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Isn't depreciation wonderful. Just purchased the Planetary Pack for £9.99 (about $15?) - so now not only do I have Alien Crossfire, I also possess two copies of AC. Hmm, useful. Will install later, have to go out now
Um. Only slight problem is that I can't appear to install only AX - I have to do both. Now obviously I don't particularly want to since I already have two copies on my hard drive (SMAC and SNAC). Does anyone know of a way to just install AX?
I think the PP is The Planetary Pack and not just SMAC and SMACX shoved onto one disc. Couldn't you just uninstall the old SMAC and then install PP, you wont need to redo patches as it has the latest versions of both.
Now, I'm sure we had this argument several months ago, but:
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WHO THE HELL CHANGED THE TECH TREE SO THAT PLANETARY ECONOMICS CAN COME BEFORE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS? THAT'S JUST STUPID! I CAN RESEARCH HYBRID FORESTS BEFORE TREE FARMS! IT DOESN'T DO ME ANY GOOD BECAUSE I CAN'T BUILD THEM, BUT I CAN DO IT!
Yes, it really is the case. It's the only real problem I know of with the new tech tree, although that tech gives you the ability to build the Ascetic Virtues which can be quite handy It also gives you the subsea trunkline facility (additional minerals from ocean mining platforms), although I've never built one of those as I never put mines in the sea.
The subsea trunkline isn't very valuable to anyone but the Pirates. With a 4ec upkeep, I have found that it only becomes an economical build if you have 3 or more mines to go with it.
It is quite useful for those deep sea bases, since they are so mineral poor to begin with.
"That which does not kill me, makes me stronger." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
"That which does not kill me, missed." -- Anonymous war gamer
"I fear that we have awakened a sleeping giant and instilled in it a terrible resolve." - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Well, making the possibility of hitting Hybrid Forests ahead of Tree Farms is not the best way designing the tech tree. But it isn't a crisis either. You can easily get to Tree Farms first and get the mineral restriction lifted at the same time.
People like me who play double blind are most affected. I'd guess I get Hybrid Forests first about three quarters of the time.
So Chowlett, now that you are playing SMACX how are you liking it?
Haven't yet finished a game through lack of time. Currently playing a random, mixed faction game as the Conciousness, versus Hive, Spartan, Uni, PK, Aliens 1 and 2. (Not that many x-fires in there). I quite like some of the new notions, like the resonance armour and the like, the new techs are good. I'm a little upset by the change in terraforming graphics, and the noise of every unit activating is quite disturbing. Other than that, fine. Haven't built a x-fire SP yet. I'll report back at end.
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