Posted February 24, 2014
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All patches are available at http://alphacentauri2.info/
The page you are reading now was last updated on September 15th of 2019, a month after the release of Scient's 2.1 patch.
If you are having a problem running AC, try solutions mentioned in these thread.
https://www.gog.com/support/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri/bgeneral_troubleshooting_guide_mac_os_x_gamesb
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/terranexe_has_stopped_working/post13
If you need my attention, you'll need to private message me. I don't visit this forum every day.
===Unofficial patches introduction===
The primary intention of this page is to help the user to understand and correlate the patches.
Feel free to discuss - though most of the discussion would be on the AC2 forum. For immediate response, I'd appreciate a private message (and to keep thread clutter down) if you become aware that my information is outdated. If you like, I can credit you for doing so.
The GOG download is already updated to the latest version, including the SMAC Win 2000/XP Update. Except for the current Scient patch, which installs using an executeable, other patches can be applied directly, but the user should make a backup of the executable in case he wishes to revert to the unpatched version for some reason.
===Unofficial patches detail===
The patches are listed here chronologically and are also listed at this location.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;cat=2
Scient's patch
1) Originally released in 2010, Scient's patch fixed a number of crashes, bugs, and exploits. V1 removed the unit limit but this was reversed in later and other patches due to crashing large games. Originally for the expansion, it is now apparently for both games. It was updated to 2.0 in 2014, but was incorporated into Yitzi's patch and not released separately until 2018. It was finally updated in August 2019 to version 2.1.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=365
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Scient%27s_patch
Kyrub SMAC
2) Released in 2011, this patch uses Scient's 2010 release. The latest 2014/2015 release, SMAC 444 (version _p) for the original game (SMAC), adds bug fixes to the game and also adds experimental alterations to the AI intended to improve it. The AI improvements may be considered the primary feature of the patch.
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Kyrub%27s_patch
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=8703
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/another_smac_fan_patch/page3
Kyrub SMAX
Kyrub ported a number of the fixes he made for his SMAC patch to a patch for SMAX, the Unofficial patch PLUS. This patch hasn't been updated to his latest SMAC 444 patch, and the AI only has some improvements related to terraforming.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=108
Ytizi SMAX
Started in 2012, Yitzi's patch for the expansion (SMAX) builds on Kyrub's SMAX patch, but reportedly incorporates Scient's 2.0. It was last updated in 2017. Besides a number of it's own additional bugfixes and inclusion of Kyrub's AI enhancements from that patch, it also improves the modability of the game.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=352
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Yitzi%27s_patch
Yitzi's patch now includes PlotinusRedux's PRACX for resolution changes. This can also be downloaded separately at alphacentauri2.info.
Dio's Unofficial Patch Version 1.1
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=321
Initially released in 2015. Requires Yitzi's patch. "enables various features associated with probe teams having a green morale level". Dio's initial contributions to bugfixing were apparently incorporated into the main Yitzi patch, but Dio's patch was updated again in 2019.
===Miscellaneous===
I also wanted to post Alpha Centauri's backstory (fiction) here, which isn't currently in the extra's section of the gog download page. Originally on the official page before it went down, an archive of the site was reposted on //alphacentauri2.info.
And I wanted to recommend the research assistant on the second link.
http://alphacentauri2.info/official/Sid%20Meier%27s%20Alpha%20Centauri%20The%20Story_cfm.htm.
http://www.civgaming.net/smac/misc.shtml
The following is a tool for editing the cvr files in Alpha Centarui. It allows you to paint the various parts of the units different colors.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=7866
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/new_tool_for_modding_units
Translation to French
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/fr_alpha_centauri_une_traduction_complte/page1
The page you are reading now was last updated on September 15th of 2019, a month after the release of Scient's 2.1 patch.
If you are having a problem running AC, try solutions mentioned in these thread.
https://www.gog.com/support/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri/bgeneral_troubleshooting_guide_mac_os_x_gamesb
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/terranexe_has_stopped_working/post13
If you need my attention, you'll need to private message me. I don't visit this forum every day.
===Unofficial patches introduction===
The primary intention of this page is to help the user to understand and correlate the patches.
Feel free to discuss - though most of the discussion would be on the AC2 forum. For immediate response, I'd appreciate a private message (and to keep thread clutter down) if you become aware that my information is outdated. If you like, I can credit you for doing so.
The GOG download is already updated to the latest version, including the SMAC Win 2000/XP Update. Except for the current Scient patch, which installs using an executeable, other patches can be applied directly, but the user should make a backup of the executable in case he wishes to revert to the unpatched version for some reason.
===Unofficial patches detail===
The patches are listed here chronologically and are also listed at this location.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;cat=2
Scient's patch
1) Originally released in 2010, Scient's patch fixed a number of crashes, bugs, and exploits. V1 removed the unit limit but this was reversed in later and other patches due to crashing large games. Originally for the expansion, it is now apparently for both games. It was updated to 2.0 in 2014, but was incorporated into Yitzi's patch and not released separately until 2018. It was finally updated in August 2019 to version 2.1.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=365
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Scient%27s_patch
Kyrub SMAC
2) Released in 2011, this patch uses Scient's 2010 release. The latest 2014/2015 release, SMAC 444 (version _p) for the original game (SMAC), adds bug fixes to the game and also adds experimental alterations to the AI intended to improve it. The AI improvements may be considered the primary feature of the patch.
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Kyrub%27s_patch
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=8703
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/another_smac_fan_patch/page3
Kyrub SMAX
Kyrub ported a number of the fixes he made for his SMAC patch to a patch for SMAX, the Unofficial patch PLUS. This patch hasn't been updated to his latest SMAC 444 patch, and the AI only has some improvements related to terraforming.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=108
Ytizi SMAX
Started in 2012, Yitzi's patch for the expansion (SMAX) builds on Kyrub's SMAX patch, but reportedly incorporates Scient's 2.0. It was last updated in 2017. Besides a number of it's own additional bugfixes and inclusion of Kyrub's AI enhancements from that patch, it also improves the modability of the game.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=352
http://alphacentauri2.info/wiki/Yitzi%27s_patch
Yitzi's patch now includes PlotinusRedux's PRACX for resolution changes. This can also be downloaded separately at alphacentauri2.info.
Dio's Unofficial Patch Version 1.1
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=321
Initially released in 2015. Requires Yitzi's patch. "enables various features associated with probe teams having a green morale level". Dio's initial contributions to bugfixing were apparently incorporated into the main Yitzi patch, but Dio's patch was updated again in 2019.
===Miscellaneous===
I also wanted to post Alpha Centauri's backstory (fiction) here, which isn't currently in the extra's section of the gog download page. Originally on the official page before it went down, an archive of the site was reposted on //alphacentauri2.info.
And I wanted to recommend the research assistant on the second link.
http://alphacentauri2.info/official/Sid%20Meier%27s%20Alpha%20Centauri%20The%20Story_cfm.htm.
http://www.civgaming.net/smac/misc.shtml
The following is a tool for editing the cvr files in Alpha Centarui. It allows you to paint the various parts of the units different colors.
http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=7866
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/new_tool_for_modding_units
Translation to French
http://www.gog.com/forum/sid_meier_s_alpha_centauri_/fr_alpha_centauri_une_traduction_complte/page1
Post edited September 16, 2019 by BlaneckW