05-01-2004 09:40									#1
	Freakin' Aliens! Suffering from ads?

Is there any way to make it so you can play with random factions without having the hideously overpowered and annoying aliens in there?
(SMAX, o' course.)

	05-01-2004 12:11									#2
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Make sure you save the original, and remove the factions from your Alpha.txt. Other readers can correct me (on break at work, cannot check my game) but that should work.

	05-01-2004 12:34									#3
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

I usually take a few seconds to hand-pick some factions, and mix it up each time I play. In addition to avoiding the Aliens, I avoid Miriam and Cha Dawn and their whining. Call me anti-religious if you want (I'm not), but I can't stand them.

Shawnmmmmmccccc's suggestion seems good, though, if you're not afraid of changing alpha.txt like me.

Edit: <--- would never mess with alpha.txt without backing it up first.

Last edited by jtsisyoda on 06-01-2004 at 21:15

	05-01-2004 13:03									#4
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

I'll give it a try on my days off - I'll leave you folks the results over the next week or so, I'm playing Miriam (first time - with the Aliens) at Transcend (large planet) and it's a b**** of a game. Biggest challenge I've had in three years.

	05-01-2004 23:23									#5
	Inflate your Upload Space

Aliens just seem to be overpowerd - in SP there is just a short time they kick ass up to first hundred and twenty or thirty years- soon Yang or Miriam will kick theirs

	06-01-2004 14:25									#6
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Don't try deleting them from the Alpha.txt file - it locked up the game . I restored, no problem. You might try posting on the SMAC Game Creation thread, there are some pretty knowledgable types there. Just phraze it - How do I edit out the Alien Faction - and note you DO NOT want to substitute custom factions. They have some interesting ones if you surf over to some of the mod sites.