Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Forum

I tried installing this morning quickly and got it working.

Did a normal install. Grapped the latest patch from SMAC website : http://www.firaxis.com/smac/downloads.cfm
Grabbed then win2000/xp patch from SMAC website : www.firaxis.com/games/game_detail.php?gameid=7

I got an error trying to start up :

fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00000100
fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x00004100
fixme:shell:DllCanUnloadNow stub
fixme:win:EnumDisplayDevicesW ((null),0,0x34f41c,0x00000000), stub!
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_desktopSetCurrentMode Cannot change screen BPP from 32 to 8
err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {d8f1eee0-f634-11cf-8700-00a0245d918b} not registered
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {d8f1eee0-f634-11cf-8700-00a0245d918b} could be created for context 0x1
fixme:font:CreateScalableFontResourceA (0,"arialn.fot","arialn.ttf","C:\PROG~FBU\FIRA~F5V\SID~NVU"): stub
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_desktop_SetCurrentMode Cannot change screen BPP from 32 to 16
fixme:d3d:IWineD3DDeviceImpl_Release (0x1fbac30) Device released with resources still bound, acceptable but unexpected
fixme:d3d:dumpResources Leftover resource 0x1ffbc18 with type 1,WINED3DRTYPE_SURFACE
fixme:d3d:dumpResources Leftover resource 0x1ffb5a8 with type 1,WINED3DRTYPE_SURFACE
fixme:x11drv:X11DRV_desktop_SetCurrentMode Cannot change screen BPP from 32 to 8
err:ole:CoUninitialize Mismatched CoUninitialize
fixme:font:WineEngRemoveFontResourceEx :stub

According to the SMAC website if you have issues on windows XP you have to make changes to the Alpha Centuari.ini file. Which I did.

Change

ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=0

to

ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=1

It starts up with some audio clicks, but it's a start. Will test some more later.

Henti

Hi Henti,

I am unable to install the WindowsXP compatibility patch, because it gives me Error 1067: Unable to install InstallShield Scripting Runtime...
Do you have any idea what I should do?
I've installed quite a bit into cxgames, but this hasn't happened to me before.
I'm running 7.1

SFAICT, the bottle has to be Win98, not WinXP, despite installing the patch.

