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Beabo posted 02-18-99 04:09 PM ET
I get these wierd green lines appearing across the screen in all my movies except for the Merchant Exchange(at least so far). My computer meets all the requirements. I have DirectX 6.0. If you could offer assistance it would be much appreciated. Other than that I would like to thank you for developing such a wonderful game.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-18-99 04:23 PM ET
If you have an ATI graphics card, download the latest driver from their website. Otherwise, run DXDiag.exe and look for "!" on the various pages. Also try running the tests for directdraw. If you see any problems with those, add directdraw=0 to the alpha centauri.ini file. The readme.txt contains other troubleshooting tweaks that may help.
jkm
firaxis games
Beabo posted 02-20-99 08:18 AM ET
I do not have an ATI video card. I have a S3 Vision968 PCI. I ran the DXDiag.exe and their were a few question marks, but what can I do about that. Also I looked at the DirectDraw test and it seemed fine, but when I looked at the alpha centauri.ini file and I didn't see any "DirectDraw=" line. All I saw was the following:
[Alpha Centauri]
MainFontSize=16
InterludeFontSize=16
Prefs Format=12
Difficulty=0
Map Type=0
Top Menu=3
Faction=1
Preferences=10111011101000010101110110101011
More Preferences=1111000111110101101000
Semaphore=00000000
Announce=1010001001
Rules=1101000001110
Customize=0
Custom World=2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
Time Controls=1
WinsFileBox=0
Latest Save=E:\Games\SMAC\saves\First Try
Latest Scenario=
ds3d=1
eax=1
FastUnitAnim=0
SmoothUnitAnim=0
WindowsFileBox=0
Main Volume=127
Voice Volume=127
Music Volume=127
SFX Volume=127
[PREFERENCES]
ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=0
Thank you for your quick reply before. I know your busy improving and building more games. I hope this information is helpful.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-20-99 11:52 AM ET
Just add that directdraw=0 line to the alpha centauri.ini file. Also, the S3 chipset is very common in ATI cards. Look for new drivers.
jkm
firaxis games
Beabo posted 02-20-99 04:07 PM ET
Thanks, I didn't know that. I got the new drivers that were released recently and they work great. I look forward to watching all the movies the way they were meant to be seen. Once more I just wanted to thank you for such quick assistance.
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Author	Topic: Green lines in movie
Beabo	posted 02-18-99 04:09 PM ET I get these wierd green lines appearing across the screen in all my movies except for the Merchant Exchange(at least so far). My computer meets all the requirements. I have DirectX 6.0. If you could offer assistance it would be much appreciated. Other than that I would like to thank you for developing such a wonderful game.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-18-99 04:23 PM ET If you have an ATI graphics card, download the latest driver from their website. Otherwise, run DXDiag.exe and look for "!" on the various pages. Also try running the tests for directdraw. If you see any problems with those, add directdraw=0 to the alpha centauri.ini file. The readme.txt contains other troubleshooting tweaks that may help. jkm firaxis games
Beabo	posted 02-20-99 08:18 AM ET I do not have an ATI video card. I have a S3 Vision968 PCI. I ran the DXDiag.exe and their were a few question marks, but what can I do about that. Also I looked at the DirectDraw test and it seemed fine, but when I looked at the alpha centauri.ini file and I didn't see any "DirectDraw=" line. All I saw was the following: [Alpha Centauri] MainFontSize=16 InterludeFontSize=16 Prefs Format=12 Difficulty=0 Map Type=0 Top Menu=3 Faction=1 Preferences=10111011101000010101110110101011 More Preferences=1111000111110101101000 Semaphore=00000000 Announce=1010001001 Rules=1101000001110 Customize=0 Custom World=2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, Time Controls=1 WinsFileBox=0 Latest Save=E:\Games\SMAC\saves\First Try Latest Scenario= ds3d=1 eax=1 FastUnitAnim=0 SmoothUnitAnim=0 WindowsFileBox=0 Main Volume=127 Voice Volume=127 Music Volume=127 SFX Volume=127 [PREFERENCES] ForceOldVoxelAlgorithm=0 Thank you for your quick reply before. I know your busy improving and building more games. I hope this information is helpful.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-20-99 11:52 AM ET Just add that directdraw=0 line to the alpha centauri.ini file. Also, the S3 chipset is very common in ATI cards. Look for new drivers. jkm firaxis games
Beabo	posted 02-20-99 04:07 PM ET Thanks, I didn't know that. I got the new drivers that were released recently and they work great. I look forward to watching all the movies the way they were meant to be seen. Once more I just wanted to thank you for such quick assistance.