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    I love Civ3, but I've had the same problem since it first came out, through all the patches and expansions (currently playing Conquests Beta Patch 1.12). If anyone can give me advice on how to fix the following I will be eternally grateful (neverending alliance, all my luxuries and resources (well, maybe I'll keep just one iron), etc).

    1. The game plays normally up until somewhere in the Industrial Age.

    2. Somewhere between 1650 and 1815 the game crashes to desktop, usually at the beginning of my turn when city builds are being announced.

    3. The error log detail available from the Windows error box that appears is as follows:
    CIV3CONQUESTS caused an invalid page fault in
    module CIV3CONQUESTS.EXE at 0187:00601d0a.
    Registers:
    EAX=9088340d CS=0187 EIP=00601d0a EFLGS=00010282
    EBX=0000000f SS=018f ESP=00f0ca2c EBP=00000008
    ECX=00000004 DS=018f ESI=10a65560 FS=0e6f
    EDX=00000007 ES=018f EDI=0000f1fa GS=0000
    Bytes at CS:EIP:
    66 39 78 04 75 f8 3b cb 74 13 8b 5e 4c 8b 7c 24
    Stack dump:
    10a65560 00000000 00000000 00000000 00602189 0000000f 0000006d 00000005 00f0cb64 10a65560 10a635b0 00000000 00f0ca90 00662af3 ffffffff 0040478b

    4. If I restart and load the last save, the game will run for a variable amount of time and then crash again. My working hypothesis, though it’s still just a guess, is that the crash occurs when I attempt to go to the city detail screen, i.e. by double clicking on a city or by selecting ‘Go to City’ from the city production pop-up.

    5. I have never played in the Modern Times, which causes me endless frustration.

    Again, any and all help greatly appreciated. I would attach my last saved game but it appears to be too large. I could email if anyone was interested in looking at it.

    Thanks much.

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    I'm probably being antsy, but with no replies to my query above I'm wondering if there's somewhere else I should be posting my problem. Does anyone know if Firaxis has an internal group providing help or do they just work this board when dealing with user issues?

    Thanks for your time.
    Last edited by TonyJoe; January 5, 2004, 19:19.

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      I would email atari support. The address should be on the www.civ3.com site. You have a pretty detailed report here so hopefully they should help.

      I don't have a clue as to what your problem might be, but good luck in getting it fixed.
      Safer worlds through superior firepower

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