What does the XP patch do?

[Commy]

A while ago a thread came up with which factions are most affected by the XP/2000 compatibility patch. I was just wondering, does the patch do anything else? What actually does the patch do? I have XP, but apparently I don't need it. Should I download it?

[Chaos Theory]

If you want to play in multiplayer games here, you should get it. It fixes a few bugs apart from XP compatibility.

[Enigma_Nova]

It gives Governors infiltration,
and it causes facilities on Transcend to cost the same as on Librarian.
In the past, Transcend facilities costed 1/3 of what they were supposed to.

[Commy]

But governors get infiltrators anyway, even without the patch. Oh well, I might as well download it, as long as it doesn't create any problems...

[Qwerty88]

What do you mean by 'it gives goveners infiltration'?

[Enigma_Nova]

In earlier versions (IIRC) a governor couldn't see the F2 through F7 screens of the other factions on planet.
Now the Governor can.

[Qwerty88]

So does that mean the governor makes decisions based on what the other factions are doing? By govorner you do mean the AI you can use to run your bases right?

[Enigma_Nova]

Planetary Governor, not base governor.

/me forgot about that automation thingy since he never uses it

[Qwerty88]

Okay, now I understand, sorry.

[Chaunk]

Originally posted by Enigma_Nova
In earlier versions (IIRC) a governor couldn't see the F2 through F7 screens of the other factions on planet.
Now the Governor can.

Are you sure about that? I don't think I've ever had problems with that before applying the XP patch.

[Illuminatus]

This was problem in vanilla SMAC I think.

[Commy]

Vanilla SMAC? And I thought I was crazy...