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TBox posted 03-11-99 04:13 AM ET
If I let the opening movie play through to the end, when the screen goes full white, my system hangs, completely and totally. Same thing happens with wonder movies. I can skip through the opener, and have turned off wonder movies, but really wanna see these. Any ideas?
I've tried it with direct draw off, using no hardware acceleration, reinstalling the game, reinstalling DirectX with the "hardware acceleration" box unchecked, using SciTech display doctor, not using SciTech Display Doctor. . .
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-11-99 10:33 AM ET
What the system setup? Try renaming the sound.dll to sound.dl_ to ensure it's not a sound problem. Also try adding directdraw=0 to the alpha centauri.ini file.
jkm
firaxis games
TBox posted 03-12-99 09:25 AM ET
Sound.dll is not used with movies. I've renamed (and even deleted) it, and movies still have sound. (The game doesn't, tho').
DirectDraw=0 doesn't help.
Um..setup..
6th generation chip (Pentium II class, but not an intel chip...) Forget the MHz, think it's 2-something (200? 266?) Edge3d 2k graphics/sound card (that's an NVidia chip). Scitech Display Doctor 6.53 as a device driver. 64Mb RAM, 64Mb free disk space (Purely coincidence), what else you need? Been a while since I've done this.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-12-99 10:18 AM ET
You're right about the sound.dll, but the problem may be the game handing off directsound to the movie player or taking it back. If that didn't solve your problem though, so be it.
Can't say I've heard of a video/sound card combo. What does DXDiag.exe think of it. You might want to download and install DX 6.1 from www.microsoft.com/directx.
jkm
firaxis games
TBox posted 03-13-99 03:00 AM ET
Well, just to let you know, the DirectX 6.1 didn't work. I'm beginning to think it's that multimedia card you've never heard of. When it came out, it retailed for $300, top of the line, and I got it for $27 (VAR's overstock) I'm beginning to understand why. . .It's extremely proprietary and a tad unusual. I'm not too upset, tho'. One of these days I'll reboot my machine the 40 or so times necessary to view all the movies, but till then, I can play without them.
Desert Runner posted 03-13-99 04:01 AM ET
Greetings.
I`ve noticed that some movies lockup for me too I see start of the movie but it`s frozen like stuck on the first frame and sound is continuing on like nothing happened. This only happens once in a while.
I`ve got a:
Nvidia TNT 16mb gfx card using latest detonator drivers.
Turtle Beach Montego II A3d drivers 2.05 + latest drivers otherwise.
P-II mmx 450 mhz computer 256mb ram..with like 191 mb free after opmizing memory with memturbo
Win98
Dx 6.1 version (4.06.02.0436)
Maxtor hard drive 17gb
Full Install of SMAC movies on HD
Dma transfer enabled <-havent tried changin this yet.
Since the problem happens at one time and not at another, for me it`s really hard to locate what causes it. but I think it`s the gfx card maybe i should try going back to an earlier reference driver version....
I`ve even tried the game on my old puter the game runs without flaws altough a little slow
system is:
P133 non mmx 64mb ram
Win98
Dx 6.1 version (4.06.02.0436)
Creative Soundblaster PCI 64
#9 S3 Trio Gfx card with 2mb video ram
with latest drivers what I know of..
Quantum Fireball 6.4 HD
DMA Transfer Disabled
I miss the good old dos games, set up soundcard, free a little more conventional memory then, Wham! all set no need for 4gb of ram or hd swapping space and games ran mostly very stable
zengaian posted 03-13-99 08:18 AM ET
TBox have you tried viewing the movies outside the game using the playuv15.exe program in the movies folder? Just drag and drop in windows explorer or assign it as the program to handle wve files. If it still hangs then the card sounds like the problem.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 03-13-99 12:46 PM ET
TNT drivers are still a little flaky. Set your hardware acceleration to 0. Right-click on my computer, select properties, then performance, then graphics.
jkm
firaxis games
TBox posted 03-19-99 04:02 PM ET
Okay, now I'm stumped (and thrilled). On the good side, I can now see all the movies using the provided viewer, playuv15. On the bad side, they still freeze my game when played in situ. It's ALWAYS the last frame, I know this because the provided player stops on the last frame until you hit ESC, and the game stops there until you hit reboot, comparison helps. I think it's a handoff problem of some sort, but who knows?
TBox posted 03-19-99 04:05 PM ET
Oh, and, BTW: What's wrong with the command prompt, zengaian?
