Civilization III with add-ons Conquests and Play the World

Hello! This package includes the game Civilization III, as well as the add-ons Conquests and Play the World. Detailed installation instructions are provided below. Happy gaming! Instructions: These are the instructions for successfully installing Civilization III and its' add-ons Conquests and Play the World. Please read them carefully! Step 0: Burn the ISO images to CD's, using a CD writing program such as Nero or ImgBurn (supplied here as "Apps\ImgBurn\SetupImgBurn_2.4.4.0.exe"), burning them as images, NOT as files added to a compilation - requires 2 CD's OR Mount the images one at a time, as requested by the installation programs, using an ISO mounting application, such as DAEMON Tools (which is provided here as "Apps\DAEMON Tools\daemon4304-lite.exe") Step 1: Install Civilization III - file "Civilization III.iso" (1 ISO image / CD) Step 2: Install Civilization III Conquests Add-on (includes Civilization III Play the World Add-on) - file "Civilization III Conquests.iso" (1 ISO image / CD) Step 3: Install the Civilization III patches from the folder "Patch", in the following order: a) "Civ3v129f.exe" b) "Civ3PTW127f.exe" c) "Civ3Conquestsv122FULL.exe" Step 4: Copy the files from the "Crack" folder into your Civilization III installation folder (by default "C:\Program Files\Infogrames Interactive\Civilization III"), overwriting the files there having the same names: a) "Civilization3.exe" to "[Civilization III installation folder]" b) "Civilization3X.exe" to "[Civilization III installation folder]\Civ3PTW" c) "Civ3Conquests.exe" to "[Civilization III installation folder]\Conquests" Step 5: Play any of the Civilization III games you desire! Thank you for paying attention reading these hints! Yours sincerely, fireblade80

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sicktwit (2009-09-14)

Excellent torrent! Follow the directions, and it plays just like the original, only you don't need the disk! Thanks fireblade80!

genocidefish (2009-10-21)

This torrent currently contains no .iso files and as such is totally useless. Do not download it.

fireblade80 (2009-10-22)

genocidefish, stop adding malicious comments just because you are a stupid teenager. The torrents has all the ISO image content required.

potus2008 (2009-10-31)

Works Great Thanks! With these Easy to Follow instructions it is simple for anyone to set up!

NecroFaerie (2009-11-15)

Wow, finally, a decent Civ 3 torrent with easy to follow instructions ! n___n Thank you, it is quite appreciated :)

blive (2009-11-19)

instead of burning iso to cd download daemon tools it is virtual drive all you have to do is put iso file in and there you go

stesin (2009-11-22)

Thanks, friend! :)

Kcin41 (2010-01-13)

ok guys here is what IM doing IM posting which torrents work with instructions OK SO IF U SEE MY NAME SAYING IT WORKS IT WORKS!!!! cuz im just a 15 year old kid doing this so if i CAN get it to work you CAN to!!.....his instrections works fine this game works.

hatton0161 (2010-01-28)

how doo mate just a question dose civilization 3 work without the add ons theres been a few times i downloaded this from others and its not worked..... ohhh and another question..... have you got any of the football managers ???

PohiTheFawx (2010-08-14)

Working Great

shaderis (2010-09-17)

I must be missing something. The instructions seem very simple, but I've followed all of them and it won't open the files. Keeps telling me I'm missing some .dll file. Help??

shaderis (2010-09-17)

Ok I must be missing something. These seem like very simple instructions, but I've followed all of them and it won't open the game. Keeps giving me an error saying I'm missing some .dll file? Help??

Huskie02 (2010-09-18)

When i try to run the game, nothing happens! As in nothing happens! Lol what's the problem with that? i followed your instruction reply ASAP please!

bsg5288 (2010-10-04)

If your missing a .dll file type to filename.dll in to google. it will give you a link to download it. problem solved.

bsg5288 (2010-10-05)

anyone else find a virus in this torrent, i believe my avria said it was in conquests?

daniel98 (2010-10-05)

thank you thank you thank you!!!

laldurdan (2010-10-14)

Thanks man! Works great.All u need to do is just buy 2 CD and write the two ISO files to the Cd's using Nero and follow the instructions.Keep the good work : D

dY00Yb (2010-10-17)

Thanks for ur great work!
just one question :
Does it work on vista? or will we need this?

