nicked on 10/3/2010 at 08:01
So you either get no music or have to download a questionably legal music reinstigation patch.
nuckinfutzcat on 17/3/2010 at 13:59
Have any of you tried Spring ? (
http://springrts.com/) http://springrts.com/
It's not exactly the same, But it's ok and free. No campaign yet though.
Harvester on 18/3/2010 at 00:09
I bough TA years back for 5 euros or something, in an ultra-cheap release that didn't include a manual but did include keyboard shortcuts on the back of the jewel case that were wrong. I mean to play it soon. While the story is paper-thin and there are no characters to relate to (story and characters are an area where Starcraft is clearly superior) the gameplay is fun. And it supports any resolution your monitor supports, pretty cool for such an old game.
I would never buy it if it didn't include the music though, the music is quite good and the game wouldn't be the same without it.
Shadowcat on 18/3/2010 at 06:27
I wish there was a high-res version of the intro cinematic.
IIRC, it was from the era where companies were compromising between resolution and quality with that "every other line is missing" technique (I guess it was movie resolution 640x240, played back at 640x480; presumably the video was processed to help the brain fill in the gaps).
I remember it being really well made. No story to speak of, but lots of awesome well-animated action was packed into it.
I wonder if by any chance Stardock have access to the original resources for that?
EvaUnit02 on 12/4/2010 at 16:02
Quote Posted by nicked
So you either get no music or have to download a questionably legal music reinstigation patch.
The music is supplied to you in MP3 form. Just burn them to an Audio CD disc image and then mount it with Daemon Tools Lite, Alcohol 52%, etc. Shit like that is simple.
nicked on 13/4/2010 at 06:57
We still talking about Quake? Cos I never got no mp3 music on steam, unless it's hidden in the steam directories somewhere and no-one told me...
EvaUnit02 on 13/4/2010 at 07:05
Not Quake, Total Annihilation.
Shadowcat on 13/4/2010 at 09:32
Hmm... If that's the only way to make it work, then there's no excuse for them not providing an optional download of the music in its original uncompressed format, as a directly-mountable ISO image. MP3s are okay, but it's still a drop in quality, and requiring people to create the CD/image themselves is pretty daft.
EvaUnit02 on 13/4/2010 at 09:47
I totally agree with you, but converting the provided MP3s to an audio CD disc image is better than nothing. Perhaps you could relay your point to Frogboy on the Stardock forums?
