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The Darius crusade thing kicked rear end, but I could never get it to work.
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the problem with ta kingdoms is they thought what people liked about ta was the engine when it was actually the robots.
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Oct 6, 2020 18:18
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To be fair the TA engine was absolutely incredible for mass robot warfare. This is a fun video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAQ3N6bRIRk There's a part where Chris Taylor gets into how when a tank shoots, the barrel recoils, the tank rocks back a bit, and the projectile arcs through the sky, and you can tell he absolutely loves those details. It's also interesting how he says his design work on games like TA was informed by working on an old baseball game, and again he gets into how important it was to him to accurately model the path of that baseball.
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Oct 6, 2020 18:41
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mentioning ta kingdoms reminds me of a couple of other rts games around that time. i think one was called myth which was fantasy.. but there was a sci-fi one later on and i can't remember the name of it? i also think it had something to do, eventually, with that world in conflict game. does anyone know what i'm talking about?
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Oct 6, 2020 23:31
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There were dozens of rts games that fit that description around that time- more deets please. There was Myth and Myth 2 for sure- but lots of sci fi rts stuff. I miss Homeworld.
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Oct 6, 2020 23:39
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sorry, specifically there was no base building.
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Oct 6, 2020 23:46
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hmm i think it may have been ground control
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Oct 6, 2020 23:47
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Just Offscreen posted:I miss Homeworld. same
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Oct 6, 2020 23:48
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hambeet posted:hmm i think it may have been ground control I loved Ground Control. I got it on a file planet free giveaway (which was a huge deal back then) when I was a broke high schooler and played it to death.
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Oct 7, 2020 00:15
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I'm just really sad that they couldnt remaster homeworld cataclysm
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Oct 7, 2020 00:58
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Spookydonut posted:I'm just really sad that they couldnt remaster homeworld cataclysm GOG at least has the unremastered version so you can play it on modern computers.
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Oct 7, 2020 01:08
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Ugly In The Morning posted:GOG at least has the unremastered version so you can play it on modern computers. If you get the remastered collection on steam it has the originals as well as the new ones. They apparently used the engine from 2 when the remastered one or something like that, so it doesn't actually behave correctly
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Oct 7, 2020 02:51
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RFC2324 posted:If you get the remastered collection on steam it has the originals as well as the new ones. They apparently used the engine from 2 when the remastered one or something like that, so it doesn't actually behave correctly It doesn’t have a remaster of Cataclysm, though- just 1 and 2. So if you get Cataclysm (well, Emergence now, since Blizzard has the trademark on Cataclysm) it’ll look like a game from 2000. E: wait that game is twenty years old what the gently caress
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Oct 7, 2020 02:58
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Ugly In The Morning posted:It doesn’t have a remaster of Cataclysm, though- just 1 and 2. So if you get Cataclysm (well, Emergence now, since Blizzard has the trademark on Cataclysm) it’ll look like a game from 2000. there is no remaster of cataclysm(emergence), is there? I thought it was impossible because they managed to lose the original source?
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Oct 7, 2020 03:06
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RFC2324 posted:there is no remaster of cataclysm(emergence), is there? I thought it was impossible because they managed to lose the original source? They found the source, IIRC, that’s how they were able to get it running on modern computers, but I think a proper remaster was just too much work for too little reward. It was released way after the remasters, so whatever team they had dedicated to that had moved on.
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Oct 7, 2020 03:07
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they didnt find the source. making the exe run on modern computers is pretty simple and can be done with the originally shipped game as well. they could remaster it without the source, but it would be a huge pain in the rear end for what is unfortunately a tiny market.
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Oct 7, 2020 03:31
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I just realized I bought it long ago and couldn't get it working, but it works this time so I am currently playing emergence. For the first time, never actually played it back in the day
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Oct 7, 2020 03:35
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It's the best homeworld.
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Oct 7, 2020 03:42
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Just Offscreen posted:There were dozens of rts games that fit that description around that time- more deets please. Myth existed and was amazing, and still is. There's a big Myth-shaped gap in the gaming landscape and it's prime sequel or remaster material.
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Oct 7, 2020 04:04
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The original homeworld just had some amazing design go into it. I mean that thing ran on the first lovely 3d accelerators today , but you could put it infront of someone today and they'd be like 'hey this looks cool' and have no idea it would run on a rage 128 or whatever from 1997 It also definitely was a great play for 'less is more' with a lot of aspects of its storytelling (while also having a giant book of lore in the manual)
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Oct 7, 2020 05:39
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WilWheaton posted:The original homeworld just had some amazing design go into it. I mean that thing ran on the first lovely 3d accelerators today , but you could put it infront of someone today and they'd be like 'hey this looks cool' and have no idea it would run on a rage 128 or whatever from 1997 Good visual design is like that. Also kinda cheating in that it's all spaceships, not as much in the way of detailed and familiar things like people, plants and cities.
