Comments on: A blast from the past http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/ Transporting our ACUs to your base since 2007 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hipsu http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Hipsu Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:07:25 +0000 http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/#comment-362 Pics that made my jaw drop back then (I'm such a victim of early hype :)) http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/755/755287/img_2897686.html http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/755/755287/img_2897782.html (water) And especially http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/755/755287/img_2897699.html Sigh.. I wish someday - when PCs get faster - we can see something like that... Pics that made my jaw drop back then (I’m such a victim of early hype :))

http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/755/755287/img_2897686.html
http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/755/755287/img_2897782.html (water)
And especially
http://media.pc.gamespy.com/media/755/755287/img_2897699.html

Sigh.. I wish someday – when PCs get faster – we can see something like that…

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Cyde Weys Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:39:10 +0000 http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/#comment-314 Yeah, I figured those screenshots weren't quite on the level. Ah well. I guess it doesn't make much sense to compare what is actually accomplished real-time in a 3D engine against an "artist's illustration" and say I wish the present game were more like the fake. Yeah, I figured those screenshots weren’t quite on the level. Ah well. I guess it doesn’t make much sense to compare what is actually accomplished real-time in a 3D engine against an “artist’s illustration” and say I wish the present game were more like the fake.

]]> By: Ryuken http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Ryuken Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:37:34 +0000 http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/#comment-312 Idd, those screens were mock-ups, purely art thrown together to give people an early impression. They DID have "real" volumetric explosions with volume at a certain point ( just look at this: http://www.supcomuniverse.com/?p=image&id=150 ) unlike the horizontal, white flashes we're seeing now (only the UEF and Cybran nuke effects give me a real explosion feel). Still, it might have been too much of a burden on the PC. Idd, those screens were mock-ups, purely art thrown together to give people an early impression. They DID have “real” volumetric explosions with volume at a certain point ( just look at this: http://www.supcomuniverse.com/?p=image&id=150 ) unlike the horizontal, white flashes we’re seeing now (only the UEF and Cybran nuke effects give me a real explosion feel). Still, it might have been too much of a burden on the PC.

]]> By: Hmmm http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Hmmm Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:23:40 +0000 http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/#comment-307 They look "so alive" because the explosions are all photoshopped into the image and the colors are enhanced as well. They look “so alive” because the explosions are all photoshopped into the image and the colors are enhanced as well.

]]> By: Grokmoo http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Grokmoo Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:39:47 +0000 http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/#comment-302 That screenshot looks extremely contrived. Notice the positions and orientations of the various units. It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Also, don't those blue tanks look kind of like the UEF pillar? That screenshot looks extremely contrived. Notice the positions and orientations of the various units. It just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Also, don’t those blue tanks look kind of like the UEF pillar?

]]> By: Daniel Rutter http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Daniel Rutter Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:03:35 +0000 http://www.supcomtalk.com/2007/03/25/a-blast-from-the-past/#comment-301 The explosions <i>are</i> placeholder sprites; they'd look exactly the same from any angle, like the magic rotating corpses in Doom :-). Fast (well, scaling permitting), but hideous in a true 3D game. The explosions are placeholder sprites; they’d look exactly the same from any angle, like the magic rotating corpses in Doom :-). Fast (well, scaling permitting), but hideous in a true 3D game.

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