Loop in Alien Crossfire when meeting aliens

[AndrewT]

Haven't seen this problem mentioned here.

Whatever human race I play, as soon as I meet the aliens I get stuck in a loop where when I hit the close for the dialog it just pops back up again. I have to kill the game with ctl-alt-del at this point.

I believe I have 2.0 installed, but I can't see that version number anywhere; the terranx.exe is dated 24 Jan 2000 . I'm playing under XP SP1. SMAC has no problem.

Anyone else seen this? Any ideas as to what to do? Thanks, all.

 

[AndrewT]

Alright then, has anyone else actually seen the problem? Can you confirm it doesn't happen for you?

 

[Petek]

My terranx.exe has the same date (it's the "no CD crack" of version 2.0). I don't have this problem now, but I think I might have run into it very infrequently in the past.

There is a known problem/feature where a faction (not just the Aliens) will repeatedly pop up a dialog box without allowing you to reply. However, the box eventually goes away. I assume that you've closed the dialog box at least 4 or five times. If not, try that.

You can see the version # from within the game: From the game Menu, select Help, Show Version Number.

 

[AndrewT]

Ah, yes, that's right. I will emphasise that this is a legal copy of the game! I use the no CD crack cause when I travel (as I am now) the laptop battery lasts longer with no CD activity.

Your description of the problem sounds a little like mine, except it is definitely only meeting the aliens that causes it, and it happens every time without fail. So I can only play as one of the aliens cause then it doesn't happen.

I'm not confident I have hit the OK on the dialog box as often as you imply I might need to, so I'll give it another try when I can. Thx for the response!

 

[AndrewT]

It turns out that I do not get this problem when playing on another machine, so I guess it's an issue with one installation only. Reinstall time I guess. Thx folks.