adam_grif wrote:And if memory serves correctly, the original C&C didn't have unit queuing?
It didn't, but other factors in the game meant that it wasn't that big a deal.
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adam_grif wrote:Anybody here played one of the earliest RTS games, before context-sensitive cursors were invented?
You had to select units, click move, then click on the point you wanted them to go too.
You mean like Warcraft 1? Still got it installed here .
Oh, man, playing that was an experience. Remember how it was also before you could do anything resembling group selecting, so you could only select up to a grand total of FOUR units by double-clicking it or some shit like?
As for the OP - well, fuck. There goes half the point of buying Command and Conquer: The First Decade.
I dearly hated the 3rd level of Dune 2 No group selection, and the only way quads could win the mission was en masse, so we concocted an elaborate staggered line so that they would arrive more or less at the same time
It wasn't so bad in later levels because all you needed to kill a base was a single escorted rocket launcher.
I do know how to spell
AniThyng is merely the name I gave to what became my favourite Baldur's Gate II mage character
Ah, so Tiberian Sun is now free. That was my favorite C&C game after the old Red Alert games, which I got packaged together for the PS1 as "Red Alert: Retaliation". I must say, though, that I don't recall ever seeing the bombers shown taking out a bridge in this screenshot. I suppose it was a one time bombing run unique to one of the missions, and I just don't remember.
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Hm, I've still to use the Google, but browsing the C&C site, it seems I'm out of luck on trying to install Tiberian Dawn aka the original C&C since I'm using a 64-bit version of Vista. I took a look at the FAQ, and although the inability to install on a 64-bit OS is addressed for Red Alert, it isn't for Tiberian Dawn. Anyone know of a workaround? I burned the ISO using CDBurnerXP. Do you think using a Virtual OS program would make any difference?
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Hm, just gave MagicISO a try. No luck; same error.
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Out of ignorance for how to deal with ISOs; to someone like me, it seems the most obvious thing to do.
I'll try this Daemon Tools program you mention.
If The Infinity Program were not a forum, it would be a pie-in-the-sky project. “Faith is both the prison and the open hand.”— Vienna Teng, "Augustine."
Daemon tools is so easy to use. It's only a couple of meg. You right click the tray icon, select a virtual drive, and select "mount iso".
Then it just works.
A scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the tortoise standing on?'
'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'
adam_grif wrote:Daemon tools is so easy to use. It's only a couple of meg. You right click the tray icon, select a virtual drive, and select "mount iso".
Then it just works.
Alternatively, just double click the iso file and it will instantly mount.
You gosh darn kids and yer shortcuts. No respect I tell ya.
A scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the tortoise standing on?'
'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'
Well, only if you have the *.iso files associated to Daemon tools. If I double click on an ISO, WinRAR opens it (as they are simple archives) and get to explore the contents.
And yes, I purposefully associated *.ISO with WinRAR. Just pointing out that mileage may vary from one setup to the next.
I've tried mounting the C&C original iso with poweriso, and the install doesn't let me install it because I'm running a 64-bit version of windows 7. I tried running in windows 95 compatibility mode but it wouldn't let me, same error. "blah blah you're using 64-bit and this version isn't compatible" or some such. anyone know a workaround? I'd love to play this game again.
Haruko wrote:Ah, so Tiberian Sun is now free. That was my favorite C&C game after the old Red Alert games, which I got packaged together for the PS1 as "Red Alert: Retaliation". I must say, though, that I don't recall ever seeing the bombers shown taking out a bridge in this screenshot. I suppose it was a one time bombing run unique to one of the missions, and I just don't remember.
Some of those explosions don't look familiar to me, so that may be a screenshot from a beta version of the game. That said, I'm pretty sure you could force-fire your units to attack bridges, and sufficient bombardment would destroy them (bridges had little buildings on each end that you could send engineers into to repair them).
Guardsman Bass wrote:Oh, man, playing that was an experience. Remember how it was also before you could do anything resembling group selecting, so you could only select up to a grand total of FOUR units by double-clicking it or some shit like?
Or hell, how about Starcraft and only being able to select a dozen at a time?
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I heard that they limited it to 12 to stop people from rushing
A scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the tortoise standing on?'
'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'
A scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the tortoise standing on?'
'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'
Punarbhava wrote:I've tried mounting the C&C original iso with poweriso, and the install doesn't let me install it because I'm running a 64-bit version of windows 7. I tried running in windows 95 compatibility mode but it wouldn't let me, same error. "blah blah you're using 64-bit and this version isn't compatible" or some such. anyone know a workaround? I'd love to play this game again.
The problem is the 16-bit installer for the game. You may try what I did earlier to get it to work: use the "Complete No-CD game installation pack."
If The Infinity Program were not a forum, it would be a pie-in-the-sky project. “Faith is both the prison and the open hand.”— Vienna Teng, "Augustine."
A scientist once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: 'What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, 'What is the tortoise standing on?'
'You're very clever, young man, very clever,' said the old lady. 'But it's turtles all the way down.'
Haruko wrote:I must say, though, that I don't recall ever seeing the bombers shown taking out a bridge in this screenshot. I suppose it was a one time bombing run unique to one of the missions, and I just don't remember.
Those are Orca bombers, albiet slightly different than their final appearance.
C&C always has little odd things like that. You'll typically see something on the box art or the like that's not in the game, or things in the manual (case in point, the Tiberian Sun orca carryalls or Nod's super-long-range rockets in Tiberian Dawn) that never show up.
adam_grif wrote:They're all awesome, but imo it goes:
2 > 1 > 3
I weep for the future of mankind...
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Or hell, how about Starcraft and only being able to select a dozen at a time?
Yeah, but at least you could "group-select" - clicking and dragging a box open to select all the units within up to 12 at a time. Warcraft I didn't have that, so actually moving a group of units around was a major pain in the ass.
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No group selection, and the only way quads could win the mission was en masse, so we concocted an elaborate staggered line so that they would arrive more or less at the same time 
