Oh wow, this brings back memories. Where was this TAF when I was younger struggling with all the different mods. Just wish there was a phone version of TA
Thanks! I still playing my original TA game on my Windows 7😁😁 I am playing alone and same map and with 1000 units at the End and overrun the enemy.. if it's failed the next invasion is 20 Titan That is the show😁 But, I'll the modern TA.. if I am not too tired.. it's longtime ago and help me alot in real-life, every thing will successfull with strategy and planning.. I will recommend every yong people to play Strategie games.
Good to know. Was a while since I played it. My favorite game growing up. I also got the CC but not BT expansion. Does TAF require all of the expansions (like included in commander pack). As I remember BA was just campaign missions. My original CD and box was quite worn so already 15 + years ago I bought a near mint on auction. And my desktop computer still rocks a blu-ray player so I could load it from CD. I get that steam is way more convenient.
This is great, we have just started playing TA again now, TAF platform is excellent. What's the score with AI profiles on etc, have these all been optimised or is there still the need to fix ai profiles to stop silly ai blunders?
I've been out of the loop since 2013 (more than 10 years); have there been any major developments in regards to the engine of the game? Either hacks that make it behave better in regards to path-finding, better non-cheating A.I., better graphics (the gameplay could be smoothed to 60fps for example)?? Or alternatively, are there any news about the development of a *source port* ?? I remember how years ago, some russian (I think) guy named "N72" was on his way to developing huge patch (bordering onto source port territory) that held great promise, but AFAIK he eventually vanished from TA Universe forums....
Evening. Thanks for making this video. I loved playing this game growing up. I'm just having issues with installing the two mods. I've repeated the steps several times and cannot seem to get it. When downloading each game I link the to the base copy and then download the mod to the new folder I created. At that point I get a download fail warning. When I click ok and tell to download again, another warning box's comes up saying the folder must be empty I want to download it to. When looking the mod folder has downloads in there justifying the previous warning. I delete and re-attempt but still no joy. It does this with both mods. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
@@jordandaish1585 are you sure you are giving it the correct pathway? Make sure all your drivers are up to date. May need the latest version of direct x. Try a fresh install of ta. Do you know how to verify the game integrity files?
can you help me ? I just can't play, I can't see the replays either... the game starts, but then it closes and gives me an error message. If it helps, when I'm in the lobby I noticed that my ping doesn't appear ( n/a )
Twilight is the only one giving me issues anymore. ProTa and Escalation no issues. But Twilight always says error and shows a link to a github download of the unofficial patch. The github link wont work so I downloaded it somewhere else but still won't do it. So it ends up with a half installation of twilight. Not sure what's going on with that.
yeah the original game isn't as good, there was mods for units and maps that made it much better can u do that in there too? is it a complete experience of the additionals that made the game?
@@austinstoner1988 Hehe same here, I just got TAF and figured it out. Simply go to the Maps tab in TAF, don't forget to select your installed mod again in the wide drop-down menu on that page (appearently you NEED to have a mod to install maps), otherwise you'll get a path error. Once the map was downloaded, start the game using the exe in your installation folder itself (not with the TAF client), "...\Escalation\totalA.exe" in my case and you can play the game as single player with the map added. Should work the same with proTA I assume.
Find your installation folder for Escalation and run TotalA.exe. Then you go into Single Player and Skirmish to play against the AI. If you need more help join the Discord.
Join my community Discord if you need further help:
discord.gg/cXM8bdGdXE
Wow I've used forged alliance forever but it never occurred to me there would be a similar app for TA. Thanks for making this!
Have you tried TAF?
Oh wow, this brings back memories. Where was this TAF when I was younger struggling with all the different mods. Just wish there was a phone version of TA
A mobile ta? Do you not have access to a laptop or pc? The cheapest modern pcs with almost no gpu, ancient processors, and 4 gb of ram can play it.
Thank you, well received!
Awesome! I was trying to Mod this on my own and failing. You got me to "Game On"! Also very impressed with Beyond All Reason... Good times ahead.
I didn't know TAF could install the mods for you! Amazing :D. Thanks for the tutorial
I'm following along. I'm loving what I'm hearing. I was a little boy when this came out. Best game ever. Even got the supreme commander collection.
Have you tried total annihilation escalation yet?
Thanks!
I still playing my original TA game on my Windows 7😁😁
I am playing alone and same map and with 1000 units at the End and overrun the enemy.. if it's failed the next invasion is 20 Titan
That is the show😁
But, I'll the modern TA.. if I am not too tired.. it's longtime ago and help me alot in real-life, every thing will successfull with strategy and planning.. I will recommend every yong people to play Strategie games.
Thank you for this tutorial
Thank you. thank you. thank you!
Good to know. Was a while since I played it. My favorite game growing up. I also got the CC but not BT expansion. Does TAF require all of the expansions (like included in commander pack). As I remember BA was just campaign missions.
My original CD and box was quite worn so already 15 + years ago I bought a near mint on auction.
And my desktop computer still rocks a blu-ray player so I could load it from CD.
I get that steam is way more convenient.
This is great, we have just started playing TA again now, TAF platform is excellent. What's the score with AI profiles on etc, have these all been optimised or is there still the need to fix ai profiles to stop silly ai blunders?
The AI profiles on ESC just make it cheat like crazy. So it definitely becomes a huge challenge, but whether that's fun or not is somewhat subjective.
I've been out of the loop since 2013 (more than 10 years); have there been any major developments in regards to the engine of the game? Either hacks that make it behave better in regards to path-finding, better non-cheating A.I., better graphics (the gameplay could be smoothed to 60fps for example)?? Or alternatively, are there any news about the development of a *source port* ??
I remember how years ago, some russian (I think) guy named "N72" was on his way to developing huge patch (bordering onto source port territory) that held great promise, but AFAIK he eventually vanished from TA Universe forums....
Escalation fixes everything. Everything!!🎉
Evening. Thanks for making this video. I loved playing this game growing up.
I'm just having issues with installing the two mods. I've repeated the steps several times and cannot seem to get it.
When downloading each game I link the to the base copy and then download the mod to the new folder I created. At that point I get a download fail warning. When I click ok and tell to download again, another warning box's comes up saying the folder must be empty I want to download it to. When looking the mod folder has downloads in there justifying the previous warning. I delete and re-attempt but still no joy.
It does this with both mods.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Did you ever figure it out?
@@austinstoner1988 no sorry I didnt
@@jordandaish1585 are you sure you are giving it the correct pathway? Make sure all your drivers are up to date. May need the latest version of direct x. Try a fresh install of ta. Do you know how to verify the game integrity files?
can you help me ? I just can't play, I can't see the replays either... the game starts, but then it closes and gives me an error message. If it helps, when I'm in the lobby I noticed that my ping doesn't appear ( n/a )
Twilight is the only one giving me issues anymore. ProTa and Escalation no issues. But Twilight always says error and shows a link to a github download of the unofficial patch. The github link wont work so I downloaded it somewhere else but still won't do it. So it ends up with a half installation of twilight. Not sure what's going on with that.
Did you ever figure it out?
@@austinstoner1988 I did! But honestly I forget what I did lol
gj
yeah the original game isn't as good, there was mods for units and maps that made it much better can u do that in there too? is it a complete experience of the additionals that made the game?
ive gotten proTA, however when i go to play i cant find a way to start the game. am i just stupid or am i missing something?
You're not stupid, you can only play with other people in TAF. You'll need to go to the root folder and run TotalA.exe to play by yourself.
ah okay thanks :)@@NactSuht
@@_Mocha_Bearthank you for asking this. I got to this point and thought "what am I doing wrong"?
I'm glad I'm not the only one
@@NactSuhthow can I download map packs for single-player? I'm way too bad to play against people.
@@austinstoner1988 Hehe same here, I just got TAF and figured it out. Simply go to the Maps tab in TAF, don't forget to select your installed mod again in the wide drop-down menu on that page (appearently you NEED to have a mod to install maps), otherwise you'll get a path error. Once the map was downloaded, start the game using the exe in your installation folder itself (not with the TAF client), "...\Escalation\totalA.exe" in my case and you can play the game as single player with the map added. Should work the same with proTA I assume.
Can you play in windowed at all?
Yes, it's possible
Looks like FAF client too.
how can i play only against AI in escalation....? i cant start a game
Find your installation folder for Escalation and run TotalA.exe. Then you go into Single Player and Skirmish to play against the AI. If you need more help join the Discord.
@@NactSuht ahh - thx !
ProTA doesnt work, any ideas?
Does ESC work?
I just cant run it in Linux......
Do these work with IOS?
No, it's a game from 1997 compiled for Intel 32 bit and Mac os (pre Intel)
I tried to follow this tutorial. That's how stupid I am. I couldn't do it.
To bad that every update requires a reinstall.
Are there any other pitiful first world problems you'd like to complain about, or have you got it out of your system?
@@NactSuhthahahahahahah
How dumb. The clint is 64 bit and the game isn't. Taf can't even be installed on a computer as old as TA
So there's no need for GameRangers and other Hamachis?
That's right
@@NactSuht 10/10