Spring RTS Engine

When I try to launch the game (multiplayer lobby, actually), it gets as far as "creating forms" and no further. I have to force-quit the program, and am unable to play.

Help?

The new models look great ingame. The feel is actually quite different from 163, IMO.

My experience with Ion Tanks is that they are a really, really good supplimental unit.

I used GD air extensively last night in a 2v2 (two GD players vs two URC players). Damn, that was fun. Worked well, too. We actually had the raiding advantage almost from start to finish.

Nah.

Killing all my troops did.

Okay, confused "stealth" with "cloak" for a minute there. Oh, and the reason I didn't go after the "main base" was that I'd have to walk through a narrow valley between turret-lined craters. Not optimal, though maybe I shoulda done it anyway. Though after you killed my ...

I didn't think (and still don't, though I haven't had a chance to see the replay) that I could take on your crater turrets successfully. Grist for the mill.

Oh well, I really needed to scout better. And I had no idea that the GD scout tank could cloak!

orbeau, was doing that last night, and losing. I told him to stop with the laser tanks and bombards and concentrate on cannon/rocket combos. All of a sudden he started pwning... Gee I wonder why. Maybe because I put together a group of lvl 2 arty and hammered each area before attacking it. Though u...

Just make it non-reclaimable. Yeah, it'd be slightly annoying, but it'd head off the hub-factory-reclaim issue.

It's true that Ion tanks are already good. I'm really not sure why I don't see them more often.

Popularity? Hah. Time for a short story... There was (is, I should say) a game called Myth II: Soulblighter. It was a fantasy game of tactical management, a RTS with no base- or unit-building. It was about maneuver, micro, and teamwork. The game is also very moddable (this was produced in the late 9...

Regardless, walls are really useful in general. That's another tip for the GD: restrict enemy attack paths by using walls, giving you fewer and better places that you have to defend with mobile units.

On GD tactics: information is ammunition. Your scout tank can build radar - use it! Build radar, cameras, and posts everywhere. GD units aren't maneuverable, which means you have to be set up to intercept attackers. I'm by no means awesome at EE, but this doctrine has held me in good stead so far.

One really good reason no one is being critical of gameplay here is that there's an update looming on the horizon that already will change a some things and add a bunch of new features. So there's little point in talking about the mod when everything is going to be rebalanced anyway (whether it'll b...

I think that after stopping the artillery "monty-python" tactic of running away while firing, then it'll all be good.

Actually, after watching the replay again, that's a really fine example of EE in action. Despite the fact that I did my best to play like a complete moron. Really, there were a ton of choices made in attack direction that could have completely changed the game. Every player had a real chance to win ...

IIRC, that's the game that gave me an appreciation for minigun turrets. I didn't manage to generate much offense though. Missile turrets behind walls (or dragon's teeth - whatever) are nasty. I really thought that we were toast until the enemy flank ceased to exist.

I do. I use 'em all the time in EE. Great way for con units to throw some weight in defense.

Just wanted to pop in with a quick report of a graphical glitch. I was playing yesterday and realized that the GD minigun turret never spins down after it engages an enemy. The barrels keep spinning for the rest of the game, even though there are no targets nearby. P.S. Deci, regarding the GD screen...

I agree as well - no resources from con bots!