EPTThe game was awesome, and quite complex, but because the netcode was shitty I don't think there was ever a significant multiplayer community. There was a lot of luck involved with early city placement and pods. Was great fun to play, though. Would've liked to get a 7-player game going, but yeah that never happens.
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Tracil
Australia505 Posts
The game was awesome, and quite complex, but because the netcode was shitty I don't think there was ever a significant multiplayer community. There was a lot of luck involved with early city placement and pods. Was great fun to play, though. Would've liked to get a 7-player game going, but yeah that never happens. | ||
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
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Zona
40426 Posts
If only the AI was stronger I'd play this game and nothing else. It's eventually gotten tiring even to eat transcend AI's alive with just worms... | ||
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-{Cake}-
United States217 Posts
On June 11 2011 11:46 deth2munkies wrote: Edit: Oh yeah, if you can help it, GET THE LONGEVITY VACCINE. It's a decent project in itself, but the cutscene is hilarious. Out of all that quality advice to new players, this is the most important part Also, Forests. | ||
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nepeta
1872 Posts
Just try some stuff, it's not like dwarf fortress :p Also, the meteorite can be summoned quite easily: Get a map with a huge land base (without any water tiles in a main continent), can do this via the customize world size or via editing the alphax.txt, get 50+ cities, and it'll be snowflakes all over the place. I once had a meteor take out the city which built all of my projects, about 20 of them  Build projects in your HQ, as it won't get hit!  | ||
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Perscienter
957 Posts
On June 11 2011 12:56 r.Evo wrote: I don't get how there is no remake of that game yet. It was the fucking best civ-like game ever created. It's not necessary to create a remake. It's already a very complete game. One or two patches wouldn't hurt, though. But which game doesn't need a new patch? If they would create a remake, they'd probably screw it up with 3d graphics, bugs, huge waiting times between rounds etc. | ||
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Diks
Belgium1880 Posts
On June 11 2011 23:39 Perscienter wrote: It's not necessary to create a remake. It's already a very complete game. One or two patches wouldn't hurt, though. But which game doesn't need a new patch? If they would create a remake, they'd probably screw it up with 3d graphics, bugs, huge waiting times between rounds etc. Starcraft Broodwar I've never heard of Alpha Centauri and that's a shame as this seems to be quite an interesting and deep game. I would like to give a try but the game seems so complexe at first. Are there any good tutorials on the net ? | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
But yeah, on topic, AC is a pretty epic game. It's weird that people didn't hear of it, I thought it was quite famous, and it's pretty mainstream too. It's not exactly Dwarf Fortress complex, it's quite well designed and playable, I definitely recommend it to everyone. | ||
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SilentchiLL
Germany1405 Posts
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Fraidnot
United States824 Posts
On June 12 2011 00:23 SilentchiLL wrote: I'm just 17 but sid meyers Alpha Centauri(the addon Alien crossfire was even better <3) was one of the first strategy games I've played AND my first sex dream was about Aki Zeta 5 from Alien crossfire :D TMI dude, to much information. | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On June 11 2011 23:54 Diks wrote: Starcraft Broodwar I've never heard of Alpha Centauri and that's a shame as this seems to be quite an interesting and deep game. I would like to give a try but the game seems so complexe at first. Are there any good tutorials on the net ? If you've ever played a Civilization game, you will find it quite familiar. Otherwise, the game has some interactive tutorials (whenever you open a new screen or get a new unit for the first time, it will point out what all the buttons do and how to do everything) and meta strategy can be found around the net, although I and some others have provided a few tips here and there in the thread. | ||
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SilentchiLL
Germany1405 Posts
prudish american :/ ^^ btw if you want to play it on Xp you'll have to download a patch from the official site and change a number in the gamefiles | ||
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iamke55
United States2806 Posts
On June 11 2011 15:33 Zona wrote: This game is better than all other Civilization games and clones, despite the advances made in the more recent ones. Customizable units, changing faction bonuses and penalties (including the extreme benefits), the story, the terran, everything was so amazing. If only the AI was stronger I'd play this game and nothing else. It's eventually gotten tiring even to eat transcend AI's alive with just worms... I agree with this completely, though I prefer the immersion of civ games. It felt better to discover some historic tech that actually happened in our history. | ||
Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
but its crashing on Win7 - "Terran.exe has stopped working". | ||
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murphs
Ireland418 Posts
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SilentchiLL
Germany1405 Posts
On June 12 2011 01:33 Liquid`Jinro wrote: This thread reminded me and made me buy it, but its crashing on Win7 - "Terran.exe has stopped working". try updating it to the latest patch and if it still doesn't work then try the solution for XP the explanation and the downloads are here http://www.firaxis.com/games/game_detail.php?gameid=7 EDIT: If you liked alpha centauri I strongly recommend the addon Alien Crossfire | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On June 12 2011 01:49 SilentchiLL wrote: try updating it to the latest patch and if it still doesn't work then try the solution for XP the explanation and the downloads are here http://www.firaxis.com/games/game_detail.php?gameid=7 EDIT: If you liked alpha centauri I strongly recommend the addon Alien Crossfire I have all those installed =[ GOG compatibility lists the game yo buy from them as being WIn7 compatible from the get go too. | ||
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deth2munkies
United States4051 Posts
On June 12 2011 01:33 Liquid`Jinro wrote: This thread reminded me and made me buy it, but its crashing on Win7 - "Terran.exe has stopped working". I had the crash problem on vista and the patch fixed it. I haven't had a problem with it on 7 yet. In RE: Alien Crossfire, I've tried to find it anywhere but e-bay and super overpriced on Amazon, but it's just not there. Like I said, it's tied up in rights issues so GOG can't stock it atm, and they'll probably give it out for free if and when they do get it (to people that bought the game, and include it in future purchases), but for now all I can say is that it's on TPB. Also, I had a hilarious sequence of quotes, I finished the Supercollider ("God does not play dice. - Albert Einstein, Datalinks) Followed by Probability Mechanics the next turn ("Einstein would turn over in his grave, not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Yang). XD | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
On June 12 2011 01:55 Liquid`Jinro wrote: I have all those installed =[ GOG compatibility lists the game yo buy from them as being WIn7 compatible from the get go too. Did you try that silly compatability mode junk? It actually works sometimes. edit: Now that I think about it, I recall having that same issue and believe compatability mode fixed it? I could be wrong though. | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On June 12 2011 01:58 Mikilatov wrote: Did you try that silly compatability mode junk? It actually works sometimes. edit: Now that I think about it, I recall having that same issue and believe compatability mode fixed it? I could be wrong though. tried all T_T | ||
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