Send a wish list to Santa, and he will get you those things you want.
Oh...Don't forget the CRAY super computer you will nedd to run it.
Just giving ya $hit...
There is a "PATCH" to fix almost all the "problems" with TA. Play it
against a human, instead of AI.
But seriously.....
try playing with a few of SHONNER'S AIs. Sure it is not as fun as against a
human player, but they are a lot better than the default TA AIs.
Regards,
Anthony
"Charles Shannon Hendrix" <shannon@news.widomaker.com> wrote in message
news:slrnauhti2.sp.shannon@news.widomaker.com...
> In article <arr1cn$9rl$1@venus.btinternet.com>, Flakker wrote:
> > Im from Cheshire, England. TA was the first ever game I bought when I
> > upgraded from a 386sx, the week TA was released. Its still the most
playable
> > game ever.
>
> I have always wished that someone could get the sources and fix some of
> the problems the game has. No other RTS has been as good overall as TA
> to me.
>
> I would buy TA again with some features and bug fixes:
>
> * formations
> * all units in group order move at same speed
> * better pathfinding
> * orderly single-file movement for narrow passages
> * shorter timeouts before trying other ways around obstacles
> * AI which would keep it's units from getting stuck en-masse
> * AI which did not rush, but built its base instead
> * AI which didn't build a million of everything, just a few
> factories like a human would, even modified AIs largely
> fail to limit infrastructure
> * orderly defenses, not just random placement of weapons, but building
> walls around bases, layered defense, etc
> * an AI that would build a killzone, with concentrated layered defenses
> * an AI that would defend key locations like passes and bridges, using
> walls, and static layered defenses as well as units
> * an AI that understood close air support
> * an AI that knew to defend high-importance targets like nuclear
> powerplants, and expensive armor units from air attack
> * AI that built clustered anti-air defenses for key resources
> * units are built and then stored in bases to reduce clutter, especially
> for aircraft
> * fog of war doesn't unrealistically hide things you've seen. in
> reality, you don't forget where something is when your spy plane
> leaves the area!
> * an AI that cannot see everything, but which uses its radar and spies
> * the ability to order units without seeing them
>
> That last one is especially for aircraft. I played another game where
> you could observe a target, and issue orders to units back at your base
> without having to go find them and target them.
>
> I really hate how things you've seen disappear in the fog of war,
> because that's highly unrealistic.
>
> I think another really cool unit would be a forward observer. This unit
> would issue orders to bombers and artillery to hit targets that it sees.
> You should be able to tell it what sort of targets to search for and
> target.
>
> I'm sure everyone has a wish list. The problem with RTS games is that
> instead of doing things like I list above, they just try to create more
> flash and eye-candy, without really improving the game. In some cases
> they don't even look as good as TA, which remains remarkebly good looking
> even after all these years.
>
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