Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => The Theory of Everything => Topic started by: fuze2100 on November 27, 2016, 04:57:57 AM

Title: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 27, 2016, 04:57:57 AM

i have the 2 games from gog downloaded and game is up to 2.02 it says for gog.

i tried running the patch but it would just crash on me after first clik.  i can still play smacx regularly but im not sure if i got patch in right place or what the issue may be.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 27, 2016, 10:03:29 PM

would any one be willing to help me get yitzi patch to work please?

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Mart on November 27, 2016, 11:58:58 PM

Hi,
Are you using Windows or Mac OS?

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 28, 2016, 02:11:22 AM

i am using windows
it looks like i tried to use 3.4 patch. but not sure if its like that or a one with a letter after it. but notes say 3.4

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Mart on November 28, 2016, 07:00:43 AM

Try the latest, 3.5, but use also the newest correction, 3.5c I believe?
The patch is also integrated with PRACX so additionally it should be enabled too.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 28, 2016, 02:27:45 PM

i tried reinstalling the game and the patch.. but to tell you the truth. i am lost.. i don't know how to tell if patch works. cause when i click the terranx thing that downloads, it just opens a window but quickly shuts it.. that's all i get from yitzi.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Buster's Uncle on November 28, 2016, 02:29:40 PM

I pinged Yitzi yesterday, to be sure he sees this...

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Yitzi on November 28, 2016, 03:09:30 PM

Did you install the .exe file from the patch into the same location that the original .exe was?  (If you want a backup of the original, you can rename it so it isn't overwritten).  The only time I've gotten a "opens window but quickly shuts it" problem with SMACX was when I ran the executable from the wrong directory.

If so: Was it working properly before you installed the patch?

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 28, 2016, 07:20:56 PM

i belive it was working, i can play game by double clicking game icon to play it.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Yitzi on November 28, 2016, 08:52:14 PM

Quote from: fuze2100 on November 28, 2016, 07:20:56 PM

i belive it was working, i can play game by double clicking game icon to play it.

Hmm...so, just to get this straight: It was working, then you installed the patch (overwriting the old version) and now it doesn't work?

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Mart on November 28, 2016, 08:57:29 PM

I don't know, if this is what you have done, but maybe open directly game folder. and start the game by clicking terranx.exe
The name "terranx.exe" does not really need to be it. You can rename it, so maybe place patch exe with some addition, like:
terranx_3_5.exe or something like that to keep it distinct.
Remember also, that all files are needed from patch, e.g. PRACX files.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: gwillybj on November 28, 2016, 09:27:14 PM

The 3.5 patch must be downloaded before the 3.5c patch, because it contains necessary text files. (The PatchReadme.txt in 3.5 explains which ones Must be copied to the game directory.)

The game executable does indeed need to be terranx.exe - I found this out myself.

You can certainly rename any previous terranx.exe you want to keep with their version numbers as a reminder. I have all of the patches since 33b in a separate folder.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Mart on November 28, 2016, 09:54:53 PM

Ah, yes. Previously different exe names were working. Now they do not.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Yitzi on November 28, 2016, 10:01:56 PM

Quote from: gwillybj on November 28, 2016, 09:27:14 PM

The 3.5 patch must be downloaded before the 3.5c patch, because it contains necessary text files. (The PatchReadme.txt in 3.5 explains which ones Must be copied to the game directory.)

This isn't his problem, though; failure to do that will give an error message, not just a game crash.

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The game executable does indeed need to be terranx.exe - I found this out myself.

Renaming doesn't cause problems for me...

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Mart on November 28, 2016, 10:07:41 PM

I remember renaming was working previously, but was it around PRACX patch it stopped working?
Maybe now it works. Possibly only PRACX patch applied alone has this "terranx.exe" required name.
Or, it depends how one starts the game.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Yitzi on November 28, 2016, 10:13:36 PM

Quote from: Mart on November 28, 2016, 10:07:41 PM

I remember renaming was working previously, but was it around PRACX patch it stopped working?
Maybe now it works. Possibly only PRACX patch applied alone has this "terranx.exe" required name.
Or, it depends how one starts the game.

Could be.  If you start it from the "expansion/original" screen, it probably needs to be named terranx.exe, and I run with PRACX disabled.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 29, 2016, 12:01:55 AM

OK lets see what i did.. ill try some else out like you have mentioned to get 3 and 3.5 .. and what im saying is, i can play normal game just fine in aliens crossfire.. but clicking the downloaded patch thing just closes a quick window..

i still tried to copy the patch files from 3.5 to the game.. see if it did any thing. i haven't seen a difference.

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: Yitzi on November 29, 2016, 12:14:46 AM

Quote from: fuze2100 on November 29, 2016, 12:01:55 AM

OK lets see what i did.. ill try some else out like you have mentioned to get 3 and 3.5 .. and what im saying is, i can play normal game just fine in aliens crossfire.. but clicking the downloaded patch thing just closes a quick window..

i still tried to copy the patch files from 3.5 to the game.. see if it did any thing. i haven't seen a difference.

Hmm...can you open up your Alpha Centauri folder in Windows Explorer and post a screenshot?

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on November 29, 2016, 06:45:36 PM

i have good news.. i can now play patch. it would eems i did need 3.5 and 3.5c as well as to rename the exe file..
thanks to all for the feed back, and having this discussion witch led to ideas coming up to help me out.

thank you

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: gwillybj on November 30, 2016, 03:25:03 AM

 ;b;

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: fuze2100 on December 10, 2016, 11:25:40 PM

well the patch was a blast, i tried it on the 4 mp map and with 7 factions.  it took me 2 weeks to beat it.
first map where i had to really think about placing each of my bases and how to get the to grow best there. . i was a lone so that ment id win any ways.. but i was amazed how well the other factions played. .

the care takers.. were stupid though, i think they the only time since i played all of my yrs that a faction has 40 missiles and dont use but 4 of them on me..   made him pretty easy to kill that way. . sparta was actually a pain .
 destroyed my air force many times that i sent to help the giains out.  but eventualy we got sparta beat down.
o ver all i like the way things played out..  now if only there was a way to auto plant forest for formers..

Title: Re: cannot get yitzi patch to run
Post by: gwillybj on December 10, 2016, 11:33:14 PM

So happy it's working :danc: