Exploring Centaurus (ToT)

[malbi]

I arrived at Alpha Centauri (or wherever), but only with a couple of marines and 4 colonists. They were all annihilated by the aliens, who were very strong in spite of my arriving before 1900 and my playing only on 'Kriegsherr' (Warlord, I think). They used tanks and fighters and bombers!
I had no chance to negotiate, and didn't get the String-Technology either!
So I was stuck on the earth I had previously conquered, and centaurus was unreachable, although I had started the game using the patch (at least I think so).

What IS the event triggering the acquirance of that technology??

 

[TinnionA97]

I have played no less than 9 games, all with varying amounts of Habitation on the spacecraft. I have come across a similar problem(intrestingly not with lalande) and In the end I just eliminated all other civilizations on the planet and called it a day. Unfortunately I could'nt get at the Alien Race so it brought down my score - not that it was that high anyway. Does anyone know if the patch is automatically included with the Budget Version of TOT, as I dont have acess to the internet on my home computer and the patch is 3.3 Megs. I don't want to bring home a patch for the game on three discs to find it isn't required. Also, I could change the events.txt to make it work couldn't I? If this is the case, what would I need to change there in order to make this work?

 

[HIEROPHANT]

I can get to the centarain planet even before the spaceship or without it. But the apollo program must be built in order to have the map of the other world. I usually destroy the alien civilization before my colonist get there and there is no need of transporters. THis is not a cheat code either. also the 4 conlanist are not needed to build towns i just go up there with settelers and steal the aliens towns.

[This message has been edited by HIEROPHANT (edited July 30, 2001).]