No, they really did have coding limitations. There was a long discussion about this before if you are willing to read the previous comments like a handful of pages back. I thought the WC3 engine could support it as well, but then Coolermaster started telling me something about higher level code, and how each interceptor in a carrier would need its own script and food associated with it, otherwise they could only come out one at a time. This actually makes plenty of sense. If every unit has to have a food value associated with it, how could the Protoss possibly have carriers with 8 interceptors if the carriers are 6 food to begin with (this is assuming that they can't make their food value 0)? You could raise the food limit of the Protoss to be higher so that the food for the interceptors would be accounted for, but then the player could just mass another type of unit and have more out on the screen due to a higher food limit (psi). I think they tried their best, and the end result was a decent demo featuring the Terran race.
Wow I hadn't discovered this comment until just now. Well SOuNDSNC, thanks for the explanation, man. No, I don't know much about high level code. In fact I don't much more than the AP Java AB class I am currently taking in high school. I am in no way saying that you and the rest of Project Revolution didn't work hard enough. In fact, most of my previous comments would suggest that you worked too hard. I am sure it was a very challenging and time-consuming project, but I wholly acknowledge your efforts nonetheless.
Read the recent comments of the past, including mine.
Yeah. Like I said, it probably wasn't the WC3 engine hindering their progress. The project is far too big to be completed in a timely fashion unless you work on it consistently every single day. These people weren't the employees of a gaming firm. They probably weren't even programmers. They were just people with notable coding skills whose lives were centered around things other than PR. I am amazed they even got this far with it.
No, I think by Skizot saying that PR will be continued if a highly skilled group of people suddenly join the team, (and if they are willing to work together diligently enough), he means that they will eventually produce the FULL PR mod. To be quite honest I don't think the limitations of the engine are what's stopping the team from finishing the project at all. If the WC3 engine can support 4 extremely distinct races like the Humans, Night Elves, Orcs, and Undead, then they surely can do the same for the Protoss and Zerg in addition to the Humans. I think there are other, non-technical issues at hand for the team that are halting the completion of this mod.
All in all, I'm not saying that you're wrong in thinking that the mod is dead. I'm just saying that I'm willing to hang on to the thought of there one day being a complete PR mod, even if only a few measly dregs of hope remain.
I knew you would give me a link to some site with a quote from the project lead. Like I said, that's not what I'm looking for. Who knows what else they've discussed regarding the mod that no site has written down. If such a major thing were to happen, (such as the cancellation of this mod), then why the heck wouldn't they post it on the forum?
And besides, you left something out....
Skizot:
No. There will be patches, and should a VERY skilled group of people pop up PR will be continued.
I wouldn't believe it all just yet. Remember what was said about this mod before the demo came out? People were losing hope left and right, and the started concluding that the mod was dead. Read the previous posts and count up how many people claimed that this mod was dead. You will see that it is not just a couple. I think I'm going to keep my hopes up for this mod one day coming to completion, until I hear a direct statement from the developers that the project will be canceled, right here on this forum.
In regards to the team itself claiming that the mod would run into difficulties, this is nothing new. Previously, many members had found it hard to work on the project and focus on school and midterms at the same time. Yet, they persevered, and they managed to give us a beta during the holiday season. And that beta alone was so much better than a lot of other mods that I have seen on this site.
Yo mzeal, remember writing this?
mzeal93 Nov 5 2007, 9:18pm says:
“hey guys, remember i said its not going to be done in october and you all said no give them a chance then i said ok well in november ill start luaghing at you people who bielieved them... well the time has come... I win ... really win like not even funny i think people said give them like a week after the specified date ... and then finaly 2 months after with no responses they give a post a post saying that they could not do it.... welll what do u expect if they finished it before they would probaly have posted it... instead we get kept out of the loop and just as i suspected the only people who werent out of the loop were me and all the other smart people who thought they were not going to have it done.... welll im pretty sure starcraft 2 has done more in 2 weeks then PR team has done in 4 ? 5? years thats just fine .... blizzard is a corporation and PR is just some nerds that only can say crap but cant give it out :))) o oooo i forgot to luagh ... o well... i think you knowing i was right is a big enough imbarisment”
Of course you do. You were always here, lurking in the shadows, looking for updates, saying time and again that you wouldn’t post or visit this site again. When the demo came out, you didn’t even hesitate to download it, although the fact that a beta finally was posted went against just about ALL of your previous comments which stated that it wouldn’t ever come out. I thought that such a tremendous slap in the face would send you scurrying off for good, but you are one annoying little bugger aren’t you? I didn’t want to ‘imbaris’ you anymore than you have ‘imbarisd’ yourself. But now you’re just being too ‘imbarising’ for all of us. Why don’t you just go and cry in a corner now, and stop bothering the people who have worked so hard at making this mod.
Yeah, it looks kinda like the Doom font doesn't it?
You kiddin' me? The ultralisk will just rip everything to shreds.
"There are those who said this day would never come....
What are they to say now?"
--- Prophet of Truth
Project Revolution. The Starcraft to Warcraft III total conversion. Try that, they have a beta out now.
Oh man! The use map settings game zergling blood! I think...
Where's the goddamn raid when you need it?
It looks like a pulsating piece of crap with wings...and a kernel on top.
I guess the webbed feet make it amphibious?
It looks almost exactly like a bumblebee...
For dry, red eyes, clear eyes is awesome...
I hope they don't waste that fast in-game...
Anorexic wraith!!!
Man, does this thing look fragile.
I always wondered as to why this thing took up 2 supply when there's clearly only one driver...unless he's got someone in the trunk throwing the fragmentation grenades.
The dropship used to be enormous in Starcraft Beta. Tanks could easily fit in there. Also, it had to actually land before it could load units, and take off to fly again. But they decided to tone it down and take off the landing and liftoff procedures when the original came out.
What does it say on the back in red lettering?
KLUSTENATOR
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