Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldM to Space Games@piefed.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agoProfessional Cartographer maps out the planet of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up164arrow-down1imageProfessional Cartographer maps out the planet of Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.media.piefed.worldAgent_Karyo@piefed.worldM to Space Games@piefed.worldEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
Source: https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/planetfall/ Thanks to civfanatics on Mastadon .
minus-squareAMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoWhat’s the current best means of playing Alpha Centauri on modern hardware? Not that I need even more hours in the game…
minus-squareMalle_Yeno@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 days agoDownload it off gog and play it. It runs fine. If you want some modern civ features like mouse panning the map and overlays, use PRACX.
minus-squareAgent Karyo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoI never played it back in the day, got into 4X at the tail end of Civ 3 and my formative experiences where with Civ 4/5, so the GOG version is my standard point of reference. Mouse panning the map sounds unbelievably helpful.
minus-squareKlanky@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoYou can get it on Steam, I assume it would work through that.
minus-squareAMillionMonkeys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoOh, nice. I’d just assumed it was too old and I’d need a VM or something.
What’s the current best means of playing Alpha Centauri on modern hardware? Not that I need even more hours in the game…
Download it off gog and play it. It runs fine.
If you want some modern civ features like mouse panning the map and overlays, use PRACX.
I never played it back in the day, got into 4X at the tail end of Civ 3 and my formative experiences where with Civ 4/5, so the GOG version is my standard point of reference.
Mouse panning the map sounds unbelievably helpful.
You can get it on Steam, I assume it would work through that.
Oh, nice. I’d just assumed it was too old and I’d need a VM or something.