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Offline Mart

First PBEM - TTT
« on: March 04, 2015, 07:38:23 pm »
SMAX game
Yitzi patch 3.4



Commlink:
FactionPlayer
Morgan IndustriesKurvivor
Nautilus PiratesKirov
The Cybernetic ConsciousnessMallaxOZ
Gaian StepsonsVishniac
The Free DronesPeter Gray
Manifold CaretakersAI
Manifold UsurpersAI

Planet settings:
Sizestandard, 40x80
Orbit90 million miles (average)
Ocean coverage50-70%, + land design
Erosive forcesaverage
Native lifeaverage
Cloud coveraverage
Difficultytranscend

Rules:
Standard pbem rules
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=1519.0
with special:
1) Weapons above strength 4 on choppers are banned
2) Releasing mindworms to the wild is permitted
3) The Empath Guild and The Cloudbase Academy SPs are set to destroyed

The setup thread

Good luck!

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Please check, if both SP mentioned are indeed set to destroyed.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2015, 12:41:19 am by Mart »
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Offline Mart

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2015, 11:46:58 am »
No change to the attached file is needed. The alien factions are in the game, I only forgot to write their faction names in the table, which is now done.
You can play from the attached file.
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Offline Kurvivor

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2015, 07:45:52 pm »
Good luck everyone.
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Offline Vishniac

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2015, 07:48:19 pm »
Thanks!
What about the setup: everything on average?
How much ocean?
Do we have to worry about stockpiling or not? (never really understood this one)
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Offline Vishniac

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2015, 08:13:55 pm »
Also, I have a little problem.
The interface and the text don't take their normal surface on screen. I have a large screen (see picture).
I can play but it's not comfortable; is it anything I can change in my computer setup?
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Offline Mart

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2015, 08:17:32 pm »
I will add these settings to the first post, but yes, it is all average as was in the setup thread. Native life is average, but I took that into account for Gaians, and cannot say more about it... :)
The map was, however, somewhat engineered so to create world adequate for the setting of 5 human players from which one is naval faction.
The challenge from the aliens is not so predictable, they are not particularly enhanced, as for factional parameters, but their starting locations are made in a certain way - which is part of that world design.

Stockpiling bug is no longer there in Yitzi patch, as far as I recall. This makes using build queues less micromanaging.
So using it by inserting stockpile energy or leaving empty queue after facilities should give no benefit.
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Offline Mart

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2015, 08:18:49 pm »
Quote from: Vishniac on March 05, 2015, 08:13:55 pm
Also, I have a little problem.
The interface and the text don't take their normal surface on screen. I have a large screen (see picture).
I can play but it's not comfortable; is it anything I can change in my computer setup?

You can turn off PRACX patch, just a moment, I will find what needs to be done...

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According to description of PRACX 1.06:
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=14308.0
So for example my Alpha Centauri.ini has right now:

[PRACX]
Disabled=<DEFAULT>
and change to:
[PRACX]
Disabled=1

but PRACX has useful features like zooming with scroll wheel, moving map around with right mouse button.
So an option is to play with ini file font size + larger zoom level. Can do the trick, however, there may be also working forcing specific resolution in PRACX, I haven't tried that. I increased font size to 16 and play with increased zoom level ("z" or scroll wheel) like 2 levels.

One more thing...
you switch between windowed-full screen modes by <TAB>
« Last Edit: March 05, 2015, 08:37:47 pm by Mart »
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Offline Peter Gray

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2015, 02:05:39 am »
Quote from: Mart on March 05, 2015, 08:17:32 pm
Native life is average, but I took that into account for Gaians, and cannot say more about it... :)
Yeah but Vishniac just posted a screenshot from his game... "The image is already under careful analysis, Chairman"
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Offline Mart

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2015, 02:39:12 am »
No, Lord Vishniac hasn't had an opportunity to issue any orders, as Captain Kirov hasn't provided his turn.
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Offline Vishniac

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2015, 06:02:53 am »
Right: I was merely testing the Patch 3_4 and its functionalities.
Gaians may be reluctant to fight but careless they are not.  :D

Thanks, Mart: I disabled Pracx for the moment.
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Offline Peter Gray

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2015, 07:59:58 am »
Kirov... Bloody weekend! I want my first turn :P
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Offline Vishniac

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2015, 10:43:03 am »
A time will come when you'll hesitate to open your turn, dreading what Kirov could have been up to...
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Offline Kirov

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2015, 03:38:38 pm »
Quote from: Peter Gray on March 07, 2015, 07:59:58 am
Kirov... Bloody weekend! I want my first turn :P

I'm sorry! Here it goes for the Cyborgs.

Thanks again, Mart, good luck with loads of fun to other players, I hope I see you soon in-game. I am so lonely!  :wave:



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Offline MallaxOZ

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2015, 11:09:38 pm »
I got a few problems opening the file, and then a graphic bug. So vishniac you'll probably see some warning saying that the game was open several times.

It's fixed now. In fact, it's just that I didn't patched Yitzi 3.4 properly. I'm not used to, I'm on Gog version for Mac so I try not to touch anything in order to keep the game working!
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Offline Vishniac

Re: First PBEM - TTT
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2015, 04:16:16 pm »
Blind research, ouch! (yes, I remembered someone talking about it)
Is it normal that I don't start with Centauri Ecology?

To the Drones.
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