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Topic: crash please help!!!! |  |
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salube2000
Settler
Australia
Dec 2000
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posted December 31, 2000 18:28
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Davor I found that if you have more than 30 players
total it will crash on a reload every time. |
teebruin
Settler
Dec 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 00:11
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I finally got this game to work. I wanted to post my solution in case it could help others who were having the same problem. I think it's ridiculous that I have to go through this to play a game. I still think the game was a rush job. I was able to get the game to play by adjusting the audio acceleration to basic. This is done in Control Panel - Multimedia - Advanced Settings. Drag the acceleration bar to the second notch from the left. Also make sure there are no programs running in the background. |
Alpha Wolf
Settler
Prince of the Barbarians
Feb 2001
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posted January 03, 2001 03:57
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The patch gives me a few turns warning.------------------
History is written by the victor. |
Cardinal red
Settler
England
Jan 2001
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posted January 01, 2001 14:35
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The problem is not remembering the name, it is being able to offer the city over.It does not appear on the list that comes up, so I can't offer it. |
Cardinal red
Settler
England
Jan 2001
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posted January 01, 2001 20:32
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Mine work fine when selecting Unload - they come off grouped in the direction you select. |
Darkknight
Warlord
Ireland,Galway,Athenry
Nov 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 00:47
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Did you try to load your saved game from within another game or did you try to load from the Main Menu?
The patch should get rid of that problem as several other save game bugs were fixed.Was that the first time you tried to reload and did it happen with any other save game files.------------------
" mind over body " |
Darkknight
Warlord
Ireland,Galway,Athenry
Nov 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 00:47
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Did you try to load your saved game from within another game or did you try to load from the Main Menu?
The patch should get rid of that problem as several other save game bugs were fixed.Was that the first time you tried to reload and did it happen with any other save game files.------------------
" mind over body " |
Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted January 02, 2001 13:12
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Thank you Dan. I apprciate it. I will just have to use ms paint for now. Davor |
Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted January 02, 2001 12:08
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Yeah thats what i did in my other games. not worth it. too time consuming. better building caravans for 34 to 50 turns it takes to build the pyramids. and get way more money.thanxs mapleleaf. just wanted to make shure. I really appreciate it. Davor |
Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted December 31, 2000 15:25
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Yuppers. Mr. Funn is correct. just reload. I use the auto save all the time.Davor |
Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted December 31, 2000 15:25
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Yuppers. Mr. Funn is correct. just reload. I use the auto save all the time.Davor |
JC Denton
Chieftain
Kent, OH, US
Nov 2000
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posted December 27, 2000 13:43
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what do the 60% represent? 60% of the world map covered? what exactly increases that number? how far you can "spread out" the obelisks (to cover the most area)?
sorry if this is a stupid question,
Activision should have explained it in the Great Library or at least in the manual. |
MarkG
Apolyton CS Co-Administrator
Macedonia, Greece
b.02-15-99
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posted January 01, 2001 04:00
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Moving to CTP2-Help forum |
Moose_Flyer
Settler
Altus, Oklahoma, US
Jan 2001
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posted January 02, 2001 00:31
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Saw the missing space planes! See the post in the "General" section of this BB service. |
Pam
Settler
England
Jan 2001
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posted January 03, 2001 17:20
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Thank you MapleleafHave done as you suggested - video clips now play in all their glory. Pam |
aebbeka
Chieftain
Nov 2000
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posted December 02, 2000 21:50
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I was sorta bummed when i found out that I couldn't use the world map in multiplayer... |
neilr
Settler
Hanwell, London, UK
Dec 2000
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posted January 02, 2001 03:56
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Cheers Darkknight !Installing in Z-drive, how would that work ? The problem is that I get a message something like "CTPII has detected Windows NT 4.0 on your system. CTPII required Windows 95,98 or 2000" which appears before I even have the chance to run the setup or choose where to install it  Does anyone else know about this Z drive installation, or any other getaround ? Thanks,
neilr ... |
rah
King
Ferretown CST
b.02-15-99
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posted January 02, 2001 11:35
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Thanks Didymus,
Sure as hell more infor than in the manual. When I get home from work tonight, I'll give it a try and if I'm still confused, at least I'll know what I'm confused about.And yeah, looking forward to a much faster machine.
