TA Spring Project - free Real Time Strategy game.

Zheka · 4 Mar 2006 at 14:28

Hi all. I just found this.

Total Annihilation Spring Project.

Current features:

High resolution maps, viewable from all angles and ranges
Dynamic map with craters from weapon and unit explosions
Work with unit files from Total annihilation
Realistic 3D trajectories for weapons
Fully 3D air combat
Several camera modes to suit different tastes
Mod switcher
Lobby Client
Spring Linux Port

Currently in development:

New GUI
A skirmish AI to play off-line
New scripting engine
Several Spring compatible Mods
Platform-Independent Lobby Client

Only 31mb download.
Look here

Mallus · 4 Mar 2006 at 14:44

Any feedback on this? Just having some regular games before i try this.

Street · 4 Mar 2006 at 14:59

That looks quite cool

Gonna have to download it and see what its like... Supreme Commander should be out soonish as well, can't wait!

Kreeeee · 4 Mar 2006 at 15:18

Looks pretty but it's the multiplayer that I care about!

Zheka · 4 Mar 2006 at 17:24

You can play on internet or lan. I've had only one go and it's not bad. Impressive for a 30mb file

Kreeeee · 4 Mar 2006 at 17:36

Yes but there is nowhere near enough players for competition to set in.

Killerkebab · 4 Mar 2006 at 18:43

kreeeee said:
Yes but there is nowhere near enough players for competition to set in.

Is crushing everyone the only thing you care about?

raz0rr · 4 Mar 2006 at 18:53

I remember playing this back in one of the earlier betas.
Back then, it was very fun, but very buggy.

It looks lke they've come a long way since then, so I'll give this another try.

VeNT · 4 Mar 2006 at 20:44

cool, downloaded it, will be playing tonight!

KadreMoD · 4 Mar 2006 at 22:15

I played my first game a while ago .... i got completely owned

. My commander blew up really easy, a lot easier then normal TA.Me being me, I took out one of my allies aswell and pretty much lost that game for my team

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One thing i'm having trouble with is playing with Bots, I either cant get them to do anything or they dont show up on the map at all. Anyone know how to get that to work?

Edit: nvm , just had to start spring.exe in the taspring folder

TheOtherOption · 4 Mar 2006 at 23:20

this looks amazing - for a 30mb download its top notch :cool:

How do you pan the camera to change angles as i can't seem to figure that bit out

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Can't wait to have a few games with mates ...
the best thing i find about it is the deformable terrain ... makes for some interesting tactical benefits in terms of base defense for one thing !

BoomAM · 5 Mar 2006 at 03:20

I take it that this is a game designed by TA fans?
Looks good.
If they can tart it up enough, i wouldnt at all be suprised to see some, if not all, of the development team behind it getting jobs in the industry.

Jamie1984 · 5 Mar 2006 at 10:28

looks good from that screenie, even better it being free

VeNT · 5 Mar 2006 at 11:29

where do you get the extra maps?

raz0rr · 5 Mar 2006 at 13:25

VeNT said:
where do you get the extra maps?

HERE

There's quite a few there, with some original TA conversions.
Some of the conversions had to be scaled down though, which is a pity.

Windle · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:57

is this totally standalone?

KadreMoD · 5 Mar 2006 at 17:49

yeh, its standalone. you log into an mirc chat room type thing and theres a list of active games. It's really easy to get a game started as everyone in that room see's what state your game is in (how many players are in the game, if the game is locked or password protected etc).

Windle · 6 Mar 2006 at 18:36

Starting room #ocuk (do /join #ocuk) if anyone fancies a game?

Windle · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:14

that's a no then?

TheOtherOption · 7 Mar 2006 at 08:20

I'd be up for a thrashing lol ... not really played it lots but i love it

I'm in the #ocuk room right now - will be away for most of the afternoon but shall return for around 4/5pm ~