Command & Conquer 3 Demo, Next Week!

Dev2 · 2 Mar 2007 at 11:29

Dyson said:
I am REALLY hoping that the netcode is a little better than generals was. It either works, or for no apparant reason doesn't. Only online game i've ever had trouble with.

What kind of problems were you having with the netcode. Real time strats are one of the genres which can have netcode problems and still be a lot of fun. I mean even a bit of lag here or there shouldn't make any difference.

omne · 2 Mar 2007 at 12:03

Elite Avatars are close to invincible to anything except firehawks and orcas, they can survive a direct nuke hit too :/ Scarily powerfull if you fully upgraded them.

iBot · 2 Mar 2007 at 13:05

Lashout_UK said:
- Power station + 2 surveyors instantly, send them to far corners, deploy
- Refinery
- Crane
- Barracks
- War factory + more harvesters
- Refinerys & initial defenses for the outer perimeter bases at the other tib. sites whilst starting to machine a few units.....

Then onwards and upwards! Wins every time

Anyone noticed a .....well, not sure if it's a problem or just me - when a plane is approaching from well off screen, if I see it's shadow first it moves slightly jerkily (whilst everything else is button smooth) then when the plane model appears in view, the shadow returns to being perfectly smooth.

Not a problem as such, just wondered if it was me!

thanks thats what i;m doing too pretty much

and afiak you always see the shadow first in cnc games, maybe its a "nod" to that?

Or a bug _>>

ihatelag · 2 Mar 2007 at 13:24

That nod commando chick is pretty good too...she can blow up my base any day

Anyway, I can't wait until the preloading starts! only 17/18 more days until we get one step closer to C&C 3

geeza · 2 Mar 2007 at 15:13

Kreeeee said:
All details on max bar shadows which are off on a 6800GT and I never get below the locked 30fps.

sorry I asked aceface. what system have u got?

ime running maxed on 1400x900 on the following system and it drops to 25 in heavy battle city centre

X2 3800@2850mhz
2x1gb gskill hz
X1800xt@700/800

Windle · 2 Mar 2007 at 15:22

Anyone know if there will be walls in the final version?

killer_uk · 2 Mar 2007 at 15:25

I hope so, I don't feel safe unless I've built walls around my base.

titaniumx3 · 2 Mar 2007 at 15:26

Dev2 said:
What kind of problems were you having with the netcode. Real time strats are one of the genres which can have netcode problems and still be a lot of fun. I mean even a bit of lag here or there shouldn't make any difference.

Well one in four games I had always ended up in a mismatch (syncing) error and those that did work were constantly timing out or just running extremely slowly. The games that did run smoothly were very fun but the situation was very desperate with severe balancing issues and other odd quirks in the gameplay. It was the scud bug that really killed it for me.

Killerkebab · 2 Mar 2007 at 15:28

I know how you can play as Nod in this, but anyone worked out a way to get crates and change starting money yet?

p4radox · 2 Mar 2007 at 16:19

geeza said:
what res and settings?

1440*900
Everything maxed, but no AA. In big battles it drops to about 24fps or maybe a little lower, but I can manage with that.

edit: I lied: it's actually lower than that. I'm now getting about 18fps. Very odd :confused:

Lashout_UK · 2 Mar 2007 at 16:20

and afiak you always see the shadow first in cnc games, maybe its a "nod" to that?

Or a bug _>>

Nah it's not seeing the shadow that's the problem - just when the plane itself is off screen, the shadow moves slightly jerkily - but when the model comes onscreen as well, it returns to being smooth.

I want walls as well - irritating to have people getting in everywhere

Kreeeee · 2 Mar 2007 at 16:27

geeza said:
sorry I asked aceface. what system have u got?

ime running maxed on 1400x900 on the following system and it drops to 25 in heavy battle city centre

X2 3800@2850mhz
2x1gb gskill hz
X1800xt@700/800

Throwing a wobbly then asking a question isn't likely to get good results now is it. Nice social skills.

eekfek · 2 Mar 2007 at 16:49

Killerkebab said:
I know how you can play as Nod in this, but anyone worked out a way to get crates and change starting money yet?

ooh, how do we do that ? ta

4p · 2 Mar 2007 at 16:50

Hold 'N' while selecting Nod

'G' for gdi

'S' for scrin - however u die

eekfek · 2 Mar 2007 at 16:53

aye cheers, just googled and found this :-

Goto Skirmish:
Click the race selection tab, but do not select any. Move your mouse over the Nod selection and at the same time press N and click the mouse. It may take a few tries but it does work! Can also make the enemy GDI.(G + Mouse Click)

You can also use this trick to select the AI traits. Just use the first letter and click the mouse while it is highlighted.

Killerkebab · 2 Mar 2007 at 17:05

But the really interesting question is... does anyone know how to change the game rules? I want crates

Atomic · 2 Mar 2007 at 20:50

As I asked before, does anyone see the shadows as being very pixalated and blocky?

silversurfer · 2 Mar 2007 at 20:54

I think thats related to transparent AA ?

BeatMaster · 2 Mar 2007 at 21:57

Really impressed by the demo. *Touch wood* the Multiplayer will be all good

Think I'll be pre-ordering this in the coming days

Cheapest I've found is £26.99 minus student discount = £24.29 inc. Free Delivery!

Anyone seen it cheaper?

BeatMaster

Kaiju · 2 Mar 2007 at 22:05

silversurfer said:
I think thats related to transparent AA ?

I had mine set on Supersampling and the shadows were still blocky.

[email protected] (375x8) 1.325v
P5N-E
OCZ 2GB XTX rev2 @ 900DDR 2.2vDIMM
7900GTO @ Stock

1680x1050
In-game settings: Everything Max
nVidia CP: SuperSampling, Trilinear Mips, 4xAA, 16xAF

30FPS constant