and restart the computer and it starts the game in the second try . ı try to avoid moving files from their respective folders ; ı save alot and try to move relevant files to their own folders .I did that after exiting the game and generally it locks . While exiting the game momentarily with the help of the button that has the windows sign on it , ı haven't seen it happen yet . ı am not knowledgeable about computers as it may show , all ı can do is to relate what ı have experienced .

 

[CommandoBob]

OK, so I have a netbook that I want to install Civ III on.

Here's my problem: the game installs fine, but then it won't start up. I click on the icon, and it does nothing. No errors or any clues.

The netbook far exceeds the Civ III requirements. Any help?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115512

Vista or XP?

Vista watches everything in Program Files with a very sharp eye. From what I've gathered, C3C will work fine if you install it someplace other than the Program Files folder.

If XP, I would first check the shortcut that the icon is using. It could be messed up.

 

[CommandoBob]

I recently had this, or something similar, happen to me. Turns out it was my firewall (PC Tools Firewall Plus), right after a version update.

I knew where the problem was when I turned off the firewall and the game started up with no problems.

 

[adricv]

I have the exact same netbook and the exact same problem.

No idea what it could be caused by. I updated DirectX and so on but nothing.

Incidentally, how did you go about installing it? I made ISO images of my install CD's on a computer with an optical drive and then I put them on my netbook, loading them up with Daemon tools. Just a matter of curiosity, how people get around the lack of optical drive, etc.

So far, Freeciv SDL works like a charm and it's quite endearing and fun. It should fill the void, I should think.

 

[jschramm97]

I also have the Same netbook, there is another post here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=312104 where they seem to have fixed the issue but i'm trying to figure out what they actually did to fix it. I'll post exact resolution when I get it.

 

[jschramm97]

To fix this you need to add the following lines to the conquests.ini file under: \Civilization III Complete\Conquests

KeepRes=1
Can be 0 or 1. If 1, your screen resolution is used for the game instead of the default 1024x768.

Video Mode=1280
Can be 1024, 1152, 1280, 1600, 1792. Changes the game's resolution to the value specified (instead of the default 1024x768).

Once i did this I can play the game but the bottom of the screen is gone. It's playable, sorta.