Shadowcat on 15/7/2015 at 09:13
Hi Felix! Nice to see you here again.
The GOG release was certainly (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145532) noticed, but it hasn't had much of an effect here. I think most TTLGers who ever wanted to play Terra Nova over the years have long since done so. A bit of a shame, but never mind. I'm still thrilled to see it for sale once again!
GOG are using DOSBox (as usual for their DOS releases), and it does indeed run very nicely under that on modern hardware, which is nowadays fast enough to run even such a CPU-hungry game as TN under emulation without breaking a sweat. It's really very impressive. DOSBox has been the recommended approach to running TN for a few years now, and GOG's installers tend to make it trivial (although after re-reading your posts of old, you might be slightly disappointed if all the work has been done for you! ;)
okayman on 15/7/2015 at 13:01
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
Hi Felix! Nice to see you here again.
The GOG release was certainly (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145532) noticed, but it hasn't had much of an effect here. I think most TTLGers who ever wanted to play Terra Nova over the years have long since done so. A bit of a shame, but never mind. I'm still thrilled to see it for sale once again!
GOG are using DOSBox (as usual for their DOS releases), and it does indeed run very nicely under that on modern hardware, which is nowadays fast enough to run even such a CPU-hungry game as TN under emulation without breaking a sweat. It's really very impressive. DOSBox has been the recommended approach to running TN for a few years now, and GOG's installers tend to make it trivial (although after re-reading your posts of old, you might be slightly disappointed if all the work has been done for you! ;)
Hi Shadowcat,
I was too happy too soon. Yes, indeed it was a nicely packaged DOSBOX configured (tuned) version of Terra Nova. It's good for everyone. I love oldies running on modern machines natively but I wasn't disappointed at all given DOSBOX is such a great emulator.
Did I tell you that I managed to run Romance of the Three Kingdom I (yes, the first version ROTK, released in 1988 by KOEI) on modern machine with Windows 7, Core i7-2640 CPU, QM67 chipset, NVidia NVS 4200M video and 8GB RAM. No emulation is needed. Running natively on Windows 7.
I just love running everything natively that's why I try to figure out how on many occasions.
Well, I guess this really is all the input from me for TTLG. I may come if I can manage to run TN natively without any emulator, on modern machines. The mission, though slowly, will continue. Until then.
Best wishes to you all!
Felix
thelifeofapanca on 19/4/2017 at 05:16
Great thread thank you guys!
Arach on 28/7/2017 at 20:34
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I hope you get to grips with the keys, and have a great time with the game.
Hello Shadowcat.
Honestly,I actually got a bit frustrated with the whole keybinding thing and no mouse look and ended up quitting the game back in 2014 sadly. Last week I purchased a gog copy and gave it another fresh go and I´m now further than the last time in the game. The controls still bug me a bit but this time I´m giving it a serious try.
The game is very enjoyable and its sad to see that almost no one cares about it these days,even here at ttlg. I mean,I get that the game isnt quite up there quality wise as most lg games(I mean,its probably my least favourite aside from Underworld 2 and FU 2&3)but you can still see some flashes of brilliance here and there.
Shadowcat on 30/7/2017 at 00:45
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The controls still bug me a bit but this time I´m giving it a serious try.
Glad to hear. I think that perseverance is all that's needed to deal with the controls; especially if you've played other LGT games of the era. Once you have a handle on how to do all the things you need to do, practice makes perfect.
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The game is very enjoyable and its sad to see that almost no one cares about it these days,even here at ttlg.
It's like I said after the GOG release -- I think most TTLGers who ever wanted to play Terra Nova over the years have long since done so, and there just isn't that much left to discuss. I think there's plenty of affection for the game at TTLG still; but it's pretty rare for people to play it now, and rarer still to have something new to say about it.
(You might draw a few old hands out of the woodwork if you fancied starting a new thread about it, mind :)
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I mean,I get that the game isnt quite up there quality wise as most lg games(I mean,its probably my least favourite aside from Underworld 2 and FU 2&3)but you can still see some flashes of brilliance here and there.
I also rate it a little less highly than several of the other LG classics, but that's just a relative thing, as all of LG's PC games were amazing in one way or another. It has its flaws of course, but I think Terra Nova still stands tall today, and I've always loved it.
Arach on 26/2/2018 at 19:47
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Glad to hear. I think that perseverance is all that's needed to deal with the controls; especially if you've played other LGT games of the era. Once you have a handle on how to do all the things you need to do, practice makes perfect.
Well I finally finished it,took me a long while since I don't have much time to play games these days but I can finally say I played through all the main LG games so yay me I guess! :cheeky:
Shadowcat on 27/2/2018 at 09:59
Awesome :)
