Abbreviations. Is there a FAQ?

[lbores]

For example, 'when I get the WP ...' I'm assuming a tech but I'm not sure. Newbie craves enlightment.

Thnx.

[Tau Ceti]

I do not think we have a permanent list of these anywhere, but I can list the ones I remember right now:

WP - Weather Paradigm
ME - Merchant Exchange
VW - Virtual World
PTS - Planetary Transit System
SC - Supercollider
ToE - Theory of Everything
HSA - Hunter-Seeker Algorithm
CV, Vats - Cloning Vats
AV - Ascetic Virtues
PEG - Planetary Energy Grid

HEC - High Energy Chemistry
D:AP - Doctrine: Air Power
MMI - Mind-Machine Interface
ToT - Threshold of Transcendence

FM - Free Market
PS - Police State / Punishment Sphere, depending on context

CC - Children's Creche / Command Center, depending on context
TF - Tree Farm

UoP - University of Planet
CyC - Cybernetic Consciousness

SSC - Super Science City

OCC - One City Challenge

And many more, I am sure...

[This message has been edited by Tau Ceti (edited February 12, 2001).]

[LoD]

Of course !

Go to http://www.smac.prv.pl , choose your language version, click on "Database" on the left and select "GoA".

LoD
[This message has been edited by LoD (edited February 12, 2001).]

[LoD]

Although from what I noticed on this thread it seams to be lacking some abbreviations still...

[Tau Ceti]

On the other hand, it did include quite a lot that I have never seen used.

[Aredhran]

And then there's the confusing one:

SE = Social Engineering
SE = Scenario Editor

[Slaghead]

What about IIRC? I figured out the one's listed, but I haven't gotten that one yet. There's also another one, but I can't remember it right now. hehe

[Slaghead]

Oh yeah, what does ICS mean?

[mark13]

IIRC - If I remember correctly
ICS - Infinite City Sprawl/Sleaze/Strategy (depending on your point of view )

ICS is a strategy widely used in Civ2, but not so effective in SMAC because of the harsh expansion drone issues. A lot of players still employ the strategy, however....it basically consists of building virtually nothing but pods until you run out of room, find another habitable landmass, and continue to churn out the pods. Basically total horizontal expansion, building next to no facilities.

[LoD]

Tau, Red and Mark: Would any one of you mind if I'd include your input to the GoA (with all due credit of course )?

LoD

[mark13]

Not at all, LoD - in fact, I'd be honoured...

[Googlie]

LoD:

Great web site (and I didn't know it existed until this thread reference)

You need to publicize it more!!

G.

[Tau Ceti]

LoD: Of course I do not mind. Go right ahead...

[LoD]

Mark and Tau: Thanks! I'll update the list first thing tommorow.

Googlie: Thanks . And as far as publicizing goes, I've done these things:
-posted the news about on ACOL, Apolyton and SidGames forums (Apolyton announced it on their SMAC page)
-submitted the address to a bunch of search engines and several online WWW catalogs (latter being mostly Polish).
Any more ideas?

LoD

[big_canuk]

CP - Colony Pod
CP - Centauri Preserve

FoP - Factor of Production, ie: Nuts, Mins, or Energy
AtT - Ascent to Trancendence

[LoD]

Updated!

[Aredhran]

No problem LoD, go ahead.

[LoD]

Thanks, Red . Updated again.

What about you, big_canuk? Would you like to contribute?

LoD

[theohall]

LoD, post it in the games by title forum at http://www.gonegold.com

[LoD]

Thanks for the tip ! I'll do that.

LoD

[big_canuk]

LOD:

Nah, if I come up with an original, then you can put me in your site.
I just noticed the two CPs when reading the thread on ecodamage/facilities, and thought you should note the ambiguity on your site.

At some point we may (but, come to think about it maybe not) want to take those abbreviations that are ambiguous and add another lower case letter to remove the ambiguity. Say CP vs CPr, or CoC, vs ChC.

Probably simpler to leave as is and leave it to the context to figure out what it is.

