The Times of War Promotion Thread

**Sastraxi** · Dec 20th, 2001, 09:02 PM

As you may or may not have known, our project, entitled Times of War has a GUI Alpha Release that will come out on December 25, 2001.

Here's the official promotion and propaganda thread for Times of War! Remember this isn't the actual game, folks

5 days until release!! (oh, and christmas, but who gives a care?)

**stickman373** · Dec 20th, 2001, 09:55 PM

i've been following your posts in the comm. threads and it is quite impressive

i would love to test the demo release out, but very few games work on my system (win2k) for some reason

All new games have failed to work on my system.

I will still give it a shot because it sounds great

keep it up!

**Sastraxi** · Dec 20th, 2001, 11:05 PM

I've got Windows 2000 Professional and it works on my machine... don't worry. It uses DX 8.1 so get that if you don't have it. In 1 hour, it will be 4 days to release!

Remember don't expect Warcraft III here. Well, expect it in the final release, but right now the units are pyramids and the ground is flat.

But it is very good!

**plenderj** · Dec 21st, 2001, 03:56 AM

Sounds cool. I'll give 'er a spin if you'd like.

vshammas · Dec 21st, 2001, 04:13 AM

i'd love to test that, post info when its ready.

**Arbiter** · Dec 21st, 2001, 05:49 AM

I've been waiting for a playable release for ages Sas. Took yer time didn't ya?!?

You have my home mail addr don't you? Fling me a mail when it's available for download. Do we know how big the d/l will be yet?

I'm quite looking forward to it!

*mutter* won't be as good as Sentience though.... *mutter*

**plenderj** · Dec 21st, 2001, 05:59 AM

Originally posted by Arbiter
*mutter* won't be as good as Sentience though.... *mutter*

Zaei · Dec 21st, 2001, 07:43 AM

The download is 930K, but if you dont have DX8.1, you have to get that as well.

The development machine was probably the low end of the low. Win2k ~550 mHz, ATI Rage Pro. It should work on anything better (probably not with any 3dfx cards, it uses textures that are greater then 1024x1024).

I will stand no comparison between this and Sentience =).

Z.

**Arbiter** · Dec 21st, 2001, 08:09 AM

lol.

I've heard good things about the engine you've written Zaei. Did it mostly yourself didn't you? I keep hassling Cam when I see him for a preview but he's very secretive about it all.

So, you reckon my P133, 16mb RAM, 2mb shared graphics card will run it?

**Sastraxi** · Dec 21st, 2001, 08:26 AM

I've got a 533 Celeron on Win2k with GeForce2. It ran at 100 FPS.

Arbiter... hmm... all I can say is, time to upgrade

**plenderj** · Dec 21st, 2001, 08:34 AM

Give us lot a preview

Zaei · Dec 21st, 2001, 02:37 PM

I wrote the entire thing from scratch (::mixed feelings of love and hate:: =).

Shall I post that nice fire shot for them, Sas? =).

Z.

DaoK · Dec 21st, 2001, 03:37 PM

I have windows Me that will work on it ?

**Sastraxi** · Dec 21st, 2001, 04:06 PM

It's complete-platform I believe.
Zaei, show'em the shot!

Zaei · Dec 21st, 2001, 05:55 PM

Here is the fire effect, for your enjoyment!

Z.

**stickman373** · Dec 21st, 2001, 06:16 PM

Originally posted by Sastraxi
I've got Windows 2000 Professional and it works on my machine... don't worry. It uses DX 8.1 so get that if you don't have it. In 1 hour, it will be 4 days to release!

Remember don't expect Warcraft III here. Well, expect it in the final release, but right now the units are pyramids and the ground is flat.

But it is very good!

yah i have that, but it's not your game if it doesn't work. Almost all of my DX games that i have don't work

BTW, i saw that screenshot before in your com thread and it is really nice

**Sastraxi** · Dec 22nd, 2001, 08:18 PM

3 days 'til release

Thanks Stickman. On Christmas Day, download it at http://www.crystal-rain.com/download.asp. But that's then, and this is now!

