Comments on: SupCom YouTube video roundup part 1

By: Molloy

Molloy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:41:22 +0000

It just falls sideways because it looks more dramatic that way. And the scale of the wreck is more obvious when it lands sideways. You’re meant to think of it as a flying Titanic.

By: Grokmoo

Grokmoo — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 20:38:44 +0000

Stealth: I’m afraid your analogy doesn’t really hold in this case. For one, I think you will find that a frisbee won’t tilt if you drop it indoors where there isn’t strong air turbulence. When it does tilt, it is due to essentially random turbulent forces in the air. An object of the Czar’s (presumed) immense mass would be minimally effected by these sorts of small random variations. Assuming all the engines went out at the same time, the Czar would tend to fall straight down. The only possibility I can think of is that the engines on one side of the ship go out before the other, for some unknown reason.

By: Stealth

Stealth — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:47:57 +0000

Grokmoo, I’m pretty sure it’s aerodynamics or something. Drop a fribee while it’s level. It will will most likely tilt while it falls. ;)

By: Grokmoo

Grokmoo — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:39:00 +0000

The music is Craig Armstrong’s “Hanging” for the slower part and “Escape” for falling Czar part of the video. Speaking of the falling Czar, I really wish the Czar would fall straight down rather than at an angle. I really don’t see any particular reason why a giant saucer would tend to fall faster on one side than the other.

By: Jester

Jester — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:29:47 +0000

I should really learn to type better. What I was trying to say was does anyone know the name of that song in the feel video.

By: Jester

Jester — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 07:25:25 +0000

Does anyone know what the song in the feel video by chance?

By: Laconic Youth

Laconic Youth — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:25:10 +0000

fyi, the last one looked like it said, “fuck off.” the letters weren’t exactly clear though.

By: RDon

RDon — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:17:20 +0000

I agree, the “feel” video makes things look a lot cooler, but unfortunately it would kill gameplay.

By: Grokmoo

Grokmoo — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:52:00 +0000

SupCom’s default explosions are mostly flat, 2D textures. I wonder how much of a performance hit we would take for full 3-D explosions like the ones in the first video? They certainly look very good.

By: Jotto

Jotto — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 17:45:03 +0000

Theres a great video of someone launching “USA” at north korea on the Earth map. The flashing word lasts all the way across Europe and most of Asia XD