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Juggler posted 05-05-99 11:02 AM ET
I've tried everything. Renaming sound.dll, changing the values of AEX etc, even tried the old voxels. I have UK version 3, I play with my owm faction The Human Collective.
My system
AMD K6-233 (not overclocked)
64 MB SDRAM
8 MB Diamond Viper V550 AGP
7,6 GB Quantum EX
ATC 5220 ATX mainboard
Atapi Zip drive
36x A-open Cdrom
Teles 16.3 BRI ISDN adaptor
NE2000 comp. network adaptor
HP694C
Diamond Monster 1
Direct X 6.1
Windows 98 with IE5
Full install of alpha
Crashes were as followed:

Windows 98-versie 4.10.1998
TERRAN.EXE heeft fout #c0000005 veroorzaakt in (Onbekend) op adres 0177:8a446eed
Registers:
EAX=000000f0 CS=0177 EIP=8a446eed EFLGS=00010282
EBX=fffffff8 SS=017f ESP=00bf4c4c EBP=00bf4cd4
ECX=82afe470 DS=017f ESI=000b0000 FS=2bd7
EDX=0005c71c ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000
Stapel-dump:
00bf525c 00749d48 ffffffff ffffffff 00000002 00000002 00245555 00125556 0008d555 fff6d556 fffffff0 00000008 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000003
indows 98-versie 4.10.1998
TERRAN heeft een fout met betrekking tot een ongeldige pagina veroorzaakt in
module <onbekend> op00de:590329fc.
Registers:
EAX=00000400 CS=0177 EIP=590329fc EFLGS=00010286
EBX=000001b0 SS=017f ESP=00bf9f44 EBP=00bf9fcc
ECX=84e25c00 DS=017f ESI=00230000 FS=39cf
EDX=001b5df0 ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000
Bytes in CS:EIP:
Stackdump:
00bfa554 00749db8 ffffffff ffffffff 0000000d 00000001 00002210 0028ce48 fffffd64 00011782 0000018d 00000000 ffffffff ffffffdd 00000030 00000031
Windows 98-versie 4.10.1998
TERRAN.EXE heeft fout #c0000005 veroorzaakt in (Onbekend) op adres 0177:590329fc
Registers:
EAX=00000400 CS=0177 EIP=590329fc EFLGS=00010286
EBX=0000013c SS=017f ESP=00bfa16c EBP=00bfa1f4
ECX=84a05c00 DS=017f ESI=000a0000 FS=2c47
EDX=000e4e9a ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000
Stapel-dump:
00bfa77c 00749e28 ffffffff ffffffff 0000000a 00000001 00002ab0 00252aa0 fffffbbc 0001c888 00000130 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffe3 00000012 0000001e
Windows 98-versie 4.10.1998
TERRAN heeft een fout met betrekking tot een ongeldige pagina veroorzaakt in
module TERRAN.EXE op0177:00461914.
Registers:
EAX=9fbf00df CS=0177 EIP=00461914 EFLGS=00010282
EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=00bfa0b4 EBP=00bfa68c
ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=00000019 FS=335f
EDX=00000058 ES=017f EDI=00000045 GS=0000
Bytes in CS:EIP:
0f 8c a9 00 00 00 3b 35 d8 06 91 00 0f 8d 9d 00
Stackdump:
00bfa0b8 00000047 008dd500 00000019 01010101 01010101 00004e01 00000000 14110000 00004e15 00000000 01010000 00000101 14110000 00004e15 14110000
I hope you guys @ Firaxis can help me out. The troubles started after I upgraded from v2.0 to v3.0 (I removed and re-installed the game).
Juggler
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 05-05-99 11:31 AM ET
A few things to try:
Try setting your hardware acceleration to 0. Right-click on my computer, select properties, then performance, then graphics. Set the slider to 0.
Try a default faction. Does the crash still occur?
Whats (Onbekend)? Terran is causing the crash in that module most of the time, but it's not one that I recognize.
Run DXDiag.exe and see what it thinks of your drivers. I'd recommend running the tests as well.
jkm
firaxis games
Juggler posted 05-05-99 12:00 PM ET
Thanx for replying so quickly. It's great to see a company putting so much effort in helping their customers.
I'll try a standard faction and lowering my hardware accelaration

TERRAN.EXE heeft fout #c0000005 veroorzaakt in (Onbekend) op adres 0177:590329fc
means
TERRAN.EXE caused a failure #c0000005 in (Unknown) at adres 0177:590329fc
Dxdiagnose states that
(sb16snd.drv, sbawe32.drv, sbfm.drv) aren't MS certified but all test are positive.

