Universal Combat Special Edition, UCSE is a compilation of all three previous Universal Combat games with revised engines and new scenarios.
Based on updated versions of the Universal Combat A World Apart engine, UCSE includes all the campaign and instant action scenarios from these previous UC titles.
1. Universal Combat (Dreamcatcher Games, 2004)
2. Universal Combat Gold (300AD Inc, 2005)
3. Universal Combat A World Apart (3000AD Inc, 2005)
TECHNOLOGY / CONTENT IMPROVEMENTS & ADDITIONS
Improved Universal Combat A World Apart engines including a vastly improved terrain rendering engine with new texturing technologies such as high resolution textures support, reflections, volumetric clouds etc.
Improved thirty-two player multiplayer engine with major improvements in
first person and planetary modes.
Improved audio engine.
One new sixteen mission Advanced Campaign Mode scenario (A
World Apart Episode 2) playable from the perspective of the Commander and
Elite Force Pilot careers. The scenario storylines are a continuation of the Episode 1 storyline from the original UCAWA game.
Eight new Instant Action scenarios featuring several career modes.
All five scenarios from the three previous Universal Combat games
A Fragile Hope Advanced Campaign Mode scenario playable from the perspective of the Commander career.
Way Of The Titans Advanced Campaign Mode scenario playable from the perspective of the Commander and Elite Force Pilot careers.
A World Apart : Episode 1 Advanced Campaign Mode scenario playable from the perspective of the Commander and Elite Force Pilot careers.
All fifty-eight Instant Action scenarios from the three previous Universal
Combat games.
Many years have passed since the Gammulans invaded the sol system in full force
and all but decimated the inhabitants of the planetary systems.
In their wake, they left a splintered Galactic Command still engaged in a fierce
battle with insurgent opposition.
As an Elite Force Pilot and leader of the Echo squad, you are tasked with leading
a series of missions against the Insurgents in both space and on planets.
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Graphics engine highlights:
1. Native DirectX 9 graphics engine with support for shader spec 2.0
2. Shader based lighting, glow and environment mapping.
3. Native support for various lighting (per-pixel) levels, texture filtering
(e.g. Anisotropic), FSAA etc.
4. Improved shader based special FX (e.g. explosions)
5. Improved terrain rendering engine based also with improved terrain texture
assets, vegetation etc
6. Improved shader based character animation engine which takes advantage of
the newer high definition character models.
Other features:
Improved NPC dynamic AI engine with improved NPC orders system.
New multiplayer engine.
New integrated multiplayer games channel with features such as chat lobby, server
browser, multiplayer server clusters, auto-patching, multi-lingual chat rooms
and many more features.
Improved vehicle control and dynamics.
Improved asset switching with full control for naval LCAC assets.
All new (sixteen) high definition first person character models.
All new first person weapons; for a total of twenty-four weapons as well as
four grenade types.
Revised planetary bases with better layout and scale, so they dont seem quite
as barren due to their wide expanse.
One 16 mission Advanced Campaign Mode scenario playable as the Commander or
Elite Force Pilot career.
Sixteen new Instant Action scenarios featuring various careers.
Two co-op specific multiplayer space based scenarios with support for up
32 players.
Includes all eight games in the Battlecruiser / Universal Combat series:
Battlecruiser 3000AD (1996)
Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.0 (1999)
Battlecruiser Millennium (2001)
Battlecruiser Millennium Gold (2003)
Universal Combat (2004)
Universal Combat Gold (2005)
Universal Combat A World Apart (2005)
Universal Combat Special Edition (2006)
Smoother, faster graphics and AI processing which results in better response at higher
resolutions during lower frame rates.
Improved space and planetary terrain rendering engines.
Native support for 16:9 and 16:10 aspect ratio widescreen monitors with built-in
support for 1280x720 (720p), 1680x1050 and 1920x1080 (1080i) resolutions.
All the campaign and instant action scenarios from the entire Battlecruiser and
Universal Combat game series? which include:
11 Advanced Campaign Mode (ACM) scenarios:
The Future Is Now
Rendition
Feather Duster
Broken Arrow
A Fragile Hope
Way Of The Titans (Two career variations)
A World Apart Episode 1 (Two career variations)
World Apart Episode 2 (Two career variations)
111 Instant Action scenarios featuring various career modes.
Game Builder System (GBS) which allows user created scenarios. It includes the
source scripts to all scenarios included in the game.
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