Supreme Commander Q&A, Tutorial Movies

December 7, 2006 5:22 PM

New at GameSpot this evening is a Supreme Commander Q&A, asking designer Chris Taylor about the latest developments. There's also more tutorial movies on FileShack, focusing on the game's resource system.

Maarten Goldstein

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PenicillinX57

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December 7, 2006 5:33 PM

The fact that this game requires lengthy tutorial clips to explain the hella-complex interface and gameplay is exactly why I will never get into it. I hope all you armchair general people appreciate this stuff, though. The amount of thought that's gone into SupCom is impressive.
- hobosapien
  
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  December 7, 2006 6:06 PM
  
  really? i played it for the first time the other night and i knew how to play with in a matter of 30 minutes just toying around. its really not that complex. if you've ever played TA you automatically now how to play SC.
  
  maybe im just biased because i played TA for so long and the control scheme in SC is almost an exact copy bit for bit for TA.
- sgtsanity
  
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  December 7, 2006 6:06 PM
  
  I didn't watch any tutorials or read much more than the barest of information ahead of time, and I still knew how to work it. *shrug*
- palladinfain
  
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  December 7, 2006 6:19 PM
  
  I just started up a Sandbox game my first time and played around for 30min, after that it was easy as pie. I like the game, I just hope they fix the problems with antivirus programs.
- Arcanum
  
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  December 7, 2006 7:16 PM
  
  Have you tried the beta? The interface isn't actually much more complex than most RTS interfaces.
  - Skyburst101
    
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    December 8, 2006 1:44 AM
    
    is there a way to minimize the damn hud? stopped playing the beta for a bit...finals next week(going crazy), but the hud takes up a good half of the screen, making it unlike TA in that the HUD is very intrusive to the gameplay...were those actual screenshots they show? and if so, how did they get the hud out of the way?
    - Arcanum
      
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      December 8, 2006 5:45 AM
      
      Yeah, there's a key command. I don't remember what it is off the top of my head. Check the readme or the in-game help (F12).
      - Skyburst101
        
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        December 8, 2006 5:23 PM
        
        thanks a lot :D glad to know that command exists. Whew...feel a lot better now :)