Dips and Spies not working in my MGE on OS 9.1

[MacUser]

Any one else ever seen this? The Dips and Spies can bribe units, but they can not establish embassies or otherwise "attack" a city. I installed this on my iMac DV (400MHz/320 MB RAM) to initially try out MGE on OS X running in Classic. Everything seemed okay initially, but I had a game where the Dips wouldn't work. I thought it was a fluke and pretty much ignored it. I haven't played Civ in a LOOOONG time, so tonight (trying to get back in Civ mode) when I could reproduce it twice, I thought uh-oh. While I do have OS X installed, I'm starting up and running in 9.1 for most things including Civ.

Anyone else have a similar problem? Think I might have a corrupt installation (I am running the current patch)? I'm thinking about whacking it and reinstalling it to see if it helps.

[Smash]

I can't see why 9,1 would cause it.
have a look at the unit tags in the rules.txt

should be

Diplomat, Esp, 0, 2.,0, 0a,0d, 1h,1f, 3,0, 6, Wri, 000000000000010

Spy, nil, 0, 3.,0, 0a,0d, 1h,1f, 3,0, 6, Esp, 000000000000011

[MacUser]

Thanks. Good suggestion, but no dice. The Rules were correct. I think I'll try reproducing this problem a couple more times.

[Wiglaf]

Yeah, just do a reinstall. Save the saved games, of course, and you've got nothing to lose. Little things like this (technically speaking) have happened to me in other games, so I'm sure a fresh copy will help your computer.

If not let us know.

[MacUser]

ARRRG! Intermittent problem! I tried twice last night and couldn't reproduce the problem!

[Wiglaf]

argh

I'd do a risk free install (everything backed up). Nothing to lose but a little time, and it might even work.

BTW Happy 38th, MacUser!

[MacUser]

Re: argh

Originally posted by Wiglaf
BTW Happy 38th, MacUser!

Thanks! Now that I'm back from Chicago (went for a wedding - I escorted/"gave away" the bride! ) it time to go out and celebrate!

[Wiglaf]

Isn't Chicago great? One of the best cities in the whole country, and right now I'm looking at the baseball a little more - go cubs!

The problem's quieted down, right? If not, think of it as an added challange to the game, if you've mastered it already. And if civ just won't cooperate, you've got a birthday to celebrate and a civ3 to preorder.