Armada Flight engine...
- Thread starter Preacher
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Spaceman
I don't want to be nitpicky but it's 320*200. 320*220 doesn't exist.
No offense intendedn of course.
No offense intendedn of course.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
The Armada engine and the WC3/4 engine are one and the same.
SpacedOutDragon
Spaceman
Yeah; Armada reamains the only "online" WC game, although in the era it was released servers were still unheard of.
Armada's real objective was testing the idea of a 3D flight engine. The engine from WCAr-WC4 are one and the same: minute improvements were simply made to each one.
Story-wise, it was supposed to "end" the War, I guess. Of course, WC3 treated Angel as the Captain of the Human Carrier in that game. It was also nice to think for a while, just for a while, that Angel and Blair were married (with a son, no less.)
Armada's real objective was testing the idea of a 3D flight engine. The engine from WCAr-WC4 are one and the same: minute improvements were simply made to each one.
Story-wise, it was supposed to "end" the War, I guess. Of course, WC3 treated Angel as the Captain of the Human Carrier in that game. It was also nice to think for a while, just for a while, that Angel and Blair were married (with a son, no less.)
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Ehh, I think you're reading too much into Voices of War <G>
The Captain of the ship is a man, based on his log entry -- "I wave goodbye to my quarters and envision beaches, blondes, brunettes and banana daiquiris." It's further implied (but not stated) that he's Blair, given his recollections of K'Tithrak Mang, Shotglass and Tolwyn <G> But I suppose anyone who served on Concordia would remember all of that... it's also possbile that his name is Jacorski, mentioned later on in VoW.
Clearly, Graham (who I guess is the son you mention) isn't Angel and Blair's son, since he's at *home* with his mother while is dad is on Lexington <G> ("You’re a brave kid to stay behind and take care of your Mom.") I would also suppose that the dad *isn't* the commander of the Lexington, since he's a pilot, and single <G> (Voices of War, while having ongoing stories, is also a lot of... voices of war <G>).
I would agree that Victory Streak implies that Angel's team was onboard the Lexington -- but not that they were necessarily in charge of the ship.
The Captain of the ship is a man, based on his log entry -- "I wave goodbye to my quarters and envision beaches, blondes, brunettes and banana daiquiris." It's further implied (but not stated) that he's Blair, given his recollections of K'Tithrak Mang, Shotglass and Tolwyn <G> But I suppose anyone who served on Concordia would remember all of that... it's also possbile that his name is Jacorski, mentioned later on in VoW.
Clearly, Graham (who I guess is the son you mention) isn't Angel and Blair's son, since he's at *home* with his mother while is dad is on Lexington <G> ("You’re a brave kid to stay behind and take care of your Mom.") I would also suppose that the dad *isn't* the commander of the Lexington, since he's a pilot, and single <G> (Voices of War, while having ongoing stories, is also a lot of... voices of war <G>).
I would agree that Victory Streak implies that Angel's team was onboard the Lexington -- but not that they were necessarily in charge of the ship.
Preacher
Swabbie
Banned
Re: Re: Armada Flight engine...
Ok, but perhaps you could tell me what the release dates are for the release each title (I can't recall): The superior effects that I mentioned would argue for Armada being the later title. Yet, how come (if this is so) those particular effects weren't transitioned over to WC 4, since they clearly were better? (Or, was it something that couldn't be carried fwd without compromising the REST of the engine?).
Ok, but perhaps you could tell me what the release dates are for the release each title (I can't recall): The superior effects that I mentioned would argue for Armada being the later title. Yet, how come (if this is so) those particular effects weren't transitioned over to WC 4, since they clearly were better? (Or, was it something that couldn't be carried fwd without compromising the REST of the engine?).
Unforgiven
Spaceman
Higher resolution can in some cases make the artwork look worse, because it requires the texture to be more crisp. Perhaps that's what happened to WC3. I can't really remember what WC3 looked like in 320*200, been ages since I played it like that on my 486DX2 66MHz with 8MB RAM. (Yep, I know it shouldn't work on that system, but it did! Took over 5 minutes to load a mission though)
Try playing Quake2 at 1280*1024 and you'll see what I mean...
Try playing Quake2 at 1280*1024 and you'll see what I mean...
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Re: Re: Re: Armada Flight engine...
Armada was released in 1994, before WC3. Its effects were *not* superior -- it was at a lower res than WC3, and had far less detail because of this.
Armada was released in 1994, before WC3. Its effects were *not* superior -- it was at a lower res than WC3, and had far less detail because of this.
Eder
Mr. Standoff
I agree, this is probably why you think Armada looks better, Preacher. Armada's textures must be something like a 64x64 bitmap for each ship, and that would just suck in a resolution higher than 320x200(or was it 240?), because you'd be able to actually notice that the textures have too little detail.
--Eder
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Spaceman
It is.
Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
Polgyons have bitmaps on top of them. Like a wrapped present.