March 29, 2002, 10:28
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Settler
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Stack error when installing Civ2 on Windows 2000
Has anyone else experienced difficulties with the installation of Civ2 on Win2K running on a standalone PC? I'm stymied by a stack error. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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March 29, 2002, 21:02
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Emperor
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Not met that one personally, but suggest you ensure that no extraneous applications are running before you install - use Ctrl-Alt-Del to remove all but Explorer & Systray ...
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March 30, 2002, 03:11
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Settler
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Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Not met that one personally, but suggest you ensure that no extraneous applications are running before you install - use Ctrl-Alt-Del to remove all but Explorer & Systray ...
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Thanks for your reply. That's certainly good general advice.
Unfortunately, my problem is not solved. I suspect there is some difficulty with the video drivers that Civ2 installs.
Regards,
An Aylesbury Duck
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April 2, 2002, 09:10
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Prince
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Hello planman91,
I have similar problems under WinXP on my new PC (see the thread "Problems with Civ2-Videos").
If the stack error message refers to a file called "ir41.dll", it can be avoided by renaming the file (e.g. to "ir41._ll") in the windows\system directory. The bad news is that without the file, the videos in the game will not work, but at least you can play the game.
Verrucosus
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April 3, 2002, 02:18
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Settler
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Originally posted by Verrucosus
If the stack error message refers to a file called "ir41.dll", it can be avoided by renaming the file (e.g. to "ir41._ll")...The bad news is that without the file, the videos in the game will not work, but at least you can play the game.
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It is the "ir41.dll" library file that is causing the problem. Given that Windows XP and Windows 2000 are 32 bit systems not based on DOS, I suspect the file is doing something with video in 16 bits that is not supported under these OS's. Unfortunately, I haven't yet found a workaround.
Thanks for the tip about renaming the file. You may be interested to know that if the CD is not in the CD-ROM drive I can play the game, again without any of the extra multimedia.
Regards,
An Aylesbury Duck
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April 3, 2002, 22:08
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Settler
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Wow!
This is all very interesting, but I have Win XP and Civ2 works fine.
My friend has the 64-bit edition, and it works fine then too. WOW! i did something right then hey?
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