Automatic?

Ned · May 6, 2001, 02:07

One of the best features of CIV was the ability to exit a game, but let it continue by itself on full automatic. I would often do this before going to bed, watching the game play from the point of my last save. In the morning, at times, the game would still be playing. Mostly, though, one side or the other would have won. I was curious to find out if my civilization won.

Is there anyway to put SMACX on full automatic? If there is not, this certainly would be a feature I would like to see an any future SMACX.

Ned

Capt Dizle · May 6, 2001, 02:12

test

Ned · May 6, 2001, 20:09

Jimmy, Test failed. Ned

RedFred · May 6, 2001, 22:12

Yes it can be done. For an admittedly inelegant solution see p. 48 of the SMACX manual.
[edited for bad spelling]
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Ned · May 7, 2001, 10:56

Thanks!

Where's the tape?

Ned

Clear Skies · May 8, 2001, 15:17

The only thing on pg 48 of my SMAX manual is a copyright text. Pg 48 of the SMAC manual just says about citizens.
Am I missing a joke?

RedFred · May 8, 2001, 16:45

Naw. No joke. They must have done something different in the Euro version of the SMACX manual. The following is an excerpt from Tim Train's Designers Notes (North American version):

...we discovered that the game AI could play itself at an accelerated speed - by turning over control of the game in the scenario editor to another faction, turning off all the animations, and taping down the "ENTER" key to bypass all the popups.

Clear Skies · May 12, 2001, 07:12

Aha. Got it. Over here it's page 41.
I must try that sometime - maybe pit seven Dees agaisnt each other or something...
Do you have to tape down the Enter key? Isn't there some other way of deactivating the popups?
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Ned · May 12, 2001, 18:29

What I use is a letter opener an a weight.

I think this tape or weight procedure is OK because it allows one to stop the automation and observe the state of the world. Otherwise you only see the faction to whom you turned over the game.

Now, if they were to implement full automatic, they would also have to implement "esc."

Ned