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I'm a happy lurker- actually this is my first post on this or any other forum.
CivIII is great. Its different from earlier versions, which is causing some people problems, but its fresh and requires you to think outside the square, which is rare for sequels which usually just add another coating of chrome and a bag of pretty bells and whistles. Problems- yes there are a few, including a couple like stacking and sentry absence that are a pain.
There is one bug that is beyond a pain- stability. After about 1500AD or so on large+ maps, the game falls over irregularly. There have been a few posts about this, mainly blaming a video card.
I have the game on 2 systems- the one at the office is a dell 2gig 512m pent 4 running XP, and the one at home is a Compaq 500 128m pent 3 running w98. Both use ATI video cards. Both crash giving me invalid page faults once the game gets past 1500AD. There is no common cause- right clicking on a unit, or calling the civelopedia has done it- sometimes there is no action that I can see caused the crash- it just stops. In the past 5 days I have had 6 crashes- I've taken to saving the game after every turn.
I've sent an email to Infogrames, but as Australia has no dedicated support address I half expect the US to reject my cry for help.
Anybody have any ideas? If Firaxis aware/working on this?
CivIII is great. Its different from earlier versions, which is causing some people problems, but its fresh and requires you to think outside the square, which is rare for sequels which usually just add another coating of chrome and a bag of pretty bells and whistles. Problems- yes there are a few, including a couple like stacking and sentry absence that are a pain.
There is one bug that is beyond a pain- stability. After about 1500AD or so on large+ maps, the game falls over irregularly. There have been a few posts about this, mainly blaming a video card.
I have the game on 2 systems- the one at the office is a dell 2gig 512m pent 4 running XP, and the one at home is a Compaq 500 128m pent 3 running w98. Both use ATI video cards. Both crash giving me invalid page faults once the game gets past 1500AD. There is no common cause- right clicking on a unit, or calling the civelopedia has done it- sometimes there is no action that I can see caused the crash- it just stops. In the past 5 days I have had 6 crashes- I've taken to saving the game after every turn.
I've sent an email to Infogrames, but as Australia has no dedicated support address I half expect the US to reject my cry for help.
Anybody have any ideas? If Firaxis aware/working on this?
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