Thinker mod. Way smarter opposing factions plus some other balance tweaks.
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/induktio/thi...
GitHub - induktio/thinker: Improved game engine features for SMACX.
Improved game engine features for SMACX. Contribute to induktio/thinker development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
February 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Thinker mod. Way smarter opposing factions plus some other balance tweaks.
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/induktio/thi...
Accurate. That and SMACX got me through college.
August 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Accurate. That and SMACX got me through college.
This is some Alpha Centauri ass engineering approach :p
March 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This is some Alpha Centauri ass engineering approach :p
Well this scored well. Transcendence takes so long though!
#transcendence #SMAC #SMACX #victory #record #vintagegames #alphacentauri
#transcendence #SMAC #SMACX #victory #record #vintagegames #alphacentauri
February 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Well this scored well. Transcendence takes so long though!
#transcendence #SMAC #SMACX #victory #record #vintagegames #alphacentauri
#transcendence #SMAC #SMACX #victory #record #vintagegames #alphacentauri
Massive upgrade to the "AI" for non-player factions, as well as some mechanics tweaks and added customization options.
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/induktio/thi...
GitHub - induktio/thinker: Improved game engine features for SMACX.
Improved game engine features for SMACX. Contribute to induktio/thinker development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Massive upgrade to the "AI" for non-player factions, as well as some mechanics tweaks and added customization options.
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/induktio/thi...
Had to actually read the instructions to get it right but this is my first windows computer ever so I'm grandpa mode often.
Had to actually read the instructions to get it right but this is my first windows computer ever so I'm grandpa mode often.
GitHub - induktio/thinker: Improved game engine features for SMACX.
Improved game engine features for SMACX. Contribute to induktio/thinker development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
github.com/induktio/thi...
Had to actually read the instructions to get it right but this is my first windows computer ever so I'm grandpa mode often.
Had to actually read the instructions to get it right but this is my first windows computer ever so I'm grandpa mode often.
For me, it’s that it just doesn’t feel as *open* as previous Civs (or even SMACX). It feels like there are so many more restrictions on what I can do at any given moment.
February 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
For me, it’s that it just doesn’t feel as *open* as previous Civs (or even SMACX). It feels like there are so many more restrictions on what I can do at any given moment.
There's been little innovation after civ4/ smacx.
It's the market problem, not enough smart enough gamers.
It's the market problem, not enough smart enough gamers.
March 12, 2026 at 3:03 PM
There's been little innovation after civ4/ smacx.
It's the market problem, not enough smart enough gamers.
It's the market problem, not enough smart enough gamers.
Well, I finally did it. After decades of playing, I finally won an Economic Victory on Transcend difficulty (without cheesing it by 95% conquering the world first. I've been trying to do this on and off for years.
#SMAC #SMACX #sidmeier #SidMeier'sAlphaCentauri #Civilization
#SMAC #SMACX #sidmeier #SidMeier'sAlphaCentauri #Civilization
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Well, I finally did it. After decades of playing, I finally won an Economic Victory on Transcend difficulty (without cheesing it by 95% conquering the world first. I've been trying to do this on and off for years.
#SMAC #SMACX #sidmeier #SidMeier'sAlphaCentauri #Civilization
#SMAC #SMACX #sidmeier #SidMeier'sAlphaCentauri #Civilization
Yeah, I'm glad it's playable on modern systems now. For my next playthrough on Win 11, I'll be giving it a play with these community fixes and engine overhauls. Sounds like they improve quite a bit.
GitHub - induktio/thinker: Improved game engine features for SMACX.
Improved game engine features for SMACX. Contribute to induktio/thinker development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
May 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Yeah, I'm glad it's playable on modern systems now. For my next playthrough on Win 11, I'll be giving it a play with these community fixes and engine overhauls. Sounds like they improve quite a bit.
There is a modern patch that makes it run okay, PRACX:
github.com/DrazharLn/pr...
The Thinker mod takes things a step further and adds QoL stuff alongside a major rework of the AI and map generation.
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/DrazharLn/pr...
The Thinker mod takes things a step further and adds QoL stuff alongside a major rework of the AI and map generation.
github.com/induktio/thi...
GitHub - DrazharLn/pracx: PlotinusRedux's Patch for SMACX
PlotinusRedux's Patch for SMACX. Contribute to DrazharLn/pracx development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:40 PM
There is a modern patch that makes it run okay, PRACX:
github.com/DrazharLn/pr...
The Thinker mod takes things a step further and adds QoL stuff alongside a major rework of the AI and map generation.
github.com/induktio/thi...
github.com/DrazharLn/pr...
