Been trying the Wine solution this morning, 99% success, still not quite there. It looks like a lot of instructions, but it's actually quite quick and simple. Waiting for the download is the longest part. Use wineskin, following this video: To install a Windows version of Steam that runs on OSX (I'm using Yosemite). Start the windows Steam that was just created. Buy Civ 3 ($4.99) and wait for it to download.
It will start, but for me it doesn't get past the 2K video. So need to skip this by adjusting a config file.
Go to the Wineskin App you created for Steam. Right click for 'show package contents'. Go to: drivec/Steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete/Conquests - Open conquests.ini in TextEdit - Modify the top of the file by adding two lines to look like this: Conquests PlayIntro=0 KeepRes=1 - Save, Start Steam again. Civ 3 will start at the menu, and a game can be started just fine. Issues: - No mouse pointer.
Fix: Swap to another app (Command+Tab) and swap back to Civ - Sound. Some sounds start and don't stop. Fix: Turn off sound in Civ preferences and restart. Game crashes after a short while, with the following dump. Fix: In steam settings turn off In Game Overlay and friend notifications - Game crashes after an hour. I imagine it is some steam preference that has to be disabled.
Civ 3 Patch
Hey I know this post is kind of old I am having a problem with starting up Civ 3 on my Mac. I installed in through installing Steam on WineBottler. I started up Steam through Wine and went to play Civ 3 but the only thing that would happen is the screen would go white and then go back to the steam window.
I tried changing the code in the conquests.ini which had a VoiceQuality=0 and added the 2lines of code you told me to put in. The only thing that happened is I would be able to share screens on Skype and it would stay on the white screen but go back to the steam window right away. EDIT: BTW I'm trying to play on macbook pro 2012. Postat inițial de:Been trying the Wine solution this morning, 99% success, still not quite there. It looks like a lot of instructions, but it's actually quite quick and simple.
Waiting for the download is the longest part. Use wineskin, following this video: To install a Windows version of Steam that runs on OSX (I'm using Yosemite). Start the windows Steam that was just created. Buy Civ 3 ($4.99) and wait for it to download. It will start, but for me it doesn't get past the 2K video. So need to skip this by adjusting a config file.
Go to the Wineskin App you created for Steam. Right click for 'show package contents'. Go to: drivec/Steam/steamapps/common/Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete/Conquests - Open conquests.ini in TextEdit - Modify the top of the file by adding two lines to look like this: Conquests PlayIntro=0 KeepRes=1 - Save, Start Steam again. Civ 3 will start at the menu, and a game can be started just fine. Issues: - No mouse pointer.
Fix: Swap to another app (Command+Tab) and swap back to Civ - Sound. Some sounds start and don't stop. Fix: Turn off sound in Civ preferences and restart. Game crashes after a short while, with the following dump.
Fix: In steam settings turn off In Game Overlay and friend notifications - Game crashes after an hour. I imagine it is some steam preference that has to be disabled. It won't work. I tried opening up steam, but nothing happened.:(.