The State of SMAC 2

[Green1]

I am wondering how Civ V could handle a Planetfall type mod... AC would be interesting with hexes and no stacking.

All right. Let's start this mod.

Crud... That means I need to buy Civ 5 BNW. I would also have to read up on Civ V modding.

For BU and graphics modders, the 3D leaders would be hard. I have seen on another board where you or someone else did Domai.

There is also Civ 5's system of handling leaders.

Now, for a mod, I kind of like Fallen Enchantress's system. Thing is, unless you wanted a tactical battle deal where Miriam and all those guys are actual units on the map with inventory... But FE has a unit workshop AND a robust faction editor.

[Geo]

I have no intention of picking up BNW until there's a big sale of the expansion. 
There's no need for the use of 3D leaders. In Planetfall, Maniac didn't pick up on the 3D leaders made for the mod, instead using the SMACX portraits. And at the tlme I agreed with him because these 3D's were kinda meh. Too easy to see the original models in the modded ones.

[testdummy653]

As soon as I started playing Civ V i turned off those stupid 3D leaders. Too many bugs, and it really doesn't add anything for me.

[Vishniac]

"Pandora: first contact" has been out since November 14 and nobody speaks about it. 

[Geo]

Are you playing it?

[Vishniac]

I didn't have the time. Soon probably.
But there are already reviews available and we had some insiders in the beta so I was waiting for a lively discussion here but...nothing.

Review on Space Sector:
http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2013/12/pandora-first-contact-review/

The game seems to be less deep than SMAC but with some interesting ideas.

[Lazerus]

I own Pandora first contact and to be honest after a few games of it I just started playing alpha centauri and gal civ 2 again. They gave it a decent shot but it is basically like playing a scenario (ie, some powerful units roaming around) on a poor version of alpha centauri.

[The_Reckoning]

Was wondering, where is the source code for SMAC/X? Who has it, EA?

[Geo]

Was wondering, where is the source code for SMAC/X? Who has it, EA?

Dale said something about the source code's storage device would probably be too old now to hold viable code.
As to who possesses it.