I am reinstaling smax-smax on a win 98/me computer

[Lefty Scaevola]

I want to confirm the order of things

install SMAC from disk

do the ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1 thing

install SMAX from the disc

install SMAX 2.0 patch

install SMAC 4.0 patch (this goes after the SMAX 2.0 patch to fix an something the SMAX 2.0 does?)

install SMAC win 2000/XP patch (for no CD play)







one site says to use the following procedure for the SMAC 4.0 patch

" If you got SMAC (Alpha Centauri) you also should install the SMAC Patch 4 but watch the right way how to install it:

- 1st install SMAC from CD
- 2nd call SMAC and start a new game, make minumim 2 turns.
- Exit SMAC
- Expand the patch 4 file to an empty directory
- Secure that the old files are not set to "read only", therefore you may easy call the DOS command "attrib -r *.*" in the SMAC directory.
- Copy now the expanded files of the patch over the old files in SMAC directory.
"
is this necessary?

[DrazharLn]

You don't need to install the SMAC v4 patch if you're installing SMAX.

I've never followed that advice before and SMAC and SMAX both work for me.

I've just posted a complete guide to installing SMAC, SMAX and Hamachi (for tcp/ip games) here, if you want to take a look.