Can you try creating a copy of your v1.16 folder and see what happens then? I think the screen that allows you to choose the copy to update may only show up if there is more than one copy on your hard drive.
Civ3 1.29 beta 2
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I didn't expect that to be a solution. I was hoping it might give us more information. Did you just see the same two screens? If so, it sounds as if your installer just isn't finding your Civ3 installation. Where have you put it on your hard drive?
The Civilization III folder in /Applications/ should contain a /Text/ folder. In there you should find a file called version.txt. Open that in TextEdit and copy/paste what it says into a post here.
Hmm. Looks OK 
. That was a dual test. (a) to ensure that there *is* a Text folder in your installation, and (b) to check that it really hasn't been updated.
I haven't run it myself for ages, so I thought I'd check that it does still run here, in Tiger and all. It was fine. What version of Mac OS are you running?
. That was a dual test. (a) to ensure that there *is* a Text folder in your installation, and (b) to check that it really hasn't been updated.I haven't run it myself for ages, so I thought I'd check that it does still run here, in Tiger and all. It was fine. What version of Mac OS are you running?
You can use the /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility application to do either of the above.
If you have a separate disk that you can reformat then open the Disk Utility application, select the Erase tab, and use it to reformat the hard drive as Mac OS Extended format, not case sensitive. Make sure you are not doing this to the hard drive containing Mac OS! Then install Civ3 into the new drive and you should be able to apply the updater to it.
If you prefer, you can just create a disk image. This is probably the neater option. That's a file on your main hard drive that behaves like a separate disk. Launch Disk Utility and click the New Image button at the top of the window. Select the 2.6 GByte option, no compression, read/write disk image, name it Civ3 or whatever you wish, and select your Desktop as the location. Click Create and it will make the disk image and mount it. Highlight the volume in the list at bottom left of the Disk Utility window and check that it shows as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and isn't shown as case sensitive. If this is not the case then select the Erase tab and reformat it to be so. Then you can treat it as though it is a new hard drive and install Civ3 into it, followed by the updater. That will then be your "virtual" case insensitive hard drive from which you will run Civ3.
If you have a separate disk that you can reformat then open the Disk Utility application, select the Erase tab, and use it to reformat the hard drive as Mac OS Extended format, not case sensitive. Make sure you are not doing this to the hard drive containing Mac OS! Then install Civ3 into the new drive and you should be able to apply the updater to it.
If you prefer, you can just create a disk image. This is probably the neater option. That's a file on your main hard drive that behaves like a separate disk. Launch Disk Utility and click the New Image button at the top of the window. Select the 2.6 GByte option, no compression, read/write disk image, name it Civ3 or whatever you wish, and select your Desktop as the location. Click Create and it will make the disk image and mount it. Highlight the volume in the list at bottom left of the Disk Utility window and check that it shows as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and isn't shown as case sensitive. If this is not the case then select the Erase tab and reformat it to be so. Then you can treat it as though it is a new hard drive and install Civ3 into it, followed by the updater. That will then be your "virtual" case insensitive hard drive from which you will run Civ3.
Ok i'm having major problems with this game. It's fresh out of the box, v1.22, and keeps crashing everytime I'm about 2 minutes into the game!
I imagine I would need to download v1.29 but can't seem to do that anywhere (link at the start of the thread doesn't work).
Any advice??
Thanks,
Joey
My specs are as follows:
Machine Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Machine Model: MacBookPro1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP11.0044.B02
SMC Version: 1.2f10
Serial Number: W86093SVVJ1
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
with Mac OS X 10.4.9.
I imagine I would need to download v1.29 but can't seem to do that anywhere (link at the start of the thread doesn't work).
Any advice??
Thanks,
Joey
My specs are as follows:
Machine Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Machine Model: MacBookPro1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP11.0044.B02
SMC Version: 1.2f10
Serial Number: W86093SVVJ1
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
with Mac OS X 10.4.9.
Welcome 
As far as I know, anything less then the latest version fails on an Intel Mac. Have you tried the link in my sig?
As far as I know, anything less then the latest version fails on an Intel Mac. Have you tried the link in my sig?
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Hi everyone, I know it's been a long time and you're probably all playing civ iv now but I'm having one hell of a hard time finding the 1.29f patch. It isn't anywhere on the macsoft pages or any official civ iii page! Further, the links in this thread are all broken. Can anyone give me a hand? please?
Hi, welcome
It's maybe a silly question, but have you tried the Civ3 1.29b2 Updater link in my sig, just above your post? Please remember that 1.29f never made it to release one the Mac. It was only ever 1.29b2. Or are you looking for an OS 9 compatible updater?
It's maybe a silly question, but have you tried the Civ3 1.29b2 Updater link in my sig, just above your post? Please remember that 1.29f never made it to release one the Mac. It was only ever 1.29b2. Or are you looking for an OS 9 compatible updater?
Hi all,
First time posting. Here's my question:
I recently installed Snoopy's terrain graphics - and now the unexplored tiles are visible. The install is otherwise vanilla.
Has anyone experienced this and knows how to fix it? I would prefer not to have to reinstall it.
Let me know what additional info would help.
Thanks in advance...
First time posting. Here's my question:
I recently installed Snoopy's terrain graphics - and now the unexplored tiles are visible. The install is otherwise vanilla.
Has anyone experienced this and knows how to fix it? I would prefer not to have to reinstall it.
Let me know what additional info would help.
Thanks in advance...
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