05-03-2003 07:01									#1
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Alright, since the beta was sent out to those who won and there has been no mention of an NDA, let the screenshot requests begin. Just request what ever you might want a shot of and i'll try to get it and post it up. Its also the least I can do, since I just signed up for the contest on a whim and hadn't been following RoN too much, heh. Anyway, just tell me what you want to see.

	06-03-2003 03:04									#2
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i want to see an battle, preferbaly air battle

	06-03-2003 03:17									#3
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I would like to see an oil rig at sea! Maybe with some ships and a aircraft carrier nearby!

Also, are there fishing ships in RoN?

Thanks.

	06-03-2003 03:33									#4
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quote: Originally posted by flash9286 i want to see an battle, preferbaly air battle

Expanding on this, I'd like to see a modern/information age battle in and around a city. The people demand urban warfare.

	06-03-2003 05:42									#5
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I'll try to help provide whatever's needed, though every request so far happens to have been the things that I've barely gotten to play with -- I've been mainly messing with ancient times.

-- adaMada

	06-03-2003 06:33									#6
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i'll take everything mentioned so far and anything interesting you guys run across

	07-03-2003 08:49									#7
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Just find bugs, I will look at screen shots when I have the game.

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Lol tniem, I suppose you're right

	08-03-2003 00:03									#9
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Alright, heres some screenshots. They're just JPGs like my other one since bmps take up so much space, so forgive the quality. Well, just notice sea one was the bmp not jpg I uploaded, ah well. So that will look decent.

Heating it up

Carrier taskforce

Air raid

Sea invasion

Infantry beseiging capitol

Landing forces escorted by helicopters

Alright, thats all I had that looked good for now. Trying to play more MP games so I can get some huge battles going. Most of these screens were from me finishing off the Aztecs/Mayans in the CTW campaign. That last one is from me invading Scandanavia from England which I had upgraded alot, so it wasn't much of a challenge. In CTW mode you keep your cities if you fight in that territory again, so building up some does help.

	08-03-2003 00:42									#10
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Here are two oil rigs, along with a dock in the lower center of the screen.



And here's a relic on the left, and an oil well on the right. This particular relic gave me 200 metal straight into my savings (All Science Techs researched, which increases goodies given by relics).

Btw, I shrank these down and minimized the interface. In shrinking the screenshots down and converting them, they've lost some of their quality; trust me, they look 100% better in-game.

Last edited by Anun Ik Oba on 08-03-2003 at 02:46

	08-03-2003 02:49									#11
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For being .jpg's, those look awfully damn nice....

	08-03-2003 03:17									#12
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thank you

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A nuke in action against its own nation.

Attachment: ronnuke.zip
This has been downloaded 52 time(s).

	08-03-2003 03:24									#14
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As you will notice, the main 'city center' part was not completely destroyed- you can't completely wipe out cities this way. Once a city center is brought to zero HP, and is no longer guarded by enemy troops, you can capture it. It then takes about 2 minutes to assimilate the city into your own empire, after which you can use it for your own purposes. (You can Raze cities and buildings, however, but razing takes time also [HP countdown] and the city center must have no other infrastructure near it before you can raze it.)

Also, if you notice, there's an Armegeddon Counter in the upper right. This is the number of nukes allowed before the game is called a draw. In that game, which was me vs. 2 computer AI, the total counter was 12. This changes for how many players there are.

	08-03-2003 04:13									#15
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Thanks for the pictures guys.

	08-03-2003 05:36									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba Also, if you notice, there's an Armegeddon Counter in the upper right. This is the number of nukes allowed before the game is called a draw. In that game, which was me vs. 2 computer AI, the total counter was 12. This changes for how many players there are.

I was wondering about that. I can see why that is a good idea. Allowing myself to compare apples and oranges for a second, it always seemed silly when you play a game like Command and Conquer after the 10th or 11th nuke is dropped. The entire area would become inhabitable for the next 1000 years at least.

	08-03-2003 12:37									#17
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I like the counter. It adds a great touch to the game. A good way to solve MAD in a RTS game in my opinion.

The pictures do look good, of course I don't mind seeing them.

Just an overall question to all of you, how smart is the computer's AI? I play a lot of SP, is it going to give me a challenge without severly cheating? How much of a challenge will it be?

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Well, on 'Toughest' I got owned pretty bad, and on 'Tough' (one step above 'Normal') its doing a good job. The AI comes in with Armies! Siege weapons, and a well rounded attack force will assault your cities. Also, it regularly uses the Siege Attack, where the surounding units stand by the siege weapons and let them pummel your cities into pulp.

So far, the AI looks great.

	09-03-2003 10:09									#19
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quote: Originally posted by tniem I like the counter. It adds a great touch to the game. A good way to solve MAD in a RTS game in my opinion. The pictures do look good, of course I don't mind seeing them. Just an overall question to all of you, how smart is the computer's AI? I play a lot of SP, is it going to give me a challenge without severly cheating? How much of a challenge will it be?

Well then players would launch until they had only one left and stop, i think it would be nice if it gave you an "aproximation" of the number left before armageden. Like "Armagedan: 4?" The closer you get to 0 the greater the chance of armageden, that way you really are risking something when you launch, not looking at the counter and going "oh, well there's still 2 more to go, i'll just launch one and we'll be set".

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That is true, but if you get so close that you are going to lose than you simply launch a set number of nukes. Hmmm, I wonder how that is limited? I actually could see that being a huge problem in MP, if it appears that a lose is evident - launch a bunch of nukes and take a draw.

Any idea how this is going to work out?

	09-03-2003 19:36									#21
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I would say that if you know you're going to lose you wouldn't have 12 or so nukes laying around. Think about it - if you're losing the game already, would you have the economic power to construct enough nukes to cause Armageddon?

	09-03-2003 19:54									#22
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AFAIK nukes take a long time to research and build, so it's likely that unless the counter was very close to zero you wouldn't make it in time.

And hey, that's another good idea, it will make the winning side use less nukes cause if they use too many it would allow the loosing side to simply cause a draw..... GOOD BALANCE!

	10-03-2003 12:29									#23
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Yes, it is possible to cause a draw by use of nukes. You could quite possibly do that.