Darwin Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 Here's something from a Scott Udell article on CM from a while ago It would be cool if after the release you guys could put up some really old pics and comments about the direction at the time type chronology kind of article type thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 OK you hard-line grognards... Who isn't happy that BTS put more work into the graphics ? I just love those "cut-out trees"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 WOW at first I thought it was a mock up! But yeah that was the pre alpha versions heheh ------------------ CCJ aka BLITZ_Force My Hompage ----> http://www.geocities.com/coolcolj Double your immersion with my Tweaked Textures and Saving Private Ryan sound set mods for CM!! Check out my new Textures V2.0 photo Gallery and my music while your there, or grab a CM Wallpaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 Hehe... the only thing funnier than remembering what it used to look like is what it used to PLAY like I remember being blown away from the very first prototype (using this map with one Panther and one Sherman) and having lots of fun "playing" a game even back then. But oh boy, I can't even stand playing the Beta Demo, so I shudder to think what this 2year old pre-Alpha would be like to play now Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 LOL./ Well, fire sure seems to have improved over the past couple of years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 And even with the graphics like that it's visually better than any other wargame out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrapGame Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 Those graphics make me expect to see Cartman come running out of that building to save his bag of cheesy poofs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEF BUNGIS Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 Damn, look at those trees. Talk about a charlie brown christmas. ------------------ Better to make the wrong decision than be the sorry son of a bitch to scared to make one at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeterNZ Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 reminds me of a cross, as has been said, between South Park and also Carmageddon 2, when you've hit the "Giant Pedestrians" power up PeterNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 I think the trees look very quaint. I like em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -panzershreck- Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 eeeeeeeeewwwww thats one ugly pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostro Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 Well...I like it... Hahaha. At least, the tanks appear to move with the front forward...that is an improvement over CloseCombat IV where the other day I lost a KingTiger against a Sherman because the KT advanced is REVERSE to his enemy. What a frustrating and annoying experience!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest R Cunningham Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 Shots like these should take the wind out of the sails of the graphics don't count crowd. Couldn't there be a patch for the guys who don't think you can't have a wargame without EGA 16 color graphics? The pre-alpha graphics package for the truly hardcore is available at.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted March 29, 2000 Author Share Posted March 29, 2000 No kidding CM has grown way beyond any expectations I had in the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -panzershreck- Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 hahahahahahahahahah that picture is just too funny i cant sop looking at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 I don't see the difference. ------------------ Visit my webpage! http://cm4mac.tripod.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 I know nothing about programming or gaming design, mind you, but had I been asked to work on the project as it looked in that pre-Alpha pic, with the promise that it would be the best wargame ever... I would have run away screaming, certain that BTS were a bunch of loons. Thank you BTS for putting forward such an astounding effort from the start, hence proving me a drooling moron. I still discover new aspects to the beta demo daily. Can't fully comprehend how much better the Gold demo is rumoured to be. You guys rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guachi Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 A LONG time ago (early '99?) I came to the BTS website to check the game out. With pictures like the above, I can't say I was particularly impressed... Anyone can say they are the most realistic or the bestest with the mostest. It takes about two seconds to type it. S&C (et al.) have actually taken time to back their statement up. And it's not just the graphics that have changed, I've been reading for months and I've been amazed at all the little things that BTS keeps adding to make the game better. I don't think I'm objective about this game anymore. I've become a CM sycophant Jason the Searchonaut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted March 29, 2000 Share Posted March 29, 2000 I had a similar experience last spring. When I first stumbled across the Battlefront site I was left unimpressed. I promptly forgot about the game until the epic Alpha battle between Fionn and Martin last August. Like a grognard soap opera, I got hooked. Have been since. Glad to see how absolutely wrong my first impression was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 Hehe... see, this is why Grognards shoot themselves in the foot We were bashed into releasing screenshots before we were ready to prove we weren't vaporware since "graphics don't matter, only the game does". Then we were slammed for not looking like Quake. And people think that making games for a living is fun ... The above is a shining example of what is called "programmer art". That is, stuff the programmer tosses is to see if the code is working. Ugly as all Hell, but it serves its purpose for a while. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guachi Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 It's like a KTMA episode of MST3K! I'm surprised you guys haven't surpressed these incriminating images like the Best Brains gang did!! We need to start a CM Fan Club. We could get a special autographed letter from S&C when we join (I still want my manual autographed ), a pin denoting our grognardness, and a secret handshake!! Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KwazyDog Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 Damn, that piccy brings back memories I used to have it stored somewhere, but I lost it. How things have changed Steve, if your reading this again, how old would that one be mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Time Software Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 A wee shy of 2 years! IIRC we released those late spring or VERY early summer two years ago. However, the graphics themselves had changed little for many months prior, so this stuff is maybe 2.5 years. Cripes... I think we might have been working on CM more like 3 years! Oy Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stone Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 2 to 3 years !!!???!! Now having an unclear 'FLASHBACK'.... I think I remember seeing something like that, a very very very long ago-- pre-Battlefront days. Lord it is awful to have short term and long term memory failing simultaneously. stoner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg2112 Posted March 30, 2000 Share Posted March 30, 2000 Actually, I just noticed something interesting: it looks like the unit base is in the shape of an arrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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