so like, i know there are some civ clones out there... has anyone tried to make an OpenAlphaCentauri? i'd love to hack on this but i dont have the time or gamedev experience to take it 0 to 1....
most civs have a mod for SMAC. I remember Civ 4's one being particularly decent and it even integrated with the original game files if you had them so you'd get the audio when completing techs. They also did something novel in auto-spawning the expansion factions when completing particular techs.