More XP Problems

[Hydro]

I just got a new computer with XP Home and now SMAC/X won’t work. I get the dreaded message ‘cpu not supported’, then get kicked out to the desktop. I have installed the XP patch and no joy. I also searched for XP threads here, but was stymied since I can’t call up threads more than 100 days old (???) or simply missed them.

If anyone could assist I would be very grateful – not quite a slave for life, but pretty close!

Failing that, I can keep my old P3 450 for SMAC/X, even if it seems like a waste.

What is infuriating is that my old P3 with XP Home (a clean install on a new HD from a year and a half ago) runs SMAC/X without the XP patch just fine. What gives? Is Bill out to get me?

Bad Bill! Bad Bill!

Hmph.

Hydro

[Illuminatus]

Have you tried forceoldvoxelalgorithm=1 trick?
.ini file should look like this:
[Alpha Centauri]
ds3d=1
eax=1
FastUnitAnim=0
SmoothUnitAnim=0
MainFontSize=16
InterludeFontSize=16
DisableOpeningMovie=0

[PREFERENCES]
ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1
Video Mode=1024

[Hydro]

How do you get the funky square in the INI file?

[Chaunk]

Copy + Paste

[Illuminatus]

Chaunk is correct, but the square is not needed. Here is how my ini looks:

[Alpha Centauri]
MainFontSize=16
InterludeFontSize=16
ds3d=0
eax=0
FastUnitAnim=0
SmoothUnitAnim=0
DisableOpeningMovie=0
Prefs Format=12
Difficulty=5
Map Type=4
Top Menu=0
Faction=3
Preferences=10101011111000011101111110100111
More Preferences=1110101111000101101000
Semaphore=00000000
Announce=111100001010101001
Rules=100000101110
Customize=2
Custom World=4, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 2,
Time Controls=1
Faction 1=GAIANS
Faction 2=HIVE
Faction 3=DRONE
Faction 4=BORG
Faction 5=EFFILITA
Faction 6=BNW
Faction 7=SWARM
Latest Save=
Latest Scenario=
DontResetBeginnerPrefs=1
Latest Map=C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri\maps\Miha`s World
Custom Map X=255
Custom Map Y=255
WindowsFileBox=0
Main Volume=127
Voice Volume=85
Music Volume=63
SFX Volume=95
Base Sort=2
Net Session=sdf
Net Name=---sadf

[PREFERENCES]
ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=0 <=this should probably be 1 to work (no need to modify the rest)

[Dis]

I got the XP patch, I actually had no problem running the game in XP Pro (buisness edition). So I can't complain

I'm not sure what it is exactly.

[Hydro]

Well, the copy-and-paste worked! I had to get my Outlook file configured first, but now I'm rarin' to go!

Thanks!!

Your slave,
Hydro

[Googlie]

I'm surprised that more people don't use the

WindowsFileBox=1

variant - much easier to use than Firaxis' clunky file management system

[Skanky Burns]

What does that do, exactly Googlie?

[Googlie]

It brings up the saves. maps, sceanrios, etc in windows format (just as if you'd opened a folder in explorer - you can drag and drop, delete old turns , etc etc with much more agility than with the firaxis in-game file system)

Here's how I load a sparta turn:

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Googlie
I'm surprised that more people don't use the

WindowsFileBox=1

variant - much easier to use than Firaxis' clunky file management system

Wow, good tip. I'm going to use it first chance I get.

[GeoModder]

Ah, didn't know that. But then I'm an IT flunk at that. Thanks Googlie!

Btw: podtest in an ACDG?

[Skanky Burns]

Looks nice, I'll be using that too.
Thanks.

[Googlie]

Originally posted by GeoModder
Btw: podtest in an ACDG?

It's not at all related to the ACDG map or gamesave.

It's a scenario that Maniac built, to pop a bunch of pods and log the answers - 50 on clear coastal waters, 50 in fungus coastal, 50 in trench, etc

Amazing the diff it makes whether your foil is in clear popping in clear, or in clear popping in fungus, and especially in fungus popping in fungus

That's the benefit of having a Command Center - simulations like that are so easy to build when needing to know likely odds

GGLIE

(I can send you the file to try for yourself if you like)

[GeoModder]

Thanks, but right now I have to tackle the XP problem myself with my new notebook...