It's almost released, time to talk about a SMAC full conversion

[cembandit]

While a SMAC would be crazy awesome, too many people have a fondness for the original. Now matter how the good the game is, people will be all hurt over it. Kinda like those dudes at no mutants allowed when Fallout3 came out.

 

[Davor]

And on a scientific note, Proxima Centauri is far too weak to light up a planet, even one orbiting the small red dwarf would probably be cold.

Well there can be thermal vents or something there that will make it a green zone for colonization and habitating life.

Also this is a game for fun. Who cares about real life dynamics.

 

[Louis XXIV]

The SMAC manual explains the math for life on "Planet." It takes into account all three suns, not just one (it doesn't orbit Proxima, though. Proxima actually just screwed up things in the game every so often by interfering with communication, etc).

 

[Cryopyre]

Was it Proxima? In the system Proxima would probably be only as bright as Jupiter (me estimating)

 

[QuothTheRaven]

I'd check out a SMAC mod. Loved playing the original, and it'd be nice to see it in more modern graphics.

 

[Lord Tirian]

Do you have a link? I'm definitely interested to see what they did. I feel that a few minor cosmetic changes and a better AI would have made SMAC flawless, though. The video and audio parts of the game alone make it one of my favorite games of all time (hell, the opening scene does it for me).

See my signature or use this finely crafted link. Though it's more about recreating the story/atmosphere than the exact gameplay (for the better, I think, death to crawler spam!).

Cheers, LT.

 

[Louis XXIV]

See my signature or use this finely crafted link. Though it's more about recreating the story/atmosphere than the exact gameplay (for the better, I think, death to crawler spam!).

Cheers, LT.

That's what I'd want anyway. Even if Firaxis made a SMAC II it should be a Second SMAC game (a reboot, more or less, not a sequel and certainly not a recreation).