The Thinker mod takes things a step further and adds QoL stuff alongside a major rework of the AI and map generation.
github.com/induktio/thi...
I recommend check the gog version, they update it frequently and now have the community patch Smacx integrate into it, but I believe if you use the patch on the steam version its might also work well.
December 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I recommend check the gog version, they update it frequently and now have the community patch Smacx integrate into it, but I believe if you use the patch on the steam version its might also work well.
It's been a while, but I recall SMACX being a big improvement over basic SMAC. I agree about CivIV. Back then, a game had to be pretty polished at release to be worth anyone's time.
February 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's been a while, but I recall SMACX being a big improvement over basic SMAC. I agree about CivIV. Back then, a game had to be pretty polished at release to be worth anyone's time.
Yeah, per the learning in SMACX, if you level a colony with a Planet Buster you immediately become a political pariah and everyone disavows you.
October 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM
Yeah, per the learning in SMACX, if you level a colony with a Planet Buster you immediately become a political pariah and everyone disavows you.
SMACX has GOAT status to such an extent that computer purchasing decisions in my household are still made partially on the basis of whether SMACX will still run.
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
SMACX has GOAT status to such an extent that computer purchasing decisions in my household are still made partially on the basis of whether SMACX will still run.
It's a bit of fun to play less efficiently and just have a handful of bases, making that race to transcendence while all the bots throw wave after wave of units at each other and me. They just break upon my walls and anti-air units :)
#SMAC #SMACX #Zakharov #AlphaCentauri #Civilization #SidMeier
#SMAC #SMACX #Zakharov #AlphaCentauri #Civilization #SidMeier
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It's a bit of fun to play less efficiently and just have a handful of bases, making that race to transcendence while all the bots throw wave after wave of units at each other and me. They just break upon my walls and anti-air units :)
#SMAC #SMACX #Zakharov #AlphaCentauri #Civilization #SidMeier
#SMAC #SMACX #Zakharov #AlphaCentauri #Civilization #SidMeier
So it turns out that Planet could not get along after all. The capitalists surrendered. Twice. Only the U.N. willingly followed the dictatorship, and only after being broken out of space prison.
#SMAC #ChairmanYang #CEONwabudikeMorgan #CEOMorgan #SMACX #AlphaCentauri #AlienCrossfire
#SMAC #ChairmanYang #CEONwabudikeMorgan #CEOMorgan #SMACX #AlphaCentauri #AlienCrossfire
April 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
So it turns out that Planet could not get along after all. The capitalists surrendered. Twice. Only the U.N. willingly followed the dictatorship, and only after being broken out of space prison.
#SMAC #ChairmanYang #CEONwabudikeMorgan #CEOMorgan #SMACX #AlphaCentauri #AlienCrossfire
#SMAC #ChairmanYang #CEONwabudikeMorgan #CEOMorgan #SMACX #AlphaCentauri #AlienCrossfire
I am once again trying to complete a clean, non-endgame economic victory on SMACX (no major war or civ kills)
I have been trying and FAILING for decades
For those who know, when's a good time to switch from standard play to go full economic mode? Because it sure isn't M.Y. 2101.
I have been trying and FAILING for decades
For those who know, when's a good time to switch from standard play to go full economic mode? Because it sure isn't M.Y. 2101.
February 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I am once again trying to complete a clean, non-endgame economic victory on SMACX (no major war or civ kills)
I have been trying and FAILING for decades
For those who know, when's a good time to switch from standard play to go full economic mode? Because it sure isn't M.Y. 2101.
I have been trying and FAILING for decades
For those who know, when's a good time to switch from standard play to go full economic mode? Because it sure isn't M.Y. 2101.
Hello there @thegamechief.bsky.social First I’d like to thank you for making Alpha Centauri. Second if it’s okay could you answer a question for me? Is there a SMACX bible / design book that may contain lore that people are unaware about?
January 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Hello there @thegamechief.bsky.social First I’d like to thank you for making Alpha Centauri. Second if it’s okay could you answer a question for me? Is there a SMACX bible / design book that may contain lore that people are unaware about?
The expansion had some great factions like my beloved covert ops-themed Data Angels. The two alien factions were kinda meh, though.
Anyway, I'd happily take a simple graphics/UI/sound remaster of SMAC and SMACX.
Anyway, I'd happily take a simple graphics/UI/sound remaster of SMAC and SMACX.
May 2, 2024 at 11:20 PM
The expansion had some great factions like my beloved covert ops-themed Data Angels. The two alien factions were kinda meh, though.
Anyway, I'd happily take a simple graphics/UI/sound remaster of SMAC and SMACX.
Anyway, I'd happily take a simple graphics/UI/sound remaster of SMAC and SMACX.