POBox69 (2010-12-24)

when it comes to replacing the files with cracked files, they only make shortcuts and wont overwrite. the civ3 worked fine but not expansions. any suggestions?

StaticPulse. (2011-01-15)

THANK YOU GUYS FOR SEEDING YOU GUYS ROCK!!

littlesnacks (2011-02-12)

this torrent is by far the simplest out of all of the CIV 3 torrents on TBP, good looks fireblade.

benimussus (2011-02-25)

Thank you very much for this torrent. It's greatly organized.

bertconvy (2011-03-01)

What is a binkw32.dll and why am I missing it?

bertconvy (2011-03-01)

Well, I gave it a shot. I guess I'm just not techie enough to understand these instructions. Good luck to the rest of you...

vikram234 (2011-03-05)

works good for me... thanks dude :)

Ammurabi (2011-03-07)

Thanks a lot for this torrent. Wonderfully made, a real torrent-for-dummies! Thanks again.

C0RNF14K35 (2011-03-15)

hey can't find the iso files any help?

C0RNF14K35 (2011-03-20)

i've browsed through every folder with daemon tools and there is no iso or other file to mount please somebody help

joedeab (2011-03-24)

thanks for the upload and easy to follow install guid"once i figured out daemon tool" but i am having a slight problem, i click to play and nothing happans Nothing, i know i followed your directions to the letter and was wondering if anyone else was having this problem and had a way to fix it, thnx in advance, oh and the ISO files are the the two main files that you can winrar but you dont want to do that just mount them

joedeab (2011-03-26)

help help me please!

C0RNF14K35 (2011-04-10)

thanks joedeab it's because i automatically unrared them all installing now

C0RNF14K35 (2011-04-10)

excellent torrent thanks fireblade

powuhass (2011-04-12)

Hi everyone. It doesen't seem to be working for me. I have followed the steps, but it's not working. When i press on Civilization.exe it just says it has stopped working. I tried compatibility modes but that doesen't help. I have installed, patched and cracked it. Please help. Thank you.

powuhass (2011-04-12)

Fixed it.

jo_si_a (2011-05-04)

Hey, thanks for the torrent, but I'm currently pretty frustrated. I don't tend to be very good at these sorts of things, and everything's worked fine however it still asks me to insert a CD when I go to play either version of the game. I've installed everything, following instructions to the letter, have the ISO files mounted on Daemon, and when the game opens it always asks me for the CD. Any help would be appreciated.

corayay (2011-05-16)

Doesn't work. I spent 2 days trying to figure out how to get it to work, tried everything there is to try. If you encounter problems right away, don't bother with it. Buy the game, it'll save you time and frustration.

altronlives (2011-06-13)

hey im actually having the same problem as Huskie02...follwed the instructions etc...but the program does not start. no errors, no nothing. and hey, how do some of you feel about actually helping or answering some of the questions from less knowledgable people who take the time to join your community, instead of just blasting them and using terms like 'noob'. some of you are in your 30's already. come on now...
thanks for an otherwise good torrrent though

antimaterial (2011-06-16)

dont try to mount it with PowerISO. it asks for 2 cd while searching for AncECFull.mp3 which doesnt show up exactly in the virtual drive. If you click the folder in it F:\...\ANCIENT it is actually ANCECFUL.mp3 missing the letter "l". i was on the edge of swearing to fireblade. still i didnt understand the problem with PowerISO.

easytoforget (2011-06-27)

for those who are getting the "please insert disc" error, i also was getting that error. i then noticed i wasnt following the last instruction properly. each of the 3 files has to be copied indiviually to the "specific" folder (ie: when copying the PTW file, it must be copied to the PTW folder inside the civ 3 main file, same for conquests). you cannot just copy the whole "crack" folder.
not sure if that helps, but the game works fine for me :D
another issue people may encounter tho, daemon tools must be installed before the process can begin.

easytoforget (2011-06-30)

awesome dude! thank! best of luck to all who are having issues, i followed every step to a T and it works great (except the Mayans are currently kicking my butt!)

trollefjord (2011-08-13)

Works great and easy to install! Thnx a lot!!=)

D56L88G (2011-08-18)

Ok, so I seem to be having the same problem as a few other people. Followed all the instructions to the letter, and when I go to open any version of the game, nothing happens. I mean, absolutely nothing. I've looked through the other comments on this torrent, but I see no responses to this problem.

