Game Information
Basically, this game is the absolute freeform space sim. In it, you can to almost anything. You can be a marine, be a fighter pilot, command great navies of space ships, trade with other races, and do many other things. Here are the main features:
- Native Windows kernel with support for WIN98/WINME/WIN2K/WINXP
- New advanced special FX graphics engine with full DX8 support
- Up to 1280x1024x32Bit resolution support
- Updated AI engine. Even more sophisticated than the previous title
- Updated space/planetary dynamics engine
- New advanced seamless ground/air mode planetary terrain engine
- New Advanced character animation system, with support for location based hit detection. Shoot weapons out of players hands, shoot their legs and hamper their mobility, inflict fatal head-shots etc
- New model database of over 250 space and planetary units
- New 2D interface, frontend screens, crew, aliens, key bindings etc
- New Instant Action and Training modes for new BC players
- Hardware Transform & Lighting etc for supported cards
- DirectSound3D support for all compliant sound cards
- Play as one of 12 races or 13 castes in single or multiplayer
- Six career modes, including commander, pilot and marine types
- Over 60 user controllable space, ground and air units
- More stations to trade with, destroy, capture, defend etc
- Advanced Fleet C&C of human and NPC forces - even in multiplayer
- Advanced station capture with full blown inventory management
- Seamless first person class-base combat as various crew types including space marine!
- Full inventory of first person gear, incl jetpack, sniper rifle etc
- Fatigue and Life factor modeling in first person. Running too long and get tired, take too much injury and die if no medic attention etc
- Grab crafts from first person multiplayer, fly them to other planets etc!
- Seamless space/planetary worlds in solo and multiplayer modes
- A FREE optional multiplayer module supporting a wide variety of options will be made available shortly after BCM is released.
More information coming soon...
Features list and main picture copied off of the Battlcruiser Website.
