Alpha Centauri / Alien Crossfire not running right? Come here!
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Dec 12, 2005 7:23 am GMT
I'm getting a "CPU Not Supported" message on startup with my Pentium 4 / Athlon 64 processor!Open Alpha Centauri.ini. Find "ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=0" and change the 0 to 1. The error will still appear, but it'll let you play anyway.
The game won't install - something about a 16-bit error and Autoexec.nt?Chances are, you have a HPCompaq or a Dell computer. Some computers didn't have Windows XP installed correctly, and older programs (such as the installer for Alpha Centauri) won't work correctly.
http://www.atsoft.fi/tiedostot/win/xp/autoexnt.exeThe above URL should be a fix for the Autoexec.nt problem.
Also, if you have the game on an older computer, you can just copy the game directory over to the newer computer - it will work without actually needing to install it.
The game crashes when I use an air unit to kill an enemy unit near a base. What's happening with this or other crashes?There are bugs that come from using air interceptors, which the AI most likely has nearby. To solve, attack the AI base instead, it is far less likely to crash.
Also, the game will crash if a volcano is generated as a random event at where the player has a unit.
What is Alien Crossfire?The expansion to Alpha Centauri.
Where can I find patches for Alpha Centauri / Alien Crossfire?http://www.firaxis.com/games/game_detail.php?gameid=7You will need both the Windows 2000/XP compatibility patch AND either the Alpha Centauri v4.0 update or the Alien Crossfire v2.0 update.
Where can I buy Alpha Centauri?It is an EA Classic and is included in a few collections.
Where can I buy Alien Crossfire?Nowhere. Occasionally EA will release it in a collection, but it is one of the rarest modern PC games out there. Average price on eBay is over 50 USD.
Where can I download Alpha Centauri / Alien Crossfire / A no CD crack for Alien Crossfire?It is illegal. Stop asking, you'll get moderated.
Hopefully this will answer all of the topics that perpetually pop up.
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Dec 24, 2005 1:02 am GMT
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Dec 25, 2005 1:16 pm GMT
Excellent, a much needed sticky! =)
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Dec 29, 2005 11:07 am GMT
What ho? A sticky on a slow board...
Hehe, I guess it is nice to have your friendly resident Mod...
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Feb 18, 2006 10:42 am GMT
thank you very much. I just got this game and that has answered all of my questions.
For The Greater Good
Feb 25, 2006 7:06 am GMT
Nowhere. Occasionally EA will release it in a collection, but it is one of the rarest modern PC games out there. Average price on eBay is over 50 USD.
I died a little on the inside T_T
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May 7, 2006 12:06 am GMT
I'm having a problem running Alien Crossfire.
I had the CPU Not supported message with just Centauri, but I managed to finally get past that. Now, everytime I try to play Alien Crossfire, I can get to the starting menu (Where you choose AC or Crossfire), but when I hit Crossfire, the game blows up, and Windows tells me that it's encountered an error.
I've had Crossfire on this PC before...that I can remember...i think...and I don't remember havign this problem. I've tried just about everything, but I really don't know what it is.
Any ideas on why this is happening?
May 7, 2006 4:34 am GMT
Try running the terranx.exe executable directly instead of using that menu.
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''You are cursed with computer problems that are of a completely different level than that of mortals'.'' - My Kritter on why my HD is slow.
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May 7, 2006 2:38 pm GMT
Tried that, still get the "Terranx has encountered a problem and has to shutdown"
It's like, something got fried when I installed it. Have all the patches, the little CPU not supported fix, but I get this no matter what I do. Even tried a reinstall.
May 9, 2006 6:09 pm GMT
Even the 2000/XP Compatibility Patch?
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-Ęther SPOON!
''You are cursed with computer problems that are of a completely different level than that of mortals'.'' - My Kritter on why my HD is slow.
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May 10, 2006 9:49 am GMT
I'm getting the same problem (except I've only tried terran.exe, I'd assume terranx.exe is messed up too).
The weird thing is, Alpha Centauri used to work on my computer. It didn't like my CPU, but I did the fix for that and it worked, until now. I can't think of any one thing that's changed, since it's been a while since I've played, so meh...
May 11, 2006 4:18 am GMT
As I asked, did you install the 2000/XP Compatibility patch? It is separate from the rest of the patches and far more recent. It also fixes a boatload of problems.
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-Ęther SPOON!
''You are cursed with computer problems that are of a completely different level than that of mortals'.'' - My Kritter on why my HD is slow.
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May 11, 2006 9:07 am GMT
Heh heh. Actually, I forgot to ask you where it was. I checked again, was smart enough to scroll down this time, and found it.
Not ONLY did that work (thank you!), but the game loads much faster, without the needlejet picture over my desktop.
May 18, 2006 9:58 am GMT
Hmmmmm... Is there a specific order of installation I need to do for the fixes? I did all three in some order, and it doesn't seem to like that. The end result is me being able to play the original Alpha Centauri just fine on my XP, but Alien Crossfire loading the picture of the needlejet (which my Alpha Centauri doesn't do anymore) and then dying.
I have the Planetary Pack which puts the stuff in the same folder (if it isn't always like that). What did I mess up?
May 18, 2006 10:03 am GMT
Probably when you installed the SMAC patch instead of the Alien Crossfire patch.
The original SMAC patch (v4.0) isn't needed when you have Alien Crossfire or the Planetary Pack.
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-Ęther SPOON!
''You are cursed with computer problems that are of a completely different level than that of mortals'.'' - My Kritter on why my HD is slow.
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May 19, 2006 10:19 am GMT
My problem persists. I uninstalled AC, uninstalled the XP patch, re-installed AC, installed just the Crossfire patch, installed the XP patch. THAT didn't work. So I did the same thing with a blank folder (who knows? Maybe my saves were messing stuff up). Didn't work either.
It's weird. Every time, terran.exe runs fine (and doesn't show the needlejet) and terranx.exe shows the needlejet and dies.
May 19, 2006 11:00 am GMT
That is really, really odd.
I don't suppose you have access to another computer to check something, do you?
If you do, you can copy the folder across (SMAC doesn't actually require installation) and see if that works.
If it doesn't, it has to be something with your installation media.
If it does, it has to be something with your computer.
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-Ęther SPOON!
''You are cursed with computer problems that are of a completely different level than that of mortals'.'' - My Kritter on why my HD is slow.
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May 21, 2006 1:12 pm GMT
Ran it on my brother's computer (uses XP Pro also, but not a 64-bit processor). Crossfire worked without the XP fix (technically, I installed the fix, it worked, uninstalled it, and it still worked).
So back up to my computer, I update my drivers, re-install, and it refuses to work.
My video card has had problems ever since I got it. Certain 3D objects have specks of them missing, so you can see though them. Very annoying in games like Knights of the Old Republic. Now I'm figuring it's probably something related to the way my card is broken. >.<
May 21, 2006 4:29 pm GMT
It might just be that it doesn't support your graphics card.
In the Alpha Centauri.ini file, there is a line that says "DirectDraw=1". Change the 0 to a 1 and then try. I believe there is another line in there (going off of memory at the moment) for Direct3D - change that to a 0 as well.
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-Ęther SPOON!
''You are cursed with computer problems that are of a completely different level than that of mortals'.'' - My Kritter on why my HD is slow.
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May 22, 2006 1:38 pm GMT
Hmmmm... Don't see anything like that in there.
Anyway, oh well. It's not like my brother uses his computer anyway. I'll just have to use it to get my Crossfire fix.
Typical though. I can use Crossfire on my computer up to the point where I actually feel like playing it, then it dies. >.<
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