XP patch?

[Art of War]

Hi,

it's been a while since i've visited here, but I got a new computer about a year ago, and when I loaded Civ II onto my new computer, something went haywire and crashed my comp. Is there a patch i need for XP to play CivII?

Thanks for your help.

[rjmatsleepers]

Re: XP patch?

Originally posted by Art of War
Hi,

it's been a while since i've visited here, but I got a new computer about a year ago, and when I loaded Civ II onto my new computer, something went haywire and crashed my comp. Is there a patch i need for XP to play CivII?

Thanks for your help.

I have played Civ II (2.42, FW and MGE) on my XP machine without any patch. However, that particular machine has not been upgraded to SP2. It's possible that this causes a problem. There are frequent reports of a need to update drivers in order to play. SG and others have posted information about where latest drivers can be found.

RJM at Sleeper's

[Art of War]

that's what it was, missing drivers. do you know where i might find a link for these? or a link to SG's information?

thanks for your help.

[rjmatsleepers]

I'm afraid I don't know where the missing drivers might be found. I believe there is a technical forum at the Civ Fanatics site that may be able to help. (forums.civfanatics.com ?)

You may also need autoexec.nt A posting from SG said that his read as follows:

@echo off

REM Install CD ROM extensions
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\mscdexnt.exe

REM Install network redirector (load before dosx.exe)
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\redir

REM Install DPMI support
lh %SystemRoot%\system32\dosx

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 P330 T3

RJM at Sleeper's

[Art of War]

one quick question...when i open the batch file for Nemo's Red Front, it just pops up and dissappears..and I can't select which season to play in. Does anyone know how to fix this?