Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 11:14 pm Post subject:
The Tick Tank
Ok, I'm a bit puzzled, so I'm coming to you for the history of yet another unit in Tiberian Sun, SMIFF. Since you're the authority on the TS beta and all.
I was looking at the deploying animation for the tick tank today and I thought I was seeing the 3TNK deploy into the deployed tick tank. It was quite odd looking, then I opened up the mixer, and realised it's not the 3tnk, but a tick tank with 2 barrels.
Of course, now that I think about it, I don't remember any beta screens featuring the TTNK (though I could be wrong) unless it was that tank with 2 barrels that I was assuming this whole time was the 3TNK...
Was the 3TNK originally intended to be in the game, or to be the tick tank?
I'm a bit confused here, could you give me the 4-11... (just asking out of curiosity is all) _________________ Over and out,
~FinalMoon QUICK_EDIT
Well spotted FinalMoon, i havent actually noticed that twin barrel on the buildup, but im pretty sure your right although hard to see.
In those way old Beta shots u do actually see the 3TNK (Heavy Tank) and it was just like a placeholder to make it look as if Nod actually had some units so they could take screenshots etc, but it was never intended to be ingame
and secondly look at this Hi-Res shot of an early tick tank model
the third image shows the Tick tank used in the cameo in TS, note the nice claw things at the front and the short Dual barrels again
odly the fourth image shows the Tick tank deployed with a single turret
EDIT: I forgot to say, nice you mentioning this now as the Tick Tank is going to be improved for 1.2, too give it dual barrels etc, so good timing as its only recently being worked on (or mentioned anyway).
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Big Scene, shows Tick tanks deployed but with single turret
I think they had the right idea changing it to tick... Mole would sort of imply that it's subterranean. _________________ Over and out,
~FinalMoon QUICK_EDIT
lol... one animal which love to stuck up to your head, i guess.... or in the horror movie 'Ticks', one which 'go' inside a human body... _________________ ::TSR Home-Grown Vxl Maker::
LOL, a tick is a small spider that uses it's claws to make a tiny hole in a mammal's skin, then sucks the blood and stores it inside it's body (it can get REAL big this way).. then, the blood is used later on to feed the little baby ticks it produces (AAAHHH!!!) QUICK_EDIT
A tick is a spider? Are you sure about that? I was thinking it was an insect, not an arachnid... I could be wrong tho. _________________ Over and out,
~FinalMoon QUICK_EDIT
i guess tick is both a spider and a scarab then and it is ment as scarab since that is the french name now cut it out this is pointless _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
uuhh guys your all wrong. My farther studied ticks for a few monthes. And i'll have you know a tick is a HUGE but verry small insect which bits the feck out of you and annoys you. Or is that flees? QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:37 pm Post subject:
allright to clear up this tick mess crap, a tick is a small eight legged creature, yes its an arachnid, it bits into a mammals skin and starts sucking your damn blood out, however what it does with the blood i'm not sure, as i've never let them do anything with it, i burn the damn little things as soon as i can. _________________ Tiberian Sun Hidden Shadows Mod Leader and Overlord of PPM. Bow down and repent to your master. And go bake me some cookies!
it looks incredibly similar to the beta 3d model of the flame tank in C&C Renegade
(notice the dual turrets, these can be seen in other concept tick tank pics and in the cut scenes but the ingame version does not have them. Although TSR 1.2 does have them )
You can find more new TS concept art pics @ Tumsun, see the latest news post. www.tiberiumsun.com/index.shtml _________________ Over and out,
~FinalMoon QUICK_EDIT
With most of the "recent" pictures of the tick-tank, the second cannon is smaller, as in a machine gun. So will it have a machine gun in the mod? This would make it a very formidable defense unit, good against infantry and tanks. QUICK_EDIT
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Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:14 pm Post subject:
I think the Tick Tank was a slightly lighter vesion of the Nod heavy tank, and that's the reason why they removed the heavy tank. _________________ Tiberian Station
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The original idea was that the Tic Tank/Mole tank
was actually a Light tank
However it seems they made it a medium equivilent by the time of release to counter the GDI Medium Mech Titan
I may significantly decrease its armour and health so its just marginally stronger than the Nod Light Tank, but make it just as strong as it is now when borrowed into the ground
This would allow the Heavy Tank to be the only medium mech counter part
what do u think ? _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Yes, the tick tank is really meant to be DEPLOYED as base/area defense. btw it should not be used by the AI in attacks, but it should be used as defense, along with SOME artillery (not loads) QUICK_EDIT
i think the tick tank is the ugliest piece of **** on the face of the earth.
question to DvD, if your saying that the tick tank was meant to be a base defense, then what is nods basic offense tank _________________ Alway Avoid Alliterations... QUICK_EDIT
if your saying that the tick tank was meant to be a base defense, then what is nods basic offense tank
attack cycle the name says it and it can do some damage especially good against harvies _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
Also, in TD Nod "ordered" all their units, so they couldn't really get the heavy weapons, armour and power GDI had. They use other methods than armour and heavy weapons (mostly).. like stealth, speed and subterrean.. (which is suprising, as Nod being the "bad guys" not using brute force which is not common in a lot of games, and RA2 is an example of this.. but it depends as to whether you see the soviets as the "bad guys").
So will the Tick Tank have a secondary machine gun weapon?
As it does have two barrels, one slightly smaller, and looking at the pictures it looks like a machine, with the basic cannon?
Could enhance its defensive capabilities? QUICK_EDIT
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