I just wonder, I didn't have these problems with version 2.0, same faction, but at the time I had an Viper V330 4mb PCI.
Once more thank you,
gotta go now, I need to play smac
Juggler
Juggler posted 05-05-99 04:01 PM ET
Well disabling video hardware acceleration seems to work, don't know why but it works
Juggler
foxr posted 05-09-99 05:11 PM ET
I tried turning my acceleration down, and it didn't help. Anyway, if I turn it off, I can't play a lot of my other games, and it's kinda annoying having to restart my computer every time I want to play Alpha Centauri.
Mind you, I don't think I have the 3.0 patch yet. I tried to get it but the link didn't work, so maybe I'll try it again later.
Monotox posted 05-19-99 08:53 AM ET
i've got the same problem, and putting down the accelerator doesnt help.
i've got the german version, and i can't play more than 5 minutes.
i have a AMD-2K6 400 Mhz, 128 MB Ram, 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee (16MB), Addonics SV550 Soundcard and more than 4 Gigas free harddisk-space...
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Author	Topic: HELP!!! Game crashes very often (between 4 or 20 turns
Juggler	posted 05-05-99 11:02 AM ET I've tried everything. Renaming sound.dll, changing the values of AEX etc, even tried the old voxels. I have UK version 3, I play with my owm faction The Human Collective. My system AMD K6-233 (not overclocked) 64 MB SDRAM 8 MB Diamond Viper V550 AGP 7,6 GB Quantum EX ATC 5220 ATX mainboard Atapi Zip drive 36x A-open Cdrom Teles 16.3 BRI ISDN adaptor NE2000 comp. network adaptor HP694C Diamond Monster 1 Direct X 6.1 Windows 98 with IE5 Full install of alpha Crashes were as followed: Windows 98-versie 4.10.1998 TERRAN.EXE heeft fout #c0000005 veroorzaakt in (Onbekend) op adres 0177:8a446eed Registers: EAX=000000f0 CS=0177 EIP=8a446eed EFLGS=00010282 EBX=fffffff8 SS=017f ESP=00bf4c4c EBP=00bf4cd4 ECX=82afe470 DS=017f ESI=000b0000 FS=2bd7 EDX=0005c71c ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000 Stapel-dump: 00bf525c 00749d48 ffffffff ffffffff 00000002 00000002 00245555 00125556 0008d555 fff6d556 fffffff0 00000008 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000003 indows 98-versie 4.10.1998 TERRAN heeft een fout met betrekking tot een ongeldige pagina veroorzaakt in module <onbekend> op00de:590329fc. Registers: EAX=00000400 CS=0177 EIP=590329fc EFLGS=00010286 EBX=000001b0 SS=017f ESP=00bf9f44 EBP=00bf9fcc ECX=84e25c00 DS=017f ESI=00230000 FS=39cf EDX=001b5df0 ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000 Bytes in CS:EIP: Stackdump: 00bfa554 00749db8 ffffffff ffffffff 0000000d 00000001 00002210 0028ce48 fffffd64 00011782 0000018d 00000000 ffffffff ffffffdd 00000030 00000031 Windows 98-versie 4.10.1998 TERRAN.EXE heeft fout #c0000005 veroorzaakt in (Onbekend) op adres 0177:590329fc Registers: EAX=00000400 CS=0177 EIP=590329fc EFLGS=00010286 EBX=0000013c SS=017f ESP=00bfa16c EBP=00bfa1f4 ECX=84a05c00 DS=017f ESI=000a0000 FS=2c47 EDX=000e4e9a ES=017f EDI=00000001 GS=0000 Stapel-dump: 00bfa77c 00749e28 ffffffff ffffffff 0000000a 00000001 00002ab0 00252aa0 fffffbbc 0001c888 00000130 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffe3 00000012 0000001e Windows 98-versie 4.10.1998 TERRAN heeft een fout met betrekking tot een ongeldige pagina veroorzaakt in module TERRAN.EXE op0177:00461914. Registers: EAX=9fbf00df CS=0177 EIP=00461914 EFLGS=00010282 EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=00bfa0b4 EBP=00bfa68c ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=00000019 FS=335f EDX=00000058 ES=017f EDI=00000045 GS=0000 Bytes in CS:EIP: 0f 8c a9 00 00 00 3b 35 d8 06 91 00 0f 8d 9d 00 Stackdump: 00bfa0b8 00000047 008dd500 00000019 01010101 01010101 00004e01 00000000 14110000 00004e15 00000000 01010000 00000101 14110000 00004e15 14110000 I hope you guys @ Firaxis can help me out. The troubles started after I upgraded from v2.0 to v3.0 (I removed and re-installed the game). Juggler
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 05-05-99 11:31 AM ET A few things to try: Try setting your hardware acceleration to 0. Right-click on my computer, select properties, then performance, then graphics. Set the slider to 0. Try a default faction. Does the crash still occur? Whats (Onbekend)? Terran is causing the crash in that module most of the time, but it's not one that I recognize. Run DXDiag.exe and see what it thinks of your drivers. I'd recommend running the tests as well. jkm firaxis games
Juggler	posted 05-05-99 12:00 PM ET Thanx for replying so quickly. It's great to see a company putting so much effort in helping their customers. I'll try a standard faction and lowering my hardware accelaration TERRAN.EXE heeft fout #c0000005 veroorzaakt in (Onbekend) op adres 0177:590329fc means TERRAN.EXE caused a failure #c0000005 in (Unknown) at adres 0177:590329fc Dxdiagnose states that (sb16snd.drv, sbawe32.drv, sbfm.drv) aren't MS certified but all test are positive. I just wonder, I didn't have these problems with version 2.0, same faction, but at the time I had an Viper V330 4mb PCI. Once more thank you, gotta go now, I need to play smac Juggler
Juggler	posted 05-05-99 04:01 PM ET Well disabling video hardware acceleration seems to work, don't know why but it works Juggler
foxr	posted 05-09-99 05:11 PM ET I tried turning my acceleration down, and it didn't help. Anyway, if I turn it off, I can't play a lot of my other games, and it's kinda annoying having to restart my computer every time I want to play Alpha Centauri. Mind you, I don't think I have the 3.0 patch yet. I tried to get it but the link didn't work, so maybe I'll try it again later.
Monotox	posted 05-19-99 08:53 AM ET i've got the same problem, and putting down the accelerator doesnt help. i've got the german version, and i can't play more than 5 minutes. i have a AMD-2K6 400 Mhz, 128 MB Ram, 3Dfx Voodoo Banshee (16MB), Addonics SV550 Soundcard and more than 4 Gigas free harddisk-space...