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Hi all!:P

Various things about Spring that do not fit in any of the other forums listed below, including forum rules.

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george1234
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Hi all!:P

Post by george1234 »

IS the anyone who knows if The Spring game is saled in greece?Because i want it. TA cd is required for Spring to play?Please give all the info you have about it. :P
Betalord
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Post by Betalord »

You don't need TA to play it, just download Spring from the Download page.
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PicassoCT
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Post by PicassoCT »

That TA CD needed should be deleted one Day and just written under the Traditional Spring Dl link... i think we just loose 1 of 2 Interested just because he&she doesen`t have the CD anymore...
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george1234
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Post by george1234 »

I dont understand the last replay. The TA cd is needed or not, and what is this about (PicassoCT sais:and just written under the Traditional Spring Dl link..) ?
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Foxomaniac
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Post by Foxomaniac »

TA CD = NOT needed.

Original TA NOT needed in ANYWAY, except to legally play TA mods, but no one cares really.
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PicassoCT
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Post by PicassoCT »

Sorry, my Mistake. Nobody needs the Total Annihilation CD to play Spring. Spring does not need the TA CD. All it is needed for are legal Reasons,
so if you want to play Balanced Annihilation, or Absolut Annihilation, you should have it - otherwise you are a Pirate :D.

There is however a spring Downloadversion, that is completely free of any Kind of legal Problems, because it never had contact or sax with Total Annihilation and or its Programm Code.

Now the same Problem you had (asking yourself - do i really need the CD) may scare off many other possible Spring Downloaders, because it is really easy to missunderstood. Therefor i asked into the open Air of this Thread - for Clarification - beneath the Dl- Links to the two Spring Versions.

Just for Rembering:
Spring Version 1
Still Contains Files that TA-Based Mods need. You don`t need the CD- for technical Reasons, but you need them for legal Stuff..

Spring Version2
Contains only Spring, never had Contact with Total Annihilation. There are Mods you could Play with the Spring Engine, which never used anyhting out of TA-> Examples are Expand&Exterminate, Gundam, Nanoblobs..
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Post by rattle »

Saled? Salad? :P
Who sells spring?
manored
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Post by manored »

A restaurant maybe? :-)

maybe we should stick the pharse YOU DONT NEED THE TA CD TO PLAY TA SPRING in the main page.
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george1234
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Post by george1234 »

Sorry i was wanted to say "sold" (verb sell) not saled. :roll:
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Post by Ishach »

george1234 wrote:Sorry i was wanted to say "sold" (verb sell) not saled. :roll:
shine on, you crazy diamond
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Post by SwiftSpear »

george1234 wrote:Sorry i was wanted to say "sold" (verb sell) not saled. :roll:
They all understood, they were just being mean.
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george1234
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Post by george1234 »

I download the spring downloader and i install it, i also tried to play a game,but i found out that the unit are brand-new and that the game is not user-friendly enough ( for the new users ) so i would like someone to tell me the basic controls and some tips.

Whats the Spring version with the TA units?
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rattle
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Post by rattle »

Yer it's fun to be mean.

There's a GPL one and a non-GPL one. The GPL version (GPL content installer) comes with the mod Nanoblobs, it's not a very userfriendly mod for beginners. No reason not to play it though. Can be gotten through unknown-files as mod too (link below).
The other one (Regular installer) comes with some XTA version (8.1?). It's the TA units you've been talking about. You only have to install either one but since you are interested in TA I suggest the regular one because it comes with all necessary OTA stuff which the GPL one doesn't.
This (BA) is another TA based mod which has become quite popular.

You can get other mods from there: http://spring.unknown-files.net/category/14/Mods/
Or just have a look at the mod forum, first post of a mod's thread usually has the latest link if it's been released.

For the manual, check out the wiki. Most stuff should be explained there.
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george1234
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Post by george1234 »

Rattle thanks for helping me
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george1234
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Something else to ask you:

Post by george1234 »

How i can change between the four camera modes in the game (XTA) what are their hotkeys ? (the wiki doesnt says nothing about those) :?:
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Post by Tobi »

ctrl+middlemouse or ctrl+j to switch

or ctrl+f1..f4 to immediately switch to one camera in particular.
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george1234
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Post by george1234 »

Can someone tell me why when you scroll on the minimap pressing Shift and a box is appearing named 1 or 2 etc( when you are hosting battle) why this happening and what serves?

Sorry for the Syntax mistakes i am tired after a 2:30 hours of English lessons :| [/b]
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Post by manored »

SwiftSpear wrote:
george1234 wrote:Sorry i was wanted to say "sold" (verb sell) not saled. :roll:
They all understood, they were just being mean.
Actual I didnt understood :shock:
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Post by ILMTitan »

The boxes are for when starting positions are "Choose In Game". Each team can choose starting positions only within the box of their team number. If there is no box with their team number, they can choose anywhere on the map.
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Post by manored »

ILMTitan wrote:The boxes are for when starting positions are "Choose In Game". Each team can choose starting positions only within the box of their team number. If there is no box with their team number, they can choose anywhere on the map.
And winhout em enemy players may be born 0,45 cms away from you what can be quite anyoing.
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