Freeze when starting Conquests

[barbslinger]

I have the install that does CIVIII, PTW and Conquests. I have trouble on many occasions that it freezes my entire laptop. I can't even move my mouse or CNTRL_ALT_DEL to see what is going on. I have to hard reboot to restart. I have a dell M6300 with 3.5MB Ram and an NVidia Quadro with lots.

Has anyone experienced this?

 

[CommandoBob]

That's a nice laptop.



Nice!!

This is a Civ4 thread that discusses the BtS & M6300, but they don't have your problem.

Could it be that the game's default resolution is too low for the screen you have?

 

[barbslinger]

It certainly changes the default resolution to a lot less than normal... mmmm. Could that be the problem? I'll test setting my resolution to match the game prior to startup.

 

[barbslinger]

I'll test setting my resolution to match the game prior to startup.

Nope, that's not it?

 

[Macezek]

Which OS are you running? If it's Vista, try setting the compatability to Windows XP SP2. If it's a 64-bit OS, then that's most likely the problem, since not all older 32-bit games work properly on 64-bit systems.