Windows doesn't like Civ 2

[Elephant]

You can check that by right-clicking My Computer and selecting Properties...

[the_blue_blob]

In that case yes I do have service pack 2... is there any way i can get rid of it if thats what is stopping me play it?

[Mercator]

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
In order for it to work on Windows XP, the operating system I assume you have, you need to drop into your civ2 directory a file called "Choice.com". It's been recently posted in this thread. I swear this needs to be stickied.

http://www.apolyton.net/forums/showt...hreadid=140292

*cough* Not quite... Choice.com has nothing to do with getting Civ2 to run. The only thing choice.com does is add support for "multiple choice menus" in batch files used often for scenarios with multiple sets of units/events or so.

Try these 2 threads on CivFanatics instead, blue blob:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104017

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=20703

[the_blue_blob]

Thank you like a million time over!!!! The first one worked yay!

[the_blue_blob]

I think I'm going to cry: It installed fine its all on my computer now... but when i clikc the icon to play it it comes up with a little box saying: Cannot find WING.DLL
anyone got any ideas?

[the_blue_blob]

ooh when i click close it comes up with another little window saying: (on the blue bar) Application Error
(Beneath) CIV2 caused a General Protection Fault in module CIV2.EXE at 0041:0384
Choose close. CIV2 will close

[Mercator]

Try installing this:

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=859_WinG.zip

(I got it here: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=125698, though I changed it to a zip)

I'm not sure if that will fix it. WinG should be on your Civ2 CD as well (and it should have installed automatically). You can also see if you can find it on your CD (I think it's in a WING subfolder) and install it from there.

[Montesquieu]

I have XP, and I never had a single problem with Classic Civ2. Have been civving since 1999, but Civ3 I discovered only this year.

[the_blue_blob]

Okay this is getting beyond a joke now... It came up with the 16 bit windows subsystem again
but the file is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT

[the_blue_blob]

Yay!!! I fixed it!!!
*is extremly happy* now im off to play it thank you so much for all you help guys!

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

/me makes a mental note to recall this thread when he buys his hot new PC next month.

[the_blue_blob]

lol just so you know if it keeps coming up with error messages... keep changing the file it says about and it will work eventually