Game freezes when attempting to build roads

[I Am Jeff]

The game freezes when I go to build roads on land squares. It seems to happen on newly conquered ground only, but does not happen everywhere. I have no clue why this would happen. I am using version 1.21f and the latest version of the Balancer Mod if that makes any difference.

I have not had any problem like this before.

[Coracle]

I can list a hundred problems with Civ 3 but that is not one I have encountered nor heard of.

Be sure you have at least 256 RAM.

If it still happens report it as a bug to the geniuses at Firaxis: http://www.firaxis.com/contact_gamefeedback.cfm

[vulture]

Re: Game freezes when attempting to build roads

Originally posted by I Am Jeff
The game freezes when I go to build roads on land squares. It seems to happen on newly conquered ground only, but does not happen everywhere. I have no clue why this would happen. I am using version 1.21f and the latest version of the Balancer Mod if that makes any difference.

I have not had any problem like this before.

I imagine it's due to the recalculation of the trade network. I occasionally see long pauses when building roads when I connect a city into the trade network. In newly conquered cities you often have incomplete roads or roads that partly go through other people's territory. Building a road that directly connects a new city into your network can cause a pause in a large empire as the trade net is reworked. I often see pauses when I bombard an enemy city and destroy its harbour for the same reason.

[SomeOneElse]

I dont necessarily think you need 256MB ram, though. Civ3 works fine on my 128MB machine

doesnt mean I'm not going to upgrade to 256 before the end of summer, though

[I Am Jeff]

thx for ur replies, yes i do have 256 ram. Like I said I have not seen this before and I have had Civ3 from day one.

I did find a solution, which was to destroy the land improvements and then rebuild them. This works, but I just have to remember to do it otherwise I may slip and it will freeze.