> >> >>> Click on a building and then left click I think on the area. Older
> >> >>> C&C
> >> >>> games was right click IIRC.
> >> > >
> >> >> thanks for that - should have been able to work it out meself.
> >> >
> >> > It's right click in my demo, I think.
> >> > LMB on building then RMB on terrain.
> >> >
> >> > BTW, are you able to beat Medium AI?
> >> > It seems to me that computer plays rather strangely in this demo.
> >> >
> >> > Once I manage to beat it in 40 minutes without much sweat, then it
> >> > beats
> >> > me 2 times in 10 minutes or so... walking in my base with his
robots...
> >> >
> >> > When I forced him to play "turtle style" he agressively spread all
over
> >> > the map, wherever ther's a Tiberium, it seems. He built his base
right
> >> > near my own, on the other side of the Tiberium field in my base. It
> >> > seems
> >> > a bit strange, he should be bunkering up ant turtling in his
base(s),
> >> > shouldn't he? Maybe that part of skirmish options doesn't work or
maybe
> >> > the names of the styles are mixed up and mismatched to the actual
> >> > styles.
> >> > Either way, I'm not touching it again, and play only against
"balanced"
> >> > style AI.
> >> >
> >> > What's your experience with the gameplay in the demo?
> >
> >> Find it very tough.
> >
> > Same here with the new controls even on easy! EA said it would add the
> > old controls in a patch in the full game. I hope so!
> >
> >
> >> But then I've been playing C&C since about 1985 and am getting old
and
> >> slow!
> >
> > 1985? Dude, C&C didn't exist back then! Not even Dune 2 (remember that
> > great RTS game?). You mean 1995, right? :D
> '95 I meant, yes - actually have the original box up on the shelf here,
had
> to go and check!!
> Reason I'm finding it tough is that defenses are weak.
> Technique I always liked best was to use sandbags to funnel the
opposition
> into my missile towers and chain guns - can't do that here. And keep
getting
> very confused about left / right click, and missing the Ctrl F5 etc
location
> bookmarks.
Yeah, and you can cheat with those sandbag!!! :O
> Still, Dune 2 was even worse... left click to select, left click to
choose a
> goto or attack command, then left click to select target. Unplayable,
> right? - yet somehow we managed and enjoyed it.
I don't even remember. I remember I had a blast on that game with my IBM
PS/2 30 286 machine. I remember how cool the cutscenes, voices!!!, etc.
Here you go: http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22dune+2%22
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