Nova: The orca bomber.. Rade has said it will only have one type of bomb. That's only one _type_ of bomb, though, right? When you use it, it will drop more than one of those bombs in one go, won't it?
Erik: Correct. One type, but it drops five in a row per bombing run. The third bomb hits the location you targeted. Kinda like carpet bombing. It's pretty cool.

Nova: OK. And is the airstrike from C&C back or is it just the ORCAs this time around?
Erik: I figured being able to control them was enough. :)

Nova: Okay, then, so I'll take that as a no on the airstrikes. :) That means GDI only has the Ion Cannon as a special weapon (unless there's something you're not telling us about GDI special weapons, which there probably is :)
Erik: Me? Not tell you guys something? Never...

• The Tiberian Sun units(and structures I assume) are created in 3D Studio Max and then run through a program that converts them to voxels. It will be feasible to create custom units for Tiberian Sun IF someone creates a program that will convert from 3D to voxels. WW isn't about to give out theirs :)
• There is an stationary organism called "The Central Creature" that appears on some maps. It opens and closes like a giant spincter. I'm told it looks pretty disgusting.
• "Vein Creatures" grow out from the Central Creature, and cause lots of trouble until you kill them. They are an advanced form of Tiberium fauna.
• Vein Creatures produce poisonous gas clouds, which are green translucent clouds that float around the screen.
• There could possibly be some ruined original C&C buildings on some of the maps.

Q: Is it possible for structures to select auto-repair? Particulary for defense buildings this could be very useful.
A: Selecting what you repair is part of the strategy of the game. Say you had several damaged structures and only a little money. What would you repair first? It would be frustrating if the computer automatically repaired a structure while you were under attack and you wanted something else fixed.

Gunfire: Is there any limit to the range of the underground units? Can they burrow across the whole map?
Rade: No range limit.

Gunfire: So, essentially, nothing can stop the burrowers from burrowing where ever they like, but we can detect them, right?
Rade: Well, there are certain areas they can't pop up in (water, concrete, etc.) and you can detect them with a MSA.

Goldfish: Are there any cool multiplayer features? Like ctf?
Rade: Yep, you can create a Battle Clan with a bunch of your friends and it will be ranked for all of you. Multiple multiplay options. And ctf...I really don't know, I have to ask Erik on that one.

Goldfish: Does Tiberian Sun support K6-3D Now?
Rade: The game will work on AMD chips but won't benefit from 3D-Now technology. It just doesn't work for voxels the way it does for polygons. There may be some advantages to some of the math instructions but I'd have to ask a programmer to be sure.

Q: Will bridges that are damaged fall in when something heavy like a Mammoth or a Mech drives over them?
A: No, you have to blow them up to make them collapse.

Q: If you have more that one war factory will you be able to build more than one unit at a time?
A: No, just one at a time. Also, more than 2 war factories give you no speed advantage to building units (limits tank rushes).

CCU: I was wondering about something...the Mammoth Mark II, wihich side will it be on? And as for the subterranean APC how long will it take to emerge? You said that it will be long enough for someone to react to, but how long is that, and does it make a loud noise so that you will hear it breaking through the ground?

Rade:I can't comment on the Mammoth, I'll let Erik reveal info about that particular unit. It will take the subterranean APC a couple of seconds to emerge and you will hear a sound effect as it is breaking through the ground.

ScreamSA : If you shoot at tiberium(before it is harvested) will it still explode? or will it just dissapear like in RA?
ScreamSA : also...in TD and RA the units weren't always up to scale(infantry bigger than tanks) will ts be diffirent?
Erik-WS : Hmm.
Erik-WS : Certain weapon types can cause blue tiberium to explode...
Erik-WS : green tiberium will dissappear (like in Red Alert)...
Erik-WS : As for your second question, we wanted to keep the detail on the infantry. So we made them a little larger.

