The most welcome part from veteran players is probably the ability to shut off buildings. It felt somewhat helpless when you were low in power in the previous games. However, this time around if you're low on power, buildings build much slower. Another new building feature is that you can build above cliffs if your buildings below the cliffs are close enough.

Westwood assured me that the game won't be dominated by tank rushing or any one form of attack. 6,000-10,000 hours of (inside) beta testing will be committed to balance the game and make sure that nothing is too good. Along with the graphics and pseudo 3D effects, they say that the game is far superior to Starcraft in those aspects....

• Move to new server, or fix old one
• Update units and structures sections
• Update images section with the E3 photos
• Send out the 'weekly' mailing list

Players who prefer to toy with the dark side will be glad to know that the Brotherhood of NOD has developed its own voice-assisted interface. Unlike Eva, however, CABAL (computer-assisted bioengineered artificial life-form) takes on a much more active role in the NOD battles. While he has the same capabilities as Eva, CABAL will also offer engagement tactics and attack plans during a skirmish. CABAL will even go so far as to mock players when an attack falls short or when a base has been left undefended.

The meteors are in fact tiny Tiberium shards that sprout into vinelike plants. Bases without proper cleaning capabilities can be completely overrun by these Tiberium vines, which can clog structures and even kill infantry.

It looked good, but it doesn't look as good as other games like Age of Kings or TS: Kingdoms. Its display was a real disappointment with only one stand. It seemed as if they were playing the entire thing down by showing their other games. Of all the RTS games, Age of Kings was VERY impressive as well as TS: Kingdoms. :)

Soulkrusher (now known as Schmerz on Colorless Green Void) Was the one who sent the e-mail about Tiberian Sun being delayed possibly to March 2000, posing as Adam from westwood. He wanted to be hired back here to RSN but i didn't want to hire him, so there's his motive. He was the newsletter person on RSN while he worked here & we never changed the password for it, so there's the means. Everyone who recieved the e-mail can see the originating ip, which converts to his isp exactly, so there's the proof. Give 'em hell, boys! Unleash your collective powers on him and give him a huge guilt trip!

"I wanted to clear up the whole waypoint issue for you guys, because they are nothing like we've seen in other games.

Essentially waypoints are predetermined pathways you can set up on the map. You click on the waypoint button and place the first waypoint somewhere. Then you place the next and it is connected to the first with a colored line. And so on, you place as many as you like. Then, any group of units can be selected and directed to move to one of the waypoints. What happens then is that they follow the route to the next waypoint in line until they reach the last one.

What's unique is that you don't select a unit and assign it it's temporary waypoints, like in Starcraft. Here the waypoints are permanent way signs (until you remove them, that is) to be used by any unit you like. Each waypoint path you set up like that will have a different color, so you don't get confused."

• In a previous quote Adam Isgreen has even dismissed the August 99 release date
• The line where he says "were setting up our booths for the E-3", He told Warmaker in his "Get to know Adam" interview that he would not be going to E3
• And the e-mail was sent out via RSN's newsletter not from adam@westwood.com
• It was sent at 2:30am LA time - I doubt that Adam was sending e-mail at this time!
• RSN know who sent it as only one other person had the password. They will 'talk to him'

Hello Tiberian Sun fans. This is Adam Isgreen here from the offices of Westwood Studios, Las Vegas.

We regret to bring you this latest news anouncement regarding Tiberian Sun. As most of you know, Westwood always tries at the best of our ability to create top of the line games for your playing, and none is too good as to be bugless and have a totally balanced multiplayer gameplay.

Unfortunately as we were setting up our booths for the E-3, it has come to our attention that the game is just not good enough for you fans to play just yet. This of course will mean a slight delay. The game will be released in August at the earliest, however it is most likely it will be released some time between November 1999 and March 2000 (thats if we manage to beat the millennium bug!)

This may seem somewhat of a hassle to you, but please realise how hard it is to create a perfect game without a countless amount of patches.

This may seem like a hoaxe or a false alarm to some of you, but I assure you that it is indeed Adam Isgreen writing this letter. If you would like to ensure the authentity of this genuine document, you may feel free to mail me back at adam@westwood.com.

On a slightly happier note, we will soon be releasing our second Tiberian Sun trailer, filled with explosive cutscenes, gameplay and some exclusive footage of the elusive Nod Banshee. Keep your eyes peeled for the big update to TiberianSun.com!

Yours faithfully,
Adam Isgreen
Senior Designer of Westwood Studios.

The firestorm defense system will acts like a shield (Most of the people know). No weapon can shoot into the shield but the one inside the shield can fire outside. It is unlimited BUT the shield will be depleted after long firing at it (Not too long). There will be a meter on the sidebar of GDI and it will state the amount of shield remaining. Shield is recharged when you have suffcient power and the more of the system built, the faster the rate of recharge.

Lion: Hi Erik......I know your not at Westwood anymore, sad to say. What I don't understand is why the TS game is being delayed again. This time its August, maybe, if we're lucky. When you left Westwood, just how close was the game to being finished? You don't have to post this question. I just wanted to know for my own curiosity. And just to let you know. There is rumors floating that Brett Sperry fired you. You don't have to comment on that. I respect your rare talent in the gaming industry. thanks
Erik: TS was pretty close. There were a number of bugs and some balance issues to overcome. As for being fired, that wasn't the case. I told them I intended to leave Westwood after TS. I thought the right thing to do was to give them a lot of notice. Initially, they wanted me to stay and finish and things were fine, but about a week later I was asked to leave. (I guess technically, it could be considered getting fired. :) ) The reasoning was that my being there would be uncomfortable for people and could cause some disruptions. After all, I was going to be working somewhere else. I understand their motives and I don't have any hard feelings about not getting to finish TS, just disappointment.

"These rumors are very straining on my nerves."

Those left behind are known as the Forgotten. Over time they slowly mutate as their bodies adapt to the radiation, and soon the NOD show up, bringing food and medical supplies. The NOD, naturally, are hiding their true purpose, and soon members of the Forgotten begin to vanish. When they come back as NOD Cyborgs, the Forgotten declare war on the NOD and reluctantly form an alliance with the GDI. As the story unfolds, gamers will learn what caused the Tiberium to spread at such an alarming rate, as well as the fate of Kane, the leader of the NOD who was thought to have perished at the end of the first game.

Tiberian Sun is set approximately 30 years after Kane and NOD were destroyed by an Ion Cannon strike. Since then, the world's ecology has gone to hell as tiberium has poisoned the ecosystem. GDI has relocated some of the huddled masses of humanity to the polar regions and even space to escape the ravages of tiberium. In the abandoned cities the forgotten live, terrible mutants who have been abandoned...

"How can he do that?", was a common thought when Erik Yeo, lead designer of C&C: TS, left Westwood and with that also his project - "How can he leave the project he supervised for such a long time shortly before it's finished?" Now GameStar found out: Erik would have liked to finish TS himself - but Westwood-boss Brett Sperry simply fired his long-time employee when he found out that Yeo planned to found his own firm. Erik Yeo will now develop an action-strategy-game for Playstation 2, on behalf of Midway.