Freakin' Aliens!

[AnotherKenlon]

Is there any way to make it so you can play with random factions without having the hideously overpowered and annoying aliens in there?
(SMAX, o' course.)

[Mr. Harley]

Make sure you save the original, and remove the factions from your Alpha.txt. Other readers can correct me (on break at work, cannot check my game) but that should work.

[jtsisyoda]

I usually take a few seconds to hand-pick some factions, and mix it up each time I play. In addition to avoiding the Aliens, I avoid Miriam and Cha Dawn and their whining. Call me anti-religious if you want (I'm not), but I can't stand them.

Shawnmmmmmccccc's suggestion seems good, though, if you're not afraid of changing alpha.txt like me.

Edit: <--- would never mess with alpha.txt without backing it up first.

[Mr. Harley]

I'll give it a try on my days off - I'll leave you folks the results over the next week or so, I'm playing Miriam (first time - with the Aliens) at Transcend (large planet) and it's a b**** of a game. Biggest challenge I've had in three years.

[Illuminatus]

Aliens just seem to be overpowerd - in SP there is just a short time they kick ass up to first hundred and twenty or thirty years- soon Yang or Miriam will kick theirs

[Mr. Harley]

Don't try deleting them from the Alpha.txt file - it locked up the game . I restored, no problem. You might try posting on the SMAC Game Creation thread, there are some pretty knowledgable types there. Just phraze it - How do I edit out the Alien Faction - and note you DO NOT want to substitute custom factions. They have some interesting ones if you surf over to some of the mod sites.