Making the Games: Alpha Tauri System (December 4, 2008)

[Bandit LOAF]

Today we see a detailed map of the Alpha Tauri System - which is apparently home to planets named Nancy and Bill, Dune and... Ice Planet Zero!

Thanks to Captain Johnny for both archiving and providing this material! The series is winding down, though, so if you're a former Wing Commander developer with a story to tell or a document to share, we'd love to hear from you.

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Multi-Commander System Diagram: Alpha Tauri
Download (48 kb)

Date: Unknown
Project: Multi-Commander
Donated By: John Guentzel
Pages: 1

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Original update published on December 4, 2008

 

[Vinman]

That's neat, it's nice to see that they were planning to have planets orbiting stars. That was always sort of weird in Privateer, that there were all those planets without visible stars.

 

[Dundradal]

As much as I like the lighting effects we see in the vision engine (notably in Standoff), there is something to say for just having all the ships be beautifully lit all the time. The early games look great, but again there is something to be said coming over the Firekka and watching a star rise over the hull