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what the? data3.cab?
i am still in disbelief that civ3 won't install but my dilemma. when installing the game it stops at between 69-72% and asks me to 'insert disk 0 that contains the file data3.cab', and since i don't have that file i can't go on with installation and it aborts. it always stops when the file '\sounds\build\ancient\ancgra.wav' is being installed or attemped to being installed. my friend who had the same type of problem said it was a windows error, and not civ3. he told me to reboot and it'd be fine(because that worked for him). so i did that and again the same error this time at 72% again(on a warm boot). next i tried a cold boot, same error pops up but this time at 69%.
now, i am a reasonable person, but never in my 10+ years of pc gaming have i ever had trouble installing a game(i've also never heard of such a thing). never! i'm in shock, heh. one thing i can think of is that this could be a byproduct of firaxis/infograme's attempts to incorporate some anti-cd copying technology which has some defect and is stopping me, someone who actually shelled out hard earned money for their game from installing it. yet, that explanation seems too big a mistake for even firaxis/infogrames to make. anyways...
when i tried to play that problomatic sound off the cd it says "file 'd:\sounds\build\ancient\ancgra.wav' has been corrupted and cannot be opened.". since i really wanted to play civ3, i investigated further and found that certain .wav(all mp3s were fine) files in \sounds\build\ancients\ also gave the same error. every other .wav file i tested from other folders played fine, and most other files(even some from the same folder as the bad ones) were able to be copied off the cd without the corrupted/cannot be opened error.
i also have zero experience working with defective cds so i don't know if these are the signs of a bad cd or not. any advice would ease my mind. basically, i am pretty sure i have a defective cd(and will be getting a new one in a few days), but has anyone else experienced this problem? and if so did a new cd help or not? thanks in advance.
750mhz slot-a athlon
via kx133 mobo
128mb pc133 sdram
31gb eide hard drive
eide cd-rom 56x
gf1 ddr
sblive!
directx 8.1
win98se
20+ free gb(more than enough for a swap file)
now, i am a reasonable person, but never in my 10+ years of pc gaming have i ever had trouble installing a game(i've also never heard of such a thing). never! i'm in shock, heh. one thing i can think of is that this could be a byproduct of firaxis/infograme's attempts to incorporate some anti-cd copying technology which has some defect and is stopping me, someone who actually shelled out hard earned money for their game from installing it. yet, that explanation seems too big a mistake for even firaxis/infogrames to make. anyways...
when i tried to play that problomatic sound off the cd it says "file 'd:\sounds\build\ancient\ancgra.wav' has been corrupted and cannot be opened.". since i really wanted to play civ3, i investigated further and found that certain .wav(all mp3s were fine) files in \sounds\build\ancients\ also gave the same error. every other .wav file i tested from other folders played fine, and most other files(even some from the same folder as the bad ones) were able to be copied off the cd without the corrupted/cannot be opened error.
i also have zero experience working with defective cds so i don't know if these are the signs of a bad cd or not. any advice would ease my mind. basically, i am pretty sure i have a defective cd(and will be getting a new one in a few days), but has anyone else experienced this problem? and if so did a new cd help or not? thanks in advance.
750mhz slot-a athlon
via kx133 mobo
128mb pc133 sdram
31gb eide hard drive
eide cd-rom 56x
gf1 ddr
sblive!
directx 8.1
win98se
20+ free gb(more than enough for a swap file)
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