For such a wonderful game SMAC is, it's a real pity it doesn't come with a proper scripting engine or a mod SDK. Yes, you can edit the .txt files, but that most

For such a wonderful game SMAC is, it's a real pity it doesn't come with a proper scripting engine or a mod SDK. Yes, you can edit the .txt files, but that mostly limits you to constants and names (e.g. you cannot create a new type of secret project, or a completely new special ability). I wish the present copyright holders would consider publishing the source code for the game under a license that still requires purchasing the original. I don't think it would drop the sales by much (the pirated download link is #2 result in Google, so I would assume they don't care), but that would give a massive boost to the modder community, and likely more PR/sales. Realistically though, it probably relies on a bunch of 3rd-party components and reviewing their licenses for each of them would be a massive headache...