Problem with Civ 2

On 23 Sep 2004 00:33:23 GMT, stevenmclennan.RemoveThis@aol.com (StevenMcLennan)
wrote:

>I installed it again recently but when i got to the bit where it asks if you
>have more or less then 16 megs of memory free, no matter which option I choose,
>it crashes, this never happened before.

My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think it
plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right drivers
(which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default, unless you've
downloaded/installed them elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
it would crash, but it is possible.

Second guess with Civ2 original (1.00), you need to manually install
WinG (on a folder on the CD), because it doesn't come with Windows (or
DirectX).

A third universal problem is a bad/dirty CD or drive -- I've seene
that happen with other games, no way to figure out why it won't work,
because the installer isn't designed to cope with disc errors.


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>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think it
>plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right drivers
>(which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default, unless you've
>downloaded/installed them
>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
>it would crash, but it is possible.


That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I installed the game
earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.









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On 29 Sep 2004 00:12:06 GMT, stevenmclennan RemoveThis @aol.com (StevenMcLennan)
wrote:

>>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
>>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think it
>>plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right drivers
>>(which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default, unless you've
>>downloaded/installed them
>>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
>>it would crash, but it is possible.
>
>
>That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I installed the game
>earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.

If it is indeo, check www.ligos.com for the latest XP codecs.

I don't remember exactly what I did with it -- I've had XP for a
while. But I remember that the startup movie *didn't* play the first
time I installed it. Maybe it triggered the Windows "download codec"
thing, and as I have cable it went so fast I never noticed it?


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"Jeffery S. Jones" <jeffsj RemoveThis @execpc.com> wrote in message
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> On 29 Sep 2004 00:12:06 GMT, stevenmclennan RemoveThis @aol.com (StevenMcLennan)
> wrote:
>
>>>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
>>>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think it
>>>plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right drivers
>>>(which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default, unless you've
>>>downloaded/installed them
>>>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
>>>it would crash, but it is possible.
>>
>>
>>That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I installed the
>>game
>>earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.
>
> If it is indeo, check www.ligos.com for the latest XP codecs.
>
> I don't remember exactly what I did with it -- I've had XP for a
> while. But I remember that the startup movie *didn't* play the first
> time I installed it. Maybe it triggered the Windows "download codec"
> thing, and as I have cable it went so fast I never noticed it?

You have to pay to get them from ligos now. I don't know what the other
options may be.
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> > On 29 Sep 2004 00:12:06 GMT, stevenmclennan.RemoveThis@aol.com (StevenMcLennan)
> > wrote:
> >
> >>>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
> >>>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think
> >>>it plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right
> >>>(drivers which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default,
> >>>unless you've downloaded/installed them
> >>>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
> >>>it would crash, but it is possible.
> >>
> >>
> >>That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I
> >>installed the game
> >>earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.
> >
> > If it is indeo, check www.ligos.com for the latest XP codecs.
> >
> > I don't remember exactly what I did with it -- I've had XP for a
> > while. But I remember that the startup movie *didn't* play the
> > first time I installed it. Maybe it triggered the Windows "download
> > codec" thing, and as I have cable it went so fast I never noticed
> > it?
>
> You have to pay to get them from ligos now. I don't know what the
> other options may be.

You have to pay if you want them from Ligos, they're free if you don't mind
where they're from.
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Even without the Indeo drivers it shouldn't crash - regardless whether you
select yes or no (to the more than 16 Mb RAM message). I have XPSP2, don't
have the video drivers, and didn't crash when installing.

I can't help you further, but at least you know that (hopefully) it's not
because of them drivers.


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>> "Jeffery S. Jones" <jeffsj DeleteThis @execpc.com> wrote in message
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>> > On 29 Sep 2004 00:12:06 GMT, stevenmclennan DeleteThis @aol.com (StevenMcLennan)
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>>My first guess would be that you need to install/update the Indeo
>> >>>video codec. Been a while since I installed the game, but I think
>> >>>it plays a video at that point, and if you don't have the right
>> >>>(drivers which if you have WinXP would be the case, by default,
>> >>>unless you've downloaded/installed them
>> >>>elsewhere), it won't play. I don't know if
>> >>>it would crash, but it is possible.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>That could be the case as I am now using XP, whereas when I
>> >>installed the game
>> >>earlier on a different computer it was windows 98.
>> >
>> > If it is indeo, check www.ligos.com for the latest XP codecs.
>> >
>> > I don't remember exactly what I did with it -- I've had XP for a
>> > while. But I remember that the startup movie *didn't* play the
>> > first time I installed it. Maybe it triggered the Windows "download
>> > codec" thing, and as I have cable it went so fast I never noticed
>> > it?
>>
>> You have to pay to get them from ligos now. I don't know what the
>> other options may be.
>
> You have to pay if you want them from Ligos, they're free if you don't
> mind
> where they're from.
>
>
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