TIGSource: Cortex Command - Test Build 18

Cortex Command - Test Build 18

Derek Yu — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:43:00 +0000

Good ol’ Data brings us another free update to Cortex Command. The game looks better, feels better, and runs better.

When’s this man going to put out a “full” version so I can throw some money at him?

Here’s what you’re getting:

32-bit rendering effects! Shiny gold, glowing fireballs and tracers, etc.

Much-improved player interface with adaptable pie menus. All relevant commands just two buttonpresses away!

32-bit video mode – no more palette corruption problems

Enemy spawns are now data driven… modders: fight against your own creations, just look in Activities.ini

Memory leaks massively reduced, can play long games without RAM being eaten, and overall memory footprint reduced

Several crash bugs gone and other glitchfixes

(Thanks, Nikica!)

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Best game evar

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:58:20 +0000

I played this with my friend from 2:00 AM to 7:00 AM

fun fun

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Neon

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:40:48 +0000

wait i’m going to have to pay for this? YARGHH my cortex boner is gone.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Joseph

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:29:48 +0000

Lorne T: by screwy I mean walking and tripping and then flipping on my head and slowly killing myself with my own weight.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Lorne T Whiting

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:17:50 +0000

Radnom: I think it’s not cool because all the profits go to the developer, instead of the middleman, so you’re majorly harming the developer who’s reliant on people buying their games instead of mainly publishing companies.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by FireSword

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:58:03 +0000

Yes i meant pay to play… lol we busted you Nikica (joking).

So the final will be shareware… i thought it had been free..

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Radnom

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:51:06 +0000

Nikica: I think FireSword meant Pay to Play, rather than Peer to Peer.

And how is illegally downloading indy games any less cool than illegally downloading commercial games?

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Lorne T Whiting

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:34:12 +0000

Joseph: What do you mean, screwy movement? People don’t sink and put their feet into the concrete anymore, if that’s what you mean.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Joseph

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:58:18 +0000

So is the movement still screwy? I won’t touch it until the movement is unscrewy, until that time I will play Knytt Stories…

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by pkt-zer0

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:55:56 +0000

Older versions were already fun in multiplayer, even with the screwy movement. It’s only gotten better since.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Nikica

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:41:20 +0000

FireSword: I think you mean shareware and not P2P, becuase illegal downloading indie games is not cool!!!

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by FireSword

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:44:17 +0000

The final will be p2p? Too bad :(

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Mastatsan

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:08:09 +0000

Joseph: Surely the game hasn’t improved at ALL since build 10… you should definately not play build 18, since that’s only given them 8 builds to work out any problems you had with the game, and 8 builds isn’t nearly enough.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Joseph

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:45:05 +0000

Eh I think I played build 10 or something but the controls were retarded and it was stupidly frustrating. But it looked shiny.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Koach

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:57:23 +0000

Word, Xander… but the way this gem shines already, our pleads will surely be heard, once this is going to be finished..

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by HandCraftedRadio

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:03:07 +0000

This game is awesome but really hard. I’m getting destroyed even in easy mode.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Xander

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:03:04 +0000

I still think there needs to be a tutorial mode at somepoint just because it can be rediculously daunting to figure out what the heck you’re supposed to be doing. Technically it is simple, you dig for gold which you then spend on weapons and organic meatbags… or robots. Which are much cooler. Obviously.

Problem is that you don’t really get a space to play with that because when you’re trying to get used to what you have to do and -how- to do it, you have a clone/droid army at your gates, killing your younglings. Whatchagunnadoboutit?!

Great game though, definitely worth the effort of understanding it.

"Cortex Command - Test Build 18" by Nikica

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:07:36 +0000

Yay, anyway, the game is still too fast to me on the new PC and I don’t know what to do ?!