Play The World Wont Start

[GlenDronach]

Greetings all....
I was wondering if any of you could help me?The problem is that PTW wont start..The cd loads,the screen flickers and goes black for a while....then....desktop!!
This have to do with resolution I guess and I know the question has been asked before...But I still got the problem.
So...please..anybody...Help me start my favourite game again??Thanx....

AMD Athlon 1800+

G-Force 3 Ti-200
Win XP Home SP 1
DirectX 9

[Sheik]

Have you tried running it in Windows 98 Compatibility mode? If not right click the exe and go to the compatibility tab.

[GlenDronach]

Hey.Yes,have tried them all.Also tried changing screenresolution...
I think its DirectX 9 that screwed it up....
And of course....I have to format the drive to remove it!!Or??

[Nym]

No problem for me.

AMD Athlon XP 1700+

ATI Radeon 9000 128 Mo
Win XP Pro
DirectX 8.1 (not 9 as I thought)

[GlenDronach]

Hmm...damn...Almost hoped it was DirectX9!What can it be then??Do you run in compability mode??Patch 1.14f?

[GlenDronach]

Yihaa!!!!
Did a fresh install of Civ 3 and now PTW works!!
I think I panicked there.....
Anyway..Thanx for the helping hand....See ya....

[Chemical Ollie]

What sound card do you have? I got PtW yesterday and had a very similar problem. I found this in the Readme:

NOTE: TBS Santa Cruz sound cards can cause some compatibility problems with Play the World.

I guess it's 40 € down the drain...

[Willem]

Originally posted by Olaf HÃ¥rfagre
I guess it's 40 € down the drain...

Have you tried a full uninstall/reinstall, included vanilla Civ 3? It seems that a lot of the problems people encounter get solved by doing that.