Building a Community

[Buster's Uncle]

We have a poll pertaining to choosing a faction. It develops slowly.
I am thinking about starting a thread pertaining to discussion on any previous DG in SMACX. Purpose would be to help work out the details for the future game.
I have some concerns though:
- it will bring some old quarrels/feuds back. You know, people tend to take some things in demogames more personally.
- it will develop into broad list of what people want in the next DG, so broad, that it will prevent from launching a good DG. Like half people wanting singleplayer, half, multiplayer. etc.

Any thoughts?

I will step on (problem) quarreling.  Full stop.  I'm pretty good at heading it off before it gets started without even using my powers, you know.

We solicit comments and input, we discuss.  You decide.  This is your thing, and I'll argue like all the rest as it suits me to, but you're in charge and I'm not qualified to overrule you on demogame stuff.  Forums do not work as actual democracies, but they work badly when they don't observe many of the forms, because what will make the most people happy the longest is the name of the game.  Everyone here is a volunteer.

It's a juggling act, but somebody has to be in charge.  That's you, with my support.  -At least until someone takes over running it so you can play.

[Unorthodox]

We've got some old demogame hands in OT who don't participate a lot in the rest of the site, but do have SMACX - Uno is interested and should prove very useful, timing allowing, for example.

I technically *have* the game (both original SMAC disk ,and the planetary pack version disk) but don't think I've ever got it completely *WORKING* on my present computer.  Not completely opposed to shelling out a few bucks for the gog version if it works easier/better.

[Mart]

We will most likely use the Yitzi patch. And it should be working the best. So any copy, old one, PP for example, is good as any other.
Are you using Mac?

[Buster's Uncle]

Are you on a new rig since 2010?  ISTR that we fixed the color problem and you had it working - it was your computer color settings.

[Unorthodox]

I think that was ye olde desktop.  I'm mostly on my laptop these days. 

[Buster's Uncle]

Petek is not going to be hard to lure over here if you need him , and he never fails.

[Unorthodox]

planetary pack in and installing. 

[Unorthodox]

man, I recall writing an amusing review of the sim city that come with this somewhere....

[Unorthodox]

ok, the installer crashes...

[Metaliturtle]

GOG version?

[Unorthodox]

ye olde disk from lord knows how long ago.  I'm copying the files to a folder and gonna try something that way. 

[Unorthodox]

hm, still no dice  autorun comes up, click install, get the 'do you want" popup, then crash

[Buster's Uncle]

The autorun is broken on the Planetary Pack.  ISTR it's as simple as finding the setup program on the disk and starting it manually.  All goes fine and easy afterwards - and it's nowadays a pretty small game that fits on a thumb drive, so portable, too.

[Metaliturtle]

[Unorthodox]

nothin doin