Stephen Sheldon wrote:
>
> > Real time games are mostly about how big of a force you can build while
> > defending you base. I got really tired of them; the difference between Total
> > Anighilation and Dune2 is the graphics. The only worthwhile one are those that
> > don't have unit building during the battle; what you start with is what you
> > get. Turn Based still lets you think more tactically than these games, though.
> > Play X-com Apocalypse in real time and turn based, and see which one makes you
> > think more.
> >
> Thane thane thane;
> You are being a little too general here, Dune2 and TA are similar in
> that they are both resource managment RTS games, the similarity ends
> there, TA you have resource rates, and can build multiple units, with no
> placement restrictions and the whole thing is true 3d. Really your
> generalisation is like saying Wolfenstein3d is like Descent or Quake...
Wolf3D *is* the same as Descent or Quake... (in single
player mode anyway) It just doesn't have all the bells & whistles.
ObGW: The upcoming SSI/GW game (Chaos Gate) is supposed to be
turn-based, correct?
ObEpic: Uhm... Well, this isn't totally on-topic, but I'm working
on an E40k army-building program, written in Java. The final
product will allow you to create & print out an army with a nice
graphical interface & it'll take care of all the calculations
when you add & remove units/squads/detachments. The best part
is that the army list definitions will be read in at run-time,
so you can tweak the data files to represent any house rules you
may use - add new army lists, new units & new detachments, or
rewrite the ones already there. Anything that is possible in the
current army lists can be represented. So far I'm only about 1/3
of the way done, though. I'll post more when it's finished.
Scott Shupe
shupes_at_... shupes@...
http://www.rpi.edu/~shupes
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