can you have 2 civ3s installed on same pc?

[Rusty Nail]

Has anyone found a way to do this? When I try it wants to remove the current version first.

[Fidel]

Re: can you have 2 civ3s installed on same pc?

Originally posted by Rusty Nail
Has anyone found a way to do this? When I try it wants to remove the current version first.

that would be a bigamy of sorts

[Rusty Nail]

Bigamy? This is standard procedure with civ2, and most other games as well. No big deal. Very practical if you are running mods.

[Tuberski]

You should be able to under a different directory.

[Fidel]

wuz kidding, relax

[Rusty Nail]

Tuberski. Try it and let me know how you get along. I never get that far. Only to the choice of whether I want to DELETE the existing program or not. I assume this means that it willl only install in a new directory if I first delete the existing program. If I answer "no" then the program ends.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Even just changing the directory to soemthing like "Tinfogrames" means you fool the installer. I still have two versions somewhere, for some reason..

[Amesjustin]

Re: Re: can you have 2 civ3s installed on same pc?

Originally posted by Tassadar5000


Why not just copy the directory to a different place? Thats what I've done.

I have Civ3 v1.17F in C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III, a Civ3 (no patches) on C:\Windows\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III, and a Civ3 v1.21F in C:\Windows\Desktop. I just create a shortcut to the CivilizationIII.EXE files for each one, and then rename them like

"Civilization 117" "Civilization Original" "Civilization 121"

And I just double click the version I want to play.

I can verify this works, at least if you have 2 hard drives...

[Amesjustin]

Re: Re: Re: Re: can you have 2 civ3s installed on same pc?

Originally posted by Tassadar5000


I only have one hard drive, and it works fine. All you have to do is copy your Civ directory to someplace else on your computer, and then link to its .EXE file.

Well there you go!

I hadn't tried it but knew the dual HD worked!