Disappointment!!!

[latka]

I have had numerous crashes with Civ III using XP over the course of a year. I save frequently, so its not too much trouble.

I actually suspect flaws in the game, since I am able to load a saved game and repeat the steps exactly as I did before rebooting and have the game crash again. I do not discount there being problems with the OS, any drives, or background apps, but until I find something that I can not work around by changing the order of events, I don't feel it is really worth investing time into finding the source of the problem. I am just to busy having fun with the game.

[vee4473]

The game is very stable on my AMD 700mhz thunderbird, 256ram.

I'm not sure that if your computer in unstable on a regular basis, that that means your comp is at fault, because my comp is unstable with alot of other programs, but it runs civ3 flawlessly.

I'm wondering how big your hard drive is and how loaded down it is. Also, whether or not you have constantly installed/uninstalled software.

I have heard that consistently installing/uninstalling software can, over time, degrade your registry to the point where it must be restored or else it goes buggy.

I download alot of demos, and as a result I am constantly installing and then removing them, and I have found that after many dozens of demo installs/uninstalls, the comp can get a bit "fuzzy".


Not sure about that, and please dispell that rumor if it is untrue.

computers are just....weird

[Romanus]

Im running Civ3 on a compaq 600mhz, 256ram and w98

I had a couple crashes when accessing the science advisor, and often when exiting the game, although thats when I would prefer it to crash

PTW crashes quite a bit, various situations.

[Dis]

your computer sucks!

SMAC never had any problems with me except the sound echo which was easily corrected.

[Mad Bomber]

I have had a few games that have crashed when moving naval units with the J" command. (v1.29) I have had no crashes with PTW 1.14 but I do not have as much playtime with PTW as yet.