Recent content by ninebullets

I own SMAC, and have never owned SMAX but used to play it (until I lost it in a computer move). I agree with everyone else that the alien factions (and IMO opinion, the pirate faction) screwed up my enjoyment of the game, but I enjoyed playing SMAX with the original 7 factions far more than...

I have the same problem on vista. There are no hidden files and the "Latest Save=" line in Alpha Centauri.ini doesn't say anything else.

I'm not pro-steam, I just want to be able to buy this game and have it work properly on vista! So I would support SMAC on Steam.

Like everyone else has said, there really is no need for a sequel. The only thing they could really improve upon would be the graphics, and they would probably just end up being cartoony and 3D like Civ4 and Warcraft 3 (I much prefer the graphics from the 98/99 era including SMAC, Civ2 and...

I go through phases where I play this game consistently for like 5 months... and this has been going on for maybe 6 years now. I definitely do not consider myself a gamer in any way. Maybe every year or so I play a new game and I haven't bought a new game since 2004. And with that in mind, I...

UPDATE: I've started following the instructions here http://www.vistax64.com/vista-games/70958-instructions-getting-sid-meiers-alpha-centauri-run-under-vista.html I get really confused around the part where it says "create a new Application Fix in the Compatibility Administrator". I guess...

Oh don't get me wrong, I love choppers too, I just had never seen a prompt to upgrade unit class before. That would be like a suggestion to upgrade a scout patrol to a scout rover!

What are some of the strangest upgrade suggestions you've seen? The weirdest are usually just after an allied faction transfers control of a lower strength unit (4-1-1) to you and you are prompted to upgrade one of your units (example 6-3-1) to that. I thought it couldn't get any sillier...

Alright, so I ended up avoiding the crash I mentioned earlier by reloading an auto-save from 2 turns ago and changing my units' courses to deflect the allied unit's course. This worked except now every other turn a different unit causes the game to crash and I just can't keep reloading and...

Hello everyone, I've recently begun playing SMAC again on Vista (I've only ever played it before on Windows 98). When I used to play it on '98 in the later part of most games there came a point where the game would crash between turns. I could usually reload and stop this from happening by...