Buying SMAX?

[Kody]

I usually use a much larger screen size than what alpha centuari uses. So whenever I alt/tab I have a reduced space to type notes etc. I'm always making lots of notes.

Also being the geek I am I usually have multiple things I'm keeping an eye on.
I actually have a little window that has keeps tabs on all my communication channels that is always visible if I'm working in a windowed program.

Finally the way I make screenshots is with paintbrush. That means print screen, alt-tab, open paintbrush, paste, quit SMAC, paste again to get a color picture rather than a black screenshot, save, start SMAC again. For some reason you need to paste while SMAC is running so windows does the color conversion correctly. Then quit SMAC and paste again into paintbrush to get proper color (otherwise it uses 8-bit or 16-bit color I think).

[Enigma_Nova]

Do what I do - set screen resolutin to 16 bit after SMAX boots up and leave it running in the background?
You get nice 16-bit screenies that way.

[Kody]

I think my biggest complaint is actually the screen flicker as you alt-tab.

Having a windowed version also means I can quickly compare energy, minerals and nutrients, both produced and in production. I do that quite alot and the screen flashing whenever you switch starts giving me bad eyesore after 30 times. It usually takes 100 switches to compare an average midgame.

[Enigma_Nova]

By having 2 instances of SMAC open at the same time...
how on earth do you do that, anyway? Is it a linux thing?

Anyhow, set the background res to 16 Bit.
SMAC changes it on startup, but not during the game.

[Illuminatus]

NO-CD crack helps you to run two or more versions of SMAX.

[Dis]

amazon.com

that's where I got it.

although it cost me $20

I got this other games.

I installed Sim City 3000. But I'm not sure if I like it. But I do like smacx.

[kelvinhole]

amazon.com

that's where I got it.

although it cost me $20

I got this other games.

I installed Sim City 3000. But I'm not sure if I like it. But I do like smacx.

You should. I think it's a great game. Better than SimCity 4 in fact

[Dis]

Originally posted by kelvinhole


You should. I think it's a great game. Better than SimCity 4 in fact

I'll try again. This time after reading the instructions . It's one of those games where it's best to read the instructions first, so you know what the hell you are doing.

[gbrut]

SMAC

I loaned my Plantary Pack to a friend, who promptly destroyed it. I went to Gamestop and they had two Laptop Collections in the bin for $9.99! Needless to say that I scooped them up.

[gbrut]

Once again, go to Game Stop. I picked up a copy of the Planetary Pack for under $10.00.

[binTravkin]

SMAC/X is still available here FOR FREE:

http://smac.2be.cc

[Mart]

Not so long ago I saw Laptop Collection in Shopko. I bought mine in MediaPlay over half a year ago, but I think they may no longer have it.
Laptop Collection has 4 games, or even 5, coz SMAC and SMAX are treated as one there. And there is an additional SMAC CD.

[dunk]

The Laptop Collection includes:

SMAC
SMAX
Tiger Woods PGA Golf
Command and Conquer 2: Red Alert
SimCity 3000

My box contained two CDs for SMAC... the original, and then the "Planetary Pack" which I assume has both SMAC and SMAX on the same CD. Is that correct?

For our non-US friends... try looking for the Laptop Collection on eBay.

[livid imp]

nm

[Lord Nword]

Originally posted by binTravkin
SMAC/X is still available here FOR FREE:

http://smac.2be.cc

Not that I see...

And thankfully, I already have SMAX