Totally depends if the game is a commercial "success". I do know that the devs and the producers are willing to support the game with add-ons and sequels, if, as I said, the game brings some return revenue...

Bit OT but does anyone know how to get PC to work with Xp? I can get it to run, but the graphics on the tanks are screwy, plus the sound is messed up, the music plays very fast among other things.

I've tried the compatablity with 95 98 crap, no dice.

For ww2 tank action, thats fun its all I have right now It and the FH mod for BF1942.

Looking forward to more pics Rainer Hopefully at some point if the game sales well, mabe a M4A3 E8 HVSS, or an M-26 will roam the battlefield.

Ya know RogueSnake, I was thinking the same thing about getting Panzer Commander up and running again. Are you running it in Windows 98 mode?

Prototype Version


Prototype Version

wowww cool thx Heex

sieht echt und lebendig aus, der Tiger sollte etwas mehr Stahl und Abnutzung bekommen, aber ist ja noch PRE-ALPHA!!!


Gruß NSU

Thanks Heex

Fanstastic shots, Heex! Spasibo!

Like NSU said - the images look "realistic and alive".

The only thing that bugs me is the uniform color of the German soldiers. Their colors should be different. ... I already sent a note to the devs about that..

.. oh, and, of course, the rubber-rimmed wheels on the Ausf. E.

I was thinking the same. Which brings me to another question/suggestion: I would like to see camouflage and concealment in this sim that really matters, including accounting for chosen paintschemes, time of day, light levels, added foliage, visibility against skylines, etc. All things that were of vast importance to tankers that most sims ignore.

I would also like for enemy units to have realistic camouflage and concealment, so that things like careful scanning and spotting, muzzle flash/blast and movement, smoke, dust,etc. are more integral to your awareness of the enemy. If realistic camouflage for vehicles, soldiers and emplacements is considered "too difficult" for PC gaming, then I would like to see a user-adjustable labels systems, ala Il-2.

Красота…. Так хочется пульнуть в тигра…. Раздолбать его нахер.

What did the uniforms look like at that point?

The grey colour is too light and too grey, feldgrau should be darker and slightly greenish.

By the middle of the war, most uniforms had plain feldgrau collars and not the early-war dark green ones. "Jackboots" were mostly replaced with ankle boots and gaiters. Some of those in the screenshot look to have jackboots.

At any point in the war, infantry often camouflaged their helmets with foliage or Disruptive Pattern Material (camouflage) covers. The helmets tend to look darker in shade, than the uniforms in the field.

Panzer Grenadiers (ie the troops in the infantry regiments which were part of Panzer or Panzer Grenadier Divisions, the troops you'd see most often co-operating with tanks and assault guns) would often wear DPM (camouflage) smocks, the Waffen-SS almost invariably wore their distinctive versions.

Does the Zimmerite look a bit too soft and uniformed as well or is it on the to do list..Troop sprites look lifelike but scruffy them up a bit...fighting a defensive battle for months on end you won,t look too healthy and clean and is that a 25 pounder??Looks great otherwise,keep it up guys!!can we see some SFX screenies soon.Please,please,please.

The German uniforms should be in RAL 6006 and the German field-equipment should be in RAL 7009. But the devs are aware of that...

Feedback from the devs regarding the Tiger E model and the rubber-rimmed wheels:

"About wheels. Early models has rubber-rimmed wheels (binoculare sight), latest models has steel-rimmed wheels (monoculare sight).
We haves middle model (transitive) with new turret, binoculare sight. And we thinks that possible rubber-rimmed wheels installed.
But... we wants pick out that our Tiger.E - is a middle model."

Interesting idea! I will forward that to the devs.

About the AT-Gun: that's the German PaK-40.

Here's a picture of the box-art of a scalemodel that I built of one:
http://halfevil.de/ww2scalemodeler/gallery/rainer_rohde/pak40/2004-09-26/100_2931.JPG

Not sprites... those are actual 3D models!

Here's a updated screenshot of the Tiger's turret interior - commander's position. Keep in mind though that this is a) still pre-alpha and b) the textures are not done yet.

This is to give you an idea of the 3D quality you can expect on the inside...



Nice, eh?

ja eine gute Umsetzung des TZF9b noch ein wenig skinnen und das Teil ist SUPER!





Gruß NSU

S!,
Looks like a good plan to me w/ a few exceptions. I totally disagree about the open architecture. Open source has, IMHO, been the downfall of so many games. The usual end for OA format is cheating and the destruction of any competitive online gaming. I'm assuming that the OA format would also apply to online? If not, the OA might be ok for single player game only. The downside to this is, hackers usually figure out a way to turn single player cheats into online cheats given the chance. However, I'm all for skinning, map creation, campaign design etc. I would much prefer the 1C approach where only the programmers have access the core physics and modeling of the units. It's the only reason that the IL2 series is still good for online play....no wide spread hacking.

I must say that this future sim has been the only thing to get me excited about the sim realm in a couple of years. I know, people are psyched for BoB. I'm probably one of the few that could care less about BoB. I'm just not interested in that portion of aerial combat. The small theater bores me, as does, the lack of a more diverse planeset. Anyhow, T34 vs Tiger, looks to be the sim I've been waiting for for some time. I hope this sim goes through w/ the same quality of control that 1C has over its programming. I'm very much looking forward to experiencing an armored combat sim.


HB

Troops are 3d models,not sprites!! ..awsome.Cheers Rainer and tell the devs great work.Yep there probably were a few (lucky) mid type Tigers getting around still.They probably were sent back to the factory to be refitted so that could explain the newer look to them.It was scrounge whatever you could fight with in those days and a lot of the heavy tank battalions had upgraded to the King Tiger.Hmmmm next game development please.King Tiger v.s Stalin...or Pershing..And sorry for the ID blunder the near front on shot had me fooled with the Pak 40,s longer barrel being seen in perspective.Are we having hidden AT sites as well,you know hedges with guns etc??