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I just install game civilization 3, its install successfully but when I open
the game to play, suddenly the monitor gone black. But the music from the
game still playing. can any one help me please. thank
 
dewa said:
I just install game civilization 3, its install successfully but when I
open
the game to play, suddenly the monitor gone black. But the music from the
game still playing. can any one help me please. thank
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Hello!

Firstly, grab the latest patch for the game from
http://www.civ3.com/support.cfm. Install that and see if it improves it.

If not.

Browse to your Civilisation 3 directory by default this is C:\Program
Files\Infogrames\Interactive\Civilization 3. Then double click on
Civilization3.ini. (it may not have .ini at the end but by the default icon
is a white sheet of paper with a little cog thing on the right of it).

It should then open it up in Notepad and go to a empty line and type
Refresh=60 save it, exit Notepad and restart the game.

That should *work*. If you're using a CRT monitor (big ones not a slim one)
you may want to try changing the 60, to perhaps 70, or 75. By default Civ 3
uses 85, which is what's causing the problem (your monitor can't handle the
refresh rate), but generally 70 or 75 is much more pleasing on the eyes then
60.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

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Paul Smith said:
Hello!

Firstly, grab the latest patch for the game from
http://www.civ3.com/support.cfm. Install that and see if it improves it.

If not.

Browse to your Civilisation 3 directory by default this is C:\Program
Files\Infogrames\Interactive\Civilization 3. Then double click on
Civilization3.ini. (it may not have .ini at the end but by the default icon
is a white sheet of paper with a little cog thing on the right of it).

It should then open it up in Notepad and go to a empty line and type
Refresh=60 save it, exit Notepad and restart the game.

That should *work*. If you're using a CRT monitor (big ones not a slim one)
you may want to try changing the 60, to perhaps 70, or 75. By default Civ 3
uses 85, which is what's causing the problem (your monitor can't handle the
refresh rate), but generally 70 or 75 is much more pleasing on the eyes then
60.

--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
http://www.dasmirnov.net/
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/ Windows XP Resource Site.

*Replace nospam with smirnov to reply by e-mail*
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Dear Paul Smith,

I have tried your suggestion, but still no luck(including downloading the
patches). Any other suggestion? thanks
 
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