PRACX v1.10 Release

[DrazharLn]

@Daemonjax,

New release: https://github.com/DrazharLn/pracx/releases/tag/1.09

Changes: https://github.com/DrazharLn/pracx/commit/35d76cb23e4c922ed6fb59fe113a23cd0c1f28d1#diff-2

[DrazharLn]

I had to change compiler for this build for boring reasons. I'd appreciate if someone checked that the patch still works on old systems.

[Quinch]

No idea about older systems, but this might be useful - on Windows 10 x64, running in W7 compatibility mode, the patch will let the game start, however, it is impossible to switch to the game window. I poked around the .ini file and turns out that setting the width and/or height values to something other than <default> fixes it. Not sure which one {or all} specifically, I stopped fiddling once it worked.

That said, thanks for the patch! Makes the game a lot easier to survey!

[DrazharLn]

Thanks for testing. Could you clarify what exactly you mean by "it is impossible to switch to the game window"?

Do you mean that you can't switch *from* the game window?

If I press alt+tab, I get the task switcher appearing, but SMAC keeps focus. Compatibility mode doesn't seem to matter.

alt+enter switches SMAC to windowed mode and it can be task switched in that state.

[Quinch]

Nope, into. It shows up on the taskbar, but clicking on it, or even trying to switch to it from the task manager doesn't do anything.

Edit: Oh, maybe it bears mentioning, I installed PracX on top of Yitzi's patch. Might need to test different combinations a bit.

[Quinch]

Did a bit of trial and error stuff - posted my findings thissaway;

http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=19602.msg106292#msg106292

[Seeker8]

Hi, I'm having a really weird problem with PRACX. I hope someone can help because this is a great mod.

The game keeps pausing, like when the AI is moving after every unit moves by one tile the game stops until i press a key or move the mouse, this keeps happening after every one tile move of a unit. If i hold in a key or keep moving the mouse the computer takes it's turn normally, although sometimes the screen goes white and crashes also. When moving my own units more than one tile it also moves slowly.

I tried reinstalling the whole game a few times but same thing happens only after i install this mod.

It used to work fine but i think it started happening after windows 10 last update which i kept delaying but it forced me to make.

My laptop is quite powerful and can run the game easily so i'm quite sure it's not performance issue.

Anyone ever came across this or have any idea what's causing it?

[Buster's Uncle]

I've been getting that sporadically, lately - in completely unpatched SMAX.

[DrazharLn]

Seeker8, BUncle,

What version of PRACX are you using and did you upgrade PRACX before the pausing started?

Is your cursor near the edge of the screen when the game is paused? There's a known issue where if the cursor is off the playable area or in a place that causes scrolling, the rest of the game is paused.

If you're not on the latest version of PRACX, please update to the latest version and check the issue still occurs.

Seeker8,

What other patches (and their versions) are you using? And is this occurring in SMAC or SMAX?

[Buster's Uncle]

No PRAX at all for me - seems to be just a SMAX thing - like he said, started about a month ago...  -Also, a general sluggishness about pathfinding in the middle of a turn unless you pump a button of move the cursor around.  It was worse at first.

[DrazharLn]

I see.

Seeker8, could you do the stuff in my post above and also try with PRACX disabled in the .ini and see if this keeps happening?

If it does, I'll write some logging code and give you a special debug build that you can run and I'll try to find the issue.

[Seeker8]

I was using version 1.08 for ages and it worked fine, then it suddenly just started happening, i didn't change anything in SMAC.
i just noticed there is a 1.09, so i installed that but the same thing is happening.

No, cursor is not at edge of screen.

It's occurring in SMAC and SMAX. I have gog version which i think said version 5 when i checked the version with nothing else installed, i followed this advice from another web site:"In that case you want to install the SMAC 4.0 patch (you don't need the earlier patches),
the Windows 2000/XP update and scient's unofficial 1.0 patch (in that order)." I also installed Kyrub's patch.
But i've tried the game after every patch and it only happens after i install PRACX.

When i disable PRACX in the .ini file SMAC and SMAX are working fine again.

[Seeker8]

Actually, after playing for about 30 minutes with PRACX disabled the problem is starting to happen more with each turn, at first it was fine, whereas with PRACX enabled it happened insantly. So it seems PRACX just makes the problem worse but still happens when it's disabled.

[Seeker8]

Very confusing. I installed Yitzi's patch earlier and then played my game on SMAX for about an hour and it worked fine with PRACX disabled then as soon as i enabled PRACX it crashed.

I'll keep playing it with PRACX disabled and see if it keeps working fine.

[gwillybj]

That movement delay seems to me to have started with the Win10 Creators Update. I can't get rid of it in any configuration of SMAX, without and with patches. I have to move the mouse a smidge to get the unit to move.
I can't get the Move To line to show up, either. The cursor changes to the yellow arrow okay, so when I release to mouse button the unit acknowledge the order.