[ian-reeds-games] Re: Question from beginner
- From: Jaromír Psánský <jaromir.psansky@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:05:12 +0100
Hi Craig.
My new units in the empire team is ready to play. I like this, it is good
game and some one. I would like send my map packs bu i can not to send it in
the web in to map downloads. How can i do it?
I have imperial stryker and chopper. Chopper is clasicall fly object, and
strker is somethink like tank or armour. I balance betveen strongly and min
strongly for the empired units. I want to create my original maps with
ships, soldiers, artilery and armour units, and this is a far away. I try
map with 3 teams allies, soviets and imperial.
I hope that your next maps will be interesting ideas. It is good story which
you wrote me.
Thank you.
I must practise in english, because it is terrible.
smile.
Jarek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Brett" <craigbrett17@xxxxxxx>
To: <ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 4:40 PM
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: Question from beginner
Hi Jarek,
Thank you for showing interest in my map pack. I'm not sure whether you
are familiar with the Red Alert story, but in case you are not, I fear,
because you're a historian, you'll be disappointed. The Red Alert
universe does slightly reflect actual history, but it does deviate
significantly. I'll give a brief overview of the story of the Red Alert
series, so hopefully you'll understand the what if scenarios here.
It began in 1945, when Albert Einstein finished his creation, the
"Chronosphere". With this, he was able to travel back through time and
eliminate Adolf Hitler and change history. Because of this, Nazi
Germany never formed and the German war machine along with it. The
Soviets saw opportunity and made their move on Western Europe.
Eventually, the Western Europeans, known as the Allies, managed to win
out and invade Moscow, bringing an end to Soviet aggression and to
Stalin himself. However, years later, an embittered Soviet Union, who
had to this point been a puppet of the United States, launched their
own daring counter-attack, invading the United States itself. The
Americans, with their European Allies's aid, managed again to get the
victory, despite the odds, and invaded Moscow with a view to making the
Soviet Union pay for its crimes. They were mostly successful. Here is
where the opening movie would kick in. With the Premier having fled the
Kremlin, a General and a former advisor to the Premier, travel to a
secret science facility where a top secret project has finally yielded
a prototype time machine. With no time to lose, with Allied forces
converging on the Kremlin, they make their own jump back in time. They
emerge in 1927, and eliminate the one man who was most responsible for
the Allies's success, Professor Einstein. Back in their own time, the
Soviets are the aggressors and the Allies are on the run. But all this
medalling with time has inadvertently spawned a third military
superpower, the Empire of the Rising Sun, who make their move whilst
their two rivals are at their most vulnerable. Here is where you take
over, to decide the fate of the world.
I hope that gives a brief overview of what is going on. Not everything
will quite be as you expect, historically, so just take history with a
pinch of salt here. Some things will be accurate, some will be
completely out of sync.
I do intend to get the Imperials as playable soon. I want to get my
transformation script working though, since Imperial units will often
turn into something else. The Stryker VX, for example, can switch to
its aerial form, the Chopper VX, and back again. Imperial buildings are
also built using small units, which transform into buildings, making
imperial bases much more mobile. But that's a little way off yet.
Keep tinkering though and I look forward to playing any map packs you
get going of your own. Being a historian, you may be able to make some
pretty good realistic map packs that some of us might not quite be up
to making. Good luck!
Craig
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