Alpha Centauri 2

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri & Alien Crossfire => The Theory of Everything => Topic started by: CoyoteTraveller on August 24, 2023, 03:44:48 PM

Title: Okay, how do I actually restore alt-tab on the GoG version?
Post by: CoyoteTraveller on August 24, 2023, 03:44:48 PM

So far, I've tried pracx, dxwnd, and disabling intro videos (which are all advertised as fixing alt-tab), and I've tried scient's 2.1 (which wasn't, but I was hopeful).

None of them seem to help to restore alt-tab to my gog version.  Which confuses me, because pracx is even a total replacement of terranx.exe.

Is there anything that actually works?  Am I doing something wrong?  The files look like they patched correctly.  Are there different files I need to replace?  Could I source the needed files from somewhere/someone else?  I don't have a CD drive anymore, so I can't install from my old disks.

I know ctrl-alt-tab works, but I'm not so pumped over having a core windows feature disabled.

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Okay, how do I actually restore alt-tab on the GoG version?
Post by: bvanevery on August 24, 2023, 08:30:49 PM

I do not know the answer about ALT-TAB, but since CTRL-ALT-TAB works, the difference is ceremonial.  Far from being a "core Windows feature", there's another pretty much equivalent way to do the same thing.  The keystrokes may be uncomfortable for you now, but I guarantee you, if you don't find an answer, then you're going to get used to it soon enough.

Title: Re: Okay, how do I actually restore alt-tab on the GoG version?
Post by: Petek on September 08, 2023, 10:15:50 AM

To restore Alt-Tab in SMAC, rename terran.exe to just about anything. For example, terran_GOG.exe. GOG deliberately disabled Alt-Tab because they thought it might introduce instabilities. However, their hack looks for a process specifically named terran.exe. Renaming the executable defeats the hack.

Edit: This advice also should work with terranx.exe