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Bought this, but can't install it. Getting a 'catastropic failure' when attempting to finish the install with disc 2.

 

This is a known issue - check the support site on Take Two's webpage. Once suggestion, as I've seen it helping other people, when it asks if you want to install DirectX, be sure to say yes, even if you're already uptodate.

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This is a known issue - check the support site on Take Two's webpage. Once suggestion, as I've seen it helping other people, when it asks if you want to install DirectX, be sure to say yes, even if you're already uptodate.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, but the error I got doesn't have a solution, other than 'get another disc from the retailer'. It's nowhere on the 2Kgames support FAQ's for the game. I'm not prompted to install DirectX at all (though there is an insert with the game warning the user to install it when asked, even if they already have it.) After installing everything on disc 1, it asks for disc 2, then abruptly quits with a an error that includes the words 'catastrophic failure.' After that, you can do nothing except try again, which never works. Here's one forum topic on the issue: http://www.forumplanet.com/planetcivilization/topic.asp?fid=15498&tid=1827519

 

Fortunately for me, I exchanged the game today and was able to install the second copy - though I've heard that many others have had to try two or three copies of the game before finding one that works.

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