PS: ED - Eco-damage (or was that in your list already, hmmm... not sure)
[This message has been edited by big_canuk (edited March 01, 2001).]

[uptons]

Here's a comprehensive list of abbrevations I pulled from the SMAC manual, it doesn't cover things like ICS or facilities, but it does give you a rundown on the abbrevations of the tech names and special abilities.

Adv. Ecological Engineering: EcoEng2
Adv. Military Algorithms: MilAlg
Advanced Spaceflight: Space
Adv. Subatomic Theory: Subat
Applied Gravitonics: AGrav
Applied Physics: Physic
Applied Relativity: E=MC2 (no surprise here eh?)
Bio-Engineering: BioEng
Biogenetics: Biogen
Biomachinery: BioMac
Centauri Ecology: Ecology
Centauri Empathy: CentEmp
Centauri Genetics: CentGen
Centauri Meditation: CentMed
Centauri Psi: CentPsi
Controlled Singularity: ConSing
Cyberethics: Cyber
Digital Sentience: DigSent
Doctrine: Air Power: DocAir
Doctrine: Flexibility: DocFlex
Doctrine: Initiative: DocInit
Doctrine: Loyalty: DocLoy
Doctrine: Mobility: Mobile
Ecological Engineering: EcoEng
Environmental Economics: EnvEcon
Ethical Calculus: EthCalc
Eudaimonia: Eudaim
Frictionless Surfaces: Surface
Fusion Power: Fusion
Gene Splicing: Gene
Graviton Theory: Gravity
High Energy Chemistry: Chemist
Homo Superior: HomoSup
Industrial Automation: IndAuto
Industrial Base: Indust
Industrial Economics: IndEcon
Industrial Nanorobotics: IndRob
Information Networks: InfNet
Intellectual Integrity: Integ
Matter Compression: MatComp
Matter Editation: NanEdit
Matter Transmission: Matter
Mind/Machine Interface: MindMac
Monopole Magnets: Magnets
Nanometallurgy: Metal
Nanominiaturization: NanoMin
Neural Grafting: Neural
Nonlinear Mathematics: Chaos
Optical Computers: OptComp
Orbital Spaceflight: Orbital
Organic Superlubricant: SupLube
Photon/Wave Mechanics: DocSec
Planetary Economics: PlaEcon
Planetary Networks: PlaNets
Polymorphic Software: Poly
Pre-Sentient Algorithms: Algor
Probability Mechanics: ProbMec
Quantum Machinery: QuanMac
Quantum Power: Quantum
Retroviral Engineering: Viral
Secrets of Alpha Centauri: AlphCen
Secrets of Creation: Create
Secrets of the Human Brain: Brain
Self-Aware Machines: HAL9000 (good one)
Sentient Econometrics: SentEco
Silksteel Alloys: Alloys
Singularity Mechanics: SingMec
Social Psych: Psych
Super Tensile Solids: Solids
Superconductor: Super
Superstring Theory: String
Synthetic Fossil Fuels: Fossil
Temporal Mechanics: TempMec
The Will to Power: WillPow
Threshold of Transcendence: Thresh
Transcendent Thought: TransT
Unified Field Theory: Unified

Phew...
onto the special abilities:

AAA Tracking: AAA
Air Superiority: SAM
Amphibious Pods: Amphibious
Antigrav Struts: Grav
Blink Displacer: Blink
Carrier Deck: Carrier
Clean Reactor: Clean
Cloaking Device: Cloaked
Comm Jammer: ECM
Deep Pressure Hull: Sub
Deep Radar:
Drop Pods: Drop
Empath Song: Empath
Fungicide Tanks: Fungicide
Heavy Artillery: Artillery
Heavy Transport: Heavy
High Morale: Trained
Hypnotic Trance: Trance
Nerve Gas Pods: X
Non-Lethal Methods: Police
Polymorphic Encryption: Secure
Repair Bay: Repair
Slow Unit: Slow
Super Former: Super

[MariOne]

Thanks uptons, but I hope you didn't actually TYPE all that info copying it from the manual!!!
Actually, it can be found in the alpah.txt file, where's it's not sorted tho...
The fact that your listed is sorted, makes me suspect that you did an incredibly unnecessary effort (or that you can sort lists ).

