PRACX v1.10 Release

[DrazharLn]

Thanks for reporting, for sure.

I could be wrong about the config file - not using windows at the moment so can't confirm.

Good luck with the source! It should build in the latest free version of VB.

[thedarkestcolors]

I find scrolling behaviour a bit strange. Without Pracx when I put the mouse on the borders it immediately scrolls continously that direction. Now with Pracx when I put the mouse towards the border nothing happens until I remove the mouse from the border, then suddenly it does one big jump into uncharted territories. If I change the max Scrolling distance, the jumps become more reasonable, but the long delay before anything happens remains. (Its like the game freezes, all animations are halted when the mouse hits the border until I remove the mouse again.
--> is this intended behaviour (to facilitate long distance scrolling?)
I'm running SMAC/X under WINE in Ubuntu, that could be the cause if this is not intended behaviour.

I tried to fiddle a bit with the settings, but the best I have come up with so far is disabling borderscrolling completely. (I have to restart the game for any changes in PRACX settings to take effect.)

Is there any way to get Vanilla Scrolling behaviour back?

Otherwise its an awesome addition to the game.

[Lxndr]

I'm still experiencing the issue I reported several months ago, last august.  Without PRACX disabled in the ini, terranx.exe crashes

[Kurvivor]

Due to some events i have to use my laptop again, and once again i experience crashes when i run patched executable
What should i attempt to get it running?
Here is a link to a srash dump file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BySU5-Guxi7QOUNqZUgwZXhCM1U/view?usp=sharing

I have Windows 10 installed, by i have experienced the same problems with windows 7 on same hardware before.
Version i am running: GOG SMAX, with patch v1.06 over it

Consequently, i am unable to do my turns in timely manner

[Lxndr]

Kurvivor: That looks like the same thing I'm running into.  the only work-around I've discovered is to disable PRACX. 

Open up Alpha Centauri.ini in the same folder that you have terranx.exe installed. and insert "Disabled=1" into the [PRACX] section (or if there's already a Disabled, set it =1).

[Kurvivor]

Thanks you very much!
That helped

[justinlee999]

Is there any way to disable the Tab button for windowing the game? I'd like to alt+tab without having it windowed every time I do it.

Anyone? Sorry if someone replied but I'm not finding anything about this.

[Buster's Uncle]

Does the renaming terranx.exe trick work with PRAX?

[DrazharLn]

@justinlee,

I've built a new version of PRACX that doesn't window the game when you press tab. The installer is attached to this post.

Edit: See next post, issue wasn't quite fixed.

@lxndr,

I can reproduce the terranx.exe not starting when patched with PRACX bug. I'll try to work out how to fix it.

@BUncle,

Renaming terranx.exe is to get alt-tab to work in the gog version (because gog disabled it with sdb). The PRACX installer enables alt-tab for you anyway.

[DrazharLn]

@lxndr, Kurvivor

Try installing Yitzi's patch 3.3, then re-installing PRACX. That works for me, whereas installing PRACX over vanilla terranx gives an access violation error.

That suggests that:
1) The error is not particular to Win10
2) At some point the unofficial patches changed some chunks of code from executable to data. Probably in scient's original patch.

@justinlee999,

The installer I gave earlier stops Tab from making the game windowed, but alt tab still puts the game into a windowed mode for me.

The version attached to this post fixes that issue and allows alt+enter to toggle windowed/full-screen modes.

Changelog:

v1.07 (04/21/2016)
==================
* No longer becomes windowed when window loses focus.
* TAB no longer toggles windowed/full-screen.
* ALT+ENTER now toggles windowed/full-screen mode.
--DrazharLn

[alphabeta]

Interesting!  As a bonus, doing Yitzi's 3.3 + your PRACX 1.07 also stopped my issue with windows 7 losing its colour calibrations.

So, thanks for that!  Plus its nice to have normal tab key behaviour.

[DrazharLn]

Happy to help, alphabeta

[DrazharLn]

I find scrolling behaviour a bit strange. Without Pracx when I put the mouse on the borders it immediately scrolls continously that direction. Now with Pracx when I put the mouse towards the border nothing happens until I remove the mouse from the border, then suddenly it does one big jump into uncharted territories. If I change the max Scrolling distance, the jumps become more reasonable, but the long delay before anything happens remains. (Its like the game freezes, all animations are halted when the mouse hits the border until I remove the mouse again.
--> is this intended behaviour (to facilitate long distance scrolling?)

This is not intended behaviour.

Is there any way to get Vanilla Scrolling behaviour back?

I don't understand the code well enough to do that for you. The source is available here, though: http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=14811.msg65877

[Buster's Uncle]

...Why not Yitzi's 3.4 patch, BTW?

[DrazharLn]

Yitzi included PRACX in his 3.4 patch, but he didn't do it quite right (didn't package Icons.pcx with it, maybe other things).

Probably PRACX will work over the top of 3.4, or Dio's patch or whatever as well, but I didn't bother testing last night.