SupCom: 29-minute gameplay demo vid!

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-30 12:04am

Really? So there isn't another, more modern UI, just 'off'? NOW I'm traumatised.

Still, what's with the minimap? That map looks pretty small (by the size of the dots, anyway), but on big maps the strategic mode is going to be preferred.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-08-30 12:14am

I would personally use the minimap to drag or change my view around the battlefield with single clicks while my second monitor gives me a clearer strategic view. I don't think the second strategic view would let you do that like the minimap does. For me, each would have their use. Otherwise I'd have to first zoom out, and then zoom back in somewhere else.

And there is another UI, and here's a pic of it from the German convention:

http://www.insidesupcom.de/gallery/showimage.php?i=388

PS: That looks like the Cybran commander, or the Cybran support comm. Interesting.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-30 12:18am

Except for the 95% of people with one monitor, who'll just strat-click to move around the map like everyone in Homeworld. It's okay, we still love you two-monitor people.

And I will be glad to see the minimap die a terrible death. At least make it configurable: I'd rather a high-detail local map than the more traditional full-map 'shrunk to shit so you get only the most general idea of whats happening' style common to modern RTSes.

And man, Spellforce has rotted my brain. Now when I play Middle Earth 2 I expect to click on targets then trigger special attacks from little hero menus, instead of the traditional 'click your attack then find the target in the mess of badguys' system. Bloody niche games and their 'features'! They should go back to mindless cloning.

Adrian McNair · Post by **Adrian McNair** » 2006-08-30 12:26am

It withstood four nukes and it was still intact.

Chris Taylor wasn't humouring us when he stated that those experimental weapons are "game enders". It also explains why nukes can be built and deployed in such abundant quantities.

Innocent Bystander wrote: As an aside, did anyone else notice that the name of that crazy gigantic robot is "Tech 3 Sacred Assault Bot"? The word Sacred aside; aren't there 4 tech levels (1-3 and 'experimental'), could that mean there is something *bigger* than this Galactic Colossus? That'd be just crazy...

It's possible that the fourth tier super-unit for the Aeon Illuminate is the Indepence Day City Destroyer esque "Tsar" saucer that Chris Taylor was alluding to in that recent interview.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-08-30 12:29am

The Krogoth from TA could stand four nukes.... maybe five.... depended on veterancy level. Wasn't quite a game-ender, but it still did kick much ass.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-08-30 12:33am

Units like the Krogoth in most games are rather useless compeditively, however. Sure, they're 'game enders', but if your opponent catches on and spends similar resources on units they can often fuck you right up. Krogoth is viable due to the severly powerful nature of defence in TA, but in many other games the high-end stuff is just a waste. It doesn't help that many of those games also include a 'silver bullet' unit or power, the use of which basically renders the investment in the superunit worthless.

Course, this is TA-2, and it probably won't have these problems. Just remember, all the screenshots with super-units AND regular units may not be plausible in a compeditive environment.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-08-30 01:34am

Shinova wrote:The Krogoth from TA could stand four nukes.... maybe five.... depended on veterancy level. Wasn't quite a game-ender, but it still did kick much ass.

Fresh out of the box, it could definitely take five and still stand. At least, according to the data files.

Adrian McNair · Post by **Adrian McNair** » 2006-08-30 01:38am

Shinova wrote:The Krogoth from TA could stand four nukes.... maybe five.... depended on veterancy level. Wasn't quite a game-ender, but it still did kick much ass.

Well, I only mentioned it because Chris Taylor said that such units in this case exist to prevent multiplayer matches from degrading into protracted confrontations.

And I was only impressed by its durability due to the fact that nukes are more plentiful (The Supreme Commander can be upgraded to launch tac-nukes for example) here than in TA. Three Monkeylords were wiped out by a single nuclear blast in the E3 presentation video.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-08-31 10:28am

Photo of a newer UI for SupCom

Possible public multiplayer beta

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-08-31 10:52am

Yeah, that was already posted and laughed at by Stark.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-08-31 03:00pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yeah, that was already posted and laughed at by Stark.

Actually, he laughed at the one on the first page. phongn's is the other one.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-09-04 03:39pm

http://www.supremecommanderhq.com/image-pictures.php

More screenshots, including factories, transports, and the Mavor.

EDIT: Interesting note: the player somehow got the Colossus across the water and into the main continent.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-09-04 04:10pm

Well... one of the more popular mods for TA made the Krogoth amphibious. Maybe the Colossus can walk underwater...?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-09-04 04:16pm

Perhaps. There's also a screenshot on a different site that shows the Monkeylord and a pair of destroyers on a beach, facing away from the water. It may be that all superunits have the ability to cross the water somehow.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-09-08 05:00pm

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KRS8WWC9
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3TL15ZXD

Two-part ZIP file of a 29-minute gameplay demonstration during the Showdown LAN event. Mwahaha!!

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-09-08 07:33pm

Looking good, very very good.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-09-08 07:36pm

There's another video of a demonstration, this time done at Leipzig, with Chris Taylor actually speaking, that showed a better view of that Cybran aircraft carrier. It had like at least a couple dozen planes pouring out of it.

Point being, this is a hell of a sight better than the two-plane carriers back in TA.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2006-09-08 08:50pm

Dammit, I've tried the first link twice and it was a corrupted zip both times.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-09-09 03:21am

Slots are full for Israel, someone setup a mirror?

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2006-09-09 07:51am

Arrow wrote:Dammit, I've tried the first link twice and it was a corrupted zip both times.

It's a two part zip, you'll need both and decent compression software. Such as winrar.

Acidburns · Post by **Acidburns** » 2006-09-09 08:24am

WhileI have the file, my problem is that it is in some weird .mp4 format. Anyone got a link to a codec?

D.Turtle · Post by **D.Turtle** » 2006-09-09 11:52am

Media Player Classic can play pretty much everything, including mp4.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2006-09-09 03:00pm

Leipzig Convention Demonstration, Streaming

It's basically the same routine as the one I already posted, but way shorter and not as comprehensive.

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2006-09-09 03:01pm

Any chance of posting a link in a file format that actually plays video? Every player and codec I've tried just gives me a black screen and an audio feed.

Rin · Post by **Rin** » 2006-09-09 05:53pm

White Haven: CCCP & MPC (inc. in CCCP) plays it nicely. (Or mplayer/vlc on other systems...)

(Forgot to look what codec video was, isn't .mp4 just container?)

--Rin