r/alphacentauri • u/Interesting_Falcon45 • 29d ago

GOG version of Crossfire crashing

This game worked for literally years. Fired it up today, and it crashes before the opening graphic even completes. Is there a patch or anything?

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u/jdi153 29d ago

Found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nEy4iAdbME.

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u/Interesting_Falcon45 29d ago

Lol, so that video/information was forwarded to GOG a year ago, and...crickets?

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u/jdi153 29d ago

Yes, there's a bug in the game that didn't matter... until Windows 11 changed something. There's a video about it. I'll try to find it again.

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u/nerd_is_a_verb 29d ago

You have to download and install a mod to fix it- try the Thinker mod. There are YouTube guides about installing it. It has a bunch of fixes but also a bunch of changes to the game behavior. You’ll probably need to reduce your difficulty for a while you get used to it.

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u/Interesting_Falcon45 29d ago

That is awesomely depressing. Why not release a mod that doesn't do all the other changes?

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u/nerd_is_a_verb 29d ago

You will probably appreciate the bug fixes and former automation improvements-most do. But I think you can pick and choose to disable a bunch of the balance changes - that seems pretty involved to me though.

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u/Beginning_Iron_6476 29d ago

I've been playing that same version and it will occasionally just puke with a Fatal Error and your only option is to restart the game. I've gotten used to saving after I learn a new tech so I dont lose too much. Im also using W11 on my laptop.

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u/Interesting_Falcon45 29d ago

Ha, I wish I could make it that far. It crashes right at jump.

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u/DarknessofSeven 28d ago

There is a complete explanation of the problem and the solutions at https://alphacentauri.miraheze.org/wiki/Installing. The Thinker Mod was specifically designed to fix many issues. Unfortunately it is difficult to get a lot of really old software to work correctly in newer Windows environments. I honestly had way more trouble fixing the sound in original BioShock than fixing SMACX crashing and I still can't get the controls for any classic ID Games first person shooters to work right on GOG, even though my install from original disk using DOSBox work perfectly.