Ever cheated?

[Frankychan]

Just taking a quick poll.

I was talking to a few friends about Apolyton when a thought struck me....I don't know if THEY knew about the exploits in the game. I mean, if I could implement them....well, lets just say that it wouldn't be very fair.

But anyway, my question is:

Have you ever cheated at SMAC (using any of the number of exploits?)

My answer, yes. The crawler-SP exploit. But I don't cheat anymore. It takes the fun outta the game.

[Patashu]

I'm cheating right now, with a super-faction that gets 9 nutrients and energy from fungus squares, starts with +5 growth, industry, morale research and has Deep Radar and Clean Reactor free for all units as soon as you get them.

[Trithemius]

I don't cheat or use any exploits (I didn't know about any of them until I turned up here! ).

I have edited the map in order to "bulk up" an AI-player when I felt things were going to easy and I was enjoying fighting on the map (I have a thing for fighting over "Dardanelles" type terrain features...).

[Mr. President]

I would have to say no. BUT:

1) I don't know most of the exploits, since I usually skip or skim through the exploit announcement threads.

2) I only play against the computer which doesn't notice or care.

[Dis]

aside from reloading which I don't consider a cheat, then no. I have never cheated.

[Illuminatus]

Used crawlers, which are a major cheat.

[GeoModder]

I sometimes restart from an earlier turn when things are going bad. But that only works against AI off course.

As for bug exploits, didn't know most of them since I don't use way points and the like, even the stockpile bug was avoided since I had a tendency to fill my qeue all the time.

In fact, I have to resist the urge to upgrade units in the workshop now in midturn so I can use them better against a nasty attacker.

[Cosmic]

Sometimes I like to play with some crazy faction settings. I´m playing now with a faction that gets +99 nutrients and +99 energy in fungus squares but dont produce mineral at all. It has also hab complex and habitation dome as starting facilities in all bases. They also have a +5 PLANET bonus. Crazy crazy but very very funny

Other day I created clones of seven factions and give then the "aquatic faction" ability, then started playing in map covered with 100% water (the pirates weren´t there)

I am now trying to create a map 100% covered with fungus, but all faction CANT build formers!
To make things a little easier in early stages of the game, I´m trying to give a +1nutrient/+1mineral/+1energy (and taking off those bonuses from later techs discovered, to permit only the original bonuses for fungus squares in the end of the game).

[Skanky Burns]

It depends on how you define cheating. I use some of the more reasonable "exploits", like using crawlers as to gather resources, I don't use the upgrade crawlers before cashing them in for wonders trick on the other hand.

I also use the "keep building and selling centauri parks to gain additional ecodamage-free minerals" exploit, but by the time I implement that kind of plan the game is already well and truely won (against AI only). I do it more because I can than out of any need.

[Dansz]

I have tried using custom factions that get interest on energy, so that after a while you've got about 10'000 EC's and you're get 5% interest on it each turn. You end up with far more energy than you could ever need.
I only do that though if I'm trying out some things that I wouldn't normally do, just to see how they work.
In proper games I don't think I've cheated.

[Jamski]

Never cheated. Used a few exploits, but never broke any rules.

-Jam

[Ouro_827]

Exploits? Don't know most of them, so no.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Jamski
Never cheated. Used a few exploits, but never broke any rules.

-Jam

Ditto

[Snowflake]

Not sure what is the crawler SP cheat? If you are talking about the instabuild technique yes I have used that. But have not upgraded crawlers when cashing it in.

I also used other exploit like stockpile bugs but at concensus.

Have not cheated otherwise then. I planned to do so in a supposed PBEM with a newbie team against a vet team. But the vet team stopped playing only after a couple turns so we the newbies declared victory without me having the chance to use any cheat.

[ceroomaster]

Cheat for fun from time-to-time.

Proper games are played with no cheats, no exploits.