A spontaneous community faction project.

[Davyboy]

That's EXACTLY what I've tried in the past. Seems the printscreen utility just has a mind of its own and saves the image to a directory rather than the clipboard. As a result it's already saved in a choice of formats, but saved "acidhouse style"

[Buster's Uncle]

Copied the posts related to Branson and the faction to the modding forum...

[Buster's Uncle]

That's EXACTLY what I've tried in the past. Seems the printscreen utility just has a mind of its own and saves the image to a directory rather than the clipboard. As a result it's already saved in a choice of formats, but saved "acidhouse style"

What OS are you running?

[Davyboy]

That's EXACTLY what I've tried in the past. Seems the printscreen utility just has a mind of its own and saves the image to a directory rather than the clipboard. As a result it's already saved in a choice of formats, but saved "acidhouse style"

What OS are you running?

WinXP SP3.
There doesn't seem to be a version of MS Paint involved with this particular distro (hence the use of Photoshop7)
Also there was no Redmond sired printscreen utility so I installed 'Gadwin Printscreen Pro'. I think it's THAT that spoils the party.

[Buster's Uncle]

I think so, too; I never had any trouble on XP.  Can you just use the [Prt Scr] button, or does Gadwin usurp that?   Is there a way to turn Gadwin off? 

I've never failed on a screenshot problem as long as the user hung in there...

[Davyboy]

I think so, too; I never had any trouble on XP.  Can you just use the [Prt Scr] button, or does Gadwin usurp that?   Is there a way to turn Gadwin off? 

I've never failed on a screenshot problem as long as the user hung in there...

Oh, we'll get this sorted out eventually. The Gadwin deelie I had to install because the OS did zilch when "Printscreen" was pressed.
10-1 ON that it's the culprit. Any recommends for a third-party PS utility BU??

(Just about to post "BRANSON alpha" from the same machine)

[Davyboy]

Just posting an archive for BRANSON.
As previously noted, Branson.pcx is BUncle's creation. Branson2.pcx and Branson3.pcx are "Hive clones" as is the .flc file.

Having played 'Plutarch Branson' for 200+ turns on a huge planetmap, I can give the following report.

It was a LOT of fun.
The extra Economy and Commerce advantages, coupled with an extra research point per base (NOTE - this is NOT +1 RESEARCH) sound good, but without Gaian efficiency, the 110% research cost and the -1 GROWTH tend to keep you honest. Population does grow, Golden ages are possible early on but are more 'Consciousness-like' than 'Hive-like'.
After the discovery of AMA all of that will go out of the window and you'll need another set of modalities to 'boom'.
My impression was that base research wasn't so shafted  when all the Punishment Spheres popped up.
I thought they halved research, but they may only be halving the research bonus.
Early probe teams are pretty fragile (-4 PROBE) and this Achilles Heel can't be easily tested on a huge map - but at a guess, my bases could be mind controlled for the cost of a used mindworm..
I'll find this out soon when Miriam wants New Jerusalem back in a few turns [contains the Command Nexus if I can make it stick]
I didn't make FUNDAMENTAL an antithesis, but I gave him a penalty for using it (no help there for PROBE)
Free rec commons and a +1 POLICE look to make it too easy (P Sphere later) but all credit to Green1 for the prompt.

Anyone want to try the new Diva?
(He's an old school Brit who likes serfdom)

[Buster's Uncle]

I've never messed with screeny utilities - I just fell into helping people troubleshoot screeny problems a long time ago.  This particular problem is a new one by me, but that's not the first time for that.

Have you tried [Alt][Prt Scr]?

[Davyboy]

Alt-Printscreen NOGO

(I uninstalled Gadwin first)

Also

Alt-Gr
SHIFT
and combined variations give nada too.

[Buster's Uncle]

Show me one of those acidhouse screenies...

[Davyboy]

Show me one of those acidhouse screenies...

Like this?

[Buster's Uncle]

Yeah.  I wanted to make sure that applying the SMAC pallette wouldn't fix it.  Acidhouse is right.

Hmmm.  Maybe try googling [Prt Scr] problems for XP?

[Davyboy]

Yeah.  I wanted to make sure that applying the SMAC pallette wouldn't fix it.  Acidhouse is right.

Hmmm.  Maybe try googling [Prt Scr] problems for XP?

I tried "Win XP Printscreen" and then got a 60meg (!) d/l of "Snagit trial"
THAT works very nicely:--
If I had a gripe about the seabases, it would be that they look to be sitting on a washer.

[Davyboy]

Upshot is
Gadwin PrintScreen Pro = Morgan Pharmaceutical blotter facility
Snagit demo = Gaian Transcend training utility.

Additionally, since I blew up my old 4-3 aspect flatscreen after 10 years of sterling service, I've become accustomed to squattie/fattie units roaming Chiron on the replacement 16:9 unit. I've never sussed a workable sizing mod for SMACX to get round this.

Snagit, renders the screenshot "square" for 4:3 even though I actually see it "stretched" to 16:9.
Bizarre.

[Davyboy]

Updated BRANSON txt file to cure typos and make sure that the Datalinks  correctly state what the situation is with the Research.

I'm open to any suggestions for improvements, but my experience is that 'He' has not so easy a time of it.
I left the AI prefs as interested in all 4 majors with a 'maybe' for use of force.

Paradoxically, drone riots are possible. Conquered bases should not usually have PS facilities, but they seem to spawn erratically - a bit like Naval Yards, but since it's a faction sired facility, Branson can't scrap them.

I made an esoteric discovery in writing the TXT file that was probably known to everyone but me:--

If you use [these brackets] in the Datalink section instead of {these braces} the text gets displayed in italics.
Well, it was new to me...