JarnoHKK3 (2011-08-19)

Thought I'd thank you for such quality upload, includes everything you could possibly need. Not sure how so many are having issues, it's no different than installing most games from an ISO.

Shihphu (2011-09-08)

^^
Good. Working on my Win sp3.
But cannot possible play from the iso's, need crack.

kernelle (2011-10-04)

the same thing...
followed all the instruction - and while try to start nothing happens...

hyperspaced (2011-10-26)

works perfectly. all you have to do is follow instructions :D

nickig83 (2011-10-29)

For those having issues with nothing happening when mounting the image. I had the same problem. I had to actually go into the image and click on the setup to install. It would not autorun. I hope this helps.

darkchaosdragon (2011-12-04)

sorry though AVG picked up a virus

kyrakuijpers (2011-12-18)

PLEASE HELP,
Okay so I'm trying to find the crack files to replace the old files, but I can't find them. Can someone please tell me where I can find them? I don't see any CRACK or PATCH folder?

kyrakuijpers (2011-12-18)

Sorry nevermind, I've found the crack files!

stOneskuL (2011-12-28)

if nothing happens when you go to play it is probably windows 7.. don't autorun from the cd.. instead in the cd right-click setup.exe and choose properties. go to compatibility tab and choose windows xp and also tick run as administrator. good luck :)

stOneskuL (2011-12-28)

you want xp 2 compatibility.. and do the same with the patch files.. if still problems see the civfanatics forum

trombinho (2011-12-28)

@fireblade80 My Micoroft Security Essentials, detected a virus! i've downloaded it many torrents and it's the first time it detects a virus! that's too bad!

Gamer1O12 (2012-03-22)

Virus found in a crack.

Furl420 (2012-05-23)

Dude, I've tried it 3 times, did it right every time & EVERY SINGLE TIME it says I'm missing the CD. I mounted the ISO files, did everything & it just won't fucking work... Someone please help.

veclawd (2012-05-29)

I just wanted to let everyone know who's having problems with this fucking torrent not starting up after following all the instructions is because the damn game is supposed to make a .ini configuration file but because certain screens on different pc configurations want to be homosexual about it the game won't start.
What you have to do is download a configuration file here and unzip it into the civ 3 directory and then god willing the game should start then. If not then go ape shit because it worked for me and I almost deleted this fucking shit.

NoxMortal (2012-06-16)

For Those People Installing under Windows 7
______________________________________
I noticed something strange when installing Civ3 in Windows 7. The install appeared to work fine, but when I went to run the game, the shortcut didn't work. Investigation showed that the registry entries had been added, but the game had not actually installed on my hard drive (despite all indications to the contrary during the install).
Anyway - the fix:
1.) Don't use the autorun when the CD gets inserted.
2.) Open windows explorer and use that to view the CD contents.
3.) Right-click on "setup.exe", and choose "properties".
4.) On the "compatability" tab, check the option to run in WIndows XP compatability mode.
5.) Also check the "run as administrator" option.
5.) Close the properties window.
6.) Double-click on the setup.exe icon - it should now install properly.
Note: If you already installed and it didn't work, then the first time you run setup like this, it will actually uninstall the game, and you need to run it a gain to install.
Note 2: You should also do the same steps for any patches you install (compatability mode, run as administrator).

you_wont (2012-06-20)

Works beautifully. Excellent instructions and it runs just fine. Just a tip, if you only want the base game (CivIII), in your torrent client (I use uTorrent), cancel the download on everything except the CivIII iso (Civilization III.iso), the CivIII crack (Civilization3.exe), and the CivIII patch (Civ3vl129f.exe) for a faster download.

MagiiKz (2012-07-09)

@darkchaosdragon, AVs always pick up cracks as viruses.

