Recent content by Gargantua

I dont think it is going to be SMAC II, and I do not want it to be. SMAC was disigned by B. Reynolds and most of people who programmed and contributed to SMAC including BR left FIRAXIS.

The problem is, the key people who created SMAC left Firaxis and are working now in "Big huge Games" (their first game will be Rise of Nations ). Sid actually had very little to do with SMAC, as BR himself admitted once. Other than name "Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri" and Copyright issues, Firaxis...

Team Also check out about section. It was a pleasure to read, key people who created SMAC and Civ2 are working now on RoN. Great team ==>great games ;)

I am sure RTS is going to be a problem. Example: Europa Universalis (1,2). It is RTS, but you actually pause alot, and I dont think it is less fun than any TBS.

Weird, I have smac and smax and even planetary pack, but thereis no PDF manual on CDs..

I just started Utopia, also there is a very similar and maybe better game: Domesty , check it out, maybe you will like it too..

Yes you are right, that would be not perfect dice:) But the idea of probability theory is that in ideal situation when everything is perfect, material surface air etc, every number has equal chances. Any other situation as the non perfect dice you mentioned is based on this simple idea...

As Lefty Scaevola said, Quantum Mechanics is based on probability theory. Rolling the dice is the simplest example of how probability theory works- every number has equal chances to appear. Quantum mechanics basically states that there is no way of saying exatly how any system will behave...

Simgolf is really nothing but "make more different holes" . I really do not understand why people like it, boring meaningless game

Do you have SBlive! sound card? Add this line to your Alpha Centauri.ini file eax=0 it will disable EAX

Holding SHIFT still shows other civs turns, but it speeds up considerably.

Press and hold down SHIFT key while other civs make their turns:)

The latest drivers for Nvidia video cards do not seem to be consistent with Civ3. As many people reported older ones work much better. Thats what I did too and have no problems now. By the way for those who have nvidia cards, you can get older drivers here...

read here: http://apolyton.net/misc/interviews/bhg_breynolds.shtml Not that Civ 3 is a bad game, but Civ2 and SMAC were so good because Brian Reynolds made them in fact, not Sid Meiers.

Greetings:) Reading all posts and thinking about Civ3 again, I have this question: What is the difference between SMAC and Civ3 in principle? What does Civ3 have that SMAC doesnt? Units?in SMAC you can create your own. Technologies? SMAC's technologies are wonderful once you understand...