Help with civ2 crashing

Zevico · March 7, 2003, 06:11

Hi guys, I downloaded the Civ2 patch and it caused my civilisation game to crash

. I could no longer start any new games (it automatically closes the game due to some error) and it does this to the saved games as well (although I think that happens because they aren't compatible??). Can anyone help me? I have no clue as to how to fix it or what the problem is.
My computer is a PII 400 and runs Win 98 (which ran Civ2 fine before I installed the patch).
Thanks

Scouse Gits · March 7, 2003, 06:19

Sounds as if you loaded the wrong patch!

If you had vanilla SP Civ2 the latest patch is the v2.42

If you had MP MPGE the latest patch is patch 3 (1.3 I think)

loading the patch belonging to the other variant will kill your game as you describe

I suggest that you re-install from your CD and then make absolutely certain you get the corresponding patch

If you are unsure just what game you have - once in the game Ctrl-o or Game|Game Options opens a screen with the current game version as its title

SG[1]

Hydey · March 7, 2003, 06:29

You are a very helpful Git

Scouse Gits · March 7, 2003, 07:16

We aim to please

SG[1]

Zevico · March 8, 2003, 02:34

Thanks, I'll see if that works