[smac] is it possible to remove the forced retirement?

[elm37]

In Alpha Centauri, the regular game, is it possible to remove the forced retirement, or extend the time before it happens? I'm talking about regular single player.

For some types of victories the pre-alloted time doesn't do it for me.

.elm.

[Maniac]

It can be easily done by editing four numbers in the alphax.txt
I unfortunately am unable to access my SMAC directory right now, so I can't give you more detailed information. But I'm sure someone else will.

[Darsnan]

Open your Alpha.txt file (located in the directory labeled "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri") with a tet editor, and in the first subsection called #RULES, scroll down towards the bottom of this section till you see the following line:

2500 ; Normal ending year for highest 3 difficulty levels


Simply change the 2500 to whatever you feel comfortable with, and re-save the file. FYI.


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