Sea colony pods??

[blinking_spirit]

Hey there
Does anyone have an idea of how do disable sea colony pods?? I want to play an exclusively land grab game.

Thanks

[Maniac]

Simply disable the colony pod module in alphax.txt. As the standard land colony pod is included in the #UNITS list, you'll still be able to produce that one, and I think even be able to retro-engineer it to eg a drop colony pod once you have the necessary tech.

[blinking_spirit]

Thanks!
I was wondering now however, with the retro-engineering...would the AI be able to take advantage of such a practice?

[Maniac]

Unfortunately the AI doesn't use retro-engineering, ie assembling new unit designs out of components of basic or mind controlled units. If they mind control a unit though, the AI does tend to build exact copies of that.
However in your specific case, since you want to avoid sea colony pods, the AIs not retro-engineering is actually good. Otherwise they could retro-engineer sea colony pods after all, after they got DocFlex. You can still do that, but you'll just need to self-police yourself.

[blinking_spirit]

Thanks again....
You have answered everything in a nutshell

[Impaler[WrG]]

You cant retro Enginer something if the armor/weapon/ability is actualy DISABLED

Rather you will need to design later chassie version of the Colony Pod, a Drop Pod, an Air Pod, a Grav Pod ect ect.

Remember to add them to the BOTOM of the list and to add to the number at the top of the list for each one you add.

Infact you can put in SeaColony Pod and link it to any tec you like to simply delay Sea Bases untill say Nanometalurgy or something like that (which I did in my Mod).

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Maniac
Simply disable the colony pod module in alphax.txt.

Are you sure? I tried to disable it, but it still shows up when choosing what to build (and yes, I started a new game)

Could you say which line I have to do what in? Maybe I found the wrong line...

[Adagio]

Nobody who visits this forum anymore?

[#endgame]

We're still around. I don't know how to do this stuff, but just remember that the Pirates will have a pretty tough game if they spawn in the open water.

[Adagio]

Wont make any difference, since they're not in my game (I've deleted them from the game)

I just don't like sea cities... they just make the game too boring...

[Maniac]

Woops, sorry for the... err... slight delay. I'll check it out tonight and report back tomorrow.

[GeoModder]

No, you must study!!

[Maniac]

In alphax.txt (or alpha.txt if you don't have SMAX) you have to change the following line under the heading #WEAPONS

Colony Module,        Colony Pod,     0, 8,10, -1, [b]None[/b],     ; Noncombat packages

into

Colony Module,        Colony Pod,     0, 8,10, -1, [b]Disable[/b],  ; Noncombat packages

Oh yes, unlike Impaler I am able to retro-engineer the basic colony pod design.

[Adagio]

Thx a lot