SMAniaC PBEM game?

[Kataphraktoi]

stockpile energy bug

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
That was a personal opinion BTW

I'm kinda indifferent about stockpiling energy, so anything's fine by me.

Originally posted by Humphrey
If the presence of ocean shelf squares have been increased, maybe max land would be better, as more of the ocean will be usable?

How about something in between the two?

[Humphrey]

Originally posted by Maniac
How about something in between the two?

There isn't an option between the two, there are only three choices...?
Or is someone going to be making the map, rather than it being randomly generated?

[Maniac]

mart7x5 should be making the map.

[Maniac]

Standard map with land between normal and lots then (assuming the SMAniaC worldbuilder with much increased ocean shelfs)?

PMed mart7x5 a zip with the right combination of human and AI faction files.

[Kataphraktoi]

Sounds good
BTW maniac is chaunk MIA? havnt seen him about

[Mart]

To clarify the version of the mod,
This post has the newest version with the update?

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
BTW maniac is chaunk MIA? havnt seen him about

I've seen him post a couple times in AC-General.

Originally posted by mart7x5
To clarify the version of the mod,
This post has the newest version with the update?

Yep. The three downloads there (which you can also find in my signature).

[Mart]

Originally posted by Maniac
I wouldn't advise a smaller map than that. On tiny and small maps, everyone gets bonuses on growth and production: there are respectively only eight and nine minerals in a row. This messes up the whole social engineering system as for example +1 SE Industry only gives -0.9 minerals per row, rounded up. No effect in other words.

There is a way to go around it.
Custom size map.
You may declare a map 32x64 as custom and the row will have 10 points. I did that for a 24x48 map once. Worked ok.
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How about adding to the Mod's alphax.txt these new customfactions?

#CUSTOMFACTIONS
BREE, BREE
ATLANTIS, ATLANTIS
REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC
TEMPLAR, TEMPLAR
EMPATH, EMPATH
GHOST, GHOST
GENESIS, GENESIS

Also, modified alphax.txt may have in their heading its version number, date of creation. Presently there is this standard message from Firaxis. I opened current SMAniaC alphax.txt and wondered if it's the latest version or not. Files have their date stamp, but inside may be more info, just some thoughts...
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It is going to be a game with roleplay - expect less than "mirroring" setup (which is quite boring imho). That would be something new and hopefully require from you strategies you never used before. Well, temprary alliances... if they can be played in yet another different way...

[Maniac]

Originally posted by mart7x5
There is a way to go around it.
Custom size map.
You may declare a map 32x64 as custom and the row will have 10 points. I did that for a 24x48 map once. Worked ok.

wow thanks never knew that

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How about adding to the Mod's alphax.txt these new customfactions?

They aren't added to the alphax.txt in the core SMAniaC download, but there's an alphax.txt included in the customfactions download where they are included. So people can choose whether or not to play with these custom factions or just the original 14.

Also, modified alphax.txt may have in their heading its version number, date of creation. Presently there is this standard message from Firaxis. I opened current SMAniaC alphax.txt and wondered if it's the latest version or not. Files have their date stamp, but inside may be more info, just some thoughts...

Ah good idea for later.

[Mart]

To all players:
Please pm your prefered passwords to me.
The game is in testing at the moment

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Important:
Will correct alphax.txt be in use on all machines?
my path to the game exe is:
"C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\SMAniaC\terranx.exe"
As far as I was able to determine this gets saved in the game save file and encrypted later for multiplayer save. This is important for scenarios to "know" which alphax.txt to use.

We may possibly need a restart if something goes wrong. I know how to do it.

What are your paths to the mod?

[Maniac]

My path is the exact same as yours.

For the record, I've released a slightly modified alphax.txt on 10 March, containing a possibly controversial change re Maniacal Rushing. Do we want to use it?

For the record, this change shouldn't in any way affect the game setup or AI behaviour, so it doesn't matter if it isn't used in the game testing.

[Kataphraktoi]

Nope my smax isnt installed in program files. Dun worry, it will work here, i tested it out before. As for pass, give me anything. (not literally! )

[ERKUTHER]

What does the change entail Maniac? The last time I updated the mod was when this thread was started.

[Maniac]

Yeah now I think of it the same path probably wouldn't be necessary. You probably just need to have the same alphax.txt in the folder containing terranx.exe when playing the game.

As for the changes in the latest update, see the last post in the SMAniaC thread in AC-Creation (also linked to in my signature).