19-04-2003 00:32									#1
	Weird game Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

i bought the game, and put the setting on easy and was going to win, when it said somebody corned the market. Any tips for newbs.

	19-04-2003 00:53									#2
	Support Apolyton

typical civ-ish terraforming won't be enough, since the possibilites are so much greater in SMAC. try covering the place in forest, and once you get industrial automation, send crawlers to extract minerals. that will bring up your mineral production (shields) shooting you ahead of the AI. then, after ecological engineering, the restrictions on energy (trade) output are lifted, so you can build boreholes which should help your research. also, you'll be able to build tree farms which increase the output of forest from 1-2-1 to 2-2-2.

that's just some basic stuff, i'm sure the PBEM masters here will have more useful things to say than me . if you can, find the Vel guide if it's still around in an earlier version

	19-04-2003 00:54									#3
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

Blow up his capital ASAP. It takes 20 years to corner the market and you can stop it with violence

	19-04-2003 01:23									#4
	Tired of ads?

he has already one

	19-04-2003 04:34									#5
	Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

so the first tip is that you should have gotten a notice 20 years prior warning you that he would corner the market. Upon receiving this notice you focus ALL your attention on taking the capitol of the faction that will corner the market.

Other than that, my tip is to play a LOT, read a whole bunch on this board and come back with some more specific questions based on that experience. Right now you seemto be asking " I lost . . . what should I do?" and thats just way too broad a question for a quick answer except to read Vel's strategy guide.

	19-04-2003 05:59									#6
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

can i have a link to vel's strategy guide

	19-04-2003 10:02									#7
	Put an end to popups!

Play a couple of games with the Tutorial Messages on and take the time to read the texts it provides. In the Menu, go to Game Preferences and turn on Tutorial Messages.
Even though you will form your own personal preferences for production and terraforming, the Tutorial Messages present and explain the alternatives fairly well.
Oh, and no matter how many times you play SMAC, your early observation about it will never change:
Weird Game

	19-04-2003 12:47									#8
	Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by flash9286 can i have a link to vel's strategy guide

A copy of the strategy guide is available here:

http://1st-euro.com/AC/tools.html

	19-04-2003 18:15									#9
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

thank you all