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Revision as of 12:31, 27 November 2014

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Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri cover
Developers
Firaxis Games
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Mac OS Aspyr Media
Linux Loki Software
Release dates
Windows February 12, 1999
Mac OS (Classic) February 2000
Linux August 2000
macOS (OS X) January 24, 2013
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Official Website
alphacentauri2.info - Active Alpha Centauri modding, patching and multiplayer community. Perhaps the last on the web.
Civilization Wiki - A detailed wiki for all Civilization games and their spin offs
Apolyton Civilization Site's Alpha Centauri section - A huge forum dedicated to all Civilization games and their spin offs.
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.com
DRM details are not known
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GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows and OS X. Includes Alien Crossfire expansion.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Origin
Origin
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

In-game general settings.
In-game advanced settings.

Patches

Official patches

Unofficial patches

If you use SMAX, you're best served by Yitzi's patch, otherwise you should use kyrub's. The AI improvements won't make the AI too hard for new players, and instead aim for a reasonable level of challenge at "Librarian" difficulty. Tweaks mostly involve teaching the AI how to do not-terribly without cheating.

This list is not updated with the latest releases of these patches. scient no longer works on the patch project, but kyrub and especially yitzi are both still active with a couple of releases a month from Yitzi in 2014 and two releases from kyrub in that year.

Latest patches can be found on the alphacentauri2.info downloads page (scroll down). Patches are developed in the Bug and patch subforum and elsewhere on ac2.info.

Proper patching

Note: this is for the retail version of the game only. The GOG.com version already has the official patches, you should strongly consider installing an unoffical patch, though.

Now you can install the unoffical patch of your choice.

Run Without CD/DVD

The game will run without the CD but only if you have performed a full install.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video settings

In-game audio/video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

The game hangs

This might be related to a bug with automated artillery units. Try turning off automation and see if it helps. More info here.

AMD/ATI compatibility

GOG.com recommends using Catalyst 13.4 or earlier but the game also works with 14.x or earlier.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, 98
Processor (CPU) Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 60 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX-compatible
2 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB

References