Black Screen upon Loading?

[Funk]

Hello there,

I just picked up Civ3 yesterday, and the installation and everything went fine, but when I tried to play the game, it would load and show that little intro movie, and the (I assume) Main Screen Music plays, but my screen goes black and I can't do anything from then on in. I've tried closing all programs before I run Civ3, and I've patched it as well, but nothing seems to work. If anyone has any insights, I'd appreciate them much. My System spec's are:

I'm running XP Pro
800mhz Duron
Geforce 2 MX
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
DirectX 8.1

Thanks!


-Funk

[pauli]

have you tried updating your video drivers?

[Funk]

Yup, I just did, still nothing. It's really weird, because I know that the program is working just fine otherwise, I can hear me effecting the menu (noises play when selecting something).

If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to hear them.


Funk

[Willem]

Re: Black Screen upon Loading?

Originally posted by Funk
Hello there,

I just picked up Civ3 yesterday, and the installation and everything went fine, but when I tried to play the game, it would load and show that little intro movie, and the (I assume) Main Screen Music plays, but my screen goes black and I can't do anything from then on in. I've tried closing all programs before I run Civ3, and I've patched it as well, but nothing seems to work. If anyone has any insights, I'd appreciate them much. My System spec's are:

I'm running XP Pro
800mhz Duron
Geforce 2 MX
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
DirectX 8.1

Thanks!


-Funk

Apparently you're not the only one having this problem. Check out this thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39218

[bionicman]

turn off the start up movie. when you start the game hold down and tick . This should work