07-07-2005 08:21									#31
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Senethro,

I opened my save and the first thing I hear is "turn complete". In addition, the turn complete button is pulsing, indicating that it's finito.
I determine whether my original moves looked any different and they didn't. They all had the 'G' flag on the player pieces.
So I pressed turn complete thinking that's what i needed to do to to get the player pieces blinking again. I never thought to use the 'V' command.
My problem is that I did not enact any change on this turn and it's now the Morganites turn. Help.

-maia

P.S. Also, I don't know how you guys load the .sav into the game, but I just throw it into my 'save' folder. (The only one I am hoping)
*Instead of re-doing everything with the furlings_maia_2103.zip I just got I am sending the unzipped and "played" .sav. Tell me what you need.

Attachment: furlings-maia-2103.sav
This has been downloaded 1 time(s).

	07-07-2005 22:51									#32
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About the turn complete: maybe your units with orders all moved, or none moved. I don't know, but you should know if they were 1 cell or 2 cells away from their starting position. If 2 cells, they all moved and you did play your turn.

If you are unsure, you can always re-play the turn, but that ofcourse requires you to save the game with a different name each time (like I told you a few times yet: save it as furlings-PJay-2103). The other players will get a message about your reload though, so don't use it to get different battle-results or different podpopping-results.

So, do you want me to continue from the turn you attached or do you want to replay your turn?





I usually don't give my units any orders, and just move them every turn (at least in the beginning of the game).

When I play a turn, there are usually 5 stages :
=> pre-turn diplomacy
=> move units
=> check each base for growth (drone control)
=> check each base for production orders / hurrying
=> post-turn diplomacy


How I load my games :
=> save the zip in a dedicated folder (C:\temp\smac pbem\furlings\)
=> unzip there
=> launch the game
=> do the turn (as per above)
=> save in the same directory, with a different name
=> zip
=> email

For this to work, you need to have these 2 lines in your AlphaCentauri.ini (so you get a windows file-loading dialog instead of the in-game one):
WinsFileBox=1
WindowsFileBox=1

I don't understand why you don't want to zip/rar your games? I gave you the link to winrar.

Last edited by PJayTycy on 08-07-2005 at 00:09

	07-07-2005 23:42									#33
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Thats a bug that I've experienced twice before, Maia. I'm uncertain as to its cause. You just have to reopen and replay the turn and leave an explanation for other players as to whats happened.

	08-07-2005 07:41									#34
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Hey guys thanks,

I combined the advice. I unpacked the zip from Bearhugger and replayed it from C:/temp/smac pbem/furlings. I slapped those commands in my alphacentauri.ini but perhaps in the wrong version (SMAC). I didn't get any pop-ups upon loading. I'll re-tool later.
I just want to get my end taken care of so we can roll.
PJay sjould have the finished turn, newly renamed, in his Inbox.
Thanks for all the great support and it looks like smooth (solar) sailing from here.

in gratitude,

'maia'

	08-07-2005 07:49									#35
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Oh also, anybody recall any good threads on 'efficiency'. I just don't plain understand it. I've seen resource shortfalls inexplicably (forced sale of buildings) and very few times, explicable. I need to read up on it if I am going to make a compromise. I may or may not go with "planned".

thanks,

'maia'

	08-07-2005 15:26									#36
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Population starves when a base gathers negative nutrients and the nutrients stored in the tank fall to zero.

Units disband when a base gathers negative minerals and the minerals stored in its production box fall to zero.

Base facilities short out when a faction is in a period of very low or negative energy while having high facility maintainance costs. I think, anyway. I've only once been in the position of having low energy and have taken care to see it doesn't happen again.


Personally, I recommend you go with planned and build your bases tightly. A low efficiency rating will prevent bases far from your HQ from gathering energy. However, in the early game while your bases are all close to your HQ (4 tiles or less) you probably won't notice any energy loss at all and you'll get +20% growth and +10% industry for free.

	09-07-2005 09:10									#37
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If this is PJays email addy:

pieterjan DOT busschaert AT gmail DOTcom

then it rejected my last email w/attachment (turn) to him.

Permission to replay turn 2103.sav for the 3rd time?

Rebut?

Sincerely,

'maia'

P.S. Thank-you, Senethro, for oyur post on 'efficiency' and will consider th e "planned" advice.

Last edited by maiasystemsltd on 07-08-2005 at 08:23

	10-07-2005 22:52									#38
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i wonder when we will be able to play our turns daily...