It ran ok the first 100 turns. RAH
I really appreciate getting a response to the real easy things. I'm sure it's been asked many times before, but I looked back and didn't see it. Thanks again.
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tommas
Settler
Jan 2001
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posted January 01, 2001 14:19
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I have the same problem. Pretty lame it doesn't recognize a newer version. It works anyway, though. Just don't start the game from the CD. Have the CD in the drive, but start the game from the Start menu. Then I have had no problems (at least with this part). |
Darkknight
Warlord
Ireland,Galway,Athenry
Nov 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 01:02
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I have no idea why but my autosave just refuses to work i've got it turned on every i could find it still no luck.my one autosave ever was about 100 turns before i declared war on my closest ally by mistake ------------------
" mind over body " |
Darkknight
Warlord
Ireland,Galway,Athenry
Nov 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 01:02
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I have no idea why but my autosave just refuses to work i've got it turned on every i could find it still no luck.my one autosave ever was about 100 turns before i declared war on my closest ally by mistake ------------------
" mind over body " |
Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 11:06
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Hey there. Thanks for the replies. I am only playing with 8 players.I tried loading while in a game. I tried loading by exiting a game. I tried loading by exiting the game, shutting the computer off. Wait a min, start up the computer and load the game. to no avil it did not work so I just started a new game. I have uninstalled the game and reinstalled is a seconded time with the patch and so far have had no problems. My problems started around turn 274 and right now i am at turn 100 so hopefully it wont happen again. IF it does I will post again. Davor
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Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 11:06
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Hey there. Thanks for the replies. I am only playing with 8 players.I tried loading while in a game. I tried loading by exiting a game. I tried loading by exiting the game, shutting the computer off. Wait a min, start up the computer and load the game. to no avil it did not work so I just started a new game. I have uninstalled the game and reinstalled is a seconded time with the patch and so far have had no problems. My problems started around turn 274 and right now i am at turn 100 so hopefully it wont happen again. IF it does I will post again. Davor
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Davor
Chieftain
Ontario, Canada
Dec 2000
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posted January 02, 2001 13:17
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Use your public works. Set your % in the empire manager and wait a few turns to collect enought pw. once you have enough click on tiles and the improvment you want to use. It will turn red if you cant do it or green and you can place it. Right click to cancel.Page 15 on the manual. Davor |
Didymus
Chieftain
Washington DC, USA
Aug 2000
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posted December 27, 2000 16:25
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quote:
Originally posted by JC Denton on 12-27-2000 01:43 PM
(1) what do the 60% represent? 60% of the world map covered? (2) what exactly increases that number? (3) how far you can "spread out" the obelisks (to cover the most area)? (4) sorry if this is a stupid question, (5) Activision should have explained it in the Great Library or at least in the manual.
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(1) Yes (2) More Obselisks and a higher coverage radius. The most efficient pattern would be hexagonal, but you want to place them on your borders to extend into your rivals's territories. I place them on the borders and then fill in as needed. (3) Max radius = 8 tiles, I think. (with 17+ sattelites). Min radius = 5 tiles (with 10 sattelites, the minimum). I've read that 20 sattelites gives the max radius, so this may be wrong. (4) this is the help section. it's okay not to know all the answers. (5) Yes, they should have done, but they didn't. So they're the fools.
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Spiker22
Settler
Hong Kong
Dec 2000
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posted January 03, 2001 02:39
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Actually, you can select which plane to unload. Click on the aircraft carrier picture, then pick the plane that you want to launch, and finally click the unload icon. |
Spiker22
Settler
Hong Kong
Dec 2000
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posted January 03, 2001 03:07
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You can fix this problem, just do the following after you load the unpatched savegame file:open the network chat window (press ' by default) and type "/reloadslic" without the quotes and press enter.
