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  • jamie983
     
    Aug 20, 2009 10:26 am GMT
    I installed SMAC on my computer, and started a new game got through maybe 60-70 turns when the game crashed, saying the game did not support my PC (if only i had come to this forum first), for a fix i went to updates in the main menu and installed patch v4.0 (actually I forget the order, maybe i installed the patch before the problem). Anyways, it wasn't working so i tried to reinstall the game but whenever i click install it just sits there for 1-2 minutes then the program closes. After more unsuccessful attempts i went into the cd (via explore) and found a folder called patch. since the game worked before the patch i'm thinking of deleting it. (inside the folder is the alternate colour and borehole scenarios). So my question is should i delete the folder or will that mess up the cd? If not any fixes?
  • aetherspoon
     
    Aug 20, 2009 2:32 pm GMT
    You can't delete files off of a CD, they're read-only...
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  • jamie983
     
    Aug 20, 2009 3:27 pm GMT
    anny ideas then? its installed on another computer which is a vista (laptop) and i can bring it over on a flash drive. Do i need to do anything else for it to work?
  • aetherspoon
     
    Aug 20, 2009 6:41 pm GMT
    Nope, you can just copy the directory over and it should work fine.
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  • jamie983
     
    Aug 21, 2009 6:14 am GMT
    cool, thx.
  • Reaper_Minion
     
    Sep 21, 2009 8:13 am GMT
    Pretty helpful topix. Thanks.
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  • loudgoldwing
     
    Nov 3, 2009 6:37 pm GMT
    SMAC... One of my favorite games. Bought a Dell Mini 10. Installed game from original disk. Ran 4.0 patch. Ran XP compatibility patch. Go to Alpha Centauri.ini, which is blank because the game hasn't run yet, and add line ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1.

    Still get the black screen, then "Terran.exe has encountered an enexpected error and needs to close."

    Has anybody figured this out yet?
  • aetherspoon
     
    Nov 4, 2009 5:05 am GMT
    There is a good chance you don't need to put in the ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm line on an Intel Atom, so take it out and try.
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  • aetherspoon
     
    Dec 2, 2009 5:24 am GMT
    It is a sticky, they don't need to be bumped.
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    -Æther SPOON!
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  • SourlDieseL
     
    Dec 2, 2009 12:17 pm GMT
    I totally thought it was a non-stickied topic >_>


    Thanks! I need to look more into my tracked topics before I post...
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  • MagusOfShadows
     
    Dec 6, 2009 9:31 pm GMT
    So, has anyone tried this on Windows 7?
  • 0penyourmind
     
    Dec 14, 2009 7:46 am GMT

    Sadly, after a certain stage of the game, the game crashes when air units decide to attack me, they re so many that crash is inevitable, this is the worst thing about this game, we can't really play for a long time because every time this crash problem is creating problems..

    And there's no patch fo fix that up..


    What a shame, would anyone know how to fix this?

  • SourlDieseL
     
    Dec 14, 2009 10:52 am GMT
    What level does the crash happen at?
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  • aetherspoon
     
    Dec 14, 2009 4:02 pm GMT
    There are a couple of options.

    1) Just attack the air units first. The crash happens the most when air units have to scramble and the least when you attack a city with the air units in it.
    2) Remove the prototype for anti-aircraft from the AI. It isn't really needed, after all.
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  • 0penyourmind
     
    Dec 16, 2009 2:45 pm GMT

    Well it happened a long time after I started playing, like 150 years after at least.

    Well as for the options, isn't there a non official patch or something to fix that up?


    I can't believe that there's nothing we can do to play normally!

  • 0penyourmind
     
    Dec 17, 2009 4:30 am GMT

    When I say 150 years, I mean 150 turns, of course..

    8)

  • DarkSentry73
     
    Jan 13, 2010 11:29 am GMT
    So I got this all working at last, but the first menu where you pick between Classic and AC is really laggy, everything else works fine, not a huge issue, just a pet peeve.

    If anyone knows why this it that would be cool.
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  • aetherspoon
     
    Jan 15, 2010 5:10 am GMT
    Just ignore the menu.
    terranx.exe = Alien Crossfire.
    terran.exe = Alpha Centauri.

    Just run whichever one you want.
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