SupCom: Super-wallpaper + Aeon screenies

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-08-08 09:52am

Depends, do we know if this is something that requires a dedicated server to do the processing? If that is possible, we can easily rack up unit count by throwing a server in the games direction, if not we're limited to the slowest PC or the PC hosting the game.

Hawkwings · Post by **Hawkwings** » 2006-08-08 12:00pm

well, it depends on who's processing the information. 8 computers keeping track of 4000 units and 2 computers doing the same are very different.

Though the dedicated server might be an option.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2006-08-09 06:18pm

Bwahah! My day has been made! Shacknews

Chris Taylor wrote:Chris Taylor: The way we're working is that we have a pool of units, so that if you're playing with fewer people, you have more units [per person]. We've toyed with two to four thousand units in a pool. So let's say you and I play head to head and it was four thousand units, we'd get two thousand each. If we played eight player, we'd get five hundred each. What that final unit count is, it's not yet been decided, but in all fairness whatever it is when we launch the game in January it will be different in June. The powers of the machines will go up, it's fully moddable, people can change the number of units to whatever they want with a mod. So if you and I get together and we know a little something about how to mod the game, we can change it to ten thousand units each. There's really nothing about how the game is architected that limits that number. It's an arbitrary limit that will be set at release, and it will probably be within two and four thousand units total.

Oh yeah, time to build some huge ass armies!

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-08-09 06:21pm

I'll be honest, I'm not worried about the unit cap. I'm worried about the game's progress, mainly due to lack of media. Give some stuff from another map already!

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-08-15 03:44pm

InnocentBystander wrote:I'll be honest, I'm not worried about the unit cap. I'm worried about the game's progress, mainly due to lack of media. Give some stuff from another map already!

Red planet provided at opening post for your pleasure.

I have to admit that at first I didn't really like the look of the base buildings at first, but they've developed considerably these past few months. Now they look awesome.