That said, cxwine dies a horrible flaming death for me even after doing all of the above:
get fences failed: -1
param: 6, val: 0
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x0000009c at address 0x610d10 (thread 0018), starting debugger...
Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x0000009c in 32-bit code (0x00610d10).
Register dump:
CS:0073 SS:007b DS:007b ES:007b FS:0033 GS:003b
EIP:00610d10 ESP:0033f824 EBP:00000300 EFLAGS:00210202( - 00 - -RI1)
EAX:006aa078 EBX:00000400 ECX:00000000 EDX:006b5cc0
ESI:009c6b1c EDI:009c6b18
Stack dump:
0x0033f824: 00640e2e 009c6b18 009c6b1c 00000400
0x0033f834: 006409f3 006aa078 006b5cc0 ffffffff
0x0033f844: 00000000 00010040 00000000 00000001
0x0033f854: 00000001 00000000 00650276 006aa078
0x0033f864: 006b5cc0 00010040 00000000 0064f9e2
0x0033f874: 80004001 007f0968 00959aa8 00000008
Backtrace:
=>0 0x00610d10 in terran (+0x210d10) (0x00000300)
1 0x00000000 (0x00000000)
0x00610d10: testb $0x1,0x9c(%ecx)
Modules:
Module Address Debug info Name (110 modules)
PE 400000- a0f000 Export terran
ELF 7b800000-7b937000 Deferred kernel32<elf>
-PE 7b820000-7b937000 \ kernel32
ELF 7bc00000-7bca8000 Deferred ntdll<elf>
-PE 7bc10000-7bca8000 \ ntdll
ELF 7bf00000-7bf03000 Deferred <wine-loader>
ELF 7d0b4000-7d31d000 Deferred i915_dri.so
ELF 7d430000-7d43a000 Deferred libdrm_intel.so.1
ELF 7d43a000-7d461000 Deferred libexpat.so.1
ELF 7d461000-7d46b000 Deferred libdrm.so.2
ELF 7d46b000-7d4ce000 Deferred libgl.so.1
ELF 7d4ce000-7d5e1000 Deferred wined3d<elf>
-PE 7d4e0000-7d5e1000 \ wined3d
ELF 7d5e1000-7d5e5000 Deferred libgpg-error.so.0
ELF 7d5e5000-7d64e000 Deferred libgcrypt.so.11
ELF 7d64e000-7d660000 Deferred libtasn1.so.3
ELF 7d660000-7d664000 Deferred libkeyutils.so.1
ELF 7d664000-7d66d000 Deferred libkrb5support.so.0
ELF 7d66d000-7d671000 Deferred libcom_err.so.2
ELF 7d671000-7d695000 Deferred libk5crypto.so.3
ELF 7d695000-7d727000 Deferred libkrb5.so.3
ELF 7d727000-7d7c4000 Deferred libgnutls.so.26
ELF 7d7c4000-7d7ef000 Deferred libgssapi_krb5.so.2
ELF 7d7ef000-7d826000 Deferred libcups.so.2
ELF 7d840000-7d8b3000 Deferred wineps<elf>
-PE 7d860000-7d8b3000 \ wineps
ELF 7d8b3000-7d8c7000 Deferred midimap<elf>
-PE 7d8c0000-7d8c7000 \ midimap
ELF 7d8c7000-7d8ee000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
-PE 7d8d0000-7d8ee000 \ msacm32
ELF 7e0ef000-7e14e000 Deferred libpulse.so.0
ELF 7e151000-7e168000 Deferred msacm32<elf>
-PE 7e160000-7e168000 \ msacm32
ELF 7e168000-7e171000 Deferred librt.so.1
ELF 7e171000-7e239000 Deferred libasound.so.2
ELF 7e23a000-7e240000 Deferred libattr.so.1
ELF 7e240000-7e247000 Deferred libgdbm.so.3
ELF 7e247000-7e24c000 Deferred libcap.so.2
ELF 7e24c000-7e253000 Deferred libasound_module_pcm_pulse.so
ELF 7e253000-7e288000 Deferred winealsa<elf>
-PE 7e260000-7e288000 \ winealsa
ELF 7e29b000-7e2a4000 Deferred libxcursor.so.1
ELF 7e2a4000-7e2a9000 Deferred libxfixes.so.3
ELF 7e2a9000-7e2ad000 Deferred libxcomposite.so.1
ELF 7e2ad000-7e2b5000 Deferred libxrandr.so.2
ELF 7e2b5000-7e2bf000 Deferred libxrender.so.1
ELF 7e2bf000-7e2c5000 Deferred libxxf86vm.so.1
ELF 7e2c5000-7e2e5000 Deferred imm32<elf>
-PE 7e2d0000-7e2e5000 \ imm32
ELF 7e2e5000-7e2ea000 Deferred libxdmcp.so.6
ELF 7e2ea000-7e304000 Deferred libxcb.so.1
