HUGE bug discovery - How to make Independent units

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player2 posted 08-15-99 01:32 PM ET
Are you tired of having to pay support for your units? Your pacifist Free Market citizens don't appreciate the beauty of having an armada of Chaos Bombers? No worries, mate!
The eagle eyes at Firaxis's QA department have let another undocumented "Feature" slip by; you can make ANY unit INDEPENDENT, AND, not have to suffer ANY negative morale effects! Here's how...
Send a unit to your nearest pact brother's base. Now, click on his city. The city display menu will pop up with your unit listed in the unit display at the bottom of the screen. Right click on it, and from the menu SELECT SUPPORT FROM HERE! It WORKS! Your unit is now supported by your loyal pact brother, but YOU keep possession of it! (actually, even though the unit support designator lists the pact-brother's city as its support base, it is actually independent; he doesn't pay support or suffer negative morale effects)
So what happens if the base gets destroyed? The unit becomes INDEPENDENT! That's right! And you STILL get to keep it! Now you Free Market Morganites can build the army of darkness at your leisure. (this was observed in ver. 4, BTW)
Thanks JKM!
BTW - I am now officially defecting. I have purchased a copy of MOOII, and have suspended playing SMAC indefinately. Until Firaxis' QA department gets their act together, they're not getting another dime of my money. I probably won't be posting here anymore, although I may pop up on ACOL or Apolyton once in awhile if things improve.
Otherwise, in liew of the literally +100 reported bugs (see the easy to read bug list, posted earlier) that the Firaxis QA department REFUSES to acknowledge or fix after four patches, i've had it.
Sid, get yourself some decent people over there, because your QA department is going to put you out of business. Goodbye.
Zoetrope posted 08-15-99 08:41 PM ET
If the Firaxis faction has +100 Bugs rating, it's undefeatable! Isn't this a little unbalanced, Brian?
Actually, I've beaten a MOO2 empire with +100 to both industry and research (per citizen) but they were most willing to interact. (Hint, hint.)
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Author	Topic: HUGE bug discovery - How to make Independent units
player2	posted 08-15-99 01:32 PM ET Are you tired of having to pay support for your units? Your pacifist Free Market citizens don't appreciate the beauty of having an armada of Chaos Bombers? No worries, mate! The eagle eyes at Firaxis's QA department have let another undocumented "Feature" slip by; you can make ANY unit INDEPENDENT, AND, not have to suffer ANY negative morale effects! Here's how... Send a unit to your nearest pact brother's base. Now, click on his city. The city display menu will pop up with your unit listed in the unit display at the bottom of the screen. Right click on it, and from the menu SELECT SUPPORT FROM HERE! It WORKS! Your unit is now supported by your loyal pact brother, but YOU keep possession of it! (actually, even though the unit support designator lists the pact-brother's city as its support base, it is actually independent; he doesn't pay support or suffer negative morale effects) So what happens if the base gets destroyed? The unit becomes INDEPENDENT! That's right! And you STILL get to keep it! Now you Free Market Morganites can build the army of darkness at your leisure. (this was observed in ver. 4, BTW) Thanks JKM! BTW - I am now officially defecting. I have purchased a copy of MOOII, and have suspended playing SMAC indefinately. Until Firaxis' QA department gets their act together, they're not getting another dime of my money. I probably won't be posting here anymore, although I may pop up on ACOL or Apolyton once in awhile if things improve. Otherwise, in liew of the literally +100 reported bugs (see the easy to read bug list, posted earlier) that the Firaxis QA department REFUSES to acknowledge or fix after four patches, i've had it. Sid, get yourself some decent people over there, because your QA department is going to put you out of business. Goodbye.
Zoetrope	posted 08-15-99 08:41 PM ET If the Firaxis faction has +100 Bugs rating, it's undefeatable! Isn't this a little unbalanced, Brian? Actually, I've beaten a MOO2 empire with +100 to both industry and research (per citizen) but they were most willing to interact. (Hint, hint.)