Command & Conquer 3 Demo, Next Week!

[theo]

i've been playing the demo a fair bit now and i have a few mixed concerns, i mean it's very enjoyable and hopefully tehy will balance some of the units and weapons

but it too different to the cnc series i think, for one unit upgrades and how it's done in this game is terrible imho and the scale at which currency is aquired, i mean there was a general rule to most of the game including generals, such as a tech centre was always 2000credits and the rader was never available from the start, it's just some small touches of similarity like that which are gone now

maybe it's a good thing used to diversifyt eh series though, especially with the introduction of the scrin (i know RA2:YR had yuri's side bt that wasn't as balanced as it could have been)

i just feel as if it's cnc but with ea trying to implement other winning strategies for a game into it with upgrades and speific unit abilities

 

[eekfek]

well after having a good session on this after initial disapointment i think its great and has now been ordered , just itching to try out multiplayer

 

[4p]

Im gonna be a fanboy and say all you haters suck.

 

[MikeHunt79]

whens it gonna be out? I really want it now!

 

[4p]

29 days

 

[Atomic]

Is it my computer that's not set up right because all the shadows in this game look very blocky :/

 

[Kaiju]

whens it gonna be out? I really want it now!

March 29th if you can't count, all things proceeding.

Can't wait for the Scrin á la Starship Troopers.

Rasczak's GDI Ruffnecks, HUUUGH!

 

[p4radox]

This game is simply astonishing. I never expected it to be this good, EA have really done the game justice I feel.

I'm now trying to learn the hotkeys, I managed to beat a medium army just now, primarily using those pitbull tanks with updrades.

The game works really at almost max settings:

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1.5Gb RAM
X850XT

I get an average FPS of about 28 on skirmish.

 

[geeza]

The game works really at almost max settings:

[email protected]
1.5Gb RAM
X850XT

I get an average FPS of about 28 on skirmish.

what res and settings?

 

[Lashout_UK]

Originally Posted by iBot
whats your current skirmish build order?

- 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!

 

[4p]

Lol yea if you dont take those two other tiberium fields your screwed royally.

Anyhoo, i did a direct hit on the nods nuke silo with Ion cannon and it was still standing >_<

Once that nuke launches ya doomed

 

[bobert50]

Amazing game!!! Keep having a crack on it every hour or so! Is there a way of playing as nod vs gdi? or is it only this way around?

Does anyone know if it takes advantage of dual core cpu's or not?

 

[Mobius 1]

Amazing game!!! Keep having a crack on it every hour or so! Is there a way of playing as nod vs gdi? or is it only this way around?

Does anyone know if it takes advantage of dual core cpu's or not?

press n when clicking on nod when selecting your team.

same goes for scrin but with an S, even though your instantly defeated playing as them. unfortunately

 

[Kaiju]

Ok for those playing the demo what system you got and how does it run ?

[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

 

[titaniumx3]

Whats with the 30fps cap? Can it be circumvented? Its not a big deal, but when you are scrolling really fast it can get a bit choppy.

The graphics imho look virtually identical to generals but with some fancy effects added on including higher resolution textures and more detailed units. Luckily this isn't a bad thing at all since I think it looks excellent, runs very well (even with the 30fps cap) and just plain suits the C&C world in general. I'll probably get it anyway just to see the fmv sequences, lol but anything that reminds me of good old C&C can only be a good thing.

I'm also hoping they sorted out all the online bugs that plagued Generals as I used to play that quite addictively for a while.

 

[Dev2]

Currently walking easy and medium armies. Hard armies provide a nice fight but I reckon by tomorrow I'll be up against brutal armies. Hopefully I can start playing online/lan before AI becomes old hat. I like the new AI though and should keep me occupied. Definitely buying it when it comes out.

 

[Kreeeee]

what details are you using. my mate has a 7800gtx and has to put it down a bit.

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

 

[Fireskull]

Zomgs downloaded and played last nite Awesome lol brung back so many memories of old CnC games so i preordered it straight away, sadly didnt have fraps running but i had it on max res and max settings running on a A64 3200+ at 2.7 with 2 gig of ram, and a 7900GTO at stock, and it ran flawless

 

[Dyson]

I'm also hoping they sorted out all the online bugs that plagued Generals as I used to play that quite addictively for a while.

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.

 

[steveo]

how the hell do u build the towers in skirmish mode on the demo i could do it on the demo map but not on the skirmish