Spring RTS Engine

Vohvelieläin wrote:I always disliked how in OTA (and any other RTS on market) instead of thinking when, where and what units one should have, one found himself thinking more about how to get the resources needed for those said units.
Another thing i disliked was seeing my 400 Rockos obliterated by a single Orcone.
And what i really hated was how most units, especially the lower level ones, were actually useless; even if not during the first minutes then atleast later in the game.

So...

I've had this TA mod project, so far referred to as TA:Excess, going on in all silence for a while. Adding third race, balancing out the game (seemingly in a manner no one has though before) and making everything (especially the low level stuff) a lot more aggressive are the main points of my mod.

The word "excess" really says it all; all too much of resources, units and firepower. Low level units have been totally boosted, making them more than just bates, while super units are no longer unnaturally superior but just plain big, resulting in combined forces of small units bearing the brunt of fighting, leaving more special operations for more specialized units and big units being virtually useless without solid support of massed light units (as it should be!).
Naturally not all like my way of thinking, but who cares? It just works so well and is fun to play (again, this is completely subjective).


Most of the work on the mod is already done (unless i once and again invent some new perverse changes; ones such as Raiders and Reapers shooting with lasers ) and this new race is also quite complete.

Andromeda wrote:However there's one thing i need assistance with; seemingly adding third race to menu (unlike adding their Commander into Core kbot labs list ) needs a custom .exe or something. Atleast this has been the case with all custom races i've tried out so far.
I'd very much like to hear some advice on subject.

j5mello wrote:The GoK don't have a carrier was that intentional?

Several sounds (IIRC anything with a blaster weapon i.e. the Com's basic weapon) are just popping noises might wanna check that.

Finally some kind of basic Unit list would be a god send.

lycenhol wrote:Question: Are the Core and the Arm units taken from another mod, or are them new? Do they need to be retested?

• Wrong Gun Recoil in:
  • Hammer
  • Hell Bender
  • Gargant
• Arm Commander: unnamed
• Elite: can pass over trees

SpikedHelmet wrote:3/10.

Why don't you spend some time making a second race and leaving ARM and CORE out of it? The last fucking thing anybody needs is yet a new TA clone. The only reason I'm giving this a 3/10 instead of a -5/10 is because there's actually a modecrum of work in the form of your new race.