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Author	Topic: More movie problems
TBox	posted 03-11-99 04:13 AM ET If I let the opening movie play through to the end, when the screen goes full white, my system hangs, completely and totally. Same thing happens with wonder movies. I can skip through the opener, and have turned off wonder movies, but really wanna see these. Any ideas? I've tried it with direct draw off, using no hardware acceleration, reinstalling the game, reinstalling DirectX with the "hardware acceleration" box unchecked, using SciTech display doctor, not using SciTech Display Doctor. . .
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-11-99 10:33 AM ET What the system setup? Try renaming the sound.dll to sound.dl_ to ensure it's not a sound problem. Also try adding directdraw=0 to the alpha centauri.ini file. jkm firaxis games
TBox	posted 03-12-99 09:25 AM ET Sound.dll is not used with movies. I've renamed (and even deleted) it, and movies still have sound. (The game doesn't, tho'). DirectDraw=0 doesn't help. Um..setup.. 6th generation chip (Pentium II class, but not an intel chip...) Forget the MHz, think it's 2-something (200? 266?) Edge3d 2k graphics/sound card (that's an NVidia chip). Scitech Display Doctor 6.53 as a device driver. 64Mb RAM, 64Mb free disk space (Purely coincidence), what else you need? Been a while since I've done this.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-12-99 10:18 AM ET You're right about the sound.dll, but the problem may be the game handing off directsound to the movie player or taking it back. If that didn't solve your problem though, so be it. Can't say I've heard of a video/sound card combo. What does DXDiag.exe think of it. You might want to download and install DX 6.1 from www.microsoft.com/directx. jkm firaxis games
TBox	posted 03-13-99 03:00 AM ET Well, just to let you know, the DirectX 6.1 didn't work. I'm beginning to think it's that multimedia card you've never heard of. When it came out, it retailed for $300, top of the line, and I got it for $27 (VAR's overstock) I'm beginning to understand why. . .It's extremely proprietary and a tad unusual. I'm not too upset, tho'. One of these days I'll reboot my machine the 40 or so times necessary to view all the movies, but till then, I can play without them.
Desert Runner	posted 03-13-99 04:01 AM ET Greetings. I`ve noticed that some movies lockup for me too I see start of the movie but it`s frozen like stuck on the first frame and sound is continuing on like nothing happened. This only happens once in a while. I`ve got a: Nvidia TNT 16mb gfx card using latest detonator drivers. Turtle Beach Montego II A3d drivers 2.05 + latest drivers otherwise. P-II mmx 450 mhz computer 256mb ram..with like 191 mb free after opmizing memory with memturbo Win98 Dx 6.1 version (4.06.02.0436) Maxtor hard drive 17gb Full Install of SMAC movies on HD Dma transfer enabled <-havent tried changin this yet. Since the problem happens at one time and not at another, for me it`s really hard to locate what causes it. but I think it`s the gfx card maybe i should try going back to an earlier reference driver version.... I`ve even tried the game on my old puter the game runs without flaws altough a little slow system is: P133 non mmx 64mb ram Win98 Dx 6.1 version (4.06.02.0436) Creative Soundblaster PCI 64 #9 S3 Trio Gfx card with 2mb video ram with latest drivers what I know of.. Quantum Fireball 6.4 HD DMA Transfer Disabled I miss the good old dos games, set up soundcard, free a little more conventional memory then, Wham! all set no need for 4gb of ram or hd swapping space and games ran mostly very stable
zengaian	posted 03-13-99 08:18 AM ET TBox have you tried viewing the movies outside the game using the playuv15.exe program in the movies folder? Just drag and drop in windows explorer or assign it as the program to handle wve files. If it still hangs then the card sounds like the problem.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 03-13-99 12:46 PM ET TNT drivers are still a little flaky. Set your hardware acceleration to 0. Right-click on my computer, select properties, then performance, then graphics. jkm firaxis games
TBox	posted 03-19-99 04:02 PM ET Okay, now I'm stumped (and thrilled). On the good side, I can now see all the movies using the provided viewer, playuv15. On the bad side, they still freeze my game when played in situ. It's ALWAYS the last frame, I know this because the provided player stops on the last frame until you hit ESC, and the game stops there until you hit reboot, comparison helps. I think it's a handoff problem of some sort, but who knows?
TBox	posted 03-19-99 04:05 PM ET Oh, and, BTW: What's wrong with the command prompt, zengaian?