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[Illuminatus]

I tried hitting ctrl+u but it shows option to upgrade it to synmetal garrison, so I know it has infantry chasis. But it doesn`t use psi weapons?

[Illuminatus]

I just tried attacking mindoworm with it - game crashed. Reload, this time I let it near mindworm - game crashed. So psicombat between it and mindworms causes crashes.

[Googlie]

It's an old problem that first surfaced when players added units to their alpha.txt but didn't change the #UNITS number.

So it's a default garbage unit that doubles for an IoD, mindworm or even locust.

Jamski - count the units in your alpha.txt, and make sure the number corresponds to the #UNITS number. (This part of your alpha.txt file is embedded in the scenario)

(I've played the challenge three times now (am in my 3rd) and haven't encountered it. But I did get it when I first experimented with setting up scenarios a couple of years ago)

To remove it without the game crashing, center the cursor on it, close your eyes (so as not to see the map - or center the map on your discovered land and zoom to the max so as not to reveal any as yet undiscovered land) and hit ctrl and K simultaneously (activates the scenario editor), then right click on the unit and select "delete unit". Remember to ctrl and K afterwards to exit the editor and return to the game

G.

[Jamski]

Hmmm... I don't get any of this.

This is a SMAC scenario, not a SMAX one. Is anyone playing this in SMAX? That could cause problems.

I didn't add any units. I just made the map and tweaked the AI.

-Jam

[Googlie]

But you might have inadvertently imported an amended alpha.txt file in a scenario you've played or opened (such as the ACDG one, for example). If that was the last game you saved prior to craeting this sceanrio it could be that the file got embedded in the one you built.

Have you checked your alpha.txt file to ensure that the 2 numbers do match?

(But I am playing the challenge with no problems, so the fault might lie in the player's rigs rather than the creator's - same situation as above - their last .sav - which defines the .ini file - might have imported the imbalance and replicted it when they open this challenge)

And it wouldn't open in smax - it'd get the "terranx crash - do you wish to report this to Microsoft" message

edit : no it wouldn't - it's the reverse that creates the crash - when trying to open a smax .sav with smac. The challenge runs fine in smax

G.

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

Originally posted by Jamski
Hmmm... I don't get any of this.

This is a SMAC scenario, not a SMAX one. Is anyone playing this in SMAX? That could cause problems.

I didn't add any units. I just made the map and tweaked the AI.

-Jam

Thats the problem I noticed from the posters earlier issue he was running SMAX as if IIRC he had the PEG.

So I tried running SMAX and lo and behold I ran into the same beasties.

I did not see the problem when running SMAC.

[Jamski]

Well - Run it in SMAC.

-Jam

[Illuminatus]

You should have said it was meant to be played in SMAC Jamski. In your initial post this is not evident.

[Jamski]

Well, its not obvious, but it is mentioned

-Jam

[Illuminatus]

No. "SMAC instalation" is mentioned and this does not tell us anything, but if there is text like "This is meant to be played in SMAC." This is how you do it. You can that a number of people did not realize that.

[Jamski]

First post edited to reflect this, and to please Obstructor.

-Jam

[Illuminatus]

Now I can finally finish the challenge.

[binTravkin]

I ran it as SMAX & all was k!
And those units as you see above were 3-1-1, I were able to capture them & even use ag my enemies, but they were too weak to crush any other unit..

Hey, guys, I maybe know why I was more lucky than all of you - I popped an earthquake near Arzamas (South landing) and thus got space for 1 more base which I fully used!

[binTravkin]

Will post early turns ASAP as per request, but about MMI - I wonder how didnt U get it (youre Uni, remember!)

[gwillybj]

Originally posted by Jamski
Then my gassing came back to haunt me.

Any good hunter knows you don't fart upwind of an angry bear