Apolyton Archive  |  Preserved copy of the Apolyton Civilization Site and its forums as they stood in September 2005. Read-only; nothing here can be posted to or replied to.  |  Forum index |  About this archive |  The 1998–2001 UBB forums
Today on Apolyton WARDELL INTERVIEW PROMO A.C.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 4 GET CIV4 /w FREE PLUS! A.C.S. PHOTO GALLERY GET A.O.M. V1.1
Apolyton Civilization Forums
main| civ2| civ3| civ4| smac| ctp2| ron| moo3| galciv| galciv2| alt| about|
ApolytonPLUS | register | search | faq | new posts | pm (-/-) | upload | members
hall of fame new! | civgroups | civgroups news | interviews | the column | radio | chat | directory | news | store | PLUS
Apolyton Civilization Forums : Powered by vBulletin version 2.0.3 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Alpha Centauri > AC-General/Help/Strategy > SMAX-PP vanishes on new XP Laptop
Show a Printable Version | Email This Page to Someone! | Receive updates to this thread | Report this to Apolyton news!
16.Sep: ZAKHAROV TURNS ELEVEN
15.Sep: `POSSIBILITY` IS ALL FOR NOW
15.Sep: THE SINGULARITY CONNECTION
bottom of page
  - ALPHA CENTAURI PC $9.99 - Centauri Dawn $6.50 - Dragon Sun $6.99 - Twilight of the Mind $6.99 - Power of the Mindworms $8.95 - ALPHA CENTAURI MAC $19.99
Author
Thread    < Last Thread     Next Thread > Post New Thread     Post A Reply
MattyBoy is offline MattyBoy
Prince
Pekka Fan Club
Jun 2001
time: 15:21
  Old Post 28-06-2005 16:32
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#1 Report this post to a moderator
SMAX-PP vanishes on new XP Laptop Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

Long time, no speak, people - and I come asking for a favour straight up

I just got a nice new laptop with the following and it does everything well except play my SMAX (Plantary Pack).

Win XP Home Edition
Version 2002 Service Pack 2
Dell Inspiron I6000
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.6GHz
1GB RAM

I found that the game runs well until the whole SMAC process/application crashes (disappears without a trace) around about the time of the first interlude or when I have been playing for about 20 minutes.

When I saw this, I installed the patch for XP and editted AlphaCent.ini to include the following but the game still fails in the same way.

ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1
[Alpha Centauri]
DisableOpeningMovie=1

Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Senethro is offline Senethro
Prince

Jul 2004
time: 05:21
  Old Post 28-06-2005 20:33
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#2 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Turn off interludes, disable sound, run in compatability mode?

Just some suggestions.
cal_01 is offline cal_01
Chieftain

Jun 2005
time: 05:21
  Old Post 29-06-2005 07:11
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#3 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Check your drivers? I wouldn't be surprised if it's something to do with the video drivers.
Urban Ranger is offline Urban Ranger
Apolyton Duke of Off-Topic

Donate to the Red Cross		 The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
May 1999
time: 13:21
  Old Post 29-06-2005 12:37
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#4 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Update DirectX
Update drivers

If these don't work turn off movies
MattyBoy is offline MattyBoy
Prince
Pekka Fan Club
Jun 2001
time: 15:21
  Old Post 29-06-2005 16:28
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#5 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Thankyou for your responses.

I turned off all interludes and sounds (from within the game) and reproduced the problem. I am next looking into how to update DirectX (currently set to Aug 2004 version) and run in compatibility mode.
MattyBoy is offline MattyBoy
Prince
Pekka Fan Club
Jun 2001
time: 15:21
  Old Post 29-06-2005 17:06
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#6 Report this post to a moderator
Increase Your PM Length

I followed buster's earlier suggestions more closely:
- installed latest DirectX (9.0c)
- removed sound dll's
- ran in '95 (256 colour) compatibility mode, albeit with XP patch. :hmmm maybe that's a bad combination.

and got the error:
"TERRANX.ICD has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Will try all of the above, after reinstalling without the XP patch now.
#endgame is offline #endgame
Prince
of the town of ZZT
Dec 2003
time: 15:21
  Old Post 30-06-2005 04:15
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#7 Report this post to a moderator
Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Crack it and/or use ds3d=0 in the AC ini file.
  < Last Thread     Next Thread > Post New Thread     Post A Reply
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:21.
Apolyton Time is 00:21.		     top of page
Rate This Thread:
Forum Jump:
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts 		HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
 




Contact Us - Apolyton Civilization Site - Support Us!

Building a better Apolyton through better information. Click here and take our poll!
Non-US visitors, click here!

Powered by: vBulletin Version 2.0.3
Copyright ©2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.

Page generated in 0.0267 seconds (86.08% PHP - 13.92% MySQL) with 30 queries
Page Loading Time:

Support Apolyton: Amazon USA | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR |
Support Apolyton and get FREE PLUS, Buy from Chips&Bits: Galactic Civilizations | Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition | Call to Power 2 | Civilization: The Boardgame | GURPS/ Alpha Centauri | Alpha Centauri | Civilization IV | Civilization III: Complete |

Front Page | Civilization IV | Civilization III | Civilization II | Call to Power II | Alpha Centauri | Master of Orion III
Rise of Nations | Galactic Civilizations | Galactic Civilizations II | Misc
Alt.Civs | Civ I | C:CtP I | About | News | Directory | Apolyton Store | Forums | Chat | Columns | Interviews | Newsletter
Scenario League | CSC | Clash of Civs | Spanish Site | CtP Maps | Cradle of Civ | WesW's Ctp1/2 Site | Civ3 Haven

apolyton.net | apolyton.com | civilization2.net | civilization3.net | civilization4.net | civilizationiv.info | calltopower.net | galciv.net | galciv2.net | moo3.net