No monument pop-up

[sciguy]

I installed SMAC, then added Alien crossfire. onto my XP - sp2 gaming box. It wouldn't run initially, so I installed the XP patch from the Firaxis site. Bingo: game runs, all is well.

But, partway through the game, I realized I wasn't seeing the "Faction X is the first to discover Secrets of Y" messages or "Faction Z has built the first air unit on Planet". I went into the HQ, and the Monument box was checked (X-ed actually), and I even tried unchecking, the checking it again. But no luck. Everything else works: sound, Secret Project movies, Interludes, the whole ball o' wax. Any Ideas or suggestions? Is this a known problem? I miss my "Pyramid of Glory"


Thanks in Advance...

[Petek]

Are you saying that you don't see the Monuments screen when you press the F9 key or something else?

The former problem was reported in this thread:

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137245

but wasn't solved.

[sciguy]

IIRC, when I had SMAC-X on my old machine, the monuments would pop up when ever I triggered an event (first aircraft, discovering a Secret of X, etc). But that doesn't happen on my new machine.

I did check, and f9 does not work for me either. And the monument option is enabled in the menu.

:edit for clarity

[Petek]

Originally posted by sciguy
IIRC, when I had SMAC-X on my old machine, the monuments would pop up when ever I triggered an event (first aircraft, discovering a Secret of X, etc). But that doesn't happen on my new machine.

Yes, I think that you should be getting the messages.

Perhaps your video has a problem displaying the Monuments screen. Does changing Windows to a lower resolution (such as 640x480 or 1024x768) help?

In your Alpha Centauri.ini file, do you have any entries for either video= or DirectDraw=? If so, what are they set to?