manual?

cpbeller · October 24, 2003, 16:26

Ok, i just bought (today) Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire. The CD's are the Planetary Pack (I think)....At any rate, I have gotten the game to work fine....beautiful even....but, I cannot find a manual on the disk....

Is there a place to find and maybe d/l the manual(s)?

Also, can you alt-tab out of the game?

Thanks

Petek · October 24, 2003, 20:13

Don't know about the manuals (you might try searching the CDs for .PDF files). However, Alt-Tab works fine. I always keep a calculator program open. I switch to it to work out rush-building costs. You might run into some color anomalies when switching between SMACX and another program that uses a different color palette.

Minute Mirage · October 24, 2003, 20:20

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Originally posted by Petek
I always keep a calculator program open. I switch to it to work out rush-building costs.

Do you mean rushing units or buildings? If you mean units, I've found it practical to print Nethog's excellent rush building chart and keep it next to me when I play.

gwillybj · October 25, 2003, 00:53

Explore the CDs for pdf files. Each game should have its own relevant manual. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. It might be on there, too. If not, it's a free download at http://www.adobe.com (a yellow button on the left that says Get Adobe Reader).

cpbeller · October 25, 2003, 09:34

hmmm....strange, haven't been able to find any pdf files at all...

will keep looking though

Jamski · October 25, 2003, 10:29

If you post a picture of the CDs, then I'll e-mail you a copy of the PDFs - how's that for a deal?

-Jam

cpbeller · October 25, 2003, 15:40

i found it....it was on the other disk....

now, I just can't find in the manual how to hook up an artifact to a network node....

Lefty Scaevola · October 25, 2003, 16:18

Please note that the manuals are neither complete, nor entirely accurate (like forget about the documented difference is armors vs particle or energy weapons, the distinction between particle/energy weapons was never implimented in the game). When palying the game you have acees to a decent game encycopedia (datalinks) by clicking various links or using the F1 key.

Lefty Scaevola · October 25, 2003, 16:20

By the way, if you know where to currently acquire alien corssfire or the planetary pack for PC, you can probably make some friends real quick here (I, however, and already fully smac-x equiped)

Googlie · October 26, 2003, 00:08

I read in one of the other threads today that Walmart is offering a 2 cd pack of smac and smax

Net Warrior · October 26, 2003, 20:00

I checked Walmart on line store and smac/smax pack was NOT listed.

cpbeller · October 27, 2003, 07:33

It is actually "The Laptop Collection"

5 games all together:

Tiger Woods game, Sim City 3000 Unlimited, Red Alert 2, and both Alpha Centauri AND Alien Crossfire

But, it will probably be listed as "The Laptop Collection"....also, it is only 20 bucks I believe

Net Warrior · October 27, 2003, 08:06

I found it on Amazon and ordered it last night, $17.99. There were only two in stock. I threw in a novel for my wife to get free shipping.

Many thanks.

o:.: Kiwi :.:o · November 3, 2003, 05:21

Can someone please post a link to this rush chart? :-)

I found nothing when doing a search.

Minute Mirage · November 3, 2003, 05:29

Quote:

Originally posted by o:.: Kiwi :.

Can someone please post a link to this rush chart? :-)

I found nothing when doing a search.

You can get it here.

o:.: Kiwi :.:o · November 3, 2003, 10:44

Thank you Minute Mirage.