March 11, 2001, 18:03
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Chieftain
Local Time: 05:08
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2001
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Eliminating the Pop. Boom?
In my current game, I'm one tech away from getting the Cloning Vats, and for the first time in my gaming experience, I didn't want to build it (awaits the laughter). The reason for this is to make the game more challenging...I'm already more than twice as powerful as the second strongest, and a population boom would take my power rating off the charts. I won't be building it, but is there any way to prevent other factions from constructing it too? There are two solutions I can come up with:
1) Sabotage their production with probe teams when 1 turn away from completion (won't work in the long run)
2) This is only a guess...but will the project be eliminated if you destroy the base that built it? Or will everyone else be able to build it again?
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March 11, 2001, 18:44
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King
Local Time: 06:08
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SPs can only be build once. If a base with a SP in it got destroyed, the SP will lost for ever.
[This message has been edited by knowhow2 (edited March 11, 2001).]
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March 11, 2001, 20:27
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ACS Staff Member
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I'm rather new to SMAC, but i know that in Civ2 you could just mess with the rules.txt file or something else and you could edit out wonders if you choose. Try doing the same thing for Alpha Centauri.
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March 11, 2001, 21:09
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Warlord
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If you're looking for a challenge, why not build the project and then conveniently lose the base containing it to the second (or third) place faction. I would think you'd /want/ someone else to build it if you're looking for a challenge...
Walt
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March 12, 2001, 16:08
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King
Local Time: 07:08
Local Date: October 31, 2010
Join Date: May 1999
Posts: 1,082
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Or more simply you might play against humans.... 
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March 13, 2001, 00:00
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King
Local Time: 22:08
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Location: Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
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Rift,
You can build the Cloning Vats, and then micromanage your bases so that they aren't producing excess Nuts. That way your pop will not boom.
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March 13, 2001, 00:17
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King
Local Time: 22:08
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Location: Vancouver
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Another solution: leave the AI eating dust tech-wise. Even at max settings you should be able to comfortably transcend before they get high enough in the tech tree to build the Vats.
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March 14, 2001, 08:52
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Chieftain
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March 14, 2001, 17:45
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King
Local Time: 21:08
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Location: of Aptos, CA
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A good idea may be to build it small city and give that city to a submissive.
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