Still having font problems

[FoulFoot]

Still having a problem with compressed (i.e., unreadable) fonts in the game. After reading the previous posts in this forum, I:

1) Made sure I had less than 255 fonts (I have around 100)
2) Made sure there wasn't any OCR / font-dependent software running (I actually disabled all other tasks)
3) Removed all the Lucida fonts from the font directory

After rebooting, I tried the game... no dice.

I then installed the Lucida font from the game directory, rebooted, and re-tried the game. No dice.

Anyone else have any suggestions? Yes, the 1.17f patch is installed, but since the font problem wasn't specifically addressed, I hadn't held out much hope for it.

Any help appreciated!

Scott

 

[jimmytrick]

1. smooth edges of screen fonts >from control panel/display/ effects
2. disable shutdown eveything you can in the background and turn of your printer
3. go to explorer/infogrames/civ3 and start game with the civilization3.exe instead of using the icon on desktop or the start programs or autorun from cd

4. when this works once it will not be necessary to go thru these steps in future games..it will work from any start point

5. please send $50 to: Sid Meier's Bug Fixes, 666 Gotuagain Drive, Durham, NC 27360