Gog has a sale on alpha centauri this weekend
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Thanks for the tip! Here's a link to all the EA games, including SMACX, that are now on sale through Sunday, April 20, 2014:
http://www.gog.com/promo/ea_weekend_promo_180414
http://www.gog.com/promo/ea_weekend_promo_180414
Buster's Uncle
AC2 Owner
Gentlemen, we need to be shouting about this sale from the rooftops while it lasts - I've seen a lot of old CIVillians who have never touched AC, or haven't in over a decade, expressing interest in trying out SMACX (again) in the wake of the BE news. SMACers should want that happening as much as possible, however BE turns out. Do what you can to spread the word.
3 days and almost an hour to go on the sale...
3 days and almost an hour to go on the sale...
Sindri Pink
Chieftain
Yay! Thanks for this! I was actually looking for the best deal on SMAC since I've never owned it, and I don't think I can get a better one than $2.39 =)
Konrad Klar
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Does somebody know whether it runs on Windows natively, or requires DosBox (like many of GOG games)?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
SMACX is a pure Windows program. It doesn't require DosBox.
EA owns the rights to SMACX. They compete with 2K Games/Firaxis, who makes Civ:BE.
leandrotlz
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Sweet, thanks for the heads up! I had this game on CD years ago but never got the expansion, looks like I have something to play this week.
Buster's Uncle
AC2 Owner
14 hours and change left in the sale...
Gerg Digitalis
Chieftain
Dang, I found this thread too late would have made a cheap op to patch and expand my original version which I haven't been able to run on my Win 7 machine. Still it is still pretty cheap for a classic game. Civ BE talk has certainly put it back in the spotlight. 
Welcome to the Alpha Centauri forum!
The game definitely can run on Windows 7. Are you using the original Alpha Centauri (SMAC) or the Alien Crossfire expansion (SMAX)? Do you have the original version, the Planetary Pack, the Laptop Collection, the version from Sold-out Software, the GOG version, or something else? Does the game install successfully? If so, do you receive a specific error message when trying to run it? Have you installed any patches?
The game definitely can run on Windows 7. Are you using the original Alpha Centauri (SMAC) or the Alien Crossfire expansion (SMAX)? Do you have the original version, the Planetary Pack, the Laptop Collection, the version from Sold-out Software, the GOG version, or something else? Does the game install successfully? If so, do you receive a specific error message when trying to run it? Have you installed any patches?
Is it worth upgrading to the GOG version, when one already owns the Sold-Out version? Any differences? Any chance the GOG version solves the silly Winows colour changing/flashing issue? Sadly none of the fixes and patches available on the WWW really solved the issue for my Vista PC... 
Thanks in avance for any hints!
Thanks in avance for any hints!
AFAIK, the GOG and SOS versions are the same. If you're having a problem with SOS, then GOG probably will have the same problem. For video problems, try adding the line
DirectDraw=0
to the [Alpha Centauri] section of your Alpha Centauri.ini file. If that doesn't help (or you've already tried this fix), please start a new thread and we'll try to figure out what's going on.
DirectDraw=0
to the [Alpha Centauri] section of your Alpha Centauri.ini file. If that doesn't help (or you've already tried this fix), please start a new thread and we'll try to figure out what's going on.
GOG has Alpha Centauri on sale again this weekend. See this announcement on CFC's front page for a link. GOG's version of Alpha Centauri includes the Alien Crossfire add-on and all official patches.
Is it with or without seriously irritating DRM?
Gog's version is DRM-free!
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