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SanTzu posted 03-08-99 06:16 PM ET

I posted a while back on the same subject but nobody from "FIRAXIS" ever answered me.
I bought this game and its not running on my machine. The details of my machine is on the previous posting. If you cant or WILL NOT HELP ME I would appreciate it if you would reply to my posting to notify me. Hey Bud it would be the ethical thing to do. If you have ethics that is.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-08-99 06:23 PM ET
What's the problem? Do you see anything when you run the game? If so, what? Also, what explicitly have you tried? Fill me in.
jkm
firaxis games
SanTzu posted 03-09-99 02:40 AM ET
Hi, I bought the game on March 6, 1999. Iam in south africa so i assumed i got the UK
version. Anyhow the program installed properly but somehow when i run it it shows the
"FIRAXIS GAME LOGO" twice and blanks the screen and hangs there. I installed the
game about 7 times in all types of installation but still don't wanna run. I will installed
your directx 6 drivers that was on the CD but still no go. I got the demo of this game
working why cant the actual game ?
Computer Configuration :
P120 48 megs of memory
Windows NT with service pack 3
2 Disk Drives
C: 2 GIG 480 megs free( boot ) -- fat32
D: 1 GIG 160 megs free( slave ) -- fat32
Games installed on drive "D"
ATI MACH 32 2 MEG VIDEO CARD
NO SOUND CARD
24 SPEED CD ROM SAMSUNG
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot !
Oh I almost forgot the current resolution on my screen is 800 by 600, True colors.
mic posted 03-09-99 05:47 AM ET
Forgive me for mixing in, but I'm afraid NT doesn't run FAT32, so I assume you're using NTFS.
I read something about SMAC not being supported under NT. I only ran the demo on NT, also without sound.
First tip: Upgrade to service pack 4.
Second tip: 48 MB RAM isn't that much on NT. Try at least 64, possibly more (I use 80, which is acceptable).
Third tip: Check your swap file. Should be at least set between 100 (Initial) and 200 (Max size).
You could also try to install a dual boot Win98/WinNT (that's what I do, because usually game performance under NT is sub-optimal - understatement). You have to have FAT16 on your disks then.
Good luck!
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-09-99 10:43 AM ET
Also, check to see if there is an update to the ATI drivers. That's where the intro movie kicks in, so it's probably a video issue. Try renaming sound.dll to sound.dl_ to make sure the sound isn't the issue.
jkm
firaxis games
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Author	Topic: Application not Running ......
SanTzu	posted 03-08-99 06:16 PM ET I posted a while back on the same subject but nobody from "FIRAXIS" ever answered me. I bought this game and its not running on my machine. The details of my machine is on the previous posting. If you cant or WILL NOT HELP ME I would appreciate it if you would reply to my posting to notify me. Hey Bud it would be the ethical thing to do. If you have ethics that is.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-08-99 06:23 PM ET What's the problem? Do you see anything when you run the game? If so, what? Also, what explicitly have you tried? Fill me in. jkm firaxis games
SanTzu	posted 03-09-99 02:40 AM ET Hi, I bought the game on March 6, 1999. Iam in south africa so i assumed i got the UK version. Anyhow the program installed properly but somehow when i run it it shows the "FIRAXIS GAME LOGO" twice and blanks the screen and hangs there. I installed the game about 7 times in all types of installation but still don't wanna run. I will installed your directx 6 drivers that was on the CD but still no go. I got the demo of this game working why cant the actual game ? Computer Configuration : P120 48 megs of memory Windows NT with service pack 3 2 Disk Drives C: 2 GIG 480 megs free( boot ) -- fat32 D: 1 GIG 160 megs free( slave ) -- fat32 Games installed on drive "D" ATI MACH 32 2 MEG VIDEO CARD NO SOUND CARD 24 SPEED CD ROM SAMSUNG Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks alot ! Oh I almost forgot the current resolution on my screen is 800 by 600, True colors.
mic	posted 03-09-99 05:47 AM ET Forgive me for mixing in, but I'm afraid NT doesn't run FAT32, so I assume you're using NTFS. I read something about SMAC not being supported under NT. I only ran the demo on NT, also without sound. First tip: Upgrade to service pack 4. Second tip: 48 MB RAM isn't that much on NT. Try at least 64, possibly more (I use 80, which is acceptable). Third tip: Check your swap file. Should be at least set between 100 (Initial) and 200 (Max size). You could also try to install a dual boot Win98/WinNT (that's what I do, because usually game performance under NT is sub-optimal - understatement). You have to have FAT16 on your disks then. Good luck!
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-09-99 10:43 AM ET Also, check to see if there is an update to the ATI drivers. That's where the intro movie kicks in, so it's probably a video issue. Try renaming sound.dll to sound.dl_ to make sure the sound isn't the issue. jkm firaxis games