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Re: Questions re-explained (mainly to chef, again.
Posted By: chefDate: 7/11/02 5:55 p.m.

In Response To: Questions re-explained (mainly to chef, again...) (WJTW)

: 1) The older TCTF Headquarters looks more futuristic with the glassy design
: and is more realistic with the bannisters to prevent people from
: accidently falling. Below is the screenshot taken from the godgames site:

As I said, glass (and the glass-breaking effects) was often stripped out of the levels for performance reasons. That particular iteration of the TCTF lobby was reduced to a crawl because of all the glass. Also the glass retaining walls and bannisters didn't provide any cover for gunfights from one ledge to the other, so they were replaced by the low walls.

: 2) Also, some of the levels are less detailed in final form than the ones in
: screenshots. For example, the TCTF carpark:
: Why was the detail reduced? I and other players would have definitely like to
: have more detailed levels!

Well gee, sorry about that but the philosophy we held was that you'd prefer getting an acceptible overall level of performance in the game so that it remained playable over walking through a beautiful but slow environment.

: 3) The older pre-released levels seemed to have a bluish colour for texture.
: But the new levels made them brownish... For example, the Bio-Research
: Lab:
: Why was the colouring changed from blue to brown?

I don't know. I do remember that there was discussion at one point about the fact that every level started to get the bluish tint because they were all "high-tech". Perhaps that led to the new palette.

: 4) What were these following levels supposed to be and are they modified in
: the final release or removed completely?:

The first image came out of a earlier State Building and the second comes from the computer labs in the final level of the game.

: 5) Oh, yes, one last thing... Were green strikers or other green class troops
: originally supposed to be the toughest, and not red class troops?

No.

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Questions re-explained (mainly to chef, again...)WJTW 7/9/02 3:49 a.m.
     Re: Questions re-explained (mainly to chef, again.dead headless 7/11/02 8:27 a.m.
     Re: Questions re-explained (mainly to chef, again.chef 7/11/02 5:55 p.m.
           But...WJTW 7/12/02 10:20 a.m.
           Re: Questions re-explained (mainly to chef, again.me 7/13/02 2:58 a.m.



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