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- From: rsherme@diamond.nswc.navy.mil (Russel Shermer (R43))
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: BattleZone + DogFight = WARZONE ?
- Keywords: bz, flight, wz
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.173722.1642@relay.nswc.navy.mil>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 17:37:22 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.141802.19220@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Aug13.182001.16845@odin.corp.sgi.com>
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- In article <1992Aug13.182001.16845@odin.corp.sgi.com>, fouts@exacto.dallas.sgi.com (Christopher Fouts) writes:
- |> In article <1992Aug13.141802.19220@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, gstewart@kestrel.lerc.nasa.gov (Gary Stewart) writes:
- |> |>
- |> |> Does anyone know of a merge of bz and dogfight in the works or has
- |> |> someone done it already? I assume the tanks would carry SAMs and
- |> |> the planes would drop nuclear warheads, etc. :)
- |> |>
- |> |> Any have any info?
- |>
- |> Not that I know of. I'm not planning on adding planes to bz. I don't know
- |> if Rob Mace and Co. are planning on adding tanks to dog. A few people have
- |> dreams of this massive simulator that involves all types of vehicles, but
- |> I think its just dreams for now.
- |>
- |> |> Thanks!
- |> |>
- |> |>
- |> |> --
- |> |> Gary Stewart gary@lerc.nasa.gov 216-433-8577
- |> |>
- |>
- |> --
- |>
- |> Chris Fouts Email: fouts@dallas.sgi.com
- |> Systems Engineer Phone: (214)-788-4122
- |> Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Vmail: 8714
- |> Dallas, TX
- |>
- |> "I'm as much of a non-conformist as everybody else."
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- Actually, just adding choppers to dog and letting the user choose color
- coded teams would be a tremendous boost. We used to get games of up to
- 10 people going on a network of 4D/25's. The only problem was it became
- a massive free for all (aka blood-bath) without any team organization or
- scenarios.
-
- ---Russ Shermer
-