Play Supreme Commander early

[GreyDeath]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=147891

spied this on CVG although I'm expecting it will spread across various sites eventually hitting a fileplanet free for all ¬_¬

if your interested, good luck

[Cabe]

Good Spot!

[GreyDeath]

and what a suprise

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/supremecommander/open/landing.aspx

[Dentist]

Already in que for my key :)

[Silk75]

Already in que for my key :)

Ditto

[bvark]

Signed up - I bet I get shafted like I did with the WoW beta though :(

[GreyDeath]

Theres already a special version of this doing the rounds for LAN setups

[Raz7]

To slow to react :( - Compo now closed.

[Baz]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[bvark]

Definitely enjoyed my first few games of this.

It's very similar to the original with (slightly) larger maps and a few UI enhancements (most of which were in tademo :), and the zoom out is such a welcome change from modern RTSs where the only zoom level allows you to see the units nasal hair.

Had a few crashes and some slowdown when there are lots of units around, and it's hard to select units sometimes when you're zoomed out.

Can't say my strategy has got much beyond tier 1 rushing yet, but we'll see if the tier3/4 stuff makes a big difference :)

[Dentist]

Aye, tis a very good game, Can't really say that much about it because of the NDA, but its just very good :)

[bvark]

According to Gas Powered Games Fileplanet are sitting on the remainder of the beta keys and it's up to Fileplanet when they're released.... meh

[Manic]

i received my beta key today will play it later once it has downloaded

[andyf]

Same here, and the 3.0 patch is out.

[Freelancer]

I dont have a beta key, altho the CPU on skirmish can be a bitch at times. :)

[bvark]

Hmmm, I signed up before andyf and haven't got mine yet :(

[andyf]

Try checking http://www.fileplanet.com/betas/supcom_key.aspx with the PC you logged on as, it might display it

[bvark]

Saying 'no' to me, but at least it's letting me get the 3.0 client ;)

[Manic]

the only problem is this beta is online play only, but they have a sandbox mode so you can just build and build to see what things do

[Freelancer]

You can "unlock" the AI for skirmish, a full guide is on the gas powered games forum (If they have not removed it yet).

[bvark]

Is that still valid on 3.0 though? The statements I've seen are that it's been removed from the beta code entirely.

[Freelancer]

I havent updated to 3.0 for that reason. From what I can tell it has been removed. I may make a second install with the 3.0 patch and see if editing the lua.scd still works.

[Freelancer]

Yeah, they have removed the Skirmish and Lan from the 3.0 patch.

[bvark]

http://www.jack-cole.com/files/supcombeta30skirmishmod.rar

May put it back in (only for people in the real beta). Just got my beta key today.