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Mark fed up of crashes posted 04-30-99 04:59 AM ET
I am still experienceing a horrendus number of crashes and the number of bugs in the game is still unacceptable. When will the next patch be available??
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 04-30-99 09:48 AM ET
Not anytime soon. Most (if not all) of the terran.exe fatals are system configuration problems so expecting the patch to solve them is unrealistic. What are your system specs? Where to the crashes explicitly occur? What have you already tried to solve them?
jkm
firaxis games
S_Carton_Esq posted 04-30-99 06:16 PM ET
Well, I have experienced an interesting system crash. Why don't you tell me if you think this is a system configuration problem? The problem occurs when you have an "air defense scrambles near base x" situation. Basically, whenever an enemy attacks a unit near one of my bases that has an air interceptor in it, I see the "air defense scrambles..." message at the bottom of the screen, I see the air interceptor spin arround in the base, preparing to move out, and then I get a windows "Program has performed an illegal opperation and had been shut down message". This situation would be a real pain (it would in fact make the game unplayable), except that I have figured out a way to fix the problem. Apparantly the game needs to be "primed" for the air defense feature to work properly. I have a saved file set up using the scenario editer in which a needlejet is about to attack a unit outside an enemy base that has an air interceptor in it. I call this the "primer" file. If I start a new game, immediately load up the primer file and make the air attack, the air defense feature works without crashing and continues to work without crashing as long as I have the game running (if I quit from the game program I have to prime it again). Interestingly enough, the primer file will cause an illegal opperation error when I try the air attack if I try to load it directly from the startup menu (without starting a new game first) and will also cause an error if I load it from a game that has advanced several turns - that is, to the point where everone has developed air power through normal (non-scenario editer) means. So tell me, does this sound like a "system configuration" problem to you, or more like a bug in the game program?
jimmytrick posted 04-30-99 06:48 PM ET
To all loyal Gaian subjects, and our Spartan and Morganic allies:
Salutations!
You are hereby authorized to use all non-lethal, covert methods to infiltrate the datalinks of the Sid Reynolds Firaxis faction for the following purpose:
Indentification and capture of the perpetrator who sold Miriam and Brother Lal the "teleporting" missle tech that they have used to terrorize our collective bases for these past 84 years.
Remember our brethren who were vaporized by Lal's unlimited range PB. They must be avenged. We have unconfirmed information that an individual with the initials JKM may be involved. The use of mind worm units is authorized. Good hunting!
Lord Zod the Green
M E Shugna posted 04-30-99 09:49 PM ET
Hope there is a patch for terran.x soon.
Defraging HD every day and playing with no sound and still get terran.exe crash. A friend has been playing smac without crashes
only differences are cpu and motherboard,same video and sound cards. So how come I crash and he doesn't????
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 05-01-99 10:26 AM ET
S_Carton: Please send both saves illustrating (and solving) the problem to [email protected]. This was a version 3 game?
M E: What's the complete system specs? What have you explicitly tried so far?
jkm
firaxis games
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Author	Topic: When will patch v4.0 be available
Mark fed up of crashes	posted 04-30-99 04:59 AM ET I am still experienceing a horrendus number of crashes and the number of bugs in the game is still unacceptable. When will the next patch be available??
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 04-30-99 09:48 AM ET Not anytime soon. Most (if not all) of the terran.exe fatals are system configuration problems so expecting the patch to solve them is unrealistic. What are your system specs? Where to the crashes explicitly occur? What have you already tried to solve them? jkm firaxis games
S_Carton_Esq	posted 04-30-99 06:16 PM ET Well, I have experienced an interesting system crash. Why don't you tell me if you think this is a system configuration problem? The problem occurs when you have an "air defense scrambles near base x" situation. Basically, whenever an enemy attacks a unit near one of my bases that has an air interceptor in it, I see the "air defense scrambles..." message at the bottom of the screen, I see the air interceptor spin arround in the base, preparing to move out, and then I get a windows "Program has performed an illegal opperation and had been shut down message". This situation would be a real pain (it would in fact make the game unplayable), except that I have figured out a way to fix the problem. Apparantly the game needs to be "primed" for the air defense feature to work properly. I have a saved file set up using the scenario editer in which a needlejet is about to attack a unit outside an enemy base that has an air interceptor in it. I call this the "primer" file. If I start a new game, immediately load up the primer file and make the air attack, the air defense feature works without crashing and continues to work without crashing as long as I have the game running (if I quit from the game program I have to prime it again). Interestingly enough, the primer file will cause an illegal opperation error when I try the air attack if I try to load it directly from the startup menu (without starting a new game first) and will also cause an error if I load it from a game that has advanced several turns - that is, to the point where everone has developed air power through normal (non-scenario editer) means. So tell me, does this sound like a "system configuration" problem to you, or more like a bug in the game program?
jimmytrick	posted 04-30-99 06:48 PM ET To all loyal Gaian subjects, and our Spartan and Morganic allies: Salutations! You are hereby authorized to use all non-lethal, covert methods to infiltrate the datalinks of the Sid Reynolds Firaxis faction for the following purpose: Indentification and capture of the perpetrator who sold Miriam and Brother Lal the "teleporting" missle tech that they have used to terrorize our collective bases for these past 84 years. Remember our brethren who were vaporized by Lal's unlimited range PB. They must be avenged. We have unconfirmed information that an individual with the initials JKM may be involved. The use of mind worm units is authorized. Good hunting! Lord Zod the Green
M E Shugna	posted 04-30-99 09:49 PM ET Hope there is a patch for terran.x soon. Defraging HD every day and playing with no sound and still get terran.exe crash. A friend has been playing smac without crashes only differences are cpu and motherboard,same video and sound cards. So how come I crash and he doesn't????
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 05-01-99 10:26 AM ET S_Carton: Please send both saves illustrating (and solving) the problem to [email protected]. This was a version 3 game? M E: What's the complete system specs? What have you explicitly tried so far? jkm firaxis games