Weird SMAC screenshots

[GeoModder]

You lead an even borying live then I first thought, Frankychan. Planetmap?

[Darsnan]

An oldie but a goodie....

OK, here's something I encountered back in 2003. Anyone else ever encounter a unit with a weapon class of 3?

[Chaos Theory]

One could always be modded in, which given the very odd unit, seems quite possible.

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Chaos Theory
One could always be modded in, which given the very odd unit, seems quite possible.

True, but not what happened here. Essentially in this case I took a Spore Launcher, gave it a rover chassis, and then gave it a Chaos Gun. However there is some hardcoding in place that essentially says that you cannot give NL's a higher weapons class than (IIRC) class 4 weapons.
FYI in case you try to do the same in the future CT.


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[Commy]

Originally posted by Datajack Franit
how?

A transcendi specialist gives +2 econ and +4 labs (and +2 psych)...so, even if you had 0% economy allocation and 0% labs, that base would still get +2 econ and +4 labs...SE energy allocation only affects raw energy that is produced from workers, commerce, etc...often times, in the late game, you can have 0% labs and still be getting a tech every 3 or 4 turns simply because of your specialists...

[bluetemplar]

[daydream mode ON]
It would be great if the game automatically transformed the excedent 1 psych in lab point when you have a resulting odd number of psych.
[daydream mode OFF]

[Straybow]

What, HR give up budget to the Research department??

Never!!

[Darsnan]

Another moment where you just go, "What the!?!"

*** Flubber: no reading till your done playtesting! ***


So I've recently been experimenting with new types of NL's. Today while playtesting with them I had the opportunity to nerve gas one of these new NL units. To my surprise I received 10 years of sanctions
for this!?!
I'm still trying to rationalize the reason the game is hardcoded this way. Anyone have any ideas on this?


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[GeoModder]

I guess gassing a dormant sentient lifeform (or parts of it anyway) counts quite hard on Lal-influenced planetary policies.

(btw, what did you change then that the nerve gas ability could be used in psych combat? )

[Addled Platypus]

Darsnan

Irfan view is a great tool for screenies

[Whoha]

I have a couple of really packed in city grids that are so yellow that you shouldn't look directly at them.

[GeoModder]

Don't, please...

[Frankychan]

Originally posted by Whoha
I have a couple of really packed in city grids that are so yellow that you shouldn't look directly at them.

Sounds like the buttcrack of a plumber.

[Leon Trotsky]

Using a unit equipped with marine detachment to attack a base can result in this:



These two aren't bugs, but situations I find quite rare (maybe veterans are familiar with them):




Yang voted for me, yet refused to follow my rule:



Good hunting:



Yet another sample of the AI suicidal logic: they attempted to drown me (zacky) to death. No need to say that I took the necessary contermeasures, while they lost several bases beneath the waves.



Mindworms popped over my former:



Finally, the infamous "wire -50 credits" bug:

[Frankychan]

WTF?

Where do I begin in probably the most forked up pics I have ever witnessed in SMAC/X?

What the hell does "Wire me -50 credits" mean, anyway???