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[Buster's Uncle]

Welcome, kaminiwa.

There's about two thousand avatars in the User Gallery you can access from your account under Forum Profile, or you can post in the Avatars thread also stickied here and ask for something unique.

Yitzi won't be by until after dark on the east coast, but you can post fan letter praise in the stickied thread for the latest release in Chiron News Network, and bug reports and mod suggestions in Bug/Patch...  He loves bug reports.

[Buster's Uncle]

pic of Ms. Swift, but perhaps.....a little graphics mod for some green or blue skin?  How's that sound?

I'm actually working on it ATM.  Probably won't wear, but you got me curious how good I could make it look...

[Buster's Uncle]

Okay - you win, at least temporarily.

Tougher to do than you'd think - that's two hours work, at least.

[Vidsek]

    Me thinks...she wears it well      Time well wasted, cudos!

[Horseshoe_Hermit]

Found  Axis Kast  advertising stuff on  cfc.

I don't even remember how I learned about Alpha Centauri.  It was older than my  being into civ, although I only got copies through  GoG.

I've joined to partake of the  SMAC II  matrix game project.  I remember having  opinions  on the  faction designs I saw so far, when I browsed The Frontier.  I'll  ride  a second look,  see what happens.

[Buster's Uncle]

It's been fun kicking around faction concepts with Axis, on the forum and on Skype.

[jwmage]

Joining here to see if I can encourage a little more clarity in the patch documentation. I really appreciate the bug/exploit fixes to SMACX but as a new patch user the information to make an informed decision about which one to use is not readily apparent...

Not that anyone seems to care, but I found this website and the patches through Google searches for Alpha Centauri 2 a few years before Beyond Earth was announced!

It is great to see references to the patches in the GOG forum and wiki.

[Yitzi]

Joining here to see if I can encourage a little more clarity in the patch documentation. I really appreciate the bug/exploit fixes to SMACX but as a new patch user the information to make an informed decision about which one to use is not readily apparent...

Ok, feel free to ask any questions you have.

[Buster's Uncle]

Oh, we definitely care.

See, Yitzi?  Not to demand a refund or anything for your painstaking and valuable work, but changelogs and packaging are somewhere we can do better.

[jwmage]

I am curious how hard it would be to compile a complete change log for Yitzi's patch including Scients and Kryubs changes... (If one doesn't already exist) Yitzi was kind enough to modify his patch's wiki to detail that it now comes with PRACX and Googly Boogly's text work.

Thanks for caring... I think? Sarcasm is ever so difficult to detect in written text... 

[Buster's Uncle]

scient has a whole long changelog - that's all I know about...

-Also?  It's not like we have a sarcasm smile or anything. 

[Yitzi]

I am curious how hard it would be to compile a complete change log for Yitzi's patch including Scients and Kryubs changes... (If one doesn't already exist) Yitzi was kind enough to modify his patch's wiki to detail that it now comes with PRACX and Googly Boogly's text work.

Unfortunately, I don't think I kept track of every bug I fixed early on, so there may be stuff missing from that, and while going through all my changes to produce a changelog could be done, it would be a fairly lengthy process.

[jwmage]

I don't know how many people read change logs. Personally, I find them interesting.

The useful reasons to produce a change log for a patch might be to:
1) Clarify the extent of the changes for new users
I have noticed in a couple of places a concern for using SMACX patches based on the idea that they are modifying the game play from the "Vanilla" experience. While a note of the purpose of the Patch would be good enough for some people, specifics would make it clearer for the more detailed oriented.

2) Notify current users of changes
You already seem to be keeping track of the more recent changes for current users.

3) Track progress
There doesn't seem to be an over arching target to the patches other than fix bugs and make the game behave as expected, so tracking progress is only to see where it has come from not to see how close it is to "finished".

4) Leave a nice trail for anyone who might pick up working on the patch in the future

All that to say. Unless you think it is worth it don't waste your time. I assume you work on the patch because you find it fun, so if making a comprehensive backlog of changes isn't fun then forget it! 

[PLATO]

PLATO Checking in!  Who wants to teach a Civ addict SMAC?

Hmmm...addict...SMAC....  Never made that connection before.  Should I be worried about never sleeping when I start this game? 

[Eadee]

PLATO Checking in!  Who wants to teach a Civ addict SMAC?

I'd love to, but I'm recently being entitled newb of the month by BU , so I might not fulfill your requirements any more.