/m/ - Mecha and Toku

whoops I forgot da link

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/webeharebrained/battletech?

>>10780

>when(if) there's actually a finished product.

HBS has delivered on literally every kickstarter they did, and all of there games are fantastic or so I hear

>unity

hype lost

>>10823

I understand why devs use it, but I wish they wouldn't.

>>10777

>no modding support

>can't replace the mechs with halfway decent designs

Otherwise, looking forward to it. Especially the new novel. Love Battletech's setting.

>>10835

>>10823

Unity is a perfectly competent game engine. Look at embed related.

>>10841

I'd rather have the MWO designs than shit taken straight out of the sourcebooks.

>>10852

In the hands of competent devs at least. Lot of shit made with unity. But it's a decent tool.

How are the mechcommander games since I have heard this game will like that?

>>10870

I've only played MC2 but it was one of my favorite games when i was younger. You can DL them both here but it's finicky on Win7 (Cursor is invisible ingame for me so it's nearly impossible to give commands to my Mechs)

http://mechcommander.co.uk/index/

>>10898

actually a quick google search taught me how to fix that; just disable "hardware mouse update" in options and you can see where you point.

game should run fine now

>>10974

I just hope they put all that money towards the game, too many Kickstarter campaigns turn south because the devs end up dumping their money into random personal shit.

>>10975

HBS has proven they can deliver via kickstarter, I'm not too worried. Plus the guy who created battletech itself is at the helm, he wouldn't dare fuck this up right?

also reminder that there was a battletech cartoon

>>10983

It would be one thing if this was their first kickstarter, but they've proven they aren't a scam, aren't young devs that waste the money before the game can be made, and have delivered finished games. Hell, look at the first Shadowrun. They started to run out of money, and released a lean as shit game (you couldn't save, no armor system, etc) but still released a mostly finished, working game. (And fixed 90% problems with Dragonfall).

So theoretically if I wanted to get into Battletech where do I start?

>>11115

Well, there's over 200 novels out there for you to read, many of which are available as free PDF downloads (But it's more fun to visit your local book stores). There's also the sourcebooks too, which detail the 'Mech designs themselves, as well as the rules for the game. Most hobby shops sell battletech box sets for beginners to try out as well. Plus, there's all the video games. Plenty of genres to choose, but you'll need DOSBOX for some of the older ones.

The lore stretches over so many centuries that you can really just pick any point and jump right in. Personally, I'd recommend picking up the Warrior trilogy of novels, or the seven book Twilight of the Clans series. Anything written by Micheal A. Stackpole is probably well written, but most Battletech novels are pretty quality.

>>11115

Oh, and just a heads up, most new Battletech novels are under the Mechwarrior brand, so if you go to shop at a store, check the M's as well as the B's

>>11315

1) Numbers. Enough tanks can swarm mechs and take them down, but it's a lot of numbers.

2) Much of the technology to make mechs have been lost, it's cheaper, and easier to make tanks.

And some tanks do have mech weapons mounted to them.

>>11315

>>11317

All vehicles have mech weapons mounted on them. Vehicles tend to be a little more fragile.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Combat_Vehicle

>>11318

I stand corrected.

I backed it, but only for a cheap copy of the game. $25 seems okay.

Beta access tier was tempting, but double my money just to get to play a less complete version a little earlier, with no clear details about how much I'd get to test or when, forget it.

Only 400k away from pvp multiplayer. I've no doubt in my mind we'll make it. They introduced a new 85 dollar reward tier that grants access to a backer forum, and pledges bumped up quote a bit.

>>11490

They've got a few more days to go, usually most money from Kickstarters come on the first and last four days.

>>11115

Try the board game. If you have a couple friends, some cash, and you like Dougram or VOTOMs, you'll really like it. The Board Game kicked the franchise off, and it includes units for Macross, Dougram, and Crusher Joe expies.

>>11508

I love votoms and have plenty of cash, but I don't have any friends.

>>11514

Could always look at MegaMek, a computer version of the board game.

http://megamek.info/about

>>10777

>$2,865,422

Well, hopefully it's a good game because of all that funding.

>>11712

That should make the investors happy.

the flight jacket looks great

>>11712

Don't bet on it yet. Hare Brained schemes is one of few the Studios that /v/ can count on one hand that do crowdfunding right. They delivered everything they have in their list if it gets funded and they never extend it. Their bread and butter is actually pushing more copies after release.