Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!

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Good to hear from you again, HCl.After a peek on my old WC CDs I did find one such catalog, so I quickly took a few screenshots in case someone doesn't remember this. Cool stuff! (also the spaceflight pic looks like it might be from an earlier build of the game).
I've always wanted to know how Armada would look like, if it supported the higher 640x480 resolution that was first enabled in WC3.The WC3 Dralthi was already finished at that point and they put it in as a placeholder even though the higher resolution art didn't work as well in Armada.
On the screenshot LOAF posted the Kilrathi capship does look a lot more detailed than any final model that made it to the final game... I wonder how many iterations the ingame models went through?
I'm also curious about how WC3, although having an engine improved from Armada, lacks some details that Armada has (going by memory here, but i'm thinking of the blinking lights, present for ex. on the Armada Arrow, but absent on the WC3 version). I'm guessing when the new Arrow model was built these details were lost? These early-WC3 screens seem to use the Armada Arrow textures at least.
LOAF, will you be able to post that 20-something set of pictures you mentioned? I at least would be very interested in checking those out, as i have a soft spot for the RealSpace engine in my heart
Since we're discussing pre-release builds of these games... i'm wondering what this is?
I could see the 'scanning' animation start playing inside that box in my mind's eye.Also, the "fancy art goes here" bit made me chuckle a bit
It is indeed quite similar to a promotional screen shot from years ago, but as you say, not an exact match.Also, WC30003.GIF "felt" strangely familiar, so I went and again checked the art of the various game boxes. Turns out there is a similar screenshot on the back of the WC3 box, but it's clearly not the same, so no match...
I should dig up the WC3 Demo from my old CDs and give it another go!
That SWC pic looks great! If i had to guess, i would say it could be some kind of bomber, as it "feels" heavy (meaning, Broadsword-like heavy). Do you have any clue what ship it could have been meant for?
...but strangest of all those two Arrows were replaced with Hellcats!
Hey , Instead of Hellcats , there are Arrows ?!?!?