Also, that is a rundown of the abbreviations proposed by Firaxis, or rather used by them internally as reference in their .txt settings and customization files.

Many of them are frankly awkward and I never saw them used by real players.
Just compare Firaxis list with the abbreviations proposed by TauCeti and others in LoD's site.
(BTW, you shoud add the full for LoD, LoD!)

I can add, not yet listed:

AST
PWM
PSA
SoAC
STS
WtP
UFT

all fairly obvious
SAM would be taken for the ability and not for the tech, but S-AM looks weird

To add confusion, I usually refer TF to TerraForming also.
And to (Supply) Crawlers as SC.

I also happened to refer to the Universal Translator as UT, and to the Xenodome as XED, to the Cyborg Factory as CyF, and to the NanoFactory as NF.

b_c, CoC was the acronym for Confederation oc Chiron, a team in the once ACOL Team League, formed by southerners, like MtG and jimmytrick, with AnnC also in there (for her origins I presume as she's based elsewhere).
I don't know why, when I referred to that team members as CoC SMACers, they got offended...
[This message has been edited by MariOne (edited March 04, 2001).]

[LoD]

big_canuk: Well, FoP (ED) was the one missing, so I take that as a "yes" .

About the double-meaning abbreviations - most of them has such different contex that using some sort of alternate notation is IMHO unnecessary.


MoSe:

quote: (BTW, you shoud add the full for LoD, LoD!)

Nah, I'll keep them perplexed .

quote: AST PWM PSA SoAC STS WtP UFT

STS - ?
WtP - Weather Paradigm?
UFT - ?

quote: all fairly obvious SAM would be taken for the ability and not for the tech, but S-AM looks weird

Hmm, it might have sense to add this, along with the ECM.

quote: To add confusion, I usually refer TF to TerraForming also.

That won't be confusing, you usually don't build terraforming .

quote: And to (Supply) Crawlers as SC. I also happened to refer to the Universal Translator as UT, and to the Xenodome as XED, to the Cyborg Factory as CyF, and to the NanoFactory as NF.

Thanks, I'll also take them into consideration.

quote: b_c, CoC was the acronym for Confederation oc Chiron, a team in the once ACOL Team League, formed by southerners, like MtG and jimmytrick, with AnnC also in there (for her origins I presume as she's based elsewhere). I don't know why, when I referred to that team members as CoC SMACers, they got offended...

You'd better be glad FrXS has not named this game Sid's U Centauri...

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[big_canuk]

Googlie just coined, or repeated another to me:

SL - Supreme leader.

[mark13]

I'll have a crack at those three....

STS - Super Tensile Solids
WtP - Will to Power
UFT - Unified Field Theory

[LoD]

Whoops, a loooong time since I played up to such a tech level that I could think of those . Thanks, Mark!

I'll be updating the list right after I finish the promised Special Abilities Index...
...which reminds me of 2 abbreviations:
GA - Golden Age
SA - Special Abillity

LoD

[Aredhran]

OCC - One City Challenge

It might be interesting for beginners to have the signification of the codes on the unit types, eg. (off the top of my head)

+ ECM
t Trance
r Resonance
p Pulse
^ drop
<> SAM (on weapon value) or AAA (on armor value)
() artillery
~ amphibious

etc. (I don't have the whole list, I'm not at home)

[Sikander]

So I'm cruisin' the SMAC threads at Apoly. and this guy's going on about gettin' IA so he can build SC to help build the WP and HGP to make his ICS strategy work, and I'm like wtf? I wonder if there is an FAQ for abbrev. ? And then this dude (LoD IIRC) says,

"Dude, I'm buildin' an FAQ with lots of abbrev., just drop by my site."

So I'm like,

"OFS! I'll get over there asap before my brain gets fubar from all of these abbrev."


[This message has been edited by Sikander (edited March 16, 2001).]

[LoD]

Hehe, nice on Sik' !

I think I'll add this to GoA's intro .

LoD