Original TA3D here. Screenshots inside and help requested :)

[manolo_]

it looks cool, but ur gui is pretty ugly (sorry)

[Babax]

it looks cool, but ur gui is pretty ugly (sorry)

GUI is fully-modable, we used the OTA one as basic.

[Tribulex]

oh really? you have got my attention :)

but i have to finish my spring one first. And before that i have to move, and get my cashflow increased and autonomized. So it will be a while :(

[Babax]

bump

[Wartender]

i tried installing it (ubuntu 9.10), but gave up after cmake kept whining about not finding a library that i have.

[Zuzuf]

There are recent packages for Ubuntu (both i386 and amd64, built for Karmic ) in our repository:
deb http://downloads.ta3d.org/binaries/linux/apt/ testing main

[bobthedinosaur]

What are map size limitations?

[Zuzuf]

Same as OTA (same as TNT format + same as COB limitations if you use COB scripts).

[Auswaschbar]

Where is the unoriginal TA3D?

[Wartender]

There are recent packages for Ubuntu (both i386 and amd64, built for Karmic ) in our repository:
deb http://downloads.ta3d.org/binaries/linux/apt/ testing main

tried that, didn't work either

[Zuzuf]

Can you be more explicit ? What happens, does it display an error message or something ?

[Wartender]

got it to work, shame i don't have the OTA disks

[Zuzuf]

You can install demo files and some other third party resources from the stable repository:
deb http://downloads.ta3d.org/binaries/linux/apt/ stable main

If you have backup images from your disks you can also install resources files from it using the ota_resources_installer.sh script.

PS: I've just noticed there was a conflict in menu entries, sorry about that. It's less convenient than a menu entry but running "ta3d" as a command works.

[bartvbl]

got it to work, shame i don't have the OTA disks

http://d-gun.com/switeck.htm#install
you can find the links of zip files of the discs here

[Caydr]

I'm overflowing with confidence that I'm just stupid, but when I look at those screenshots I don't see what's different compared to OTA.

Maybe I'm just remembering OTA fondly since I haven't played it in so long? I don't know... I just don't see anything jumping out at me as being different.

Or is that the whole point, that you've written a new engine which plays exactly like the old one? In which case, why would we be interested when Spring's been largely capable of doing that since 2006 or so?

Sorry if that sounds harsh, obviously you're hardcore awesome if you can program a game engine to perfectly emulate another one, regardless of its age.

[Gota]

double post

[Gota]

I'm overflowing with confidence that I'm just stupid, but when I look at those screenshots I don't see what's different compared to OTA.

Maybe I'm just remembering OTA fondly since I haven't played it in so long? I don't know... I just don't see anything jumping out at me as being different.

Or is that the whole point, that you've written a new engine which plays exactly like the old one? In which case, why would we be interested when Spring's been largely capable of doing that since 2006 or so?


Sorry if that sounds harsh, obviously you're hardcore awesome if you can program a game engine to perfectly emulate another one, regardless of its age.

Gah...at least freaking try it before attempting to give an opinion...Its fully 3d with max zoom etc..

[Wartender]

got it to work, shame i don't have the OTA disks

http://d-gun.com/switeck.htm#install
you can find the links of zip files of the discs here

those zip files contain totala2.hpi and totala3.hpi. AFAIK i need totala1.hpi for the game to work, and the resource installer won't work form a zip file

i tried copying totala2 and 3 to the resources folder, but nothing happens when i run ta3d

[JohannesH]

Or is that the whole point, that you've written a new engine which plays exactly like the old one? In which case, why would we be interested when Spring's been largely capable of doing that since 2006 or so?

Springs still not properly capable of that, see Springs horrible air unit behaviour for example

[Wartender]

lol the ota_resources_installer script copied the entire contents of my pendrive to the ta3d resources folder instead of looking at the CD XD