Does anyone actually use Artillery Units?

[Darsnan]

Well, I've been hacking away at this for the better part of a day now, and I'm coming to the realization that there are just too many things that I don't have access to......

I can build bases for the 8th Faction:

[Darsnan]

However I can't change production without the program crashing, nor can I research techs....

Note though that the game sees the 8th Faction as human

[Darsnan]

I can't infiltrate a Faction without the game crashing, but I can MC bases:

[Darsnan]

And the results of MC'ing the base:

[Darsnan]

So, what I have found so far playing while playing as the 8th Faction:

1. I can plant bases using CP's either given to me by a CMN, or ones that I've MC'd or captured via Marine Detachment.

2. I can't change production without the game crashing.

3. I can't research techs.

4. I can't infiltrate a Faction without the game crashing.

5. I can't terraform at all.

6. I can't call elections, but I can vote.

7. I've been trying all day to figure out how to link base graphics and a Faction.txt file to the 8th Faction, however I think now that the programmers just put in a Gosub to a different subroutine that exclusively handled the 8th Faction, and that it doesn't have the hooks for associating a Faction's text and PCX files to it.

So, right now I'm thinking this a failed experiment. If anyone else is interested in playing with this let me know and I'll show you what to do.


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[Kataphraktoi]

7. I've been trying all day to figure out how to link base graphics and a Faction.txt file to the 8th Faction, however I think now that the programmers just put in a Gosub to a different subroutine that exclusively handled the 8th Faction, and that it doesn't have the hooks for associating a Faction's text and PCX files to it.

Civ2's 8th faction had hardcoded limits as well IIRC, so i imagine they took the same route more or less here.