Its great that your promoting TA (my favorite game of all time) but saying it isn't "true 3d" because it had a fixed camera is false. TA was one of the first RTSs (possibly the first, but I'm not 100% sure)to be 3d. All units and terrain are in 3d and it affects the game play. TA springs does give the true 3d "experience" by unfixing the camera. I haven't gotten around to trying it yet but TA Springs does look awesome.

On a more positive note, great job giving TA a proper memoriam. If the pres. hasn't declared this a national holiday as you have he should soon! (Awesome Speech!)

Well minus battle.net, TA multiplayer was no more or less sucky than any other multiplayer matchmaking at the time.

TA actually usess sprites, does it not? The terrain, though, was always in 3d. It was due to PC limitations at the time.

I thought it was. Oh well, what's more important is that it's the most awesome game ever.

Jeremy Soule makes great game soundtracks.

I could have sworn it was also. I knew the weapons calculations were 3d and the units collision areas may have been; but what little I looked at modding seemed to suggest the units where graphically represented by sets of sprites, not 3d models.

TASpring is a very good game based on Total Annihilation. Their are
a few mods that stand out. I prefer BA for Spring and then XTA when
playing on the net.

It's worth the download, so good and get it ....

Mmm... getting warmer... the units were fully 3D, the terrain was "quasi-3D". It's a flat texture put in place to represent a real heightmap... and the heightmap is real 3D, ie, units rock as they go over bumps, shots get blocked, etc.

Since I'm an attention whore I'll point out where you can download Absolute Annihilation v6.0, the final version of my TA mod. It features about 450 units, but unlike unit packs like TAUIP and UTASP, every unit has a unique function, they aren't all just there so the modder can say "I'VE GOT 512 UNITS!!!". The focus is strictly on balance, and AA6 is one of the most-downloaded TA mods ever.

You can get it here:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ta-aa/AA60.zip?modtime=1127737496&big_mirror=0

The mod is designed strictly for skirmish/multiplayer. It has an enhanced but reasonably fair AI. I've heard the mod works for the Campaign but I can't say since I've never played it with AA... TA's campaign was not the game's selling point.

You can also find the official AA map packs here:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ta-aa/AAMaps551.zip?modtime=1123408943&big_mirror=0
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=113294&package_id=156287
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ta-aa/NUGGENMAPSv2.zip?modtime=1147295462&big_mirror=0

Is AA 6.0 just for TA, or is 6.0 also for Spring? I've seen it for Spring.

I decided for a Wikipedia link because it's just more info on an objective basis.

Yes, I do know the name is just Spring, but I prefer TA Spring, because I've played TA for so long.

wasn't Supreme Commander based on TA? and what do you guys think of it?

TA is still one of my favorite games. I did nothing but play it multiplayer for the longest time. In fact, when I finally went back to play the single-player campaign, I thought it kind of tame.

It's on my system right now; my 6-year old was playing it the other day (he does best with all metal maps). The only thing I miss is the music. The patch to get it to run under XP does away with the CD, so no music. Although, I did rip the CD for my iPod.

TA's campaigns (and SupComs too) start off very slowly. I too have trouble getting into them because of the early missions but they improve. Skirmishes can be really fun too. There is a couple of keys you press to allow up to 9 AI, but I can't remember them offhand. If you don't have the Core Contingency Expansion get it, it greatly improves the game. Also look for cheats, there is one that unlocks all the missions (can't remember it either).

SupCom is a great game but I like the feel of TA better. I was also disappointed that the unit variety is greatly limited compared to TA.