Armada?
- Thread starter Dyret
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I think it was actually pretty good, you got to plot out an invasion course through a system. You had to build fighters, bases, mine planets, and seek out the Kilrathi. You could even play as a Kilrathi and try to blow up earth. Now if only I could get it to work with DosBox.
Jim
Jim
AdmiralHuang
Spaceman
You got to fly the fighters, but the strategy was really interesting too. And it was really fun in multiplayer.
Death
gh0d (Administrator)
Dyret said:
The fighter model in Armada was that of WC1/2, save that you get to choose which fighter you fly, as you can in WC3/4. There was no custom configuration of any kind; what ship you had was what you got, period.
As for the "suck" thing, the only real problem with Armada, IMO, was that it came out before the big online multiplayer push. The combat part of single-player mode was so-so (the strategic side was fairly good), but the technology wasn't there to support online multiplayer space combat beyond direct-link single engagements (or small teams on local IPX networks), in 1994.
Edfilho
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The flight engine is a VGA-only version of the WC3/4 engine. It is actually the best VGA rendering of any WC game. It is better than the VGA mode of WC3. Of course, the SVGA mode of WC3 is a hell lot better than armada.
You can chose the ships you fly as long as you pick one of the fighters stationed in the system. i.e., if yoy have Arrows, Phantoms and Banshees (not the BW one) in a system and you meet kilrathi ships, you can choose what kind of ship you will fly. But If all you have are Arrows, you have no option. And you CAN'T reconfigure the ship's loadout. it is always the same. Like in WCP, even when you pick the ship, the loadout is fixed.
You can chose the ships you fly as long as you pick one of the fighters stationed in the system. i.e., if yoy have Arrows, Phantoms and Banshees (not the BW one) in a system and you meet kilrathi ships, you can choose what kind of ship you will fly. But If all you have are Arrows, you have no option. And you CAN'T reconfigure the ship's loadout. it is always the same. Like in WCP, even when you pick the ship, the loadout is fixed.
Edfilho
Cry some more!
You can't "pilot" the carrier, if it is caught alone (without fighters) two things can happen: If the enemy fighters have no torps, they get bounced back to the system they came from, if they DO have torps, the carrier is automatically dead, sector is over.
If you have fighters docked or escorting the CV, you have to choose one.
There is a bit of story, the Voices of War manual is one of the best, and it tells the story of the two self-sustained Supercarriers, the confed one and the kat one. Once the game starts, though, it is just plotting and fighting.
There are transports, they are used to ferry the abstract "resources" from planets to the carrier - which is the only ship capable of building mines, shipyards and fortresses. Lone transports were automatically captured by enemy fighters... But these 'sports were usually safe behind your own lines... And no, you cannot fly the 'sports. You had to keep your CV supplied with "resources" so you could build up your empire. The more mines and shipyards you had, the more fighters you got. And fortresses were useful to close down certain chokepoint systems you found on every sector. Fortresses were actually bases with 3 regenerating fighters. There were 3 types, light, medium and heavy, light being stocked with light fighters and so on. Of course, if you lost ALL 3 fighters, you lost the fortress, but if at least one survived, the next round you had 3 of them again. The advantage of this is that you didn't need to build these fighters and could move on with your CV while keeping your mines and yards protected.
The main difference between kats and confees were the fighters. You can see them for yourself in the CIC's shipguide, though.
If you have fighters docked or escorting the CV, you have to choose one.
There is a bit of story, the Voices of War manual is one of the best, and it tells the story of the two self-sustained Supercarriers, the confed one and the kat one. Once the game starts, though, it is just plotting and fighting.
There are transports, they are used to ferry the abstract "resources" from planets to the carrier - which is the only ship capable of building mines, shipyards and fortresses. Lone transports were automatically captured by enemy fighters... But these 'sports were usually safe behind your own lines... And no, you cannot fly the 'sports. You had to keep your CV supplied with "resources" so you could build up your empire. The more mines and shipyards you had, the more fighters you got. And fortresses were useful to close down certain chokepoint systems you found on every sector. Fortresses were actually bases with 3 regenerating fighters. There were 3 types, light, medium and heavy, light being stocked with light fighters and so on. Of course, if you lost ALL 3 fighters, you lost the fortress, but if at least one survived, the next round you had 3 of them again. The advantage of this is that you didn't need to build these fighters and could move on with your CV while keeping your mines and yards protected.
The main difference between kats and confees were the fighters. You can see them for yourself in the CIC's shipguide, though.
I could swear I had Armada back in 1994 but I don't remember doing any of the things you guys are talking about. It sounds awesome. I actually just won a CD copy of Armada with manuals off eBay for... $1.00. Gotta love that. I'm still waiting to receive it in the mail. Of course the downside is I hear it has major problems working in Win XP. I may try some boot disks just to play it but it sounds like fun.