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Bunky posted 02-13-99 04:31 PM ET
I am really sorry if this has been posted before, but I am very eager to get this game, and I wonder if anyone has had any problems with it running on NT4, Service Pack 3 or 4. I am hoping it will run, I believe it was originally slated to run on NT, but alas I look at the bottom of the box and it doesn't say so.
porphyrous posted 02-14-99 05:02 PM ET
I have been running SMAC on Windows NT 4 Workstation since the demo came out.
For the most part, it runs fine, except that the sound has some significant problems. It stutters. The music isn't so bad, but when the recorded voice bits begin, they're hard to follow.
Hey Firaxis guys....you said in your readme file that this was because of sound emulation under NT's version of DirectX. Any chance at all there might be a patch to fix this sometime in the future?
Thue posted 02-14-99 05:24 PM ET
I have the impressing that this is a problem with WIN NT, not SMAC. So therefore FIRAXIS can't patch it.
mikemudd posted 02-14-99 06:11 PM ET
I have also been running SMAC on NT4 SP3 on a Tecra 720 laptop with no problems apart from the sound.
I have plyed other games on it in the past (AOE, RRT II, MM VI) and have had no problems with their sound. What's different?
Great game though...
Mick Morray posted 02-15-99 08:32 AM ET
Any chance of a patch for the sound problems in NT4. I am running SP4 and there are still significant sound issues. This is really too bad because the game is pretty awsome until the stoopid stuttering and cracking in the sound causes me to turn it off. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-15-99 01:02 PM ET
Probably not, though Dave Evans (our sound guy) is constantly improving the sound.dll. I'll get him to post a summary of what the heck's going on with NT and DirectSound. It's involved...
jkm
firaxis games
johns1 posted 02-15-99 03:52 PM ET
I too am having the sound problems under NT4...I seem to remember reading somewhere (either in a SMAC manual/readme or on this SMAC website) that it is due to "particular combinations of hardware" or something...does this mean that it is possible to have the sound work fine under NT if you have a certain hardware config?
For my part, I would love the sound to work right; but to answer the question asked earlier in this thread (as to why this game has probs under NT where others don't), I imagine it is because the developers are committed to the Win 95/98 platforms first and foremost, and to the DirectX APIs in particular. It is no fault of theirs that Microsoft is lagging in support of these APIs on their flagship O/S. Argh.
Anyway, I'm happy it runs under NT in every other respect; I'm sick of rebooting to Win 95 to play games, and I wouldn't have bought this one if it didn't run under NT. Bravo Firaxis. And if your sound guy does manage to pull a rabbit out of his hat, then you're *really* leading the pack!
- John
Count SMACula posted 02-15-99 07:12 PM ET
I can't run under NT4/SP3 at all; The screen
goes black for a split second, and then returns to the desktop.
Any ideas?
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Author	Topic: NT anyone??
Bunky	posted 02-13-99 04:31 PM ET I am really sorry if this has been posted before, but I am very eager to get this game, and I wonder if anyone has had any problems with it running on NT4, Service Pack 3 or 4. I am hoping it will run, I believe it was originally slated to run on NT, but alas I look at the bottom of the box and it doesn't say so.
porphyrous	posted 02-14-99 05:02 PM ET I have been running SMAC on Windows NT 4 Workstation since the demo came out. For the most part, it runs fine, except that the sound has some significant problems. It stutters. The music isn't so bad, but when the recorded voice bits begin, they're hard to follow. Hey Firaxis guys....you said in your readme file that this was because of sound emulation under NT's version of DirectX. Any chance at all there might be a patch to fix this sometime in the future?
Thue	posted 02-14-99 05:24 PM ET I have the impressing that this is a problem with WIN NT, not SMAC. So therefore FIRAXIS can't patch it.
mikemudd	posted 02-14-99 06:11 PM ET I have also been running SMAC on NT4 SP3 on a Tecra 720 laptop with no problems apart from the sound. I have plyed other games on it in the past (AOE, RRT II, MM VI) and have had no problems with their sound. What's different? Great game though...
Mick Morray	posted 02-15-99 08:32 AM ET Any chance of a patch for the sound problems in NT4. I am running SP4 and there are still significant sound issues. This is really too bad because the game is pretty awsome until the stoopid stuttering and cracking in the sound causes me to turn it off. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-15-99 01:02 PM ET Probably not, though Dave Evans (our sound guy) is constantly improving the sound.dll. I'll get him to post a summary of what the heck's going on with NT and DirectSound. It's involved... jkm firaxis games
johns1	posted 02-15-99 03:52 PM ET I too am having the sound problems under NT4...I seem to remember reading somewhere (either in a SMAC manual/readme or on this SMAC website) that it is due to "particular combinations of hardware" or something...does this mean that it is possible to have the sound work fine under NT if you have a certain hardware config? For my part, I would love the sound to work right; but to answer the question asked earlier in this thread (as to why this game has probs under NT where others don't), I imagine it is because the developers are committed to the Win 95/98 platforms first and foremost, and to the DirectX APIs in particular. It is no fault of theirs that Microsoft is lagging in support of these APIs on their flagship O/S. Argh. Anyway, I'm happy it runs under NT in every other respect; I'm sick of rebooting to Win 95 to play games, and I wouldn't have bought this one if it didn't run under NT. Bravo Firaxis. And if your sound guy does manage to pull a rabbit out of his hat, then you're really leading the pack! - John
Count SMACula	posted 02-15-99 07:12 PM ET I can't run under NT4/SP3 at all; The screen goes black for a split second, and then returns to the desktop. Any ideas?