Help!!

[oohsuitusir]

I have downloaded the patches from Firaxis and done the algorithm thing but my XP keeps crashing with the message "terran.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close" . The annoying thing is there was a great thread somewhere in the forums with a member called Maegus or something similar - but I can't find it now!.
Does anyone have any advice. I have already uninstalled and reinstalled the game.
Cheers!!

 

[YNCS]

Are you sure you downloaded and installed the XP patch? You may have a zipped file waiting to be unzipped before it installs.

 

[Terje]

Does this mean that you simply mave to install a patch to make SMAC work in XP? On of my friends told me it didn't because SMAC requires DOS...

Where can I find this patch?

 

[spycatcher34]

http://files.gamecatcher.net/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=23
Why would smac require dos?

 

[The Person]

You can find it here too.

 

[oohsuitusir]

Yes I have unzipped the patch and installed it but still crashes and get same message. I also get the message your CPU is not supported - any ideas anyone???

 

[spycatcher34]

Yeah you have to go into the alphacentuari.ini file and add ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1

 

[Terje]

Why would smac require dos?

I was kinda wondering that too, but since I just play games, I don't know much about such things...

 

[oohsuitusir]

[Alpha Centauri]
ds3d=1
eax=1
FastUnitAnim=0
SmoothUnitAnim=0
MainFontSize=16
InterludeFontSize=16
DisableOpeningMovie=0
Prefs Format=12
Difficulty=0
Map Type=0
Top Menu=2
Faction=5
Preferences=10111011111000011101110110110110
More Preferences=1110100111000101101000
Semaphore=00000000
Announce=111100001110101001
Rules=1101000001110
Customize=0
Custom World=1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
Time Controls=1
WindowsFileBox=0
Latest Scenario=C:\PROGRA~1\FIRAXI~1\SIDMEI~1\scenarios\1Explore\Explore
Latest Save=
DontResetBeginnerPrefs=0

[PREFERENCES]
ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1


The above is whats in my Alpha Centauri file. can anyone check if the above matches their file?