Chris Longpre Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Oh, and a completely new AI model. (Given current spec PCs, some time & money to develop, there are some cool new things to be done... and nobody doing them yet!)--Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted August 8, 2004 Author Share Posted August 8, 2004 I wish I had kept a copy of the Emp2 proposal .. would be interesting to back and read it nowadays.. :)Why you little.......don't tease us like that! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted August 8, 2004 Share Posted August 8, 2004 Hey Chris I still have a copy of that proposal. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted August 8, 2004 Author Share Posted August 8, 2004 Post it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longpre Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Oh the tease .. (sorry, I feel bad now.) :)Seriously, there was a complete proposal with concept art, units, sides, everything. We pitched it to the execs September 8th, 2001. It was turned down.. for a number of reasons... most not having to do with the game proposal. Most definitely due to poor forcasts on a sequel title.I intentionally did not take a copy with me when I left Westwood, as I knew it would be too tempting to have in my possession.....Much like... (dare, I tease again..??... ah shucks, its 2am .. nobody is looking..)the Emperor DVD version I found last night in an old box.Yup. I found this box in my closet, thinking all these years it was my last case of "Into the Void", another game I produced ..which barely saw the light of day (longer story). When I went to open it, I a bunch of stuff from my Westwood desk. This was the very last box I packed, quickly, as they stood in my door ready to push me out the front door. I just sweeped the last few stacks of stuff into this box, and left.Besides a couple of fresh, unopened Emperor boxed copies (which I needed, as I loaned out my opened box), I found the DVD version that Tim Fritz & I made in early October, 2001. It's the full version 1.09, with all the map packs, the editor, trailers, screenshots, marketing kit, etc. etc. I belive the main EXE is identical to v1.09 you all have, but the installer was rev'd to work off the DVD.Anyhoo... I'll have to go see what else is in that box .. who knows.. I was too sleepy to get past the top layer...;)--Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longpre Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Here is a picture of the DVD directory .. looks like we put some other stuff in there too!--Chris[attachment archived by Gobalopper] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Just wondering...with the Guild now being some terror in the universe after trying to control Arrakis with the Emperor Worm, how would the sequel be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harkdawg Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Low, emperor worm got killed and teilaxu and guild defeated. Although only those glowing eyes in the dark remain mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I mean...who would provide the inter-space transportation without the Guild? :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 The Emperor Worm is dead, and with it the diseased dreams of the Guild and Tleilaxu. But this attack was only part of a bigger, more horrific picture.Plans within plans within plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longpre Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 shhhhhh.......;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 Why can't you post it all? Legal reasons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted August 19, 2004 Author Share Posted August 19, 2004 Oh and two more things, do you think you could post the concept art, and explain this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 The other Chris does not seem to be in a mood to reply ! I would also like to see better support for multiplayer online when we play with more than 4 players. I know it was only intended to be played with 4 max, but with XWIS allowing....loads :O...I would like to see a better way to swap units around. Also maybe a way to put markers on the screen that only your partners can see (it would show up on radar, of course !).It can be a real pain having to un-ally, then re-ally when handing buildings or units to one partner when you have more than one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 Also in skirmish mode, creating teams and choosing your position like you could in YR would have been good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Creating teams ? like saying computerPlayer 1 & 2 will be on the same team, and me and computerPlayer 3 will be on the same team ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 Yes, like that. And a better map maker would have been nice, and more game modes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erjin999 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Also....although this might count more as a bug fix than much else, but had better be included in any Emperor:battle for Dune 2 game; The ability to quit a multiplayer game that fails to load properly because one player crashes. Often enough it can need a reboot. Sometimes I can be lucky and get back to windows desktop or task manager....but not always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Oh and two more things, do you think you could post the concept art, and explain this:Where the hell you got that from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 The model is contained in the game files. It's called TLDoom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesG Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 It is also an incomplete model, the construction model looks different to the standard model, textures are missing and the xbf is missing the frames that control selection and health (you cant select it in the game to attack), so it was obviously an idea they discarded fairly early on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Tleilaxu doom cannon? :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesG Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I dont think anyone has ever found out what the Superweapon was to be, but the central funnel was obviously where "x" was to come out of. I expect it was to be a biological weapon - perhaps they planned to have some sort of mutation weapon (like App put in his mod In The Destroyers Grip). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberotter Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 i personally feel a simple expansion pack ( with a good publisher and good advertising ) would have alot of people return to this game ( lets face it, its graphics are as good as the current rts ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 But people have already been embedded in other newer games and an expansion pack means same graphics-type and now current games have better graphics than this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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