Minuteman
Minister of salty snacks
Like many others, I too have been plauged by the now dreaded and still inexplicable "CIVILIZATION3.EXE" error message. Ordinarily, I would say something hackneyed like "I'm glad I'm not the only one having this problem", but this is one type of misery that didn't need any company.
It is clear that Firaxis has dropped the ball here in releasing a product that contains such a fatal flaw. Since one can only assume that they released this apparent beta program with no malicious intent, I can only conclude that they haven't the foggiest notion as to how to remedy this problem. And since Jeff Morris is now actively recruiting participants of this forum for "beta testing", one can also conclude that Firaxis' concept of "quality control" is in serious need of review. It almost makes me wonder if this product was even tested before it was rushed to market.
I only wish that I had something constructive to contribute to the efforts of some of you that are currently trying to remedy this problem on your own, but sadly I do not. It appears to be a losing battle on the user-end side of the ledger.
My solution to this problem was to simply uninstall this game and delete all reference to it in my registry. Until this problem is properly addressed by Firaxis (aside from the usual "update your drivers" BS contained in their tech support responses), I see no point in continuing to invest so many of my precious hours in what is clearly a defective product.
Now perhaps Jeff, Dan, and that entire merry band of Firaxians could care less about what I or many of their other customers think, but just so they know, this is one customer that is greatly dissatisfied with their product, and in a larger sense, with their workmanship. In my industry, such disregard for quality usually has unpleasant consequences, least of which is severe censure. However, beyond that, it should be a question of taking pride in one's work. In other words, seeing to it that YOUR customers purchase the finest (and finished) product that you could produce for them.
Oh well, so much for that....
It is clear that Firaxis has dropped the ball here in releasing a product that contains such a fatal flaw. Since one can only assume that they released this apparent beta program with no malicious intent, I can only conclude that they haven't the foggiest notion as to how to remedy this problem. And since Jeff Morris is now actively recruiting participants of this forum for "beta testing", one can also conclude that Firaxis' concept of "quality control" is in serious need of review. It almost makes me wonder if this product was even tested before it was rushed to market.
I only wish that I had something constructive to contribute to the efforts of some of you that are currently trying to remedy this problem on your own, but sadly I do not. It appears to be a losing battle on the user-end side of the ledger.
My solution to this problem was to simply uninstall this game and delete all reference to it in my registry. Until this problem is properly addressed by Firaxis (aside from the usual "update your drivers" BS contained in their tech support responses), I see no point in continuing to invest so many of my precious hours in what is clearly a defective product.
Now perhaps Jeff, Dan, and that entire merry band of Firaxians could care less about what I or many of their other customers think, but just so they know, this is one customer that is greatly dissatisfied with their product, and in a larger sense, with their workmanship. In my industry, such disregard for quality usually has unpleasant consequences, least of which is severe censure. However, beyond that, it should be a question of taking pride in one's work. In other words, seeing to it that YOUR customers purchase the finest (and finished) product that you could produce for them.
Oh well, so much for that....