**Sastraxi** · Dec 22nd, 2001, 10:39 PM

No music is in this release, but you can preview some of our music at that same download page.

It's the last 2, they're Mp3s.

**Sastraxi** · Dec 23rd, 2001, 02:25 PM

2 days 'til release!
I am getting so excited

Merry Christmas Everyone!

**Jotaf98** · Dec 23rd, 2001, 07:03 PM

Hey Sas, the fire effect is cool but it would look a lot cooler if you used subtractive blend for the smoke

Zaei · Dec 23rd, 2001, 07:49 PM

The smoke is part of the system, not a separate system. I just fade the particles from red to white. And my card doesnt support subtractive blending =(.

Z.

**Sastraxi** · Dec 23rd, 2001, 07:49 PM

There's no smoke in that shot. Smoke pSystems will come later. Anyways Zaei's the programmer, it's in C++. Don't you have anything nice to say

Hehe

**Jotaf98** · Dec 23rd, 2001, 08:01 PM

Sorry, I thought that "the fire effect is cool" would be enough, but you know what I mean

, yeah it's awsome, are you gonna use it in the game? And is it true that the units are just pyramids?

Zaei · Dec 23rd, 2001, 09:23 PM

Yeah, at the moment, the units are just pyramids. I wrote the model loading and display code from scratch, but didnt have the time to write a decent 3ds converter (or proprietary modeller), so I just created the simplest shape I could.

And yes, that system will be in the real game =). Its also in the demo, so you guys will be able to see it in action.

Z.

**Arbiter** · Dec 24th, 2001, 03:32 AM

I'm quite looking forward to this now, though I prob won't be able to check in on Christmas Day.

A quick tip would be to ensure that the download contains everything needed to run the game properly.

Many a time have I announced that the latest version of Sentience is ready and omitted a single file that stops the thing working.

If possible try downloading and installing on a clean machine first to check if it works..

It's only common sense, but it's worth re-iterating.

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 10:08 AM

I've already done on my computer, it's full. You'll need DX 8.1 as aforementioned though. Get it off Windows Update or Download.com.

Zaei · Dec 24th, 2001, 12:04 PM

Well guys, it's close. Today, I am going to do some quick checks over everything, and make sure it works. It will be availible on our web site, Crystal Rain at midnight tonight. I will post a news item with the link, and a copy of the readme, for reference, as well.

Z.

**stickman373** · Dec 24th, 2001, 12:47 PM

btw, how do i make sure i have 8.1?

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 01:55 PM

Go to the RUN menu and type in "DxDiag" (w/o the quotes). It tells you the version.

**stickman373** · Dec 24th, 2001, 02:16 PM

thanks I have 8.1 but the funny thing or maybe sad thing is when i try to test direct 3d it says it was cancelled by a key press, but i don't press any keys

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 02:56 PM

I wouldn't worry about it

Just worry about it if it happens when you're playing (rather "taking in") ToW!

I hope it doesn't come to that, though

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 02:57 PM

Oh and you'll get a little more than you bargained for tomorrow, there is a little surprise waiting.

**stickman373** · Dec 24th, 2001, 03:04 PM

Sounds great, I hope it runs on my comp

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 05:43 PM

I believe it's coming your way in 6h, 18 minutes! I'm not sure what time zone Zaei's in though! GET PREPARED!

**Jotaf98** · Dec 24th, 2001, 06:07 PM

Wait, I only have 8.0... do I really have to download 8.1? And can you convert that "midnight" to GMT+0 Greenwitch time please

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 07:06 PM

It will be ready for you in 5 hours, which would be... 5 oclock tommorrow? (I believe)

**Jotaf98** · Dec 24th, 2001, 07:10 PM

Yeah, but I'm not gonna wake up at that hour just to download ToW

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 07:15 PM

You'll wake up when I tell you to wake up young'en!

Heh, then just download it whenever tomorrow. You better have a fast computer is all I can say...

**Sastraxi** · Dec 24th, 2001, 07:16 PM

And yes, you NEED 8.1.

**Jotaf98** · Dec 24th, 2001, 07:20 PM

Hum yeah ok then I'll download 8.1 and ToW tomorrow

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