January 5, 2004, 00:40
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Settler
Local Time: 15:37
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Freakin' Aliens!
Is there any way to make it so you can play with random factions without having the hideously overpowered and annoying aliens in there? 
(SMAX, o' course.)
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January 5, 2004, 03:11
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Prince
Local Time: 11:37
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Make sure you save the original, and remove the factions from your Alpha.txt. Other readers can correct me (on break at work, cannot check my game) but that should work.
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January 5, 2004, 03:34
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King
Local Time: 10:37
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I usually take a few seconds to hand-pick some factions, and mix it up each time I play. In addition to avoiding the Aliens, I avoid Miriam and Cha Dawn and their whining.  Call me anti-religious if you want (I'm not), but I can't stand them.
Shawnmmmmmccccc's suggestion seems good, though, if you're not afraid of changing alpha.txt like me.  
Edit: <--- would never mess with alpha.txt without backing it up first. 
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Last edited by jtsisyoda; January 6, 2004 at 12:15.
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January 5, 2004, 04:03
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Prince
Local Time: 11:37
Local Date: November 2, 2010
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I'll give it a try on my days off - I'll leave you folks the results over the next week or so, I'm playing Miriam (first time - with the Aliens) at Transcend (large planet) and it's a b**** of a game. Biggest challenge I've had in three years.
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The worst form of insubordination is being right - Keith D., marine veteran. A dictator will starve to the last civilian - self-quoted
And on the eigth day, God realized it was Monday, and created caffeine. And behold, it was very good. - self-quoted
Klaatu: I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it.
Mr. Harley: I'm afraid my people haven't. I'm very sorry… I wish it were otherwise.
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January 5, 2004, 14:23
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Provost
Local Time: 17:37
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Aliens just seem to be overpowerd - in SP there is just a short time they kick ass up to first hundred and twenty or thirty years- soon Yang or Miriam will kick theirs 
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January 6, 2004, 05:25
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Prince
Local Time: 11:37
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Don't try deleting them from the Alpha.txt file - it locked up the game  . I restored, no problem. You might try posting on the SMAC Game Creation thread, there are some pretty knowledgable types there. Just phraze it - How do I edit out the Alien Faction - and note you DO NOT want to substitute custom factions. They have some interesting ones if you surf over to some of the mod sites.
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The worst form of insubordination is being right - Keith D., marine veteran. A dictator will starve to the last civilian - self-quoted
And on the eigth day, God realized it was Monday, and created caffeine. And behold, it was very good. - self-quoted
Klaatu: I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it.
Mr. Harley: I'm afraid my people haven't. I'm very sorry… I wish it were otherwise.
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