Good Old Games version
Application Details:
Version: | GoG |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.firaxis.com/smac/ |
Votes: | 3 |
Latest Rating: | Silver |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 6.6 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
The installation and the game in itself work.
The faction editor has also been tested and works very well.
What does not
There is a problem with the sound : sometimes there are cracking noises when some sounds play, like the sound playing when activating an unit or using the UI. It is annoying at first but after 5-10 minutes we can completely forget that it is there.
Moreover, the game launches in a small window and, in-game, it is impossible to modify the game's resolution or to choose to play fullscreen.
Workarounds
Here is a workaround to play in fullscreen :
- open Alpha Centauri's folder,
- open Alpha Centauri.Ini
- below [Alpha Centauri], write DirectDraw=0
- save and close the file.
Now the game should launch in fulllscreen, however the UI will not scale and the cinematics will still play in a window.
What was not tested
Multiplayer, except hotseat mode.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 11 2021 | 6.6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | James Blackburn | |
Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Sep 13 2020 | 5.17 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Young Freud | |
Show | Manjaro 18.1.0 | Sep 13 2019 | 4.15 | Yes | Yes | No | Platinum | Matthew | |
Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Jun 18 2018 | 3.10 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | James Blackburn | |
Current | Arch Linux x86_64 | Nov 11 2017 | 2.21-staging | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | Maximilien 'Vaeralys' Merten-Pallanca |
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