August 16, 2002, 02:51
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Settler
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Local Date: November 1, 2010
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Hi can I get a hand
My game crashes alot. I dont know why. I have a good comp. Its just the animations are slow. I can get up go out to the movies come back and still have the AI moving its units 
sound familiar?
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August 16, 2002, 03:14
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Deity
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Not really.
Crashing? Bad install?
Hold down shift while the AI is moving. The animations are turned off.
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August 16, 2002, 03:33
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King
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Have you patched the game? Get the latest patch if you haven't.
http://www.civ3.com/patches.cfm
Make sure you have Direct X 8.1. It works better than 8.0 or so I have been told.
Have you updated all your drivers? Good hardware still needs the latest drivers.
If any of this helps please say so. That way its easier to help others in the future.
If it doesn't help please give your system specs and a bit more detail. For instance you may be trying to play on some HUMONGOUS map. That will slow things down.
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August 16, 2002, 04:00
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Administrator
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What kind of computer do you have?
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August 16, 2002, 04:36
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Settler
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if its a mac then your screwed
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August 16, 2002, 05:33
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Warlord
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Quote:
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Originally posted by Ethelred
Have you updated all your drivers? Good hardware still needs the latest drivers.
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Very, very important - make sure they are in order.
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August 16, 2002, 05:42
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Prince
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Sounds more like a computer issue and not a game issue. I've tried Civ 3 on six computers and it's works fine 
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August 16, 2002, 07:57
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Prince
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The game never crashed on me. That is until yesterday when I decided to install the game again and install the new patch. Now it crashes about every five turns. Very annoying! 
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August 16, 2002, 10:50
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Settler
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Location: milwaukee
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found the culprit. Thanks people. I needed to update my video drivers.
I also had a low virtual memory setting ) now its alot faster.
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August 16, 2002, 16:38
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Settler
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Location: Birmingham, AL
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I to have the same problem. It has only crashed once when I was playing for eight to ten hours overnight. But somethings you want to check is that you computer has access to all the free resources available meaning shuting down other programs that aren't before you start playing. i.e. any non vital program in the start-up task bar.
Updating the drivers is one thing but also make sure that you don't have any old programs or files that you don't need have been removed that will also free some space. And if the problem continues during game save the game and restart your computer.
 that should help things run a little more smoothly.
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