PTW Patch 1.04f!!

[be0wulfe]

Unknown Crash

http://www.disorganized-mayhem.com/Lincoln of the Americans, 1370 AD.SAV

Run the turn, game crashes part-way through the turn resolution. Prior to the 1.04f patch it would just hang.


This is the turn prior:

http://www.disorganized-mayhem.com/Lincoln of the Americans, 1365 AD.SAV

Does the game crash for anyone else ... ?

[notyoueither]

Could you post the sav here?

[The Pioneer]

Originally posted by alva848

You mean to say, you don't get send a free copy???

After all the publicity you make for this (and other) games!!!!

That surprises me too! I'd though that Mark and Dan got free copies of the games as soon as they came out!? Or even days before!

After all the work you indirectly do as a fan for Firaxis!

So long...

[WarpStorm]

Originally posted by Admiral PJ
Is there only 1 scenario in PTW?

There are about 80 scenarios, all fan made (with the exception of Dinobarbs, I think). Admittedly some of these are just maps and others are just rules changes and still others are just graphics changes, but there are some winners in it. The scenario by TETurkhan is a real gem. It uses a HUGE map of the world many rules changes with new techs, units, civs, and resources.

[planetfall]

RAM, Video or bad programming?

I am having more problems with slowness and game not responding.

PTW specs call for:
400Mhz cpu
64Mg RAM, recommend 128

I have
400 MHz {amd}
128 Mg RAM

Which would you suspect?

1-- PTW needed more CPU than specs
2-- PTW needed more RAM than recommended
3-- Direct X needed more than PTW
4-- need newer video card

{sorry no #5, bananas, we only have pineapples}

== PF

[SpencerH]

Planetfall

1. Should be OK (but not great)

2. A lot of people are saying that the real minimum is 256Mb RAM and more if you play big maps.

3. Huh?

4. Depends how old the card is (you dont say) but AFAIK unless you're using something from the dark ages it's not the limiting factor.

[planetfall]

Originally posted by SpencerH
Planetfall

1. Should be OK (but not great)

Thanks, that is what I thought

2. A lot of people are saying that the real minimum is 256Mb RAM and more if you play big maps.

Only play standard but do thing 128Mg is not enough RAM.

3. Huh?

Sorry, meant DirectX 8 versus older 7 for civ3

4. Depends how old the card is (you dont say) but AFAIK unless you're using something from the dark ages it's not the limiting factor.

Don't say cause don't remember. It is about 4 years old with some extra video RAM. Guess is this is not limit because civ3 worked ok. I do have an "newer" video card which is only 2-3 years old.

If not for economy would be considering replacement now. Big question will be to stay with desktop or go to laptop. I love 21" monitors and 17" at home is barely, barely useful.

Bottom line is it seems I need to add a 128Mg SIMM to santa's wish list. Thanks for the info.

== PF

[SpencerH]

You should have had DX 8.0 for civ 3. I have some strange glitches with PtW and while I think some of them are the disk-protection, I wonder if some others are the upgrade to DX 8.1 i.e. I may need to update some drivers.

[vmxa1]

I would say mem is the key. You do not say what the system is, but I had 256MB with not many issues and added 256 and now have not seen any slow downs so far. It is at least teh cheapest thing to fix. I do not vid cards as a factor if at least one in the few years.

[planetfall]

vmxa1,

Who remembers? case from one place, mother board from another, power supply from another, hard drives from 2 vendors, mixture of pc and pci cards. I have removed sound card as it was a pc connection and using all 3 pci slots.

Guess I will try memory upgrade and if that fails, then look at getting a new system.

Biggest slowdown points are:
1. F3 screen with planted spy and
2. stack of bombers on missions.

Hidden cost of PTW, need more memory. Lately I have been just running PTW, but do like to toggle between civ and Lotus so can document moves.

== PF

[Master Marcus]

F3 military advisor is definitely the main "new" slowdown compound, but well before having planting spies, the slowdown begins to be quite unacceptable when scrolling your own units ( let's say, when reaching 150-200 units ).

[Big Dave]

I have to agree to a stinking EULA before I can d/l a patch to something that should be a patch itself!?!?!?!!?!!?!!?



Have a nice life, Firaxis-Infogreed et. al.

[planetfall]

Big Dave,

PTW is an enhancement not a collection of bug fixes; therefore, not a patch but upgrade.

You agreed to EULA with civ3 what's the big deal about an EULA with PTW? This is normal business practice.

If you want to complain about EULA's, complain about the new MS licensing scheme where locked into a set computer where MS has all your build/configuration information.

What prevents MS from selling DELL a list of users with machines more than 3 years old?

What prevents MS from selling Sony a list of users who play CD's at least once a month?

What prevents MS from selling Time a list of all DVD's played on computers this year?

Isn't MS XP consumer friendly. Now you will be contacted with list of those most popular DVD's you are not yet playing. Now you can be target marketed by the record industry. Now you can be target marketed by the computer hardware industry.

Forget Firaxis, it is MS that needs them dar bananas. Just wait next will be a MS license with a time bomb. $50/mo for cable, and now $10/mo for MS OS, XP3. Wouldn't you love to have $.01 for each MS XP3 EULA?


== PF

[Jaybe]

Right-Click on Production queue gives Civilopedia entry.

I had not seen this in the readme, and hadn't heard of it, but I just tried it -- it works!

[ThePlagueRat]

Do these folks at Firaxis smoke too much Bannanabis sativa?