Civil War Sim...............Monitor and Merrimack

[Rocktser2]

Just in case, I am always behind on the news..............................

But I think the Monitor and Merrimack stuff gave someone an idea to create a simulator.............

I was looking at the Ironclad post .............which I guess is a mission or campaign........................

and I thought I would check on tanksim to see what was new..............and this came up

Totem games is a russian website......................maybe someone from IL2????

American Civil War: Ironclads (or visa versa)

I thought the thread and Tango Romeo works would give somebuddy a thought bubble.......................

There is a demo....................

At least we get to try it for free.........................Sorry Tango....................good ideas always lead to someone capitalizing on it......................well ..........look on the bright side..............there is a ironclad sim.

[OBIO]

Looks like a cute game.....but we all know where the first Iron Clads set sail! Right here in the Basement. And we all know who created it. Our very own Tango Romeo.

OBIO

[bretnutz]

Way back when I bought my First Computer.....486 with 16mb ram and Windows95

I saw in a Magazine an ad for I think it was called " CW Gunboats "...

I kept the ad for a while and then E-mailed them as to weather or not the Game was going to be released....the responce was NO because the company was going to go in a different direction....away from Games.

The ad had a picture of a window ....looking out at a gunboat on a bend of the river...also there was a Brass looking control which seems to control the direction of your Gunboat.

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Found the AD......was being released 1996....NEVER HAPPENED

[CrashnBurns]

I still have that ad as well. I was really looking forward to "Ironclads". I was crushed when it never came out. :banghead:

[Rocktser2]

At the risk of a virus....................

I downloaded/tested the Demo from tutor for "Ironclads:American Civil War.

The ships are very well done...............

The battledamage/cannon fire is very basic if not existant...................

you have to get in close for a shot..........................................

More strategic .................like a chess game

The Demo is very simple.........for ages 8 to 16 for holding attention........

[Tango_Romeo]

...have recently been looking at producing a sim like this using one of the new 'open source game engines' like Totem. Two of the parties have contacted me with regard interest in designing for such a sim. This outfit is not one of them.

It seems that most of the 'open source engine' options would result in a sim such as the one illustrated......a poor mix between a strategy/boardgame and a FPS.

Both of the folks who contacted me were wrestling with the C++ programming possibilities of modifiying the open-source programs into a CFS2-like FPS game for surface ships.

Nice shots, Rockster! :ernae: