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vee posted 09-18-99 06:44 PM ET
has anyone encountered an error where the game stops, flashes a message that says something about a terran.exe error and then the game crashes?
thanks
SMAniaC posted 09-18-99 07:24 PM ET
Constantly.
itdoesntfit posted 09-18-99 07:33 PM ET
I don't know, you know the Windows 98 web page formatt? I type d:\sid meier/alpha centauri/terran.exe and the game starts then freezes. I can only start the game from the autorun on the CD, but I don't mind.
itdoesntfit posted 09-18-99 07:35 PM ET
oops, I mean d:\sid meier\alpha centauri\terran.exe. I accidentely typed it as a web page, I mixed it up.
yin26 posted 09-19-99 12:12 AM ET
That problem was quite common until the first patch or so. What version are you playing? You should be using 3 at least, though 4 fixed a few things (except load times, which went the other direction).
itdoesntfit posted 09-19-99 10:45 PM ET
patch 4.0, the loading takes FOREVER! And another thing, when you cheat a lot, the game instantly collapses and the save is damaged, even if you saved it before this error, is it just my problem?
yin26 posted 09-19-99 11:55 PM ET
Ha! That would be a cheap and dirty way to stop players from cheating. I kind of like that if it was done on purpose: "We won't fix the problem--but we'll fix YOUR lazy, cheating..."
Well, I can't confirm it since I stopped playing a while back. Plus, I never cheat in games--unless I'm testing something. Though I might just load up again and do some cheating just for fun to see if Firaxis is getting revenge.
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Author	Topic: TERRAN.EXE BUG
vee	posted 09-18-99 06:44 PM ET has anyone encountered an error where the game stops, flashes a message that says something about a terran.exe error and then the game crashes? thanks
SMAniaC	posted 09-18-99 07:24 PM ET Constantly.
itdoesntfit	posted 09-18-99 07:33 PM ET I don't know, you know the Windows 98 web page formatt? I type d:\sid meier/alpha centauri/terran.exe and the game starts then freezes. I can only start the game from the autorun on the CD, but I don't mind.
itdoesntfit	posted 09-18-99 07:35 PM ET oops, I mean d:\sid meier\alpha centauri\terran.exe. I accidentely typed it as a web page, I mixed it up.
yin26	posted 09-19-99 12:12 AM ET That problem was quite common until the first patch or so. What version are you playing? You should be using 3 at least, though 4 fixed a few things (except load times, which went the other direction).
itdoesntfit	posted 09-19-99 10:45 PM ET patch 4.0, the loading takes FOREVER! And another thing, when you cheat a lot, the game instantly collapses and the save is damaged, even if you saved it before this error, is it just my problem?
yin26	posted 09-19-99 11:55 PM ET Ha! That would be a cheap and dirty way to stop players from cheating. I kind of like that if it was done on purpose: "We won't fix the problem--but we'll fix YOUR lazy, cheating..." Well, I can't confirm it since I stopped playing a while back. Plus, I never cheat in games--unless I'm testing something. Though I might just load up again and do some cheating just for fun to see if Firaxis is getting revenge.