And sure enough, once I patched it it was fine. I'm just not safe without a keeper sometimes...

luckybob wrote: is your game fully updated? with the last patch and all? Mine always played correctly but when i updated it, it diddnt work. I'm pretty sure there was no post-Complete patch; at least I don't recall ever seeing or using one.

Try this trick: After running the game once and quitting, look in your gameDir for Civilization3.ini. Edit it, and add this line to the bottom: keepRes=1 When you run the game, it should run at your desktop's resolution instead of 1024x768. Already did that one with the conquests.ini file which is …

Update to v1.3 and you'll probably need to apply a NOCD patch. Also https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtZuEpGojQ-JdHlpRFBKZ05DcFhrbFdMM09tN2pac0E&hl=en&authkey=CKKxiaoG Hmmm. I normally do both, but its possible I tried to run it right after basic install and didn't go any further when it …

What the header says. This is actually one of the few programs I haven't been able to get to work on Win7, and I wonder if anyone else has had any luck.

Since both my wife and I recently got new, Win7 64-bit laptops, I've ported over all our old games. Most weren't a significant problem (though I'll have separate thread on Freedom Force), but I ran into a little problem with Civ 3 Complete I hoped someone could enlighten me regarding. I had no …