Total Annihilation fans unite!! new Supreme Commander news and screens are here.

locutus12 · 4 May 2006 at 01:24

theo said:
in fact, anyone here know where i can buy this again (not from ebay) i cant find my previous two copies

because i strangely have an urge to play it again

re-edit: the only places i cant find it seem to be dodgy, as in offering only battle tactics or something lame like that

also, are there any compatilibility issues with XP?

its compatable with winblows XP, otherwise i wouldnt still be playing

you can get it dirt cheap off amazon, the expansions are free to download if you cant find them to buy (you only need Core contingency realy, nobody bothers with battle tactics. but make sure you get the free expansion called TAUIP and the TADEMO recorder, true its not legal but they are Veeeery hard to find in the stores and on fleebay.

youl need to install TA, then CC, then TAUIP (selecting NO to installing front end and NO to repacking all units) then apply the 3.1c patch from www.funthings.org then install the TA demo recorder.

Gimpymoo · 4 May 2006 at 01:36

For anyone who still wants to play TA online against other peeps easily:

http://zone.msn.com/en/general/article/generalnicknamerequired?StopLoginReturnCookie=true

.net passport login required.

Or another option is:

http://phoenixworx.org/

Should tide you over till 2007

Murf · 4 May 2006 at 08:43

This is looking better and better by the day. I'm holding on to the hope that this maight actually get me to stop playing WoW. I think it's the only game that can. :eek:

thepominlaw · 4 May 2006 at 12:21

Reading this brought back some memories so what the heck - i dusted off and installed TA and all its add on disks.

No problems on XP worked great, looks old school now but ahhh happy days the gameplay was as good as i remember.

roll on supreme commander

i got a spare set of disks too if anyone is interested

theo · 4 May 2006 at 14:32

locutus12 said:
snippy snipetie snip

thanks

that site is very helpful, decided againts ordering TA now, got a-level things to do

aceface57 · 4 May 2006 at 15:13

Looks amazing, i was a big fan of the orginal, first lan game i played i think? Can't wait for this.

locutus12 · 4 May 2006 at 15:17

aceface57 said:
Looks amazing, i was a big fan of the orginal, first lan game i played i think? Can't wait for this.

same here

it was my first online game too

DEL 707 · 4 May 2006 at 15:38

locutus12 said:
same here it was my first online game too

1st online game as well, good ol' Wireplay

locutus12 · 4 May 2006 at 16:58

DEL 707 said:
1st online game as well, good ol' Wireplay

TA had fully capable ip protocols built in for online play

yet another feature that was ahead of its time

janesssssy · 4 May 2006 at 19:30

well as long as the ship AI is better, hell all the AI.
I remember back in the day of ship spinning in circles to get to a position.

But i am looking forward to this title.

Nieldo · 4 May 2006 at 19:58

I dont want to have to wait till next year to play this

Looks really good.

Cant wait to play!

locutus12 · 4 May 2006 at 20:08

janesssssy said:
well as long as the ship AI is better, hell all the AI.
I remember back in the day of ship spinning in circles to get to a position.
But i am looking forward to this title.

the bonzai A.I. booster patched fixed all A.I. problems, but the problem your describing is called unit path finding, TA was always lacking in this area as after say 45 minutes of play, suddenly your units no longer walk in a straight line and will get stuck on each other and the scrap around them.

Nucleo · 11 May 2006 at 18:55

dogs goolies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ACN-SDoDXk

theo · 11 May 2006 at 19:13

woot!

a gameplay video at last, although all it does is just put all those screenshots we got recently into a slideshow

Skully · 11 May 2006 at 19:18

Oh

My

Gosh.

janesssssy · 11 May 2006 at 19:42

looks bad! two battles going on at the same time, sea and the other land on two difference sides of the map. :eek:

PinkFloyd · 11 May 2006 at 20:36

Saw that video on some other forums.

Some Unreal Tournament Forums....

....Being a UT fan I was expecting myself to look past this and at UT2007, but woooow....

UT2007 is gonna have to be awesome to stop me playing this. Even Total annihilation can still occupy me for hours at a time

Yewen · 11 May 2006 at 20:37

I am not holding any hope out for the single player.

Multi, the possibilities if the maps can be big enough. :eek:

If starcraft was not so established I would say this is the game that has the most potential to tip its crown in the last few years, and few to come.

Orcish-Horde · 12 May 2006 at 10:31

There is a game play video out from E3, I want this game now.

http://www.downloads.gamereplays.org/supreme_commander/videos/SupComUniverse.com_e3_supcom_preview.zip

Frost · 12 May 2006 at 11:10

omg :O
that looks incredible