Problems with Civ II with Windows (2000 and XP)

[Doctor Atomic]

Can anyone tell me how to get Civ2 to run on Win2000.

When I launch the game I get the error message:

CIV2 caused a Stack Fault in module IR41.DLL at 0002:019D.

Choose close. CIV2 will close.



Thanks,
Doctor Atomic

 

[Cedric Greene]

Try downloading the newest version of the Indeo video drivers and codecs from www.ligos.com

 

[Doctor Atomic]

Wow! So far, so good. Thanks Cedric! I'll have to give it some more testing this weekend and then hopefully I can dump my dual boot to WinME . The only reason I have for ME is to play CIV!

Thanks,
Doctor Atomic

 

[Marlos]

What would I do without this site? I was having the EXACT same problem!

Thank you thank you thank you

 

[Thunderfall]

Here is a more detailed answer from previous threads:

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OK, I've just got CivII (classic, v2.42) working perfectly, so I'll tell how I did it. Really I've just sewn together the stuff I've read in other posts.

- Installed WinG from CivII setup
- Did *not* install Video for Windows during CivII setup. If you did this already, delete Ir41.dll from Winnt\system
- Installed the VERY LATEST Indeo drivers from Ligos.

The last step is what got the videos working. Some people may, like me, already have an older copy of the version 5 Indeo drivers from Intel (iv5setup.exe). Those don't work. If you go to the Ligos page and download the 5.11 version drivers, everything should be OK. http://www2.us.ligos.com/ids/indeo/iv5setup.exe

Yippee. CivII fully operational in Win2k!

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Another possible solution:
In addition to the WinG.dll I went to Microsoft thinking someone else must have had this problem ... turns out they did a 'compatability' patch ... this patch does not mention Civ2 but it does mention a bunch of other older games so I installed it and Civ2 works fine now.

Yayyy ... I can't imagine not having Civ2 on my hard drive ...

The patch: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/tools/appcompat/default.asp

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Hope this helps....

 

[4dbird]

All my questions were answered. THANK YOU!!!

But The company no longer is offering the driver for free.

Any more suggestions??


Thanks in advance

 

[Cedric Greene]

Yeah those sons of *****es have decided to start charging for the files luckily they still have the old file on their server. IV5Setup.exe or you could always check my site: http://hometown.aol.com/cedricgreene/

 

[4dbird]

You are the bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Installed and running in under 5 minutes. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jatibi]

hello, i just made myself a chrismas present and bought civ2 cic and mp (both german versions) on ebay. i´m running win xp and cedrics iv5setup.exe worked quite well. i have now another problem. if i start a scenario (for instance ww1) i can´t see the enemy cities; they are not appearing on the map, they have to be discovered first. did something like that occur to anyone else?

 

[Deathwalker]

Thanc for the help

 

[jet_jockey1]

Hi & thanks for the info, I had started the downloads as suggested, but in the intervening time I loaded Sim City 2000, Civ2 worked just fine thereafter! Methinks that Sim City probably upgraded something that is shared by Civ2,just another way of skinning a cat!

 

[jomal]

Ok, I feel like I know the answer to this question, but when I try to delete the ir41.dll, it give me an "acces denied" error, saying the source file may be in use.
Help from a more technically inclined person?
Thanks!

 

[ElephantU]

IR41 is part of the video driver. Don't delete, just re-install the Indeo driver, reboot, then re-install the game.

 

[Piperwolf]

Yeah those sons of *****es have decided to start charging for the files luckily they still have the old file on their server. IV5Setup.exe or you could always check my site: http://hometown.aol.com/cedricgreene/

Nice. This worked great. The error that I had gotten before the Indeo codec install I'm going to try to paste below, just for future reference...

Thanks for the help

 

[thefriendly2x4]

Okay, I am having this exact same problem only IV5Setup.exe can't be found and the mirror file on Cedric Greene's site will not function in my computer. Any help? Please?

 

[rws]

You can find some codec mirrors here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Ligos_Indeo_Codec.htm

Direct URL: ftp://ftp.freenet.de./pub/filepilot/windows/multimedia/video/iv5setup.exe

 

[Adler17]

I have already started another thread before I came to this. Nevertheless I need help. I have W2K with SP 4 and (now) enabled compability mode. The problem is I can´t install civ 2! Whenever I try the PC says AUTOEXEC.NT is not suitabled for this application! And nothing helps. IIRC I had installed it under a former SP. However I could install another game which is not possible to do either. Can someone help me please?

Adler

 

[Cedric Greene]

I have already started another thread before I came to this. Nevertheless I need help. I have W2K with SP 4 and (now) enabled compability mode. The problem is I can´t install civ 2! Whenever I try the PC says AUTOEXEC.NT is not suitabled for this application! And nothing helps. IIRC I had installed it under a former SP. However I could install another game which is not possible to do either. Can someone help me please?

Adler

You could try the files in this thread: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104017

 

[Adler17]

Thanks, that helped indeed.

Adler

 

[Adler17]

http://www.rl7.bmstu.ru/archives/more_arch/Multimedia/Codecs/

Indeo files were all dead, however this is working.

Adler