Crashes with new patch? --> Possible solution here!

[mettem]

If you're getting this (crashes on AI's turn, when entering Industrial Age, or building an army with the leader):

CIVILIZATION3 caused an invalid page fault in
module CIVILIZATION3.EXE at 017f:00403046.
Registers:
EAX=00000000 CS=017f EIP=00403046 EFLGS=00210206
EBX=005c5818 SS=0187 ESP=00abfc30 EBP=01360eb0
ECX=0cf21e6c DS=0187 ESI=0cf21e6c FS=2b6f
EDX=0000126f ES=0187 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 80 3c 01 00 00 83 c1 58 8b 50 04 52 e8 38 71
Stack dump:
00000000 004063e3 00000000 00874440 0cf21e6c 00000002 0cf21d00 00000000 02115ca0 005c5818 bff52d9d 0cf24530 00abfc9c 00592afb ffffffff 004eab20

Try copying the patch directly into the Civ file then re-execute it.

 

[Brent223]

Huh?

Do you mean to physically copy the download into the \civ subdirectory and run it from there or ?

Thanks! I really hope this is a solution. I got through an entire game, started another, then BAM! Page Fault.

 

[mettem]

Yes.
Place the patch file directly into the Civ subdirectory and run it. Can't guarantee it works for you but others (and me) had a success with it for some reason.

 

[Despiser]

I have not tried that yet but I finally finished an entire game by going back to ver 1.07 and applying the crack from megagames.com.