just repurchased (harder than i remember)

[Evil Beejeebers]

hi i finally found a copy of AC again after about 3 years:

so how do you play this game again i want to start on talent difficulty. any tips on starting will be greatly appreciated.

 

[GooglyBoogly]

Make sure you are fully patched before starting, and I would suggest using my datalinks update as well (see sig).


This is a quote from Vyeh about a similar request

Look at the SMAC Academy.
http://www.civgaming.net/smac/academy.shtml
Probably the best theory of the game is Vel's Guide to SMAX. Version 4.0 is a paperback available at Amazon. Earlier versions can be found on the net.

If you are still getting stuck, or having trouble understanding a datalinks entry, please give me a shout - Some feedback would be welcomed

 

[Evil Beejeebers]

that is a really good site thanks. btw they seem to use planed quite a bit

 

[Elliot]

For a good builder strategy check out this old thread at Apolyton. The saves are SMACX btw.

Once I played a game where I copied this strategy, I got amazingly better at the game.

Basic strategy:

Build about 30 bases spaced about 3-4 spaces apart(on the numpad keys 1,3,7,9 count as one space while 2,4,6,8 count as 1.5 spaces). Forest everything except for maximum borehole coverage. Give yourself freedom to space your bases, but be sure your bases don't run into your future borehole grid. Beeline to Industrial automation then to the resource cap removing techs. Once you have tree farms, popboom. After your popboom you'll be close to tech every 2 turns and fusion power. With this, you'll quickly leave the AI in the dust if you weren't already. Build an energy park and fill it with crawlers that all have the same home city. Make that city your super science city and put the 2 +100% science wonders in it.

 

[Evil Beejeebers]

i take it with all those boreholes i will be getting a mindworm jacksy spanking soon after

 

[Elliot]

After your first fungus pop, your clean mineral limit increases by one from each tree farm, hybrid forest and centauri preserve. The fungus pop itself also increases the limit by one. I believe the clean mineral limit starts at 16. So by the time you're putting enough boreholes in to cause pollution, you're going to be raising the clean mineral limit with tree farms, eliminating the problem.

 

[Timthe1st]

After your first fungus pop, your clean mineral limit increases by one from each tree farm, hybrid forest and centauri preserve. The fungus pop itself also increases the limit by one. I believe the clean mineral limit starts at 16. So by the time you're putting enough boreholes in to cause pollution, you're going to be raising the clean mineral limit with tree farms, eliminating the problem.

And then comes the fun of farming the mind worms for credits

 

[Evil Beejeebers]

do you prefer the "map of planet" or random maps?

anyway in my current game i am now dominating

 

[JonathanStrange]

I envy you all with SMAC; while I'm not prepared to repurchase or have the time anyway, I do remember SMAC with affection. It should've spawned its own sequels...

 

[vyeh]

Some of its ideas made its way into Civ III and Civ IV ...