QtNotify Error Message Under Windows 98

[onlinejester]

I just installed classic Civ II from the original v. 1.00 CD and added the v. 2.42 patch. My OS is Windows 98 (not 2nd ed., but updated). My video card is GeForce2. Computer is a Pentium III with 1 Mb of RAM.

I played the game for awhile (no mods, just the straight game) and then saved the game for the first time. I then clicked on Quit (in the Game menu) and a QtNotify Error message appeared, saying that there was an error with QtNotify.exe (Video dump, etc.) and to choose either Close or Ignore. I clicked on Close and the Civ II background screen disappeared, returning me to the Windows 98 desktop. (Earlier, before playing the game, I had a QtView error message, but I ignored it.)

Can anyone explain what this is all about and what I can do to correct the problem? Thanks!

 

[ElephantU]

Did you update the Indeo video drivers before starting the install? That is usually the problem with video issues. Get the Indeo driver from Cedric's patch site, reboot after installing, and then reinstall your game.

 

[onlinejester]

Thanks, Elephant. No, I didn't update the video drivers. I just installed whatever files came on the original v. 1.0 CD and then updated it with the 2.42 patch.

Do I have to uninstall Classic Civ II before I install the new video drivers?

 

[ElephantU]

Have to? no, but it might help. I like to start clean when re-installing. Doesn't take long, either. Don't forget the reboots.

 

[onlinejester]

I was just thinking that a file beginning with the letters Qt might be a QuickTime, not an Indeo, video file. What do you think?

 

[onlinejester]

Yes, it was a QuickTime error, caused by an old version of the QT Viewer (used to view an old Civ2 ReadMe file). I just updated QT to the newest version, and the problem disappeared.

 

[Pablucho82]

Hello, my name is pablo and I´m from Peru. I would like to know if you can help me because io have a problem and i dont know what to do. I have the civ2 game, i like it, a lot, but the problem is that i had to format my computer 3 months ago, since that moment, everytime that i try to play the game a message appears : civ2.exe provoco un error en civ.exe (the translation, i think , sorry for my bad english, is: civ2.exe caused an error in civ2.exe and doesn´t run. A year ago something like that happened and i think a friend run a program which allowed to civ2 run, i dont know what to do, pleae, help me. Do i need an especial aplication to do civ 2 work in windows.. or a patch? thanks