ELF 7e304000-7e308000 Deferred libxau.so.6
ELF 7e308000-7e30d000 Deferred libuuid.so.1
ELF 7e30d000-7e3fc000 Deferred libx11.so.6
ELF 7e3fc000-7e40c000 Deferred libxext.so.6
ELF 7e40c000-7e424000 Deferred libice.so.6
ELF 7e424000-7e4c1000 Deferred winex11<elf>
-PE 7e430000-7e4c1000 \ winex11
ELF 7e4c1000-7e4d7000 Deferred libz.so.1
ELF 7e4d7000-7e4da000 Deferred libxdamage.so.1
ELF 7e4f1000-7e561000 Deferred libcxfreetype.so
ELF 7e561000-7e594000 Deferred dplayx<elf>
-PE 7e570000-7e594000 \ dplayx
ELF 7e594000-7e5c9000 Deferred winspool<elf>
-PE 7e5a0000-7e5c9000 \ winspool
ELF 7e5c9000-7e675000 Deferred comdlg32<elf>
-PE 7e5d0000-7e675000 \ comdlg32
ELF 7e675000-7e6bf000 Deferred dsound<elf>
-PE 7e680000-7e6bf000 \ dsound
ELF 7e6bf000-7e6d3000 Deferred lz32<elf>
-PE 7e6c0000-7e6d3000 \ lz32
ELF 7e6d3000-7e6fc000 Deferred msvfw32<elf>
-PE 7e6e0000-7e6fc000 \ msvfw32
ELF 7e6fc000-7e78d000 Deferred winmm<elf>
-PE 7e710000-7e78d000 \ winmm
ELF 7e78d000-7e7a3000 Deferred libresolv.so.2
ELF 7e7a3000-7e7c2000 Deferred iphlpapi<elf>
-PE 7e7b0000-7e7c2000 \ iphlpapi
ELF 7e7c2000-7e82b000 Deferred rpcrt4<elf>
-PE 7e7d0000-7e82b000 \ rpcrt4
ELF 7e82b000-7e936000 Deferred ole32<elf>
-PE 7e840000-7e936000 \ ole32
ELF 7e936000-7e990000 Deferred ddraw<elf>
-PE 7e940000-7e990000 \ ddraw
ELF 7e990000-7ea51000 Deferred comctl32<elf>
-PE 7e9a0000-7ea51000 \ comctl32
ELF 7ea51000-7eaf0000 Deferred gdi32<elf>
-PE 7ea60000-7eaf0000 \ gdi32
ELF 7eaf0000-7ec38000 Deferred user32<elf>
-PE 7eb10000-7ec38000 \ user32
ELF 7ec38000-7ec91000 Deferred shlwapi<elf>
-PE 7ec40000-7ec91000 \ shlwapi
ELF 7ec91000-7ee08000 Deferred shell32<elf>
-PE 7eca0000-7ee08000 \ shell32
ELF 7ee08000-7ee5c000 Deferred advapi32<elf>
-PE 7ee10000-7ee5c000 \ advapi32
ELF 7ee5c000-7ee68000 Deferred libnss_files.so.2
ELF 7ee68000-7ee73000 Deferred libnss_nis.so.2
ELF 7ee73000-7ee7c000 Deferred libnss_compat.so.2
ELF 7ee7d000-7ee96000 Deferred version<elf>
-PE 7ee80000-7ee96000 \ version
ELF 7efc0000-7efe6000 Deferred libm.so.6
ELF 7efe7000-7f000000 Deferred libnsl.so.1
ELF b7c20000-b7c23000 Deferred libxinerama.so.1
ELF b7c24000-b7c28000 Deferred libdl.so.2
ELF b7c28000-b7d8b000 Deferred libc.so.6
ELF b7d8c000-b7da5000 Deferred libpthread.so.0
ELF b7da5000-b7dae000 Deferred libsm.so.6
ELF b7dbf000-b7ef5000 Deferred libwine.so.1
ELF b7ef7000-b7f15000 Deferred ld-linux.so.2
Threads:
process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)
00000008
00000009 0
0000000c
00000014 0
00000013 0
00000012 0
0000000e 0
0000000d 0
0000000f
00000016 0
00000015 0
00000011 0
00000010 0
00000017 (D) C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri\terran.exe
00000018 0 <==
00000019
0000001a 0
Backtrace:
=>0 0x00610d10 in terran (+0x210d10) (0x00000300)
1 0x00000000 (0x00000000)

So I also have it semi-working now.

Note: if you're on a netbook or with whatever the game considers an oddball screen resolution, change it to something standard (e.g. 800x600) before starting the game, or it'll crash as I showed above.

Now the game starts and I can begin a game. Gameplay is jerky, i.e. it's occasionally blazing fast and then waits for a long while before updating. Not sure what's going on with that. After about one turn, the game crashes. So it's semi-working.