	11-07-2005 03:21									#39
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GMail rejected it because you made .rar instead of a .zip I know, it's stupid GMail's fault, nobody can do a thing about it.

You can create a .zip file with winrar too:

right-click the .sav
choose "add to archive..."
change archive format to ZIP (it's at the left side, in the "general" tab)
hit ok




BTW: the funny thing is, you forwarded me the failure email (with the rar included), and so I still received it

So, turn is on, but next time, use ZIP format instead of RAR.

Last edited by PJayTycy on 11-07-2005 at 03:30

	11-07-2005 06:07									#40
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whew thank-you

	11-07-2005 09:17									#41
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Turn 2103 to Bearhugger.

	11-07-2005 21:35									#42
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Oh, and another thing:

In my turn, maia made contact with me and offered a treaty. This shouldn't be possible, as we clearly haven't met each other on planet yet. I didn't accept it ofcourse, but I don't know what the other players will do / did, so I hope everybody plays fair and doesn't sign treaties / trade techs / ... before meeting each other on planet.

This is a setting you can change in the file alphaX.txt :

change

1, ; If non-zero, humans can always contact each other in hotseat/email games

to

0, ; If non-zero, humans can always contact each other in hotseat/email games

	11-07-2005 23:21									#43
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I didn't accept either.

	12-07-2005 20:14									#44
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ok. ill be able to make my turns daily between 6pm and 8pm (gmt +1).

do you also see deirdre's picture when contacting maia (in green colour) but read Datajack?
so is maia angel or gaians?

	12-07-2005 23:45									#45
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It is more likely than not that you will see the wrong faction colour and portraits most turns. This is normal. Maia is playing the Angels regardless of portrait.

	13-07-2005 02:56									#46
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I use a .bat file to automaticly swap the .ini files and load terranx.exe with the right faction colours.

Makes life a lot easier :-)

If somebody wants them, just ask (you'll have to edit the .bat in 1 spot, to change the SMAC-directory)

	13-07-2005 08:35									#47
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hey dudes,

Just sayin' hi. Turn done.

	13-07-2005 23:13									#48
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turn 2104 to Detrius

	13-07-2005 23:16									#49
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what exactly do i have to swap?
i made a new copy just for multiplayer. so everything is raw (patch 2).
if you dont mind, could you attach these files? id like to take a look at them

	13-07-2005 23:51									#50
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Well, here is a .zip, it contains 2 files:

"Alpha Centauri.furlings.ini"
"furlings.bat"


Put the Alpha Centauri.furlings.ini in your SMAX directory (where you should already have an "Alpha Centauri.ini" file).

Open the "furlings.bat" file in notepad and edit the first line so it has the right path to the alpha centauri directory. (mine is "C:\program files\firaxis games\alien crossfire\")

Now put the bat file where ever you want (eg: in your saves directory or on your desktop or ... wherever you usually end up after unzipping the .sav)
Double click on it to launch alpha centauri with the right faction colours.



Ofcourse, this file only works for this game. You have to create a .ini for each game with the right faction order and a corresponding .bat file that swaps the right .ini files.

Attachment: swapfiles.zip
This has been downloaded 2 time(s).

	14-07-2005 03:34									#51
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Didn't receive my turn. I received your turn PJay.

	14-07-2005 04:33									#52
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Guys, guys, I know its a "noob" game but you have to concentrate and make sure you press the orange flashing button and name the turn something memorable :P

	14-07-2005 15:40									#53
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detrius. what happened? i didnt receive your turn yet

thanks play...(i never manage to remember your name properly... )

nice idea to write a .bat file. makes it very comfortable for me now.

	14-07-2005 21:57									#54
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I'm quick with sending my turn provided I actually get my turn. PJay didn't send me my turn. He either email me the beginning of his turn by accident or more likely, didn't hit the end turn button and saved prior to hitting to the end turn button thinking that would allow me to play my turn. It doesn't.

	14-07-2005 23:33									#55
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no, it was an accident. Sorry. I sent the wrong file. Now the right file is in Detrius' inbox

	15-07-2005 04:49									#56
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Turn 2104 to Bearhugger

	15-07-2005 20:23									#57
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2105 to maia

	16-07-2005 02:58									#58
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2105 to PJay

Hey yall! waddup, home-slices?

Incriminating funk forever,

'maia'

P.S. What's the native-lifeform level on this bad-boy and or cloud-cover respectively?

Last edited by maiasystemsltd on 16-07-2005 at 03:04

	16-07-2005 15:03									#59
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2105 to Detrius

	16-07-2005 22:00									#60
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Turn 2105 to Bearhugger