Illegal Operation trying mod packs

[sabo]

Hi,
I can run Civ 3 fine, I can run Civ3 fine with patch 121f but I've tried 3 different mod packs (I'm particularly interested in WWII mods) my system crashes. It obviously has something to do with either the Scenario, Art, or Text directory.. (I doubt it's the text folder though) because I rename my regular scenario, Art, and text directory and install the mod packs version of these directories and it crashes, I can then delete them and rename my old 3 directories back to the original name and it runs again. What gives?? Can anyone help me?
TX

 

[Isak]

I think you should copy your Art, Scenario and Text directory to another location rather than rename them.

Otherwise the game won't be able to find all the files that were not modded - and there's bound to be a lot, even though modders are good . The files you find in mod-packs are just changes and additions - not complete replacements of all files, so Civ3 needs to be able to find the original files too.

You could also check out the mod manager by Kingjoshi, which will automatically back up any files that are overwritten when installing.

Hope this helps

 

[sabo]

Cool, thanks Isak!