Well Ive followed all Sk0ties instructions up to and including installing the latest patch and there has been no change. CIV III still crashes. In fact, now I cant save or restore games. I cant believe so many of us are having nightmares getting this game to run properly. I spend 15 minutes playing the game and then 1-hour troubleshooting. I guess I will have to start a new game from scratch again. If this does not solve the problem, I will just go back to Call to Power II, same type of game but no headaches.