u/ensbana

I’m playing SMAC/X with Scient patch + Thinker. In the late game I have hundreds of bases, and each turn I want to check which ones will finish production next turn.

The F4 Base Operations screen helps, but I can’t seem to:

• sort by turns remaining
• keep the scroll position after closing the window

This makes production planning very tedious. How do people usually handle this? Governors, build queues, specific workflows, PracX/Thinker settings, or other mods?

https://preview.redd.it/cilqh0lpr88h1.png?width=136&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c8041aa0fa988ee1409ba41094eb046005329df

I’m reading Vel’s SMAX guide, and this line confused me:

“Amphibious pods also provide a defensive capability in the sense that infantry units with pods stationed in coastal or sea bases can actually launch attacks against enemy ships adjacent to them…”

Is this actually true?

Has anyone tried using one base to support basically all their units? I know that base would lose most/all of its minerals to support and wouldn’t build much, but I’m wondering if the game actually allows this mechanically, or if there are hidden limits/side effects. I’m playing with Scient + Thinker.