Ideas for the Start

[Drogue]

Googlie: The colours are fine in game, but just come like that when pasted into MS Paint.

When you say 50:50:0 I presume that's 50 Ec, 50 research and 0 psych? I'm just used to the 1st ACDG where it's Ec:Psych:Research.

Allocation was left the same for two reasons:
1 - Because we hadn't discussed it and
2 - Because I think we intend to use the Ecs for rushing formers and rec commons quite soon, to get SPs.
However, not it has been brought up, what do others think? Should we change the energy allocation?

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Maniac
I used to have that problem too, but I have forgotten what caused it. Perhaps try to save as jpeg's instead of gif's next time, or try using another graphic program.

I tried that, still the same. I would try it in another program, but I don't have one. Anyone know of a good Windows one I can DL, that's not too bug (56k and all)

Originally posted by Maniac
Btw, next turn, could you please make a save right before ending the turn? That would make it way easier to discuss actions ahead for the next turn.

Edit: Sorry, even the game I saved normally gives the tampering message It didn't before I save the Pirates one? I will try to next time.

Originally posted by Maniac
I'm not sure I understand you, but with "working the monolith" I meant putting our first worker on it, not terraforming it somehow. What are aquars btw?

Sorry, I thought you mean terraforming. I thought better to leave it with nuts this turn, partly because we don't really need mins until we get formers, and partly because that was what it was on, I didn't want to change it without a couple of people wanting to. Sorry about the typo, aquars=squares. Will edit.

[Maniac]

partly because we don't really need mins until we get formers

Why not? If I saw it correctly when I checked this noon, we won't be able to research CentEco right away, so probably more than a decade will pass before we have formers.

[Drogue]

Well, they would be useful, but I thought the nuts was more important, since I presume we will be building a CP next, and need to grow first. However, I am undecided as to which is best, but I had not heard another opinion to change it yet. Let's discuss it.

What do others think? 3-1-1 or 2-2-2?

[Googlie]

When you say 50:50:0 I presume that's 50 Ec, 50 research and 0 psych?

Correct - I usually use that notation too (50/0/50), but in this instance just followed the on-screen order for convenience

G.

(btw, now that the game save has been sent on, you can re-play the turn and experiment with different settings, etc - it doesn't matter now that the official turn has gone onwards - a bit of a cheat, though, if you use a replay to scout where other factions' units are, etc, so it's the honor system - self policing)

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Googlie
btw, now that the game save has been sent on, you can re-play the turn and experiment with different settings, etc - it doesn't matter now that the official turn has gone onwards - a bit of a cheat, though, if you use a replay to scout where other factions' units are, etc, so it's the honor system - self policing

Ahh, very true. In that case, I will post the file. Since we cannot post attachment's here, I can post in in the Cybernetic News Service thread, if you wish, since it is still passworded.

What should I do?

[Maniac]

*shrugs* Post it in that thread, or upload it and link to it here. Both possibilities are fine with me.

[Drogue]

Ok, I hope this works. Here is the file, I hope it's the right one. If not, tell me, and I'll post the other one, as both the one Archaic posted, and the one I made, have the same name.

http://apolyton.net/upload/files/Drogue/Cyborgs2102.zip

[Googlie]

The game will shortly be restarted from 2102

To deal with several issues, the game will be restarted (same start positions) with a new password. Before posting this in a thread in this forum, I'm awaiting MarkG's confirmation that General Tacitus (who currently is listed as a co-Moderator of these private forums) will be blocked from all but the Uni (he's a member of that team)

The replay shouldn't take long - I'll be checking to ensure that moves are identical (subject to a possibly different podpop result)

G.

[Cedayon]

Hi everyone, good to see the familiar faces again, and nice to see some new ones

Thanks for all your efforts, Googlie, this looks like it will be quite a blast when everything gets rolling

As for the posting of SMAC/X screenies, I follow this procedure to ensure the proper palette is used in the image:

1. In the game, position the screen as you want and hit print screen.
2. With the game still running, open your image program (I just use paint that comes with windows).
3. Paste the image into the image program.
4. Save the image as whatever (at this step it's a bmp, the way I do it, I'm not sure what happens if you save as another format).
5. Close the image program.
6. Close the game.
7. Open the image program and open the image.
8. Do whatever editing you need, including conversion to jpg or whatnot, and save it.
9. attach or upload or whatever the image as usual.

[Drogue]

Thank's Cedayon, I will try that next time

[Googlie]

Drogue:

I played the Uni's turn

The CyCon's 2102 restart turn is on the general turn reporting thread

(How does one add attachments to these private forums?)

G.

[Maniac]

(How does one add attachments to these private forums?)

It's impossible. All you could do, is upload them and then link to them here.

[Googlie]

Ah - I see

(I also see that GeneralTacitus is still listed as a co-Moderator of all these private forums - my guess is it'll prolly be after the weekend before MarkG gets back to us on that.

Of course Archaic could just e-mail the new password to everyone and then it can be business as usual)

G.

[Drogue]

Have sent to Herc via email.

Googlie: I did exactly the same key presses, but the move where the CP moves north east one square from Apolyton Prime, I tried to move it north again, because of the river, it only took 1/3 of a turn, and it failed. However, on doing it this time, exactly the same key presses, it did it. I know it is a random thing, whether it does it or not, thus I trust it is like the pod popping, where we just accept whatever is in it? Just to check, because when you chceck the save, even though I did exactly the same key presses (I tried to do that move the first time, and it failed) the CP is another square further north.

BTW everyone, instead of Mineral Resources from the pod, we got a monolith. Maybe not as good, although for the early game, two monoliths isn't bad