Hiigh Score Error Message

[Archer 007]

When I finish a match, and the score screen pops up, i get an error message that reads like this:

CIV2 caused an invalid page fault in
module CIV2.EXE at 0167:0042437a.
Registers:
EAX=02280000 CS=0167 EIP=0042437a EFLGS=00010216
EBX=0000017e SS=016f ESP=0090f02c EBP=0090f03c
ECX=00604cf4 DS=016f ESI=818b7700 FS=46d7
EDX=00000028 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f be 00 85 c0 0f 84 08 00 00 00 ff 45 fc e9 ea
Stack dump:
00000000 818b7700 0000017e 02280000 0090f054 004a59f1 ffffd328 00000000 818b7700 0000017e 0090f070 0040f674 0064f5f8 ffffffff 00000000 818b7700

 

[Andu Indorin]

Never heard of this one before. Does kind of sound like a compatibility problem where Civ2 is trying to use a portion of memory already in use by another program. You might try shutting down some "nonessential" TSR programs before completing your game.

Are you playing Classic, MP, or another version?

 

[Archer 007]

Playing MGE. What is a TSR program?

 

[Andu Indorin]

TSR stands for "Terminate and Stay Resident." Basically they are programs that will execute a series of operations, and after doing so, they remain in the computer's memory. On more recent versions of Windows, you can more or less access a list of those programs occupying "space" in the memory through the Windows Task Manager, Processes tab.

 

[Archer 007]

I am using Windows 98. How would I access the list in it?

 

[Mercator]

Ctrl+Alt+Del. I'm not sure if that displays all of them, but that's as good as it gets.
You can end all tasks except Explorer and Systray (and Civ2 of course).

 

[Archer 007]

Really? Everything else is unneed?

 

[Mercator]

Well, unneeded, those are the only programs really needed to keep Windows running anyway.

If your problem is indeed due to a conflict with another program you might be able to pinpoint which program it is by selectively shutting down some of those tasks.