No really, I don't get it. Yes, She's abrasive, super high-and-mighty, and apparently coded with an unusually aggressive AI, but what exactly signals her out as a hate or at least dislike magnet compared to the other factions? I don't find her personality any more antagonistic than any of the other faction leaders tend to be at any given time even if I am fighting the believiers somewhat more often. She just carries a unique flavor of Religous antagonisim in a more scientific and/or secular setting (though...

Specifically Alien crossfire. It seems that folks in the GOG ecosystem are having the same problem. Anyone find a work around?

What is the deal, any solutions yet? SMAC seems to work okey.

I've been playing Alpha Centauri for many years. I'm happy that I found it on Steam so I could play some more. I typically play Transcendent level with the largest possible random map. I've won Diplomatic, Transcendence and Conquest victories, but I've never won by cornering the world energy market. I remember, the few times I set that as a goal, that it just became too easy to end the game by building the Ascent to Transcendence with all the energy I accumulated. Basically, if you can gather the massive...

Seriously, I have it modded on GOG, I tried to enjoy it but it's just so archaic that it's impossible. Even the map sucks. It's like playing a DOS game from the 80's. See, the thing is this game has so many incredible ideas that it just deserves to be revived and modernized. It's a no brainer really, it would sell like donuts in a Police station....