sid meier alpha centauri compatibility patch

check that DxWnd had administrator's rights.Here is a checklist of controls about DxWnd hooking (or not hooking) a program: No wonder that such a hardcoded-fullscreen way is giving troubles to the system when brought to window mode. It doesn't respond to the minimize command, and if you use the Win-M key to minimize everything, then the game never recovers when you give it focus again. For instance, when you Alt-Tab the game loses focus but it doesn't realize that and keeps going on with animations and everything else. The game is coded in a curious way (but you would expect that from ol'Sid, isn't it?): though it is a win32 program, it doesn't implement any message handling routine for window handling. The game starts and run with no problems, no crashes, at least up to the first landing on a random tiny planet. Ok, I think this time I followed your more precise instructions:ġ) uninstalled old copy of the game, just to make a clean startĢ) installed Alpha Centauri GOG version 2.0.2.23 - Alpha Centaury onlyģ) installed Scient's patch 2.1 running SMACX_UP_v2.1_Installer.exeĤ) installed PRACX patch 1.11 running PRACX.v1.11.exeĥ) hooked terranx.exe (with the x!) using the same configuration I sent you, hist janghing the pathname I actually think Scient's MIGHT not be necessary but it fixes and changes a number of things and impacts (supposedly positively) the stability of the game.

PRACX doesn't patch terran.exe as terranx.exe is a modified version of the game engine made to run the expansion of the game and that's what PRACX and Scient's touches only. When you launch the game, launch terranx.exe instead of just terran. Install Scient's, THEN install PRACX (both Github readmes have more detailed instructions but you basically just have to open installers and point them at the game directory). I'll try the new export to see if it fixes that, too.ĮDIT: It crashes. As far as the alt-tabbing issue goes, you have to alt-tab out of the game, wait really long (a good 10 minutes?), then tab back in and the issues should start when not using DXWnd. Thanks! I'll try out the new patch with the latest DXWnd and report back here with a post edit.

No community patches, including Scient's, are included with the GOG release. Scient's patch's installer is in the releases tab of Github just like PRACX's.

Sid meier alpha centauri compatibility patch