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I was just playing Total Annihilation last night! It's kind of amazing coming back to this game after so many years. A lot of the aspect of the game actually ag

I was just playing Total Annihilation last night! It's kind of amazing coming back to this game after so many years. A lot of the aspect of the game actually aged really well. I was able to bump up the resolution to fit a modern wide screen monitor using a few registry changes. The game still looks great and on a modern CPU it absolutely flies even with 1,500 units per player. The scale of the game has never been replicated by any other game/series as far as I know. There is so little micromanagement. It's almost half economy planning and half strategy. Once you have enough energy production and MOHO metal makers, the economy can basically scale infinitely. I basically just queue up my factories with the different unit types and automate their orders to patrol certain areas and watch the mini-map to see how the front line is shifting.

cheese_van 5y ago
What system were you using? I've been waiting AGES for this to come to Steam but for linux. I think I might be willing to buy a Windows box just for this as I've waited long enough. I haven't had a Windows box in 20 years but for TA, yeah. Any recommendations? TA was a marvel when it first appeared. The gameplay was very much, for me, a revolution.
- hangonhn 5y ago
  I'm on a Windows box. I'm in a similar boat as you and basically caved when it came to gaming and built a Windows box. I don't love Windows but I mostly just use Steam anyways. At one point I used the version sold by gog.com That version worked on OSX for a while but it doesn't look like that's the case anymore: https://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack https://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack BTW: I've run TA on a VM before. I think I used VMware Fusion. You'll still need a Windows license but at least you won't need extra hardware.
- Teifion 5y ago
  BAR supports Linux natively, I'm running it on Mint right now. We're hoping for a steam release "some time in the future".
- HoppyHaus 5y ago
  From my experience, TA ran great over Wine. I might be misremembering though.
BlueTemplar 5y ago
> The scale of the game has never been replicated by any other game/series as far as I know. Hmm, maybe some 4X ? Even excluding the non-RTS ones, you have the likes of AI War (1&2), Distant Worlds (2 to be released soon) and Star Ruler (1&2) ? https://store.steampowered.com/app/70900/Star_Ruler/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/70900/Star_Ruler/
- hangonhn 5y ago
  Those games look awesome! Thanks for the suggestion! This is very exciting.

cheese_van 5y ago

What system were you using? I've been waiting AGES for this to come to Steam but for linux. I think I might be willing to buy a Windows box just for this as I've waited long enough. I haven't had a Windows box in 20 years but for TA, yeah. Any recommendations? TA was a marvel when it first appeared. The gameplay was very much, for me, a revolution.

hangonhn 5y ago
I'm on a Windows box. I'm in a similar boat as you and basically caved when it came to gaming and built a Windows box. I don't love Windows but I mostly just use Steam anyways. At one point I used the version sold by gog.com That version worked on OSX for a while but it doesn't look like that's the case anymore: https://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack https://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack BTW: I've run TA on a VM before. I think I used VMware Fusion. You'll still need a Windows license but at least you won't need extra hardware.
Teifion 5y ago
BAR supports Linux natively, I'm running it on Mint right now. We're hoping for a steam release "some time in the future".
HoppyHaus 5y ago
From my experience, TA ran great over Wine. I might be misremembering though.

BlueTemplar 5y ago

> The scale of the game has never been replicated by any other game/series as far as I know. Hmm, maybe some 4X ? Even excluding the non-RTS ones, you have the likes of AI War (1&2), Distant Worlds (2 to be released soon) and Star Ruler (1&2) ? https://store.steampowered.com/app/70900/Star_Ruler/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/70900/Star_Ruler/

hangonhn 5y ago
Those games look awesome! Thanks for the suggestion! This is very exciting.