05-01-2005 07:49									#61
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quote: Originally posted by livid imp Googlie, was that the "Fantasic Worlds" add on? The CD that had the Master of Magic Jr. and the Dinosuar conversions?

No - I got that as well.

This one was called Toolkit for Civilization II - not boxed or anything, just a CD in a Jewelcase (Distributed by Walnut Creek - ref: ISBN 1-57176-189-6)

	06-01-2005 00:06									#62
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Oh, I have that- it's an interesting CD- has a lot of Mike McCart scenarios on it, if I believe correctly- along with commentary about how to beat civ... most of the info was harvested from 'net sites

	06-01-2005 08:59									#63
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Xian,

I've put SMAX on every computer I've owned, too. I even put it on the various work laptops I've had (shhhh!) so I can wile away the long tedious evenings spent in hotels when I'm traveling for work (which seems to be an awful lot of the time - ack). I even bought a used laptop when I was going on vacation a number of years ago so I wouldn't be deprived of my SMAX, which is kind of pathetic now that I think about it!

Of course I feel no guilt whatsoever about the multiple copies since I own a good half dozen or more SMAC and SMAX original CDs. I learned early that a dead CD would cook you when a laptop ate my first SMAX CD. Panic!!! (before I learned of the no CD crack, at least) So, I got backups whenever I could. First SMAX CDs were available from a retailer in England for a very reasonable $6.95/ea, and then I bought a few more when the Planetary Pack came out. I gave a way a few of these gems to infect a few friends that had resisted being assimilated. Hehe.

Hydro

	06-01-2005 09:11									#64
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Sometimes I like not playing SMAC and SMAX for like 3 months, then coming back and play. It makes sure that it never gets boring, like that would ever happen. It really makes it more exciting, same thing with civ...

	09-01-2005 01:51									#65
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I thought I had broken my addiction to SMAC/X, Civ III and especially Diablo II. I got a new hard drive last week and succumbed. I reinstalled them all and I must have lost three times as much sleep over SMAC/X than all the others combined.

Civ3 left me with a bitter taste. Overall, SMAC definitely has a better story, interface and many other elements. At the same time, Civ3 is more challenging: resource shortage, more restricted spying (i.e., all but nonexistent), more balanced air units (shard copter, anyone?), somewhat better AI and no rushing of wonders. I find it more difficult to cheese it. Basically, I still love SMAC, yet Civ3 has spoiled it for me.

What I'd wish is Brian Reynolds leading the Civ4 project, bringing back social engineering, some of the good old probes and interface. Or maybe a SMAC 2 . . .

	10-01-2005 03:06									#66
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better AI?have you watched it in an all visable game?its retarded.it can only compete cause the whole game is retarded to compensate

SMAC's ai is 10 times as good just for trying to compete in a tremendously complex game

	10-01-2005 09:58									#67
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quote: I am sure the folks here are sick of hearing me say this, but SMAC players are the elite of video game players. I am serious about this. I have yet to find brighter, more creative gamers than the people in this forum.

Whith the exeption on a few block heads

200 ECs if you get the refrence

	11-01-2005 17:28									#68
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After finding out how to play with 1920*1200 resolution and several new factions, I'm still playing like a madman.

	11-01-2005 18:42									#69
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quote: Whith the exeption on a few block heads 200 ECs if you get the refrence

Me!

Howdo you know about him?
Youre new here, it appears..

	14-01-2005 08:05									#70
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quote: Howdo you know about him? Youre new here, it appears..

it's in the archives, wish i read vorachiouslly(sp?)

edit- i could ask you the same question

	14-01-2005 14:59									#71
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quote: it's in the archives, wish i read vorachiouslly(sp?) edit- i could ask you the same question

Well, the affair was soo big that the last waves of that flood up only recently (search for the strat forums, not archive, where I started a thread like "question to veterans" - there it stands)..

And that blockhead now styles himself as "Last_Evolution" and is online every day on my ICQ contact list..

Why last evolution - he pretends to have brained out a new awesome strategy which worked perfectly till I got 2x-1-2 and 1-3-1 rovers..

Simply saying - he's just another blockhead who can't be called a newbie (because he has some 4yr expierence IIRC), but have learned almost nothing since I and some my friends here know him..

	14-01-2005 23:32									#72
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just finished a wonderful game yesterday.

I took over the drones who had an empire 3 times my size. Yeah I was technologically superior, but not by much. He just hadn't updated his units yet. He was still using 3-res defenseive units.

all I can say is drop infantry are the bomb! yeah I know the bomb is 90's slang. I don't know what you kids say today. pwns or something like that.

drop infantry are great for lazy players like me who don't like fiddling around with transports.

	17-01-2005 00:28									#73
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Still playing... but still scanning the gaming shelves hoping that something else as good will come along with better graphics and fewer bugs.

	17-01-2005 02:19									#74
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game seems pretty bug-free to me.

perhaps there are a few exploits, but you find that in any game.

	17-01-2005 20:22									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident He just hadn't updated his units yet. He was still using 3-res defenseive units.

Unfortunately, the designers never included an obsolescence algorithm. The AI will hold on to 1-2-1 defenders through the whole game if nothing ever attacks them.

	17-01-2005 20:37									#76
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quote: Originally posted by Dissident game seems pretty bug-free to me.

