Good Morning,

Does the patch work for Mac or is it specifically for a Windows machine?

Best,

reball01

IIRC these patched versions are only for Windows.

This is an old, old problem, which has been with the game since day one. And yes, it is a problem with automating units. Which is basic game functionality. No patch has ever solved it, I've tried them all. It's some kind of basic flaw in the automation code which seems like it ought to be easy to catch and break out of, but no patch does. Calling it "SOLVED" is a bit bogus. It's not solved. It's the same problem it always was.

You are exactly correct. This is the exact problem I have had for so many years. Thought maybe it had to do with playing the larger maps when there are a lot of units moving around.
PLEASE fix this - prayers to heaven!!!
Only problem is that only works for a bit before another unit becomes a problem. Like DRINKYPOO said it's an automation issue (most likely). I took control of unit design and made sure I didn't have any shard artillery units (my problem unit). Works for a little wihile then game hung on chaos cruiser (attempted) movement. I love the automation feature - hope it can and will be fixed.
PLEASE NOTE: Only problem is that only works for a bit before another unit becomes a problem. Like DRINKYPOO said it's an automation issue (most likely). I took control of unit design and made sure I didn't have any shard artillery units (my problem unit). Works for a little wihile then game hung on chaos cruiser (attempted) movement. I love the automation feature - hope it can and will be fixed. I believe that larger map sizes also contribute to the issue but aren't the primary cause of the problem.

Thanks.

Hey, I just wanted to say thank you. I never played Alpha Centauri before and recently picked it up and was encountering this very annoying game freeze.

I installed the latest scient (2.1) and Yitzi (3.5d) and pracx (1.11) patches but nothing fixed it except doing exactly what you said -- press F7, select all, select cancel orders. Finally I could complete my turn after 2 days!

On the plus side, I found out about all these cool patches plus Alien Crossfire, I didn't even know I had it and was just playing Alpha Centauri the entire time.