Problem starting a new game in SMAX

[Antilles]

I recently bought myself a new laptop, and one of the first things I did was to borrow a friend's Planetary Pack and install it. After patching and applying the no-cd cracks, I've found that SMAC works like a charm, but SMAX don't. If I use "Start Game", it crashes just as the pod falling sequence begins, with a "terranx.exe has encountered an error blah blah" message, but using "Quick Start" and "Scenario" I can play just fine. I've tried monkeying around with the Alpha Centauri.ini file, and I've tried Safedisc Annihilator, but no luck. Any ideas?

[Urban Ranger]

What's the error?

[Antilles]

No specific error, just the standard windows "terranx.exe has encountered an error and must shut down". The only information to be gleaned from that error message is this:

AppName: terranx.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: terranx.exe
ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 002454fb

Dunno if it helps any...

[Maniac]

I often get this problem when messing around with custom factions.

Tassadar's solution is indeed the best.

[Antilles]

I'll try that, thanks.