PRACX v1.10 Release

[DrazharLn]

What version of windows are you all on?

https://www.howtogeek.com/236195/how-to-find-out-which-build-and-version-of-windows-10-you-have/

If you're on the creators update, why? Did windows install it automatically or did you deliberately install it?

[Seeker8]

Creators update.

It kept telling me to install it and and i kept clicking "do it later". after a few weeks, i can't remember the exact words, but it told me i would have to install it now, and it just done it.

Think i'll try rolling back later, i didn't know you could do it:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/rollback-uninstall-windows-10-creators-update

[Buster's Uncle]

Whatever's current.  There was a large update about a month ago...

[Seeker8]

Rolled it back and seems to have fixed it.

[DrazharLn]

Thanks for the update

[canvas]

hi , is prack removing the sp movies ? i have smax gog with  Yitzi's Unofficial SMAX patch 3.5 +3.5d and  prack 1.09

[DrazharLn]

Pracx should not remove the movies.

Delete all the pracx stuff from your .ini and try again.

If that doesn't work, try playing the film's with playuv15.exe (in the movies folder). Try with and without the -software command line argument.

On holiday with practically zilch internet access, so that's all for now. Back in a week and a half or so.

[valmanwe]

Came back to SMAC and updated my unofficial patches, now I've got PRACX 1.09 installed over kyrub's for SMAC and Yitzi's 3.5d for SMAX. Instead of XP, this time around I'm playing on a Win7 laptop; after reading through this thread and educating myself about the problem with 1366x768 resolution I'm now crash free at 1360x768. The 6 pixels on either side won't be missed. I broke the movies by changing screen res from within the in-game options, but deleting the .ini for a fresh one and punching the new res in manually fixed me right up.

There is only the tiniest most unworthy speck of not-an-issue to report: When loading up SMAX with PRACX active, instead of playing the SMAX intro movie it plays SMAC's intro instead. In any event I much prefer the original intro over watching Progenitor scout ships slug it out for the millionth time, hence my concluding that this can only be the most deliberate and intentional of features, the inclusion of which would never under any circumstance be considered even remotely bug-like. Certainly, there can be no other explanation. 

Almost forgot, when I used PRACX previously the movies would get stretched in widescreen resolutions, forcing me to choose between 4:3 or stretched FMV. That may have been down to a limitation of my desktop monitor and/or limitation of the nvidia driver under XP, but whatever the case it is no longer a concern for me on the laptop. In the event that PRACX actually had some tweaks under the hood to how it handles movies in widescreen, it is not unnoticed nor unappreciated! If not, still a win for me and PRACX is no less great (if not indispensable).

[DrazharLn]

I'm glad you're using PRACX, and thanks for posting feedback

...problem with 1366x768 resolution I'm now crash free at 1360x768. The 6 pixels on either side won't be missed. I broke the movies by changing screen res from within the in-game options, but deleting the .ini for a fresh one and punching the new res in manually fixed me right up.

Thanks for reporting this. I hadn't been able to reproduce this issue, so I didn't do anything about it. I'll have a think about how to improve the situation (just forcing PRACX to always use 1364x768 instead of 1366x768 may cause other issues).

Could you tell me a bit more about how the movies broke when you changed resolution with the in-game options?

When loading up SMAX with PRACX active, instead of playing the SMAX intro movie it plays SMAC's intro instead.

I think this bugfix is attributable to Yitzi as a result of the changes he made to support the SMAC in SMAX project

previously the movies would get stretched in widescreen resolutions

Can't take credit for this. I'm 90% sure this is due to your monitor (some (bad) monitors opt to stretch resolutions that don't fit, some (most?) show black bars).

[JamesTofo]

My problem is my game won't tab or alt-tab. I installed v1.09 and its says it was successful, both the unofficial patch and ur patch are installed now; and I'm a windows 10 user with the GOG version of the game. Anyone have an idea as what is wrong?

[DrazharLn]

Try release v1.10: https://github.com/DrazharLn/pracx/releases/tag/1.10

[Chiu ChunLing]

Hi ho, loving PRACX 1.08, wanting to try 1.10, but the installer won't run (Windows message to that effect was singularly unhelpful too, more than usual even).

This app can't run on your PC.
To find a version for your PC, check with the software publisher.

Is it okay to just use the v1.10 .dll's without going through the install process, since the terran.exe is already patched to load them?

[DrazharLn]

Yep, copying the dlls will be fine.

You might want to get the nicer resource overlay images from the installer or github repo though. https://github.com/DrazharLn/pracx/tree/master/resources

Just paste the one you want into the SMAC dir renaming as Icons.pcx if necessary. Icons.pcx (same as Icons-outlines) is the one I decided is best.

The installer just backs up the existing terranx?.exe and copies the dlls and an image into the right places and then runs the patching script.

I don't know why the installer isn't working for you. Sorry.

[Chiu ChunLing]

Probably something to do with being an older PC.  Anyway, cool.

[ultimo]

Hey! Very nice patch! But for some reason world map square of current view don't change