PATCH 1.21f is out!

[alva]

Originally posted by Tuberski




Are you going to post this in EVERY thread?

allready has!

[Tuberski]

Iknow, some people you know.

[Ethelred]

Originally posted by pat01
uh yes I tried to start it from the cd...it goes 'loading' then gives a missing bwink32.dll ...a file that i wasn't able to find anywhere...

but this dll missing...made me think of a incompatibility with windows 98 (NOT SE)

Did you install the Bink viewer to watch the Security Briefing Easter Egg? I had this problem once and uninstalling the viewer helped with it. I may have also reinstalled CivIII but I don't remember.

I now have the Security Briefing renamed to replace the opening movie. The game starts up a little faster with the smaller file.

[Desert Dog]

Forget all of those OS's

A better MUCH more stable OS is Windows XP. Don't even bother with 98 or 98SE. If you find a OEM version of it you can get it for $99.00. My company sells them like hot cakes here in Vegas. (I am not advertising either) Just some good advice for game players especially. Recoverable crashes everytime how is that for a plus?

Originally posted by Grrr
You should consider updating to Win98SE. It solves a lot of issues in Win98.

[pat01]

going a bit out of topic but I think it's a little heavy for my pentium 3 600 256mb...

[patarroyo]

I had problems with the 1.21 patch, similar to the problems I had when I installed 1.17. I got the spalsh crash, or no video, or if I removed the movies, I got buttons with no text in the opening screen.

After uninstalling, reinstalling, and repatching, it still didn't work.

Here was my workaround (just like my last splash crash workaround):

Installed patch.
Replaced exe with nocd exe (and yes, i have a retail disc)
REBOOTED

This last step is important. I get garbage without the reboot. Now everything works fine again, except for the Civ Placement Tool, which is incompatible with the new save game format. Doh! No more kittenworld mod for a few days... Sigh.

Let me know if anyone has problems.

[alva]

Originally posted by pat01
going a bit out of topic but I think it's a little heavy for my pentium 3 600 256mb...

should be ok with windows xp and believe me, you'll never go back to98 or whatever( no linux or mac flamers please )

[gergi]

Re: Forget all of those OS's

Originally posted by Desert Dog
A better MUCH more stable OS is Windows XP. Don't even bother with 98 or 98SE. If you find a OEM version of it you can get it for $99.00. My company sells them like hot cakes here in Vegas. (I am not advertising either) Just some good advice for game players especially. Recoverable crashes everytime how is that for a plus?

I am truly frightened... People, ignore this post... Windows XP is EVIL and should be avoided like the plague.