I recently experienced the bug that wipes out your entire faction and starts you over with 3 colony pods

I had developed a large 1x1 ICS empire complete with full borehole density......all wiped out. I didn't have a recent save and the autosave was no good.

That little incident nearly drove me from SMAC all together.

	17-01-2005 21:19									#77
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quote: I recently experienced the bug that wipes out your entire faction and starts you over with 3 colony pods I had developed a large 1x1 ICS empire complete with full borehole density......all wiped out. I didn't have a recent save and the autosave was no good. That little incident nearly drove me from SMAC all together.

Well, your terraforming (boreholes etc.) remains and overall I think it's one of the funniest things in SMAC/X, because it sometimes makes Single Player sooooo interesting!

What's the fun of having 10 times the power of the second most powerful faction?
No challenge..

But when I last came in situation You describe I was amazed how interesting it turned out.

I had a huge techlead, but little resources except for those nutsats hangin over my head..

Spartans immediately took advantage on this (had been at Vendetta with them from the very start because they disliked my Wealth.. ) and came in with 6-1-10 Needlejets.

I built one 1-<6>-1*2 defender in my closest-to-Spartans base and an Aerospace Complex (which later helped with nutsat output) and held off the entire Spartan Air Force..

(1-<6>-1*2 effectively gives 6 * (100% [base value] + 100%[complex] + 100%[AAA] ) * 2 [reactor]= 36 AA defense.
6-1-10 NJs are no good for that..

	17-01-2005 22:29									#78
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quote: Originally posted by livid imp I recently experienced the bug that wipes out your entire faction and starts you over with 3 colony pods I had developed a large 1x1 ICS empire complete with full borehole density......all wiped out. I didn't have a recent save and the autosave was no good. That little incident nearly drove me from SMAC all together.

think of it as a challenge

	18-01-2005 00:12									#79
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quote: Originally posted by binTravkin Well, your terraforming (boreholes etc.) remains and overall I think it's one of the funniest things in SMAC/X, because it sometimes makes Single Player sooooo interesting!

I don't play for the challenge of beating the AI.....that is nearly a given. I play in a similar way one would play SimCity. I like the 'build an empire' feel to it. War is just a tool to accomplish this, which I avoid unless the AI has something I want. It is more about control than conflict for me, so no, losing all of my cities sucked.

	18-01-2005 01:18									#80
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quote: Originally posted by binTravkin (1-<6>-1*2 effectively gives 6 * (100% [base value] + 100%[complex] + 100%[AAA] ) * 2 [reactor]= 36 AA defense. 6-1-10 NJs are no good for that..

Most combat bonuses stack multiplicatively. What you should have had is:

6 (base) * 2 (AAA) * 2 (Aerospace) * 2 (effect of reactor) = 48.

	18-01-2005 03:46									#81
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Don't forget bases give +25% defense...

	18-01-2005 13:50									#82
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quote: Most combat bonuses stack multiplicatively. What you should have had is: 6 (base) * 2 (AAA) * 2 (Aerospace) * 2 (effect of reactor) = 48.

Well, I didn't remember how exactly, so I gave the minimum value..
Anyways - seeing how 4-5 NJs die on a single defender each turn was fun!

Not mentioning it became elite after 3 or 4 turns IIRC..

quote: Don't forget bases give +25% defense...

Yeah and sensors too, but these bonuses were almost nullified with Spartan morale bonus..

quote: I don't play for the challenge of beating the AI.....that is nearly a given. I play in a similar way one would play SimCity. I like the 'build an empire' feel to it. War is just a tool to accomplish this, which I avoid unless the AI has something I want. It is more about control than conflict for me, so no, losing all of my cities sucked.

If you send me that save Id really enjoy in finishing it!

	18-01-2005 15:37									#83
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quote: Originally posted by Commy Don't forget bases give +25% defense...

I think that is subsumed by perimeter defenses, naval yards, aerospace complexes, and tachyon fields, though I'm not prepared to test it right now.

	18-01-2005 15:59									#84
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quote: I think that is subsumed by perimeter defenses, naval yards, aerospace complexes, and tachyon fields, though I'm not prepared to test it right now.

You're right on this CT.
IIRC as soon as base has any defense facility for the given attacker, the +25% bonus is replaced by 100% from the facility.

	18-01-2005 20:37									#85
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quote: Originally posted by binTravkin If you send me that save Id really enjoy in finishing it!

That was my problem. I hadn't saved it all day. All I had was the autosave after the bug struck. I since have used the autosave in another game.

If it ever happens to me again, I'll save it for ya BT.

	19-01-2005 01:28									#86
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quote: all I can say is drop infantry are the bomb! yeah I know the bomb is 90's slang. I don't know what you kids say today. pwns or something like that.

I don't know about "the bomb" being very old slang. My friends and I still use it on occasion in that usage, sometimes replaced by "teh bomb" in that annoying sort of way. For reference, I'm 18.

	24-01-2005 02:59									#87
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Ah, I recognize I havent played since the last...3 months, but i've played SMAC since the demo came out (oh, I still remember myself sayin' "HOLY GOD THIS IS IT!" ).
I luv the game if you havent noticed...and will keep on playin' until the cd dies...then i'll get another one!
By the way...do any of you know why SMAX won't install in my new laptop? it says some files are missing...