Master of Ceremonies
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For all of you who experienced the same problem I had, I am now running Civ III v.1.16f problem-free (knock on wood).
In version 1.07f upon startup, the computer would check for the CD and then spin for around 5 minutes with the splash screen up until the game would either finally kick in, or a message would come up saying to insert the CivIII CD. When I upgraded to 1.16f the game would not work at all.
Here's the fix for XP computers.
Totally uninstall version 1.07f and do a fresh install.
Download the 1.16f patch.
Install the 1.16f patch.
Make sure that you are not running the game in any compatibility mode - run it in XP.
Go through the hoops and get the safedisk patch from Infogrames. This is the key to the solution.
Hope this helps.
In version 1.07f upon startup, the computer would check for the CD and then spin for around 5 minutes with the splash screen up until the game would either finally kick in, or a message would come up saying to insert the CivIII CD. When I upgraded to 1.16f the game would not work at all.
Here's the fix for XP computers.
Totally uninstall version 1.07f and do a fresh install.
Download the 1.16f patch.
Install the 1.16f patch.
Make sure that you are not running the game in any compatibility mode - run it in XP.
Go through the hoops and get the safedisk patch from Infogrames. This is the key to the solution.
Hope this helps.