Leephus: When playing over the Internet, will a player using a fast connection such as ISDN experience higher latency while playing an opponent with a slower connection than if they are playing an opponent using a similarly fast connection, or is latency solely based on how fast your connection is (like in Quakeworld / Quake2)?

Virtual Ted: Tiberian Sun connects the players together after the game has begun, and the server steps out of the way to allow the fastest possible gameplay. Therefore, the latency is based on the speed of the connection between players and the computer speed.

Lionel: Is the June release date announced by Aaron Cohen true?
Shadow: The release date is true....mid summer April-June.

Lionel: Why is the Tiberium Cleaner needed to clear tiberium when there is a harvester to harvest it which gives u cash too
Shadow: the reason why there is a tiberian cleaner and eater is that there are 3 types of tiberium: blue, green and a tiberium vein that spreads quickly. That's why those units are needed

Lionel: would there be any chances that ts might be editable like red alert?
Shadow: no...all the files are designed so that one can access them. They fall under a different format now, instead of .mix files and rqx files.

Lionel: Will a map/campaign editor will ever be created for ts too?
Shadow: RMG: Random Map Generator.

Bounty: Concerning the sidebar and upgrade selection, how are we going to select the upgrades to each structure/unit etc. ?
Rade: Think of them as just another building. Click to build, but you have to place them on upgradable structures instead of the ground.

Obsidian: How many players willbe able to play over the internet, and over a local network? A first we were hearing rumors of 8, then someone said because of lag they went down to 6; how many can play over the net as of now?
VT: We might bump it up to 8 as an option for those people with really fast connections. Even for slow connections, 8 players may be playable, but mightnot provide the gaming experience we think is acceptable for a multiplayer game. For LAN games, I think we're still set at 8.

There's not going to be an official statement, at least not for a week or so.

But it's true, the release date is now early summer. We need the time to play balance and polish. Sorry for the delay.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks!
Aaron

He is estimating early to mid summer as Release Date

There will be a conference with Erik Yeo and webmasters about the details, most likely held on March 26^th

Yeo will promote 5 websites in the games; Ted doesn't know what he exactly meant, but Erik will explain that in the conference. They will choose the 5 best sites

The game is very close to be finished so that he has to start evaluating sites on March 15^th

They are very close to drawing a line in the sand for adding new graphics, sounds, options etc

After that, they are going into "tweak" mode where Ted considers the game done but they still have to balance and bugfix the game

Tiberian Sun will be delayed to early Summer '99. We are in the process of fine tuning the engine, balancing the units, and enhancing our multiplay internet code. This hold up is to make sure Tiberian Sun will deliver the gaming experience our fans have been craving.