*OFFICIAL* Supreme Commander : Forged Alliance. Gathering Players.

The purpose of this thread is to provide the necessary information and organization to get some great Supreme Commander matches going.

But first and foremost i must explain what SC:FA is to those who do not know. Supreme Commander is the sequel to the wildly popular Total Annihilation. SC:FA is the stand-alone expansion pack to Supreme Commander. The game play in SC:FA over the original has basically been tuned towards tons of smaller, more intense battles. Whereas the first was often a game of spamming units, with less strategy.

The game play of SC:FA can be a bit daunting at first given the speed is much faster then most RTS once you are building efficiently. This speed however will turn into pure action once you get a foothold on how to play and develop your basic strategy(s.) I highly recommend this for any RTS fan, especially when it's in the bargain bin. (See below for where to buy.




I should mention this game does place a massive strain on your CPU. It's not because of bad programming, it's because it's a massive game. Think about it. Sixy times a second (on that FPS) your CPU is being asked to step each unit through it's assigned duties and all the animations, sounds, and so on to make sure that it's done properly.

The game can and will slow down time in order to preserve playable FPS on the weaker machines, but this just makes the game unbearable. So to combat this i will lay out some specs to be a "preferred player" in the commanders list below. Preferred player just means that the commander in question won't slow down your match.

Preferred players will need to possess minimum amounts of memory and CPU power as well as a 2.5mbps/0.5mbps connection. Power being very relative to cores, and they must also have (but not always use) the SC:FA Core Maximizer application.

To meet the CPU requirement you must meet or exceed one of the following :

• AMD Athlon X2 3.4GHZ+
• AMD Athlon II X2
• AMD Phenom X3 3.0GHZ+
• AMD Phenom X4 2.5GHZ+
• AMD Phenom II X2 2.6GHZ+
• AMD Phenom II X3
• AMD Phenom II X4
• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8GHZ+
• Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4GHZ+
• Intel Core i5
• Intel Core i7

Series without frequency specification means the entire series meets the requirement. Memory requirements below.

• Microsoft Windows XP 2.5GB
• Microsoft Windows Vista 3GB
• Microsoft Windows 7 2.75GB

I want to assure you these numbers are accurate. Played on every OS listed above. Added the OS' base memory consumption to SCFA's in a large game, then added 500MB to keep access times tight.


From this point forward the group will have mandatory modifications required to play in any game. The Sorian AI mod and the lobby mod. These mods provide a decent AI we can use to balance our matches better, and also to enhance the lobby to give us greater game control. It allows us to increase the unit cap to 2,000 units among other enhancements. This is done and said, no player is permitted without it. It's a simply mod, drag and drop into a folder. You only need two files. Uninstallation is as simple as deleting those files, which are easily identifiable. The modification is attached to this post. I may include an installer at a later time if i feel the need to write one.



Preferred players are highlighted in green. Fine players in orange. People with especially weak systems or connections in red. Red also dictates unavailable information.

Dilyn
Dylan
Fishie36
Licht
MalXenos
Monkey92
urgrandpasdog
The Subtle Knife
ZHoob2004
Tagnar





For those of us in the northern Americas i recommend Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ged%20alliance

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...ged%20alliance (Canada)

But for those in the United Kingdom i would recommend Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supreme-Comm.../dp/B000VT5BPO

For those in other countries, i'm not familiar with your available shops. I suggest looking for some download site that services your area. Just ask and i'll see if i can help you out.

Bump. Need some people here.

We play via VPN.

We are using Hamachi so the worst you will need to do is set up DMZ. I can do that remotely for you. Skype added.

All levels of skill welcome. I like to play unlocked teams so then weaker players can team up on the stronger. Keeps it interesting.

Should do it. Or at least i hope. And yes i am using core maximizer, barely phases my Phenom 2 with or without though.

http://www.tower.com/games/pc-games/...ames-110717789