Now TEK's out, what do people think ?

Is it quiet round here 'cause you're all busy playing it ?

Is it going down well at Wakefield (is there much interest) ?

Max

Hi,

Now TEK's out, what do people think ?

Is it quiet round here 'cause you're all busy playing it ?

Is it going down well at Wakefield (is there much interest) ?

Actually, I'm discussing it in the playpen.
It is a great game, but unfortunately has a few rough edges. If these get sorted out, I'd strongly reccomend it.

Actually, I'm discussing it in the playpen.
It is a great game, but unfortunately has a few rough edges. If these get sorted out, I'd strongly reccomend it.

Thanks for the redirection to the playpen. I'd have never looked in there !

Max

keep away from it,
mentat & moss are baaaad

Who's bad?

Tchka-aow!

Ahem.

Join us in the 'pen, max!

Who's bad?

Tchka-aow!

Ahem.

Join us in the 'pen, max!

Keep away from the light ;-)

I've been watching the discussion. There's some interesting points coming up which should probably be fed back to Artex. Hopefully those that are playing it are enjoying it.

Max

Generic round up:

• It crashes too much
  
• The units behave like complete idiots (I will have to try putting them in passive/quiet mode)
  
• Stationary gun turrets have unit attributes (i.e. you can tell them to patrol an area when they blatantly cannot move etc etc)
  
• End of mission stats can become corrupted and turn you into a genocidal general if you get too good
  
• Weapons fire (graphics and sound) are pretty bad.
  
• Scenary and explosions are nice.
  
• Tracking camera windows, Atlas transporter and route markers are cool
  
• THERE IS NO PAUSE!!!!

• Units can wander off the top/bottom of the screen, never to be selected again.
  
• Sometimes it stops letting you build more units (even if you have enough credits).
  
• Buying a unit sometimes gives you negative credits.

*** FAO JAN KLOSE

You're no doubt aware of all the problems with TEK. Here's another: I pre-ordered the game some time ago, and for all my efforts didn't get my "mystery bonus gift" I am most disappointed. Can I expect one in the near future?

~ Jason

Signed by the Artex team (and some of the R-comp guys?).

How nice

If you really want one, you could always call up R-comp and ask, I bet they won't mind sending you one

Units can wander off the top/bottom of the screen, never to be selected again.

Sometimes it stops letting you build more units (even if you have enough credits).

Buying a unit sometimes gives you negative credits.

This is what I've written in the Icon bar forum:

There seems to be a problem with the Wakefield version of TEK regarding game saving. We will fix this and release a patch within the next few days via www.artexsoft.com.

Oh, and we'll also implement a "pause" option and fix that silly "negative credits" problem on the way!

Hope that helps,
Jan

Aside from the points already made, it's very good! Yes there are some downpoints but it really is a quality game. Except how on earth do you do mission 10 it's impossible! Jan, Max I'm looking in your direction:-)

Great game nontheless. The graphics are awsome!

Hey, I haven't got a free gift I want one. You never know those sig's could be worth a fortune.

[Edited by Jon Atherton at 18:50, 22/5/2002]

You can use the key "A" to select all units (and "Z" to clear the selection). This feature is not mentioned in the manual.

Thanks, that helps.

There seems to be a problem with the Wakefield version of TEK regarding game saving. We will fix this and release a patch within the next few days via www.artexsoft.com.

Oh, and we'll also implement a "pause" option and fix that silly "negative credits" problem on the way!

Cool! I'll look forward to that. Any chance of a Skirmish mode at some point?

Cheers,

Mike

You can read my review on comp.sys.acorn.games.

Aside from the points already made, it's very good! Yes there are some downpoints but it really is a quality game. Except how on earth do you do mission 10 it's impossible! Jan, Max I'm looking in your direction:-)

Great game nontheless. The graphics are awsome!

Hey, I haven't got a free gift I want one. You never know those sig's could be worth a fortune.<br><br>[Edited by Jon Atherton at 18:50, 22/5/2002]

Bah (!) - and I didn't even get to sign my own artwork ;-)

Actually, level 10 is my favourite level. It's certainly very hard and I haven't managed to complete it yet - although I am playing a different version of TEK to other peoples. Mind you I did complete level 6 without too many problems and without discovering any empty Dervish units, so I must have fluked that one.

As for tips, well, the most common things I try to do are:
Discover where the enemy building are.
<ii> Either build a few, very strong units and try to eliminate the factories as soon as possible or ...
<iii> Train some troops and then try to capture as many hauling plants as possible.

I, like many others, was playing with the blueprints function the other day. One of the funniest units I created was a cossack with about 6 XL engine upgrades - boy did that thing shift ;-)

Finally, there are a number of improvements I would like to see were a TEK expansion pack to be produced (TEK II?). I already have sketches for a number of new buildings, guns and units and I think a new terrain type could be introduced. I also have other ideas for general improvements, along the lines of those suggested by others (and much more). However, I'm not sure what Artex's plans are - I'll have to talk to Jan. Mind, you having known how hard he has worked over the last few months, he probably needs a decent break.

PS You mentioned in your review that you thought there might not be enough levels. IIRC Jan made some comment about producing some free extra levels, so that may go some way to combating this factor. I guess they have higher priorities ATM though.

I wouldn't mind some screenshots of the other terrains

Cheers,
Rich.

A patch is now available from www.artexsoft.com to remove the crashes that some people were experiencing. It also adds a 'pause' key (P).

Cheers,
Jan

~ Jason

I want to be able to reach level 2!! Jan can't you do anything? Because I leave the country on the 13th for three months, and I'd like to play it a little before then...

~ Jason

Poor Jason. Anyone want to donate him another RiscPC for a couple weeks? ... ...

Poor Jason. Anyone want to donate him another RiscPC for a couple weeks? ... ...

Yeah and make it a StrongARM one too, it's been a long time coming...

~ Jason