Making the Game: Comms (June 20, 2009)

[Bandit LOAF]

This conceptual document explains how Wing Commander Prophecy handles different types of in-flight comms. Check out the eight-step checklist required for a player-called communication message to play. Things that seem easy can be very complex...

These updates are thanks to John "Captain Johnny" Guentzel, who provided several CD image archives of material used by the Wing Commander Prophecy development team!

Comms
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Date: April 23, 1997
Project: Wing Commander Prophecy
Donated By: John Guentzel
Pages: 4

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Original update published on June 20, 2009

 

[Wedge009]

Tony says NOT to do Scripted Comms like WC4, because data management was a nightmare!

Intriguing. Always good to learn from past mistakes.