Warsome: how will the computer learn? will it be for that single game or for the remainder of the campaign??
Rade: It learns whenever you play

Warsome: how does it do this
Rade: it saves it to a file in the directory

MisterGoid: How long will an average mission take to complete?
Rade: It varies greatly but I'd say about 30 minutes each.

MisterGoid: What will be the objectives of the main missions (the missions you HAVE TO complete)?
Rade: I don't want to give away the story on this one, sorry. I can tell you that there will be a variety of mission goals that tie in with the cinematics and build to a grand finale.

MisterGoid: I know that the AI will learn how the player plays and counter attack and all that good stuff. I read someplace that what the AI learns will be carried from mission to mission. Is this true? If so, won't that make the missions in the end of the game nearly impossible to complete?
Rade: The latter missions will be the most difficult but you'll still be able to win if you're clever. What you won't be able to do is use the same strategy over and over, you'll have to innovate.

Gunfire: Will all air units have limited ammo? And will there be ground units with limited ammo?
Rade: Yes they will. I can't think of a ground unit that has limited ammo.

Tiberius: Could you tell any further infomation on the GDI's Kodiak. Will it still be featured on Tiberian Sun. Will Westwood release the picture of Kodiak.
Rade: The Kodiak is still in the game and you've seen some of the pictures of the interior already (the one's with Michael Biehn in a commander's chair). You'll see more of it in the future.

Nova: Here's one for ya.. what happens if harvester truces are on, and somebody destroys both ends of a bridge while a harvester is on it?
Rade: Splat, the harvester is gone. We could always give you another one though.

Alborz: Will the 3D engine in TS use MMX technology or did i just pay Intel 300$ for nothing?
Erik Yeo: No, you didn't just pay Intel $300 bucks for nothing. (At least not as far as TS is concerened.) We use MMX for various things. Mostly for speed enhancements.

• The game doesn't use scripts, the AI can learn. It always monitors your strategy and adds everything to a database. This database will be used for the whole campaign, so if you use Orcas to smash the base of the Computer you might be successful once, but in the next mission propably it will not work anymore. Erik Yeo: "There's only one way to outsmart the AI: If you let a friend play the game on your PC the AI will get facts that contradict to the things it has already collected."
• The game-speed has been reduced to give the player more time to plan the attacks. That's very important because infantry are not just cannon fodder, in the later levels you'll need them as much as you need the mouse to control the game.
• In previous C&C games the effect of a shot of for example a mammoth tank was chosen by a randomly generated number that had to be in a special scope. In Tiberian Sun it is calculated because of physical variables (for example weight, flammability of the material, height,...) Based on these facts Tiberian Sun doesn't only calcualte the trajectory of a projectile for every shot, it does also calculate the circumstances and the consequenzes of the impact. But you don't have to be a physicist to precalculate the results tells Producer Brett Sperry, "The player should be able to judge all the after two to three minutes. The more difficult part is to control the fight."
• If you protect the civilinas, they will repay you with reports about the intentions of the enemy. These things will be show in a small video in the place where normally the map is.

Players must command a state-of-the-art, remote-controlled battle-force tank on their quest to save the world. The tank can be armed with 18 high-powered weapons including the Sonic Burst, Arc Sabre, proximity and remote detonated mines, high intensity lasers and tether guided nukes. The game is set across six treacherous worlds and will feature high-tech indoor areas and tremendous outdoor terrains for exploration and battle. Players have the option of playing Recoil in both first person or third person mode, and either in a single player game or in deathmatch mode with up to 32 players. The demo of the game features one complete level and allows players to cause havoc with six weapons including the Rapid Fire Pulse Gun (RFPG), the High Explosive Mortar Cannon, and Lock-on Missile Launcher. The game does not require 3D hardware for players to see the rich, striking graphics, but the game is optimized for VooDoo and VooDoo2 graphics accelerator cards.

CCU: I was wondering if you guys have a cutscene quality pic of the Harvester, I mean, not much has been explained about it. It's smart and warns you when its' going into enemy territory, but what about the other things? Like how many blocks does it have to hold tiberium? When it goes to the Refinery, will it take time to unload like in C&C 1, or will it be instantaneous as in Red Alert?

