TERRANX.ICD - Application Error

[QiZhe]

[s]So I bought this game bundle that had the "Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack". I downloaded the Windows XP Patch, and the SMAC part of it works fine, but the SMAX always crashes while it starts up.

I get an error saying:

TERRANX.ICD - Application Error

The instruction at "0x00646ca2" referenced memory at "0x00671098". The memory could not be "written".

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program

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EDIT: Everything's good now. Thanks for the help.

[Petek]

Right-click on the shortcut used to start SMAX, select the Compatibility tab and apply these options:

* Run in Windows 2000 emulation mode,
* 256 colours,
* No visual themes, and
* No advanced text services

Please post again if that doesn't help.

EDIT: Correct spelling.

[QiZhe]

Whoohoo! It works now! Thank you very much!

[Marchantbard]

Same error is coming up for me, and I've tried this fix. The damned error keeps coming up, but late in the game.

Exactly what's this error in the first place?

[Marchantbard]

The instances I'm encountering the error are very late in the game (around MY 2400 or shortly thereafter). Would that have anything to do with it?

[Petek]

Terranx.icd is actually the main executable file for SMAX. Terranx.exe starts the games, invokes the copy protection and then turns things over to the icd file. So, terranx.icd crashes don't tell you that much about what's happening.

Check your PMs for a possible solution. If that doesn't help, post a save file from immediately before the crash, with an explanation of what steps cause the crash.

Petek

[Marchantbard]

This is how much of a newbie I am to message boards. What're "PM"s?

[BlackCat]

Private Messages - see upper right corner of this page.

[Marchantbard]

I've found the culprit: any time I choose "Sentient Resonance" as either a research goal or get it through a sudden breakthrough, this error shows up.

This has come up in two separate games, but this is the first time its become systematic.

I'll try the recommended patch, but anyone have any other ideas?

[Petek]

Sounds like a corrupted file, but I don't know which one (perhaps someone else here does). If the patch doesn't fix it, then uninstall/reinstall might do it.

Petek

[BlackCat]

This doesn't make any sense - have played on win98, 2000 and XP for nine years, so I really doubt SR are the culprit. Do you have a save immediately before ? Please post such.

[Marchantbard]

This doesn't make any sense - have played on win98, 2000 and XP for nine years, so I really doubt SR are the culprit. Do you have a save immediately before ? Please post such.

I've saved both games right at that point. Not sure what else I can do here.

[BlackCat]

I've saved both games right at that point. Not sure what else I can do here.

A little bit longer down in the "Reply" there is a button "Manage Attachments" - here you can add your saves to your posting. It might be a good idea to zip them together.

Edit: That is if you Quote, If you use REPLY, you have to Go Advanced.

[Marchantbard]

I think Petek is correct and it is a corrupted file; my system reported one while it was booting up yesterday.

I'm going to try the patches first, as I really don't want to loose the games I've already got going. Worst comes to worst, I'll just have to reinstall everything.

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone.

[Petek]

If you want to make sure that your save files don't get deleted during an uninstall, just copy them to your desktop or any other convenient location outside the SMAC folder.

Petek