More or less than seven factions?

[The Rusty Gamer]

Will it be possible in a future patch to be able to play on a random map with less than seven factions or even more than seven factions if you've got the memory for it. In Civ and Civ2 you could pick the number of civilizations see. The only way I know to do it now is to create a scenario. But then you see the map beforehand and I don't want that.
As a suggestion, when picking each individual faction to play against, "NONE" could be an option with each one. Also, if you choose "RANDOM" one of the random choices would be "NONE" so you won't know how may factions you're playing with in the beginning.

[Provost Harrison]

I would like to play a game of SMAC on a much bigger map than usual but with all of the factions (SMAC and SMACX) simultaneously. That would be good!

[Neptunus]

Is it possible, then, to create a scenario with ALL 14 factions (or the 12 factions excluding the aliens), select your faction and play ? Although I doubt it, if someone has done it, then the option would be really interesting !

[Enigma]

HA HA HA! A future patch? You have got to be joking! There will not be one, so don't worry about it and just try to get used to the bugs.