Rade: Yes, we have a hi-res pic of the harvester but I don't know if it will make it out. It's kinda boring looking. I think the harvester holds something like 2000 credits but I'm not 100% sure. It will take time to unload, like the original C&C.

Nova: I've been told by a few people that they're concerned that the subterranean APC could really be an unbalancing element for Nod.. it sounds like it could be really hard for GDI to defend against an APC full of engineers popping up in the middle of their base, even with DSVs around to detect them.. what kind of balances are there in the game to stop the sub. APCs being an overwhelming unit?

Rade: Rest assured that we will make sure subterranean units are balanced. GDI bases defenses are relatively cheap so you'll want to spread them around to counter an APC popping up in the middle of your base. Also, the subterranean units take a while to pop up above ground, giving you some time to react.

Alborz : I just wanted to know if air units in TS will keep attacking their target till its destroyed or just attack once and then just land at the base like in RA?

Rade : Air units will attack a target until one of the following is true:

• The target is destroyed
• The air unit is destroyed.
• The air unit runs out of ammo.
• The player orders the air unit away.

Dave: We've heard all about how when a spotlight spots an enemy unit, it locks on and fires away. Will we hear any type of siren or a sign that an enemy unit has been located?
Rade: Yes, spotlight towers do lock on and track enemy units but they do not fire, the base defenses do. You will get an audio warning that the enemy has been spotted.

Dave: This question is concerning the GDI walls, and NOD laser fences. I was wondering how easily they are destroyed, or how much damage they can take, because if they are going to be crucial to the game, you cant have them destroyed every 5 seconds.
Rade: They can take a fair amount of damage. If you have good base defenses to back them up they will do the job. If you just put up a wall and expect it to keep the enemy out you'll be in for a nasty surprise.

Harvester Treaties
Crates
Bases
Tech Level
Shrowd Regrows (or fog of war)
What side you are on (GDI/NOD)
Color of your side
Starting Unit Amount
Tiberium Regrows
Map You Play With (this will be a little different than in RA and C&C)

Nova: I have a few questions about the laser fences, actually... How will building them work? Do you just place the poles of the laser fences and when they get turned on the laser appears between them?
Erik: You just place the poles. It shows you legal locations and connection setups as you move the mouse around. Nova: Is there a range limit?
Erik: Yes. Four cells from a full structure, not an automated base defense structure.
Nova: i.e., something to stop people from building one on one side of the map and one on the other side of the map, turning it on, and getting a fence right across the map that way?
Erik: Oh, a range between each other. Yes, 3 cells.
Nova: Oh yeah, will the timer from RA be making a return? It was quite tense for some missions to have the timer ticking away.
Erik: There are some timed missions, but the timer isn't always a number. Sometimes it's an object.
Nova: Will you be making an appearance in any of the videos or as a voice for any units?
Erik: Just a voice. I don't want to scare the players.
SoulKrusher: Any new screenshots of TS you can show us?
Erik: Hmm... There are MANY (thousands) of new images, but I don't get to hand them out. I would like to release images of the NOD soldiers. They look awesome.
Nova: We've seen the sizzle movie trailer, is there any chance of a music sample (say, a wav or mp3) of a few seconds of the in-game music?
Erik: I would bet you will hear some music samples and maybe even a new trailer, but it's not up to me. (Cause I don't have to do it.)
SoulKrusher: will we be seeing any violence in the FMV scenes? for exmaple the Seth/Kane scene in C&C?
Erik: Hah. The C&C violence is nothing compared to TS. This is a brutal game. :)
Encoded: Gunfire said that the TS staff visits TS fan sites to increase your moral, is that true?
Erik: I can't speak for the other guys, but I visit to keep up with what the TS community thinks and what they want.
Encoded: how many kills will it take for a unit to get veteran status?
Erik: depends on the unit and the units killed.