IMPACX MOD Descussions

[FlameFlash]

Smaller is better.

Having tidal sonar would be a plus... I'd like to add that to my own alphax.txt but that's about it, really...

Probably should go over to the SMAC creation thread...

[GeoModder]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]
Geo: The only effect is that the Facility gives you Credits each year rather then taking them away. For an investment of 6 rows of minerals you get 4 Credits forever, a very good deal if you ask me (it helps pay for thouse HoloGram Theathers)

got it, a new sort of bank or financial institution

[Method]

to this

[Jamski]

(hey how did you add thouse dots)

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-Jam

[Skanky Burns]

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[MrWhereItsAt]

If it means we can play a single faction game yes please. If not then I care not.

[Impaler[WrG]]

Ok guys we dont nessarily have to use this new Alpha in the next ACDG I know thats a bit radical of a move at this point.

Lets focus on working the kinks out of the thing and making it fun first before everyone says they think it sucks. It still dosen't seem anyone has actualy downloaded the thing. Go try it before you say that its a bad idea.

[Trithemius]

Originally posted by GeoModder
Hive: +1 effic doesn't fit with Hive IMO, neither does the non-lethal methods ability. Hive security is violent and oppressive.

Perhaps they "nonlethally" remove you for "reconditioning". It would be a shame to waste the collective's human resources afterall (have to justify that Inefficiency Immunity that they normally have... ).

I know that I normally make use of police-trained garrisons with the Hive, in at least some of my bases, and I always try to play my SMAC/X games "in character".

[Darsnan]

Heah All,

Googlie put me onto this thread, with the suggestion that if I had some contributions, that I could post them here. However, as Impaler[WrG] had the great idea of pulling up an old alphax.txt modification thread out of the dustbin to spur conversation on this topic, why I decided to pull up gwillybj's alphax.txt modification thread as well, and append my own mod to the file at the end of the thread. FYI in case any of the ideas in this thread interest you.


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[Impaler[WrG]]

Thanks for bringing up that thread Darsen, as you can see have borrowed from it as well, particularly the Centauri Awarness tecnology, Orbital Construction was also inspired by the Rocketry tecnologies but I desided to add a tec at the top of the spaceflight chain and push techs up a level rather then add pre-requistes below.

By the way I am now considering giving all factions DRONE, 6, one extra drone per 6 citizens. This would be like a difficulty level ABOVE TRANSENDI! It could force the player to use more Pych and Hologram theathers in the mid game.

Also I droped the -1 Police from survival and lowered the growth Penalty on None Future to -1, a -1 growth on Survival now replaces the -1 Police. I found the -2 Police to start with was crippling on Transendi because you cant use a Police unit to control a size 2 base. It still remains to be seen how the Gaians will deal with this considering their -1 Police rating. Lal can use his Talents to control bases without Policing (cause he also has -1 Police now)

[Jamski]

It still remains to be seen how the Gaians will deal with this considering their -1 Police rating. Lal can use his Talents to control bases without Policing (cause he also has -1 Police now)

Gaians = unplayable

-Jam

[Impaler[WrG]]

Ok i droped the -1 Police from the Gaians, The Gaian pod was filled with an incressed quota of Green Peace and Animal rights activists resulting in a far less pacifist aproatch to dealing with the other factions.

Another idea, perhaps the Efficiency Penalty of Police state could be changed to some other form of Penalty, Econ perhaps, that would make it a lot more atractive to all factions including the Hive. I am considing moving it up a bit in the Tree as the Hive can take it imediatly ware as everyone else must wait a bit. The early Police bost seems to give the Hive a lot of power.

Also I think I will reduce the Build Cost of Rec Commons by 1 Row to make them easier to build in the Early game.

EDIT - Also changed Secrets of Creation to Secrets of Civalization and moved it down to the mid game, requires Plan Econ and MMI. Leads to HomoSuperior and might get a project of some kind. This should give us a fun Secrets tecnologies in the mid game.

[Trithemius]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]
Another idea, perhaps the Efficiency Penalty of Police state could be changed to some other form of Penalty, Econ perhaps, that would make it a lot more atractive to all factions including the Hive. I am considing moving it up a bit in the Tree as the Hive can take it imediatly ware as everyone else must wait a bit. The early Police bost seems to give the Hive a lot of power.

Why not let the hive keep their Efficiency Penalty Immunity?

Wouldn't it make more sense to improve "weak" Factions, rather than nerf the Factions that are already pretty good?

EDIT - Also changed Secrets of Creation to Secrets of Civalization and moved it down to the mid game, requires Plan Econ and MMI. Leads to HomoSuperior and might get a project of some kind. This should give us a fun Secrets tecnologies in the mid game.

Why change this? Does it serve a purpose?

[Jamski]

Secrets technologies just reward the tech leaders by giving them another free tech Noone likes to be on the other end of that.

-Jam

[GeneralTacticus]

Originally posted by Impaler[WrG]

Another idea, perhaps the Efficiency Penalty of Police state could be changed to some other form of Penalty, Econ perhaps, that would make it a lot more atractive to all factions including the Hive. I am considing moving it up a bit in the Tree as the Hive can take it imediatly ware as everyone else must wait a bit. The early Police bost seems to give the Hive a lot of power.

It should be noted that the Hive has to pay a pretty hefty sum for the early game to go Police State, and given their Econ penalties, obtaining that can be quite hard.