Check this out!!! Weird Files in Alpha Centauri Folder...

[Commy]

Last night, I was looking through the Alpha Centauri Folder, and I came across a couple weird files. Three, to be exact:

Name of Files: iface, newicons

Appear to be graphic files of something. Resemble the Nutrients, Minerals, and Energy symbols on resource screen, but slightly different. Possibly Color Blind Palette? No, that can't be right.

Name of File: flavor

Very interesting. Includes sizes and crew sizes of all the chasises, as well as details to the weapons, shields, and special abilities. Check it out!!!


These are some pretty weird files. I'd like to hear your thoughts.

[Illuminatus]

This is old news Commy. We all read flavor, and other files are remnants of an older AC engine.

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by obstructor
This is old news Commy. We all read flavor, and other files are remnants of an older AC engine.

Not old to me. Continue, Commy, please.

[Commy]

Sorry man, I just joined like a week ago. What else did I miss?

[Jamski]

Umm... where to start

-Jam

[MrWhereItsAt]

Do you mean like the stats that are in the back of the manual?

[MrWhereItsAt]

I'm an idiot - I have SMAC installed on this laptop. I just went and checked myself - yes, it is the same info as in the back of the manual.

[Illuminatus]

Originally posted by Commy
Sorry man, I just joined like a week ago. What else did I miss?

Well there are bits in several threads, including all graphics sets, unused text in script for expelled abbilities, techs that didnt make it to the end of game (like Inertial Dampening), original faction ideas and so. If I had time, I would post some links to them. Do a search, or wait for someone else to give links to these posts. Anyway welcome Commy to Apolyton!

[Commy]

All the things you mentioned, obstructor, I have noticed to. In fact, I would have posted them, but when this thread got turned down, I decided everyone would just laugh at me again. You don't know where I could find that thing on Intertial Dampening and Global Energy Theory, do you? Or, you could also just tell me how to search, although I probably shouldn't have asked that, because it's probably to obvious. Story of my life...

[Barinthus]

Aw come on, there are new people here too. Like me! I promise I won't mock you.

[GeoModder]

The techs you mentioned can be find in the respective folders:

- the pic in folder 'techs'
- the narration in folder 'voices'

I don't know out of my head which one are they. tech 11 and mid 70ties I think.

Also, they're 2 .wav files somewhere (that old section Obstructor mentions) which are an alternative for 2 existing techs, but since I couldn't change those to .MP3, wasn't able to use them before.



So, if anyone can change .wav to .mp3, let me know, I got a small job for you then

[Barinthus]

Also, Commy, if you have a topic you wanted to bring up, you could do a search to see if there's already a thread on it. Then you can read it and if you have anything to add, do so.

However this doesn't guartnee that you won't be mocked. I revived an old thread which happened to be exactly a year old that day. The person who started the thread was like why are you bringing up the old thread, yadda yadda, nobody has been posting in it, yadda yadda.

Sure enough, the thread was expanded over next few days . That's forums for you I suppose.

[Illuminatus]

##Inertial Damping
#TECH24
Until now the battle had been proceeding smoothly: the enemy
was outflanked and had been driven from the reactor housing. But
against the reactor itself the matter cannon were strangely
ineffective. Rounds simply . . . stopped. In mid-air.
^
^ -- Col. Corazon Santiago,
^ "A Tactical History of Sparta"

##Mass to Energy
#FAC38
I hold a scrap of paper in the darkness and
light it. I watch it burn bright and curl, disappearing
into nothingness, and the heat burns my fingers.
Where has it gone? What has it become? I cannot shake
the feeling that I have witnessed a form of transcendence.
^
^ -- Commissioner Pravin Lal,
^ "The Convergence"

This is what I found in blurbs.txt

Also, maybe the first time appearing in Apolyton (and maybe not), my most recent find:
lines in script.txt:

#HYPERSTIM
#xs 400
#caption Operations Director
Hyperstimulants activated! Unit's movement rate doubled until end of
turn. Unit can opt to use "skip" (space bar) command to expend
hyperstimulants and repair all damage.

#NOCHARGE
#xs 400
#caption Operations Director
This unit has expended its special ability charge. To recharge,
it must spend a complete turn resting at a friendly base.

#POLYMER
#xs 400
#caption Operations Director
Polymer adhesives placed! Movement into/through this area impeded.

#FUNGICIDE
#xs 400
#caption Operations Director
Fungicide activated! Area cleared.

#VOICE
#xs 400
#caption Operations Director
Subliminal Coercion activated! Select action:

Force target to attack.
Force target to retreat.

#VOICEFIZZLE
#xs 400
#caption Operations Director
Subliminal Coercion attempt fails.

Hope I boosted your thread Commy!

[Commy]

Thanks guys, but perhaps you misunderstood me. I maybe I didn't make myself clear. When I said that I wanted to see where Intertial Dampening was, I meant where the thread is was discussed in is. Not where it is in the Firaxis folder. Me and my friend already found that as well as the coordinating sound files.

But, Obstructor, thanks a lot. I didn't see all those other sound files. I wonder what happended. Perhaps the designers got to lazy. Maybe I should ask firaxis, or would they just ignore my e-mail like all the other technical help questions I asked.

But obstructor, do you know how to search that thread. I'd like to know what all the extra stuff is for, maybe someone knows, since a lot of people knew about Brian Reynolds getting a company transfer and Sid Meier possibly quitting.

[Barinthus]

Firaxis haven't replied to my email I sent a while ago. Still, go ahead and try anyway. You may have a better luck than me.