custom faction

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does anyone know of a custom faction for smax. in particular i would like to play as mindworms/planet creatures with bases that look like fungal towers

i tired the cult of mindworms from this site:
http://alphacentauri2.info/My Custom Factions/Custom Factions.htm

but it does not work in smax. when i add it to the alphax.txt i get a messed up faction window. in fact it is missing
 
Okay, this is down to sloppiness and lack of playtesting on my part.

In the faction .txt, I neglected to change #FUNGBOY to #worm, which borks up the loading.

SO, instead of
;
; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI Expansion Disk
;
; FACTION FILE: The Cult of Mindworm
;
; Copyright (c) 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
;
; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
;

#FUNGBOY
The Cult of Mindworm, The Worm, Mindworm Cult, M, 1, Mindworm, M, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
open the file in Notepad, and at the top of worm.txt, alter to
;
;
; Sid Meier's ALPHA CENTAURI Expansion Disk
;
; FACTION FILE: The Cult of Mindworm
;
; Copyright (c) 1999 by Firaxis Games, Inc.
;
; ALPHA CENTAURI reads the rules of the game from this file at
; startup. Feel free, at your own risk, to experiment with editing
; this file. We recommend you make a backup copy of the original.
;

#worm
The Cult of Mindworm, The Worm, Mindworm Cult, M, 1, Mindworm, M, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1,
and save.

Then open your alphax.txt and make sure you've got
#CUSTOMFACTIONS
worm, worm
down near the bottom of the file under
; First item is file name, second item is search key.
; These should always be the same except for debugging purposes.
;
#FACTIONS
GAIANS, GAIANS
HIVE, HIVE
UNIV, UNIV
MORGAN, MORGAN
SPARTANS, SPARTANS
BELIEVE, BELIEVE
PEACE, PEACE

;
; First item is file name, second item is search key.
; These should always be the same except for debugging purposes.
;
#NEWFACTIONS
CYBORG, CYBORG
PIRATES, PIRATES
DRONE, DRONE
ANGELS, ANGELS
FUNGBOY, FUNGBOY
CARETAKE, CARETAKE
USURPER, USURPER

;
; These are factions you want included in the startup list.
; These may also be chosen when a random faction is selected.
; First item is file name, second item is search key.
; These should always be the same except for debugging purposes.
;
I did make sure it works this time. Enjoy.

Be warned, though, that it's just the Planet Cult with custom graphics and some names changed. I can point you at some genuine fungusy, genuinely custom, factions, if you prefer.

Sorry about the screwup.
 
I can point you at some genuine fungusy, genuinely custom, factions, if you prefer.
i would. the worms i found above was the closest i could find with a short google search.
 
You probably want the Antimind from the Network Node factions. Hold on, and I'll see if I can find a posting of it.

-Now, the Mindworms with Minds http://alphacentauri2.info/My Custom Factions/MyWorms.zip is visually, altered Gaians, but the bases are seriously modified w/ fungal tower caps and fungusy colors, and it plays like nothing else. It IS overpowered, mind you.
 
:D Genuinely a pleasure to be of service.

I play the Mindworms with Minds myself - in fact, the most recent three games I've played. But keep in mind with overpowered factions like that and Antimind, the novelty eventually wears off, and they make it too easy to be fun to play as forever; but they're great to play against for extra challenge.

There are a bunch of guys at AC2, most of them modders, who are very fond of all-"monster" challenge games - it's made for several excellent AARs.
 
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