A few noob questions:

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

I think it follows the CIV2 algorithm.

[Leon Trotsky]

Would that be that the home base is the closest one, and if the player doesn't own it, the unit is independent?

[Straybow]

That is the Civ2 method, and I believe it is the SMAC method.

[Sikander]

Btw, if you attack a loaded transport ship with a ship that has the marine detachment you do capture the units on board.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Leon Trotsky
Would that be that the home base is the closest one, and if the player doesn't own it, the unit is independent?

That sounds right

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Sikander
Btw, if you attack a loaded transport ship with a ship that has the marine detachment you do capture the units on board.

I experienced that a bit in one of Darsnan's scenarios . He gave the AI some pre-designed ships with that ability. It made for some early captures IIRC

[Leon Trotsky]

Originally posted by Sikander
Btw, if you attack a loaded transport ship with a ship that has the marine detachment you do capture the units on board.

Even worse, the Marine Detachment ability works against units inside a base. However, the base is not automatically captured - the attacker has to take every unit away, and then occupy it. Should he attempt to move another unit onto the base, a combat occurs between his units.

[Aabraxan]

Just when I think I'm done asking, a couple more questions crop up. Here's my latest. In playing Yang, I've noticed that when I capture a base in the early game, a perimeter defense always springs up. Later, when I capture a base, a PD usually springs up, but not always. What governs this? As always, thanks in advance for the information.

[Senethro]

Its an unusual bug regarding free facilities. I'm fairly sure I've had network nodes from Uni bases and PDs from Yang sometimes remain at their current base, sometimes teleport to a different base.

[smb12321]

I opened the ini file in Notepad, made the change (0 to 1) but when I tried to save it, I keep getting the msg "Cannot create file, name /pathway wrong" I made sure I was saving the ini (vs text) How do I save the changes? Many thanks in advance

[Petek]

I opened the ini file in Notepad, made the change (0 to 1) but when I tried to save it, I keep getting the msg "Cannot create file, name /pathway wrong" I made sure I was saving the ini (vs text) How do I save the changes? Many thanks in advance

Since you bumped a thread that's three years old (!), it's not clear what you're trying to do. However, I'm going to assume that you're using Vista, in which case you've run into a known problem. Use runas to run notepad as the Administrator account (even if you're logged in as the admin). You now should be able to save your changes.

HTH

Petek