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katleman posted 02-11-99 04:58 AM ET
I'm running into a problem with SMAC.
Both the static "Firaxis" screen and
the beginning menu screen come up with
what looks like a color map problem
(limited number of colors and they are all
wrong) The movies and the animated Firaxis
logo look just fine.
I've tried dropping the resolution way down
and turning off the acceleration on the
graphics card. And I've installed the
directx drivers from the cdrom, just in
case. Nada.
Here's info from DXINFO:
OS
Windows 98 : 4.10 Build 1998
Language : English (current regional setting: English)
Debug Build : No
CPU : Intel Pentium II MMX
# of Processors: 1
Physical memory: 128 MB RAM
Page file space: 1874 MB free, 46 MB in use
(1920 MB total)
DirectX Components
DirectX Version: 4.06.00.0318
Components incorrectly loaded in C:\WINDOWS:
None
Display
Card name : STB Velocity 4400
Manufacturer : STB Systems, Inc.
Chip type :
DAC type :
PnP or PCI ID : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0020&SUBSYS_273C10B4
Display Memory : n/a
Driver : v128iid.drv
Version : 4.10.01.0152 "4.10.01.0152" English Final Retail
Date and Size : 12/16/98 16:10:58 656716 bytes
Current files : v128iid.drv(English),*vdd,v128iid.vxd(English)
Refresh rate : -1 (uses Optimal rate)
Resolution : 1600 x 1200
Colors : 16.7M (32 Bits/Pixel, 1 Plane(s))

Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-11-99 09:55 AM ET
Try to manually set your desktop resolution to 1024x768x256 colors (8 bit). Another options is to disable directdraw in the Alpha Centauri.ini file. Set it to 0.
jkm
firaxis games
katleman posted 02-11-99 11:56 AM ET
Thanks for the quick response!
Setting to 8bit color had no effect.
Adding the line "directdraw=0" to the
Alpha Centauri.ini file worked.
I take it that the highest resolution
I can be in to run SMAC is 1024x768,
and that nothing higher is supported...
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Author	Topic: SMAC graphics problem, color map?
katleman	posted 02-11-99 04:58 AM ET I'm running into a problem with SMAC. Both the static "Firaxis" screen and the beginning menu screen come up with what looks like a color map problem (limited number of colors and they are all wrong) The movies and the animated Firaxis logo look just fine. I've tried dropping the resolution way down and turning off the acceleration on the graphics card. And I've installed the directx drivers from the cdrom, just in case. Nada. Here's info from DXINFO: OS Windows 98 : 4.10 Build 1998 Language : English (current regional setting: English) Debug Build : No CPU : Intel Pentium II MMX # of Processors: 1 Physical memory: 128 MB RAM Page file space: 1874 MB free, 46 MB in use (1920 MB total) DirectX Components DirectX Version: 4.06.00.0318 Components incorrectly loaded in C:\WINDOWS: None Display Card name : STB Velocity 4400 Manufacturer : STB Systems, Inc. Chip type : DAC type : PnP or PCI ID : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0020&SUBSYS_273C10B4 Display Memory : n/a Driver : v128iid.drv Version : 4.10.01.0152 "4.10.01.0152" English Final Retail Date and Size : 12/16/98 16:10:58 656716 bytes Current files : v128iid.drv(English),*vdd,v128iid.vxd(English) Refresh rate : -1 (uses Optimal rate) Resolution : 1600 x 1200 Colors : 16.7M (32 Bits/Pixel, 1 Plane(s))
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-11-99 09:55 AM ET Try to manually set your desktop resolution to 1024x768x256 colors (8 bit). Another options is to disable directdraw in the Alpha Centauri.ini file. Set it to 0. jkm firaxis games
katleman	posted 02-11-99 11:56 AM ET Thanks for the quick response! Setting to 8bit color had no effect. Adding the line "directdraw=0" to the Alpha Centauri.ini file worked. I take it that the highest resolution I can be in to run SMAC is 1024x768, and that nothing higher is supported...