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en:games:ground_control [2020-04-17-22-31] – [Weblinks] 7saturnen:games:ground_control [2020-06-01-09-43] – [Network] 7saturn
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 ===== Info ===== ===== Info =====
 +<block classes right info>
 +{{ :games:images:gclogo.jpg?200 |}}
 +**Multiplayer Information**
 +  * Internet play: yes
 +  * LAN play: yers
 +  * Lobby search: yes
 +  * Direct IP: no
 +  * Play via [[GameRanger]]: yes
 +  * [[Coop]]: no
 +  * Singleplayer campaign: yes
 +  * Hotseat: no
 +</block>
 Ground Control is a real-time strategy game that practically completely lacks economic development of any kind. Configure landing ships, configure squads, and off you go. The freely turnable camera is a good interface, and the graphics are quite good for its age. However, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the subtleties of the units in the singleplayer at least in a few missions, as you can't compensate for anything if you messed up your squads configuration. Just this much: Heavy Hover-/Terradyns can withstand a lot, but they are damn slow. And not every type of unit can attack air units. Ground Control is a real-time strategy game that practically completely lacks economic development of any kind. Configure landing ships, configure squads, and off you go. The freely turnable camera is a good interface, and the graphics are quite good for its age. However, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with the subtleties of the units in the singleplayer at least in a few missions, as you can't compensate for anything if you messed up your squads configuration. Just this much: Heavy Hover-/Terradyns can withstand a lot, but they are damn slow. And not every type of unit can attack air units.
 ===== Purchasing ===== ===== Purchasing =====
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 There is also a Full HD patch in circulation, where the game is started with the switch ''-1600'', which uses the resolution 1920x1080, if you delete the file ''data\gcvideo.dat'' before. Advantage: No more distorted 4:3 images and more overview. Disadvantage: Less accurate clicking and especially the graphical controls are even smaller. This also applies to the map overview, both in the small and in the enlarged view. There is also a Full HD patch in circulation, where the game is started with the switch ''-1600'', which uses the resolution 1920x1080, if you delete the file ''data\gcvideo.dat'' before. Advantage: No more distorted 4:3 images and more overview. Disadvantage: Less accurate clicking and especially the graphical controls are even smaller. This also applies to the map overview, both in the small and in the enlarged view.
 ===== Network ===== ===== Network =====
-For Internet games, ports 15001, 15101, 15200, 20000-21000, and 25000-25499 (TCP + UDP) should be enabled. However, this is relatively meaningless, because there are no dedicated servers anymore, because the [[World Opponent Network|WON]] servers have been shut down in the meantime. There is also a dedicated server on the Internet, but it would also report to the WON servers that no longer exist. So you can forget it. Direct IP input is not possible, so this Decicated has relatively little sense. There is, however the possibility, to use [[GameRanger]] so start games over the Internet. But this has not been tested yet. Allegedly GC is played on the Internet relatively active (for the age of the game).+For Internet games, ports 15001, 15101, 15200, 20000-21000, and 25000-25499 (TCP + UDP) should be enabled. However, this is relatively meaningless, because there are no dedicated servers anymore, because the [[World Opponent Network|WON]] servers have been shut down in the meantime. There is also a dedicated server software to play on the Internet, but it would also try and report to the WON servers which no longer exist. So you can forget play via the ordinary ways. Direct IP input is not possible, so this Decicated has relatively little sense. There is, however the possibility, to use [[GameRanger]] so start games over the Internet. But this has not been tested yet. Allegedly GC is played on the Internet relatively active (for the age of the game).
 ===== Weblinks ===== ===== Weblinks =====
   * [[https://gcvets.wordpress.com/new-players/#|GC Veterans]]   * [[https://gcvets.wordpress.com/new-players/#|GC Veterans]]
en/games/ground_control.txt · Last modified: 2023-04-04-11-21 by 7saturn

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