I just bought Alpha Centauri since it was on sale and I loved playing the game back in the day. But on my machine, it just will not work. I'm running 64-bit Windows 7.

I've tried every list of instructions, trying various combinations of the official and unofficial patches, and editing the .ini files. NOTHING has been working.

Is there anything else I can try?

I'm running ti fine Win7 /64 Notebook
Did not do anything special EXCEPT installed game in C:/Old Games directory instead of in Programs directory

same here. windows 7 home edition 64bit. getting terran.exe error message every single time despite of installing patches and whatnot. I wanted to refund but the policy states all sales are final. Sh#t... Gog should be held responsible for this, it's their job to modify&patch old games so it can run on modern system without problem like this!

You seem to have a huge entitlement issue.

Are you using the directdraw=0 widescreen fix? I was getting the same error when I tried using the directdraw=0 in the .ini....when i did a fresh install and just ran the game stock, no terran.exe crashing issue.

edit...after i wrote this, i tried setting my desktop to a different resolution on my laptop...1280/720 instead of 1366/768....and then using the directdraw =0. so far i am about 30 minutes in without terran.exe crashing. so maybe try different resolutions?

Windows 7x64 here and GoG Alpha Centauri works fine for me.

I want service for what I paid. What's wrong with that?
and for other reply, no, directdraw command line doesn't solve the matter. Changing the resolution doesn't work either.

Did you try to run it in "Admin Mode" (right click executable - properties - compatibility - run as administrator)?

On my laptop it is unplayable, which is sad because i bought the game for it. It always crash with terran.exe error and no fix worked.

Remember this next time you buy 6 bucks worth of fast food and they get it wrong.