The_Timmah (2012-08-03)

Can someone please help me? I consider myself to be decently technologically smart, yet I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with this torrent. I am stuck at the installation of the Civ III Conquests and PTW Add-on (Step 2). I have tried many different things, yet it never works. First, I mounted it regularly with PowerISO. This wasn't working, and I read in the comments that I shouldn't use PowerISO. So, I switched to Daemon Tools, and it still crashes at the exact same spot. I have also tried extracting the files, then running the installation, because that's how I got the regular Civ III part to download, but that doesn't work either. Also, if it helps, I can tell you precisely where it is crashing. I run the setup, and it brings up the InstallShield Wizard. I go through the process of the download, and once the installation gets to 75% (and says it is installing C:...Civ3PTWArtFlicsx_isabell diplo ancient bwrd.flc) , a pop-up appears saying "Component Transfer Error. Component: PlayTheWorld. Error: Catastrophic Failure". I'm sure there are plenty of people on here that are much more adept with torrents and such, so surely someone can help me fix this. Please respond ASAP, I would really like to play this game. Thank you very much.

The_Timmah (2012-08-03)

I solved the problem, I no longer require help. In case anyone else runs into a similar problem, I tried everything I could think of or find on the internet, but eventually I just had to redownload the torrent. It appears to be fine now.

The_Timmah (2012-08-04)

One last comment. Thank you very much, fireblade80, for putting this torrent up. Your instructions are very good, and the only problem I had was caused by a bad download. Once I redownloaded it, it was fine. I've tested everything, it all works fine! ^.^ And to the people out there, yes it says it has viruses, my virus protector said it too. But it doesn't have any viruses, it's fine. Thank you again, fireblade80!

dYnoMight (2012-08-07)

Works perfectly! winddows 7 Thanks!

CholoMachine (2012-08-12)

Excuse me is Multi?
Have Spanish Languaje
Please respond

CholoMachine (2012-08-12)

Please answer
Is multilinngual??

zuhydra (2013-02-11)

ok civ works great but i cant seem to get conquests to work :(. everytime i open it and click on conquests it tells me tht there is a laod error? something about: file not found art/advisors/science_industial new.pcx
select mission type:" but when i click on the circle the game juss closes:( someone plz help me with this!

zuhydra (2013-02-11)

i got the crack to work btw this happens in game

DAsGen (2013-04-25)

Will it work on win8?

sybeapo (2013-09-16)

If you're having problems with the install, where you click the exe/icon and just nothing happens, delete everything. Reinstall from scratch. And make sure you install everything. Civ3 1st, Conquests 2nd, Civ 3 patch, PTW patch, Conquests Patch(the order it worked for me). It then worked without issue.
If you are getting an error that says no cd, you have not copied the cracks over. Even when they don't work, they do not ask for the cd. Only the original file asks for the cd.

sybeapo (2013-09-18)

And if you have screwed up fonts that make things unreadable or get a "Unable to allocate draw buffer" error, you need to head to your font folder in Windows and delete everything named LucidaSans****.
There are several. No need to delete all of the Lucida, just the ones with Sans in their name.

blombardo (2014-01-16)

Works great on win7 64bit = be sure to download Powerbar for all your cheating needs as cheats for the vanilla civ 3 will not work anymore on this...

auijune (2014-02-06)

excuse me, but i've never played any turn-based strategy game (yes!) so please tell me if there is a significant learning curve in civ. it looks very interesting to me. :)

Burning_Eye (2014-02-21)

Virus inside!

rd95 (2014-07-29)

No virus. Just run every installation as well as the final .exe as administrator and in compatibility mode for xp (I did service pack 2). If you do this and follow the instructions exactly as the instructions say. Then it works fine.

billonious (2014-10-28)

it does not install on Win7 64bit. Some dll are missing.

Dezzilisk (2014-11-10)

Installed and playing the game fine,
There is an issue with the crack in the sense that all the items on the main menu and in the options menu are mislabeled, they still perform the proper function, it just takes a bit of trial and error to figure out what to click on.
IE; 'Conquests' is labelled as 'Preferences' and 'Load game' as something different altogether.

Dezzilisk (2014-11-10)

I also notice this is negated when I try a different skin for the c3c start menu. Must be a script error.