Help please!!! I can't play Multiplayer

I would be eternally grateful to anyone who could help me with this. The thing is that I have installed civ2 MGE in my PC (PIII 800, 128 SDRAM). The installation seemed to be fine. However, when I double-click on the desktop icon, a pop-up box appears stating: GETFRAME: ICDecompressEx returned -3

The box cannot be closed no matter how many times you click on the OK button and the game never starts.

Help me please! I am really desperate. I tried to contact MPS and of course they have ignored me. You guys are my last chance!

[Wiglaf]

quote: I tried to contact MPS and of course they have ignored me

Really? They answered my question... About your problem, I really have no idea. I'll check on it, though.

[Scouse Gits]

You neglect to tell us which OS you are running - it may well bear particularly if it is NT or W2000 ...


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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

I answered that already in the MP section. W98, UK version. I am very suspicious of that fact cos in my work I have W98, US version (same hardware) and the game runs smoothly. Does this make any sense? The ultimate proof that British English and American English are NOT the same language?

[Scouse Gits]

I thought I'd seen this before - there is some advice, but not I fear a complete solution - here http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum1/HTML/001539.html

good civin'

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Scouse Git[1]

"CARTAGO DELENDA EST" - Cato the Censor
"The Great Library must be built!"
"A short cut has to be challenging,
were it not so it would be 'the way'." - Paul Craven

SG,

Thanks so much for pointing me to that thread. Now I have a few things to try before I get totally insane


PS. Still no word from Hasbro/MPS. Nice people indeed.