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Oct 7, 2020 05:57
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Good visual design is like that. Also kinda cheating in that it's all spaceships, not as much in the way of detailed and familiar things like people, plants and cities. Going for stuff that was mostly big and blocky out of design rather than “our polygon budget is too small” really helped, and those skyboxes were insanely gorgeous. Anytime you had a tiny far-away background detail in one mission that was HUGE in another mission really helped sell the scale of it all, too.
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Oct 7, 2020 12:06
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Ugly In The Morning posted:...those skyboxes were insanely gorgeous. Anytime you had a tiny far-away background detail in one mission that was HUGE in another mission really helped sell the scale of it all, too. Didn't they do something really unusual with the skyboxes to make sure they looked good no matter how closely you zoom in on them? I think it was that they're actually textureless 3d models with all the colours vertex painted or something. I remember reading an article about it months ago
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Oct 7, 2020 12:30
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This is a post to say that posts will be coming. Tomorrow. GLA. Also Im gonna talk about anything unaddressed in the thread between my last post and now! Thanks for staying with me everybody!
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Oct 8, 2020 02:47
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reignofevil posted:This is a post to say that posts will be coming. Tomorrow. GLA. Also Im gonna talk about anything unaddressed in the thread between my last post and now! Thanks for staying with me everybody! 
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Oct 8, 2020 05:05
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reignofevil posted:This is a post to say that posts will be coming. Tomorrow. GLA. Also Im gonna talk about anything unaddressed in the thread between my last post and now! Thanks for staying with me everybody! 
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Oct 8, 2020 13:55
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reignofevil posted:This is a post to say that posts will be coming. Tomorrow. GLA. Also Im gonna talk about anything unaddressed in the thread between my last post and now! Thanks for staying with me everybody! Post or don't its all good in the neighborhood.
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Oct 8, 2020 16:06
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Just Offscreen posted:Post or don't its all good in the neighborhood. Nah, we need em to post. I'm jonesin for some of that sweet sweet insanity that is C&C
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Oct 8, 2020 16:22
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If you want something close to a Homeworld aesthetic but where you actually fly the ships directly, try House of the Dying Sun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56fCuO7JEy4 It's like someone took the cutscene from the first mission of Homeworld Cataclysm and made it into a game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itnXy-jKwYY&t=234s
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Oct 8, 2020 16:49
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TheMostFrench posted:If you want something close to a Homeworld aesthetic but where you actually fly the ships directly, try House of the Dying Sun. I may get that, its VR compatible iirc
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Oct 8, 2020 16:51
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RFC2324 posted:I may get that, its VR compatible iirc It’s fantastic in VR. Also has some neat background lore in the endings/extras (that was written by a goon sci fi author)
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Oct 8, 2020 18:14
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Ugly In The Morning posted:It’s fantastic in VR. Also has some neat background lore in the endings/extras (that was written by a goon sci fi author) Reiterating this, it is gorgeous and bombing runs are so satisfying. reignofevil posted:This is a post to say that posts will be coming. Tomorrow. GLA. Also Im gonna talk about anything unaddressed in the thread between my last post and now! Thanks for staying with me everybody! 
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Oct 8, 2020 18:23
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reignofevil posted:This is a post to say that posts will be coming. Tomorrow. GLA. Also Im gonna talk about anything unaddressed in the thread between my last post and now! Thanks for staying with me everybody! I'm ready to get liberated.
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Oct 8, 2020 19:46
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Ugly In The Morning posted:It’s fantastic in VR. Also has some neat background lore in the endings/extras (that was written by a goon sci fi author) This game is pretty good. I enjoyed it. The star system encourages some replayabilit too,and being able to jump between control of ships but still have the small squadron feel is neat. But... The sound track (my two faves linked) is also extremely good. Right in the middle of BSG with some homeworld thrown in. Lots of drums, stellar. As it should be.
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Oct 8, 2020 23:05
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Uniting the world for freedom and profit The GLA has gotten a real shitkicking and now chinese military installations are all over their countries of *mumble mumble*  The GLA have done what they do best, secretly build military forces for surprise first strikes and now they're ready to initiate... Operation black rain.
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Oct 9, 2020 02:57
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 Here is a photo of a chinese base moments before it gets turbofucked by suicide bombers
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Oct 9, 2020 03:48
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Oct 9, 2020 03:49
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It doesn't take long before the facility is entirely wiped out. The GLA gather themselves and return to their secret base in the mountains.
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Oct 9, 2020 03:54
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 The base is little more than a quickly erected command center and a barracks for training new infantry and rocket soldiers. But with a little work it could be a deadly staging area.
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The GLA commander makes use of one of his bomb trucks, unused from the previous strike on the chinese army. He sends it off to the north alone into the unknown.
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