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[Nilocy]

Just had a great game, anyone want the replay?

[Orb]

Nilocy, I was wondering if I could have a list of maps you typically use?


It be easy on me to download maybe 5 instead of 50. So next time you host I could join.

[FluffyToast J]

I'm on, by the name of Fluffy, so if you see me around, hit me up for a game. I'm terrible

[umiman]

I have to say, I watched and played in a lot of matches with so called "veterans" and all the other high ranking individuals. My observation is: They all suck. Like 90% of them. Playing against you guys is a lot more fun and challenging.

I don't understand how someone can play a game for so long and still not understand the concept of playing properly.

[Ozyton]

I've advanced to the second rank and I still don't know wtf.

I don't think the rank system takes into account how many times you win or lose, just how many hours/games you've played in total.

[KaelGotDwarves]

We had some good matches today. Even games that we got massacred in I enjoyed playing with you guys.

Giant guns + nuke spamming anything that moves!

[Orb]

I have to say, I watched and played in a lot of matches with so called "veterans" and all the other high ranking individuals. My observation is: They all suck. Like 90% of them. Playing against you guys is a lot more fun and challenging.

I don't understand how someone can play a game for so long and still not understand the concept of playing properly.

I think it takes a general knowledge and experience of RTS's. If this is the only RTS you have played, you are likely thinking inside the box. Also, if you play only bad people, you have no reason to be good, you only have to be a little bit better. 

Of course, this is speaking from the experience of playing against an autoterminating AI. I did the air test though, the AI is better at dog fights.

This game reminds me a lot of Supreme Commander. I take it that they got influence from it? Just about everything seems to. The maps, the core gameplay, the tech tree idea. The only thing differant I see is about 2x as many units, probably more than that.

"Edit" Also, I cant seem to find your server. Its Bay12, right? Im supposed to look for it through Spring Downloader, right?

[Ozyton]

Orb

Total Annihilation was released in 1997

Supreme Commander was released in 2007

As for the server name, most of the time the server name is "Bay12" or something similar, but sometime it can be something like "Bay12s" or "Bay12blah"

my server is usually "Bay12Ozy"

The all have the same password though, 'bay12'

[umiman]

To illustrate just how the ranks don't represent skill whatsoever (though it shows how long some people spend not learning how to play the game), let me retell what happened when I did a FFA against 3 others who had medals (experienced) for ranks. I did the usual attack with 5 light tanks at the 1.36 minute mark and here's what I found:

1. Player 1 had no factory, 3 extractors, and 18 solar panels. (wtf?)
2. Player 2 had 3 extractors, 2 solar panels, and a factory producing only engineers trying to get to t2.
3. Player 3 had 3 extractors, 3 solar panels, and a factory producing only artillery.

Game ended really fast.

There are some really good players out there and even some terrible players have really interesting strategies which are worth experimenting with (no offensive units + advancing turret line is damn cool), but in general I think a huge percent of the population have no idea what they're doing.

[head]

The rank system is based on the total hours played.

Btw lets try to get a 6vs6 or something tonight.

[Pillow_Killer]

Ill put a server up now.

[Rafal99]

Hello everyone!

I am a Spring player since a long time, I may help if anyone has any questions. Actually Spring is where I have discovered DF, there is big sticky DF topic in Spring forum.

There is #DF channel in Spring client, we may talk there and organize games.

As for a problem with mod and map downloading, you can use Spring Downloader. It is another game client, which automatically downloads mod and map when you join a battle (well occasionally download fails, then you should join battle again to redownload and it should work).

You may also like to try Complete Annihilation mod, it is a newer mod in constant development, shares some elements with BA but has new models, effects, faster gameplay, and many other special features. Unfortunately it doesn't have a big player base like BA so it is much harder to get a game.

Can anyone tell me the difference between dynamic and bump-mapped water?

Dynamic actually deforms the water, makes waves etc when ships move, or stuff explodes in water. But it is very CPU and GPU intensive, and doesn't work on some graphics cards so I wouldn't recommend it.
Bump water has all the same graphical effects plus some additional, but doesn't do complex physics.

[Pillow_Killer]

You may also like to try Complete Annihilation mod, it is a newer mod in constant development, shares some elements with BA but has new models, effects, faster gameplay, and many other special features. Unfortunately it doesn't have a big player base like BA so it is much harder to get a game.

Do they still update daily? :/ Hated that It was like for three weeks of daily updates, sometimes -1-2 new fixes a day. I stopped paying attention to CA shortly after.
Also join in
Bay12
password bay12

[zchris13]

Which one is the one with nanoturrets?

[Nilocy]

Man, I'm surprised so many people fall to the 10 flash rush. Its stupidly easy to counter, just build instigators or your own flashes to combat them.

I have noticed some really interesting, is that rushing does seriously impact your economy to a huge degree, I just rolled out my first goliath tank when the enemy started nuking us.