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Mwright posted 02-26-99 08:49 PM ET
OK, I run SMAC and I get the Invalid Page Fault in TERRAN.EXE
Here is my setup:
DX 6.1, all the latest and greated drivers
ATI rage Pro / Voodoo2 Setup
SB Live! latest drivers
P2 300, 256MB Ram
Plenty of HD space (over 10 GB)
No '!' is Dx-diag. Yes, Windows is controlling my virtual memory. Yes, I shut down all my other programs. Yes, I sized to 1024 x 256 colors first.
None of these have had any effect.
I am not pleased.
I have never had ANY problems with any other game, eve DX6 games (Half life, etc all OK.)
The program starts and I get a black screen, about 1/4 second of sound, then bam. IPF in Terran.exe
What gives? I haven't even been able to play the game!
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-27-99 03:19 PM ET
Is this the US version? If so, pick up v2.0, just to level the field. Try renaming the sound.dll, adding the various tweaks in the readme (namely the directdraw and oldvoxel ones), and try sliding your 3D hardware acceleration down to nothing. Also, try reinstalling a typical, and then play without the CD.
jkm
firaxis games
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Author	Topic: Crash and burn...
Mwright	posted 02-26-99 08:49 PM ET OK, I run SMAC and I get the Invalid Page Fault in TERRAN.EXE Here is my setup: DX 6.1, all the latest and greated drivers ATI rage Pro / Voodoo2 Setup SB Live! latest drivers P2 300, 256MB Ram Plenty of HD space (over 10 GB) No '!' is Dx-diag. Yes, Windows is controlling my virtual memory. Yes, I shut down all my other programs. Yes, I sized to 1024 x 256 colors first. None of these have had any effect. I am not pleased. I have never had ANY problems with any other game, eve DX6 games (Half life, etc all OK.) The program starts and I get a black screen, about 1/4 second of sound, then bam. IPF in Terran.exe What gives? I haven't even been able to play the game!
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-27-99 03:19 PM ET Is this the US version? If so, pick up v2.0, just to level the field. Try renaming the sound.dll, adding the various tweaks in the readme (namely the directdraw and oldvoxel ones), and try sliding your 3D hardware acceleration down to nothing. Also, try reinstalling a typical, and then play without the CD. jkm firaxis games