From fred.berganio@wolnet.com Sun Sep 29 22:35:04 EDT 1996 Article: 185300 of comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Path: prism!gatech!csulb.edu!news.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!news.PBI.net!ns2.mainstreet.net!professionals.com!news From: fred.berganio@wolnet.com (Fred Berganio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Mech II: Mercenaries is OUT!! Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 22:35:46 GMT Organization: Web Professionals' Network Lines: 31 Message-ID: <52mtlv$ih9@falcon.professionals.com> References: <52ed74$7gi@madeline.INS.CWRU.Edu> <52ftb4$o33@ccshst05.uoguelph.ca> <52i97h$mk7@news1.slip.net> <324e179a.14600371@pbinews.pacbell.net> <87657385@heights.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.127.204.54 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Status: RO "John Shiali" wrote: >Bryce Koike wrote... >> >> So far as I can tell, AI has not been improved at all. There have been >> numerous other enhancements, but AI is not one of them. Radar still >> sees through mountains, the satellite view is still only good out to 500 >> meters, and enemy mechs still tend to prefer you as a target over all >> others. Sound seems worse now than previously which is unfortunate. I think AI has improved a lot! They won't charge directly in on you anymore, and their lead aim, particularly with PPCs is frustratingly, good! They maneuver a lot better and more, and seem (to me) to be harder to hit, particularly the lighter classes, which will dance around you until you get a few solid hits on them. Mechs using jumpjets will maneuver more in the air, always trying the DFA move. I'm a little pissed that they removed mag-res scan (enhanced imaging), I thought even I.S. mechs had it, also? The infrared is improved somewhat, but is still a pain, and will cut out when damaged. One of the biggest hassles is trying to take advantage of some of the cool new detail without sacrificing too much framerate... but I have to agree that the sound seems worse. The readme does say to transfer a lot of the effects and voices sounds to the HD, but I thought I did that with the big (150mb) install... why are we suprised, right? Oh well... ================== fredman@wolnet.com ==================