Can't build Temple of Planet!

tonic · August 23, 2002, 03:10

Playing patch 4 SMAC, Gaians, Specialist level. I've got the prerequisite Secrets of Alpha Centauri but there is no option to build the Temple of Planet in the appropriate screen.

Have I missed something?

Method · August 23, 2002, 10:00

you need a centauri preserve first. they're cumulative, like fusion/quantum labs and tree farm/hybrid forest.

Lefty Scaevola · August 23, 2002, 10:02

Also in smac, if you have not applied the patch, it will not let you build it until the voice of planet has been built.

spartak · August 23, 2002, 17:45

Ah - no need for me to add anything,...

tonic · August 25, 2002, 06:29

I have built Centauri Preserve! And still there is no provision for ToP! I have installed the Patch 4 as well. So the mystery remains for me

Urban Ranger · August 25, 2002, 13:30

Have you checked to see if the list is too long to fit on one screen?

johndmuller · August 25, 2002, 13:53

I had that problem when I was still running with the unpatched version and wondered why there was no mention of this in the forum (if there was/is, it was buried somewhere in the dark ages. However, for me, the patches fixed the problem and I could then build them if the game went that long. I don't remember whether or not it was patch 4 or some earlier one; it shouldn't matter as they are supposed to be cumulative (but you never know). Have you checked to see if you really are running the patched version or not; perhaps the patch didn't get installed in the right place or something like that - just click on Menu/Help/"Show Version nunber". I assume that you built your Centauri Preserve in the same base in which you are hoping to build the Temple, but in case you didn't, I thought I might as well mention that too.

One last thing - it quite possibly wouldn't let you build a ToP in a game that was started in the unpatched version, only in a game that was started after the patch was installed as it may store some key ingredient of the bug in the game file.

Clear Skies · August 25, 2002, 16:14

SMAC is evil. Deal.

Lefty Scaevola · August 25, 2002, 17:35

There are different patches to smac and smac-x. I play them or different machine, and thus do not play smac on the machinge with smac-x installed. So I am not sure if you need to apply the smac 4.0 patch as well as the smac-x 2.0 patch to your samc-x/smac installation.

tonic · August 28, 2002, 03:25

Thanks johndmuller - it was indeed the problem with the version. For some reason terran.exe from Patch 4 was not copied with the other new files into the SMAC directory when I did the install of the patch.

BTW continuing the game saved with the original version works fine, with ToP available at all the valid bases.