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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ ATI Grahic driver 13.4 or older For Alpha centauri(18 posts)(18 posts)
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Posted December 15, 2013
I just updated to ATi/AMD driver 13.9 and so far no problems. I noticed there is a notice on the game page that it requires driver 13.4 or OLDER for ATI gpu.. Will most people have to roll back drivers to play Alpha Centauri? What kind of problems if any should I expect? Will there be a fix so that roll backs are not needed?
Thanks in advance
Has anyone finished a game on drivers newer than 13.4
Perhaps GoG can comment on what changed?
Post edited December 15, 2013 by Byeohazard
Posted January 01, 2014
guess not.
Posted January 06, 2014
I'm also interested in what's wrong, and may be able to help write a hack to get around the problem..
Posted January 08, 2014
I would like to know too.

I am wondering whether the menu being like a redacted top secret file has anything to do with this or if that is just a different problem altogether.
Posted January 13, 2014
still no word..but some interest at least!
Posted January 13, 2014
Here's something that may be related: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=377796

Maybe there's some problems with the video playback or something? It would be nice if the friendly folk at GOG would tell us..
Posted January 13, 2014
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Sol_HSA: Here's something that may be related: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=377796

Maybe there's some problems with the video playback or something? It would be nice if the friendly folk at GOG would tell us..
The reason we have that notification is because we couldn't safely guarantee that Alpha Centauri would work properly on drivers newer than 13.4. This goes with any game you see on our service that has that notification on the game card.

If you do know something we don't then, by all means, please do write to us :) We're always happy to receive constructive feedback :)
Posted January 14, 2014
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JudasIscariot: The reason we have that notification is because we couldn't safely guarantee that Alpha Centauri would work properly on drivers newer than 13.4. This goes with any game you see on our service that has that notification on the game card.

If you do know something we don't then, by all means, please do write to us :) We're always happy to receive constructive feedback :)
Since you don't do this for all driver versions of all graphics cards, there must be some issue - what kind of problems are you seeing? Or are just random people reporting "it doesn't work"?
Posted January 14, 2014
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JudasIscariot: The reason we have that notification is because we couldn't safely guarantee that Alpha Centauri would work properly on drivers newer than 13.4. This goes with any game you see on our service that has that notification on the game card.

If you do know something we don't then, by all means, please do write to us :) We're always happy to receive constructive feedback :)
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Sol_HSA: Since you don't do this for all driver versions of all graphics cards, there must be some issue - what kind of problems are you seeing? Or are just random people reporting "it doesn't work"?
I don't have all the info myself as I don't deal with the technical issues myself but it's probably the usual culprits i.e. weird graphic glitches (think rainbow colors) or framerate drops.

I am not sure if you'll get an answer regarding this but you can always try asking our Support department and see what they say :)
Posted January 21, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I don't have all the info myself as I don't deal with the technical issues myself but it's probably the usual culprits i.e. weird graphic glitches (think rainbow colors) or framerate drops.
So, apparently it's a case of "rainbow colors". Apparently amd changed something in their drivers that broke 8 bit palette mode somehow.

If I remember correctly, SMAC is a weird GDI/ddraw hybrid thingy, so my ddhack approach won't work (at least directly).. I haven't tested it myself (yet), I guess I could dig up my SMAC cd's and install it on my wife's PC to see what the problem looks like first-hand..
Posted January 21, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I don't have all the info myself as I don't deal with the technical issues myself but it's probably the usual culprits i.e. weird graphic glitches (think rainbow colors) or framerate drops.
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Sol_HSA: So, apparently it's a case of "rainbow colors". Apparently amd changed something in their drivers that broke 8 bit palette mode somehow.

If I remember correctly, SMAC is a weird GDI/ddraw hybrid thingy, so my ddhack approach won't work (at least directly).. I haven't tested it myself (yet), I guess I could dig up my SMAC cd's and install it on my wife's PC to see what the problem looks like first-hand..
Sounds like fun, if you're technically minded :)
Posted January 22, 2014
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JudasIscariot: I don't have all the info myself as I don't deal with the technical issues myself but it's probably the usual culprits i.e. weird graphic glitches (think rainbow colors) or framerate drops.
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Sol_HSA: So, apparently it's a case of "rainbow colors". Apparently amd changed something in their drivers that broke 8 bit palette mode somehow.

If I remember correctly, SMAC is a weird GDI/ddraw hybrid thingy, so my ddhack approach won't work (at least directly).. I haven't tested it myself (yet), I guess I could dig up my SMAC cd's and install it on my wife's PC to see what the problem looks like first-hand..
Just downloaded the latest from AMD (graphic drivers) for my HD5850. Took it for a very quick spin (10 mins) and it seems to be OK so far...from what I can tell. I am color blind....but there are no splotchy graphics thus far.
If you find anything new out or develop a needed hack keep us posted! I will check back from time to time.
Posted April 20, 2014
I was using 13.9 since release until I just picked this game up and tried to play it. The graphics were all psychedelic rainbow colors for both the menu and everything in-game. No combination of settings on the shortcut helped.

Figued I would try 13.12 before doing the suggested rollback to 13.4. As such, 13.12 is working 100% for me at the moment without fiddling with any shortcut settings. I did notice the compatibility tab had "Disable display scaling..." checked by default and I did not change that.
Posted April 21, 2014
Upgrading to 13.12 from 13.9 worked for me as well on my HD 7790. Display scaling is also disabled.
Posted April 28, 2014
Alpha Centauri works fine on my HD 7850. I updated the drivers 6-7 months ago. I had the rainbow colors issue first, but I fixed it by editing something in the ddraw-file.
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