Question on city+ hack

[JSnider]

Got a question on the mod'd civ3 that allowed for more then the max cities. I have begun running in win7 and ran into an issue when trying to save ... can build the cities but when try to save the game, it will lock up in win7 and has to be closed.

Have tested and know it is when go over the city limit. I may have missed this issue and can't find the original thread, so wondering if anyone has figured out how to get around this (running in comp mode XP v2, and as administrator). Any input appreciated even if no way around crash except go back to XP. Thanx.

 

[tom2050]

Running a scenario with around 525 cities I have had no problem saving (in Vista). How many cities do you have exactly...? the original thread mentioned that there was problems with 600+ cities in certain circumstances (either epic game or scenario, can't remember which).

Perhaps someone else with Win 7 can test it also.

Tom

 

[JSnider]

There were 512 (reloaded orig exe and founded city and get the msg indicating max already built and can't bld another) and the save stop happens on the 513 (bld it and when save prog hangs and stops responding). Didn't have the issue in XP but now have it in W7. Haven't tried blding 2 or more cities to see if it is just that +1 point that is the issue, that is to be my next test. Thanx for the reply, at least I know it is something in my sys setup most likely vice the exe. Ah the fun we have with computers and OS's.

 

[Virote_Considon]

@tom: The problem is with pre-placed cities in scenarios.

 

[JSnider]

@tom .. wondering is your Vista 32 or 64 bit?

 

[tom2050]

Vista 32bit

Tom

 

[JSnider]

Hmmm wonder if it might be 32 bit vs 64? Add that to my list of things to check I guess. Now if my wife will let me borrow her machine for a few hours to test.

 

[WildWeazel]

I'm running Win7 64-bit but I haven't hit the limit yet in any of my games. I'll try making a scenario with 510 or so cities and then plop down a few more.

 

[JSnider]

Hey Thanx ... wife says I ain't messing with her system (uses it for geneology stuff and don't trust me not to mess it up). Rebuilding an old P4 for this but will be a couple days before have it up and running. Have had 32 vs 64 bit issues with other stuff play with .. if not that then something in the config elsewhere.

 

[WildWeazel]

I didn't have any problems. I made a map with 511 cities, loaded it, saved, built a few more cities, watched the AI build some cities, saved, exited, reloaded... no problems.

Do you have XP mode for 7?

 

[JSnider]

Yep ... running in compat mode XP v3, tried v2 and same issues. Must be something else in my setup then, or game has a do not pass 512 corruption there somewhere. Oh well back to trying diff machine, doing 2 or more cities at once, or reinstalling civ3 again. Gotta luv computers. Oh can there be issue with which version of Conquest using, i.e. complete (?) vs one that didn't include all releases. At least know it is not W7, do you ck anything in the settings area on compatibility? Thanx for help

 

[WildWeazel]

No, I'm running it just as installed, on C3C 1.22. And I was talking about the integrated XP Mode virtual machine that is only available on some systems.

 

[JSnider]

Not running VM .. have the W7 for that but reserved for my wife so she can run some of her biz S/W when upgrade from XP. Drat it even .. oh tried the multiple city thing and crashed on 2nd one, beginning to think have a corrupted save at this point. Still gotta try moving all to a XP system and see what happens. Again thanx for validating not 64 bit W7.

 

[BadKharma]

No, I'm running it just as installed, on C3C 1.22. And I was talking about the integrated XP Mode virtual machine that is only available on some systems.

The full xp backward compatibility requires Win7 pro.

 

[JSnider]

Yep .. know that have a copy, but is to upg my wifes machine and she ain't letting me have it. Oh well will get it working on a PC here eveentually. Oh and the test to buil 2 cities over the limit didn't work, when built the 2nd city got the crash even without a save, back to the drawing board.