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Wyrmo
Settler
Dec 2000
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posted January 03, 2001 15:50
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It wouldn't be hard to make the clients download the map from the server on game-start...
I mean, almost every other game works that game when playing online... |
orange
King
Moderator at the Civilization Gaming Network
Feb 2000
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posted January 01, 2001 18:24
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well Davor did hit on something...Try renaming the cities you want to trade "A", "A1", "A2" etc. etc. and then you can trade them off. There is a definite problem with that sort of thing which has been discussed in detail lately. ------------------
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Cardinal red
Settler
England
Jan 2001
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posted January 01, 2001 20:29
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Yes, this would work if it were in alphabetical order, but the list is in chronological order. Almost all the cities on the list are my own created ones, or if not, then are central to my empire.The new ones I have conquered, after years of bombing and missile bombardment, are small, insignificant and mostly long distances from my empire, and in the middle of enemy territory, so getting rid of them is an advantage anyway, until I can build up a stronger military to hold onto them. I can't disband them because they are too large; I have toyed with the idea of starving them to death until they reach size 3, but they are too valuable a bargaining tool for me to do that. |
JC Denton
Chieftain
Kent, OH, US
Nov 2000
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posted December 27, 2000 21:56
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Great, thank you very much
people in this forum are at least willing to help and don't make fun of every sentence you say |
lago
King
King King King Ace
Nov 1999
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posted January 03, 2001 12:14
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I've had problems unloading aircraft if the carrier is not the only ship in that tile. I had to move the carrier to another tile, then unload. Don't know why. This is the case even if the carrier and the other ship are not part of the same 'army' (or fleet or task force or whatever). |
rah
King
Ferretown CST
b.02-15-99
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posted January 02, 2001 13:50
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Thanks Davor, sounds simple. I did have a percentage set and obviously had enough since the mayors had no problem using it. I did read that and thought that's what I did, to no avail. I will try again armed with better knowledge.
RAH
And it was real funny/frustrating knowing i had all of the potential stored up unused, and would run across AI's that had no problems. So I just took their cities.
[This message has been edited by rah (edited January 02, 2001).]
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BrianNYC
Settler
New York, NY, USA
Dec 2000
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posted December 30, 2000 01:28
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This was, to say the least, extremely helpful. Thanks a million.One question though. How did you know what Ctrl-G did? |
Spiker22
Settler
Hong Kong
Dec 2000
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posted January 03, 2001 21:33
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quote:
Originally posted by lago on 01-03-2001 12:14 PM
I've had problems unloading aircraft if the carrier is not the only ship in that tile. I had to move the carrier to another tile, then unload. Don't know why. This is the case even if the carrier and the other ship are not part of the same 'army' (or fleet or task force or whatever).
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I used to have this problem too, albeit, not with ships but other units that overlayed with each other. Anyhow, I think what you need to do is select the group of ships (doesn't matter who's on top), then select the Unit tab at the bottom of the screen, and then, click the unit name box to pick which unit to activate or use the arrows.
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rah
King
Ferretown CST
b.02-15-99
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posted January 03, 2001 00:24
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Thanks gents, it worked like a charm. Actually pretty simple after an explanation.RAH
You'll get old some day too.  |
Moose_Flyer
Settler
Altus, Oklahoma, US
Jan 2001
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posted January 02, 2001 00:45
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"CTRL-g" is printed on the back cover of the CTP II manual listing keyboard shortcut keys.Like everyone else, I was trying to figure out the science victory. Just for added info, in my game I built 37 satellites and 46 obelisks (on a large map) and still only got an effective radius of 8 from the obelisks. I trtied building more than 10 controllers but the game only recognizes the first 10 and the extras don't seem to help. You can put obelisks, just as with any other public work, in any ALLIED territory as well as your own. I "discovered" that late in the game, and would have been helpful building my road networks seeing as I had 2 Allies. |
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