traemyn Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 They are not official videos, testers made them. germtank.avi is 16mb mokra.avi is 43 mb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirocco Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 The still pictures just don't do the game justice. The tanks exhaust output, the rocking back when firing, crew members climbing in through hatches, those create an awesome atmosphere. It would be nice to see more of the infantry, but I don't think that will be resolved until we see the demo. As an aside, the videos use DivX, and I could only play them through the DivX player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuuSaR Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Eh heh sounds like you just saw first 3D game ever, like you jumped from hexa game era or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirocco Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Originally posted by TuuSaR: Eh heh sounds like you just saw first 3D game ever, like you jumped from hexa game era or something Apologies. I forgot enthusiasm is verboten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus86 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 so many tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Originally posted by Markus86: so many tanks That is exacly what we are worried about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cincinatvs Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Don't like two thinks in the vid: The songs used, no interest to catch the game's atmosphere. The trees crached by tanks disapearing slowly in the ground (watch Mockra vid) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirocco Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Well, it's only natural people should concentrate on tanks when producing videos, given their visual impact. I don't believe for a moment that we're seeing the totality of gameplay from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waycool Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Quite a stunning looking game and I hope it lives up to our expectations of detail, gameplay and intelligent AI. Agree the music did not capture the era or feeling of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus86 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 You just don't understand the german lyrics the song in germantanks.avi fits quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 "so many tanks" I was reading the book "The Tank Killers" by Yeide on the subway this morning. The section on the Kasserine Pass battles described something like 40 German tanks approaching from one direction, with more tanks with accompanying infantry approaching from another. Sure sounds like lots of tanks to me, and infantry wasn't even bothering to keep up with some of them! On another one of these boards someone posted the statistic that something over 90,000 Russian tanks were lost in WWII. You can't be complaining that the game might dare to use more than five of them at the same time in a scenario! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Your all just jealous since you don't have the hair to do this. P.S. Can't play the videos either, plays the first few seconds and stops. But the music keeps going. Is there new Divx codecs? Or do they need to be played through the Divx player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 There is a new codec, 6.4 released early october. Anybody else have problems playing the videos, you can download new DivX codec here. Just uncheck all the other stuff besides the codec option and you should be good to go. The actual videos are pretty decent, better than nothing anyway. At least something to tide us over until the demo release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I would have prefered to hear the engine sounds, gunfire, and battlefield ambience myself rather than the music.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolColJ Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Oh - dead cows there is quite a bit of infantry action on the 2nd vid - nice anims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 About 45 seconds into the "Mokra" movie there seems to be a tank that accelerates faster then my mustang GT! BTS.....Are the acceleration values for the tanks accurate??? [ October 17, 2006, 05:15 PM: Message edited by: Lanzfeld ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Also...... The trees that are knocked down should not just vanish! That is a big bit of immersion killing! Comeon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 If only knocked out tanks vanished so quickly. Then infantry wouldn't have time to recrew them and be underway in less than a minute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomm Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Great looking videos! Certainly a big step ahead from the WW2 RTS games that I am aware of. I liked the way those tanks were pounded and kept moving! I am still very curious about the behaviour of infantry, like most others here. I second Lanzfeld's comment on tank acceleration! They feel too light in the way they jump-start in the videos. Also, in one scene the target acquisition and turret rotation was seemingly too fast! Waiting for more ... Best regards, Thomm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuuSaR Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 The trees that are knocked down should not just vanish Well that was pretty much name of the game in 2001.(apart from ofp which was years ahead of others) Physics engine wasnt used to changing enviroment. Back then Futuremark's car demo game used havok and not pre-planned animations, telling what the future will be. [ October 18, 2006, 02:42 AM: Message edited by: TuuSaR ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 yeah, agree with the McClaren like acceleration that the tanks show, but if the models were based on real world stats then I'd be happy for my impression to be proven wrong. But, be jeezus, the clods being chucked up by the tracks, as they race along through the long grass... droool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS_Hinkel Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 hmmm cant watch the second vid it tells me that the file cant be found first vid works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizen Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 The instant acceleration is no worse the the instant stopping in the CM series. A jeep can go from 65 mph one second to dead stopped less than one second later (if you cancel a move fast order at the start of a new turn.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sivodsi Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 The instant acceleration is no worse the the instant stopping in the CM series But is this a fair comparison? Movement in CM was at the mercy of its 1 minute incremented turns. Since ToW is in RT it shouldn't have this problem. It'll be interesting to see what happens if a tank at full speed stops instantly or skids if during a pause you order it to halt. (Er you can give orders while the game is in pause, right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GS_Hinkel Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 oh noes neo-nazi music in the second vid :X! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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