Total Annihilation

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nath

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Just dug this fantastic game out of my cd pile to start playing it again. Very good, fucking hard.

I bought it when it first game out, played it a bit, got too hard, gave up. So did anyone ever play it, if so any tips?

The main thing that pisses me off is the fog of war, and the fact that units constantly attack you from outside your vision. Even if you have stupidly long range units, they still get cained by the other units outside the fog of war.

So, any tips would be appreciated.

p.s. I know this may not be entirely the right forum to post this in, but hey..sue me :)
 
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wolfeeh

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TA

is still probably the best futuristic RTS out there, only surpassed by age of empires two... and that's a slightly different category....

best unit :

Maverick Gunslinger bot...
 
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nath

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It's quite cool that the graphics have hardly aged at all. Still some of the best explosions in an rts yet (next to a veteran kirov in ra2 :) )
 
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wolfeeh

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urggh

now there's games i've lost touch with... it all went a bit tits up at the various red alert 1 expansion packs... tiberian sun was pretty horrendous... and ra2 was thoroughly pants
 
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nath

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You think?

I really liked ra2. Playing through yuris revenge now. Good fun, bloody hard.
 
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old.Jas

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TA is a seriously underated game - excellent fun, partically good to play at LAN parties I find.

Hardly anyone could play the large maps when it came out - 128mb of RAM required :eek6:
 
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nath

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it seems you all like it, so help me!

fog of war problem *points to first post*

help :/
 
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Louster

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Build long range radar towers, and the "automatic targetting facility" thing, and no more fog of war problems.
 
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nath

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Automated Targeting Facility?

Don't have that yet.. I'll look forward to it :)
 
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nath

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I was planning on doing that, but didnt have them. Untill I get them I'm using zippers and peewee's
 
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stu

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football-ani.gif
 
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Louster

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Ahaha. Great stuff.

Anywho radar stuff is much easier to use than scout planes. No need to constantly oversee the patrolling or whatever.
 
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Louster

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#86/68 HAS DEFEATED THE NAZIS!
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TOUCHDOWN FOR DEMOCRACY!
 
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Louster

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I guess I forgot that early on in the campaign game you don't have it. I guess scout planes would work, but I found that having radar stuff and keeping an eye out for different-coloured splodges appearing on the minimap worked fairly well, since you can attack stuff by clicking the minimap anyway.
 
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Scooba Da Bass

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Originally posted by stu
#86/68 IS FIGHTINING THE NAZIS!
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FANTASTIC!

The SA forums rule and are certainly one of my better uses of whatever 10 dollars is in pounds
 
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Summo

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I, too paid for an account there but I'm not funny enough to post anything. :(

Punch them both in the cunts.















I'm also not entirely sure where to use commas. :(
 
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Louster

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You have a masterful use of sad smilies, however.
 
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stu

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I signed up for SA forums ages ago, when it was free, but forgot my u/p :/
 
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Munkey-

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this is what I get for leaving my computer. tail-end of a decent thread :(

sea and air attack maps are the best. land units confuse me. though if you have time, build big bertha's too annihilate the enemy commander. saves time hunting the bastard down
 
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Mellow-

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The command +shootall is very useful in my experience. I happen to love playing TA, it really is quite lovely. :)

Good thing about Big Bertha's and such like, once you locate the enemy commander you can tell them to continue shooting at him for the entire battle. Chances are they won't hit him providing he's moving around, but they'll hit just about everything else that's around him. :D

PeeWee's all the way though, if one gets shot down you know where their coming from then :p
 
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