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Warlord
Orange CA USA
Sep 2000
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  Old Post 15-08-2001 02:58
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Axstart in 800x600? Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I have SMAX fully installed w/ a no-cd 'fixed' .exe. My desktop shortcut points to axstart.exe, so it gives me the screen to choose ac or ax. I have the game updated to 2.0. When I run the shortcut, it always displays the 'choice screen' in 1024x768. Does anyone know how or if I can edit something to force that screen to display in 800x600? Thanx.
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  Old Post 15-08-2001 05:11
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Suffering from ads?

No, but I would really like to know how to get rid of that blasted CD. Ned
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  Old Post 15-08-2001 05:45
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Here are the URL's. I don't know which work, so I'll post a few. Its a .zip file, unzipped is just a replacement 'terranx.exe' file that you replace w/ the default. Backup the original first.

http://gcw.cdmicro.com/games/files/terranx.zip
http://gcw.arthuryeung.com/games/files/terranx.zip
http://www.gamecopyworld.dk/games/files/terranx.zip
http://gcw.tanly.net/games/files/terranx.zip
http://hosting-server1.com/gcw/games/files/terranx.zip
http://gcw.fdns.net:8095/games/files/terranx.zip
http://63.217.26.27/pcfixes/TERRANX.ZIP
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Mar 2000
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  Old Post 15-08-2001 17:26
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Re: Axstart in 800x600? Enter the AD-FREE zone

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Does anyone know how or if I can edit something to force that screen to display in 800x600?


Try this: in the "Alpha Centauri.ini" file, insert the following line: "Video Mode = 800"

Also, take a look at this thread: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...&threadid=23210
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Warlord
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Sep 2000
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  Old Post 15-08-2001 20:34
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Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Thanx Darius. I've used that for a long time. I read that thread, and the consensus seems to be 1024. Prollem is my monitor is a cheap, generic Delta DC-770 POS 17", and when I go above 800x600, the refresh rates are so bad everything becomes blury.

That "video mode" addition of AC.ini I think has been around since the first SMAC revision. Also in the readme, for SMAX 2.0, is that "axstart.exe will now change to a resolution it supports", so obviously that's what's causing the screen to change on me. Anyone know how to override?
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  Old Post 15-08-2001 21:03
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Full PM-box? Change here!

I don't understand. Do you mean the game itself is running at 800x600 the way you want it, but just the "choose your world" screen is at 1024x768?
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Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Yep, that's it.
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Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

You could always bypass the "choose your world" screen by pointing your desktop shortcut to terranx.exe instead of axstart.exe. If you want access to "classic" SMAC, create a second shortcut pointing to terran.exe.

Darius
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