Universal Combat
In September 2003, Battlecruiser Generations, the fifth title in the acclaimed Battlecruiser series, was rebranded as Universal Combat. The title is a new and improved sequel to the original Battlecruiser series with a more action focused theme. It contains several brand new engines, over fifty new features, several improvements and enhancements as well as an all new 3D model database.
Features
- NEW! Overhauled graphics engine with DirectX 9 support!
- NEW! Graphics engine with various shader enhancements
- NEW! PTE Spec III terrain engine
- NEW! Flight dynamics engine with mouse flight controls
- NEW! Space/planetary and vehicular dynamics engine
- NEW! Revised and even more sophisticated AI kernel
- NEW! Stereo soundfx and fourteen new song tracks
- NEW! Interface and action focused control revisions
- NEW! High polygon count 3D assets
- NEW! Space stations & starbase classes
- NEW! Recon, Assault, Engineer and Medic marine classes
- NEW! 22 first weapon weapons plus other items
- NEW! 28 character models + over 1500 animation frames
- NEW! 04 new careers for a total of 09 playable careers
- NEW! 22 driveable vehicles
- NEW! 12 controllable threat (e.g. SAM) units
- NEW! 10 controllable naval units (ships, subs, LCACs etc)
- NEW! 05 flyable planetary gunships
- NEW! 54 flyable space crafts (fighters, carriers, cruisers etc)
- NEW! 64 player multiplay support
- NEW! Advanced Campaign scenario
- NEW! 15 Instant Action scenarios
System requirements
Minimum Requirements
- WIN 98SE/ME/2K/XP (with all service packs)
- DirectX 9 or higher
- Pentium III 1Ghz or equivalent AMD processor
- 128MB RAM
- 32MB DirectX 8.1 compliant graphics card with Vertex Shader 1.1 or higher
- DirectX 8 compliant sound card
- 8X CDROM or DVD-ROM
- 1GB uncompressed hard drive disk space
- Mouse
Recommended requirements
- WIN 2K/XP (with all service packs)
- Pentium IV 1.7Ghz or equivalent AMD processor
- 256MB RAM
- 64MB DirectX 8.1 compliant graphics card with Vertex and Pixel shader 1.1 or higher
- Joystick
Multiplayer requirements
- Client requires 56K or broadband modem
- Server requires LAN or broadband (cable, DSL etc) connection
Genre
Multi-genre.
ESRB rating
Platform
PC CD-ROM.
Release Date
Feb 2004.