The new logo can be read as "Construct, lol"

I'm using particleIllusion 3.0 to create magnificient explosions and fire etc etc

I've used ParticleIllusion 3.0.... and It's sprite-based, so you should be able to achieve the exact same effects you get there in real time (and with the extra of procedural variations).

Maybe we'll need a few new shaders though!

Hehe I fixed VRAM problems already but use heightmaps Give em a shot

Just did. What's the difference between heightfield and heightfield background? also, lighting lacks contrast =( also it doesn't handle transparency correctly either.

yeah. I complain a lot, too.

Are you able to expand on why this is? (I'm not an RTS expert)

Tactics is how you fight a battle: formations, who goes first, who provides support.

Strategy is how you go to war: support, location, morale.

Most games address tactics only. The Total War series does both, leaning more on the strategic side (it offers no control over individual units, for example)

yeah it works but it does weird things like.... in the screensaver panel it shows up as "5"

And if you set it, close the screensaver panel and then bring it up again, it'll launch the screensaver right away (you move the mouse and it goes back to the panel with no preview).

I just halved the textures and reuploaded, goes faster now and you can hardly tell the difference.

Edit: which one from jurassic park? the "nuh uh uuuuuh" one? that was so annoying.

This is a really simple screensaver that I've wanted to have for a long time

http://octavoarte.cl/intruderalert.scr

I wound up checking for input and terminating myself, as the screensaver option would export something that crashed on start. So that explains the weird name in Windows panel.

This was exported as .exe, icon-hacked and then renamed to .scr

I have a feeling I might have gone overboard with the textures. Let me know if it works for you.

Edit: textures halved in size. Sound stops at one minute, so people won't kill you if you use it.

Uh.. I could always try.

Also, I like secrets.

then prepare yourself coz I'm getting out XD

grumble. Fancy hardware going to waste. grumble.

Guess I'll wind up making a new bumpmap effect then.

I'm always in a 3rd world country!

*with* a computer though.

oh boy, so much style. The menu made me laugh out loud!

Noticed that bombs can be set off while in the purchase menu, which sucks.

Also: radius powerup is evil.

You could use weapon/spell effects to hide latency perhaps? but yeah, HTTP means definitely turn based.

Consider that big games like UT3 do the same "AI in between" (called interpolation there) but between UDP packets.... and still you get some lag. With HTTP your lag would go out of control and clients would desynchronize... unless you make them wait for a synch on each turn