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Stormkindler posted 02-17-99 12:59 PM ET
There has been a lot of conversation on the idea of incorporating an expanded battle field that pops up during a conflict.
But I think the RTS top-down style would indeed bog the game down, and you should only use that style with multiple units.
How about a quakeII style quick battle between the two units. Since there are only two and not a squadron on each side, this seems to make sense.
You have a quick and dirty first person shootout for about 30 seconds in a small wooded or (appropriate) terrain, and then back to the game.
I'm not a first-person shooter fanatic but this seems to make more sense, and it would be fairly easy to incorporate this into the game.
Stormkindler
Pudz posted 02-17-99 01:07 PM ET
hehe, sounds like fun...
actually that would be a lot of fun i multiplayer. if you are a good quake2 player, just build a lot of 1-1-1's and kill everyone with your skills
hey firaxis, could this be impliemted with a mod? or how about the mom type combat?. how customizable is the code?
Jazzman posted 02-17-99 02:20 PM ET
What is it. TBS
Hmm lets add chocolate.
TBS
Hmm lets add Milk.
TBS lets add a system modifing stack bonuses depending on what units are in the stack.
Hmm a TBS suggestion that actually applies.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-17-99 02:58 PM ET
Probably not, but anything can happen.
jkm
firaxis games
Jonji posted 02-19-99 03:19 AM ET
I'm sure this won't happen in this game, but I would love to see a future game that incorporates the SMAC strategic game plus an option to use the Gettysburg game engine to resolve combat. Of course, it would probably take about a year to finish a game....
But what if you could play the entire US Civil War or Napoleon or WW3 using SMAC but zoom in for combat.
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Author	Topic: Expanded Battle Fields Revisted
Stormkindler	posted 02-17-99 12:59 PM ET There has been a lot of conversation on the idea of incorporating an expanded battle field that pops up during a conflict. But I think the RTS top-down style would indeed bog the game down, and you should only use that style with multiple units. How about a quakeII style quick battle between the two units. Since there are only two and not a squadron on each side, this seems to make sense. You have a quick and dirty first person shootout for about 30 seconds in a small wooded or (appropriate) terrain, and then back to the game. I'm not a first-person shooter fanatic but this seems to make more sense, and it would be fairly easy to incorporate this into the game. Stormkindler
Pudz	posted 02-17-99 01:07 PM ET hehe, sounds like fun... actually that would be a lot of fun i multiplayer. if you are a good quake2 player, just build a lot of 1-1-1's and kill everyone with your skills hey firaxis, could this be impliemted with a mod? or how about the mom type combat?. how customizable is the code?
Jazzman	posted 02-17-99 02:20 PM ET What is it. TBS Hmm lets add chocolate. TBS Hmm lets add Milk. TBS lets add a system modifing stack bonuses depending on what units are in the stack. Hmm a TBS suggestion that actually applies.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-17-99 02:58 PM ET Probably not, but anything can happen. jkm firaxis games
Jonji	posted 02-19-99 03:19 AM ET I'm sure this won't happen in this game, but I would love to see a future game that incorporates the SMAC strategic game plus an option to use the Gettysburg game engine to resolve combat. Of course, it would probably take about a year to finish a game.... But what if you could play the entire US Civil War or Napoleon or WW3 using SMAC but zoom in for combat.