Back to news pages...Below you can find the log of the IRC conference with Titan Computers that took place on the Amiga Nutta IRC channel, #amigames on Sunday night.
AS usual, the turnout was very good with over 80 people on channel at one point, thanks to all of those that came along. Hopefully I will have more interviews lined up soon. Unfortunalty, this interview was slightly ruined by a lot of splits and lag in the network that was being used, due to this a lot of questions that were asked didn't get answered. Moves will be made to make sure this doesn't happen again.
| Nuttah | MrFly/Deity : maybe we should start with an introduction of yourselves |
| MrFly | My name is Michael Garlich I`m the founder of TitanComputer |
| Deity | My name is Axel Deising i am the Coder of Claws... Michael Siegel is the coder of Settlers 2 and sits right beside me... |
| AmigaX3M | When will we see the COTD demo? And when will your website be redesigned? ;) GA |
| MrFly | AmigaX3m: The demo of COTD will release 2 or 3 weeks before the game is finished. |
| MrFly | and the pages will be updated soon. gsa |
| Ulkesh | Does Titan have any more PC ports planned? Simon the Sorceror 2 for example? And when should we expect a demo of Settlers 2? |
| MrFly | Ulkesh:Will have more PC-Conversion in planing. Im in negotations with some |
| MrFly | companies to get the rights. ga |
| Crr | will Settlers 2 be PPC-only? What about a settlers 3 ? i`ve heard about offers from "#00BBDD"byte about settlers3.....GA |
| MrFly | Crr:Settler2 will be 68k and PPC. to port Settler3 may be but this depends on the sales figures of Settlers2 |
| MrFly | We have an option for Settlers3, too. ga |
| Nordfrost | 1)What is the progress on Settlers II? |
| Nordfrost | 2)The game "Evil's Doom" both LOOKS and SOUNDS alot like Conan the Destroyer. Is this intentional with a licens from the makers of the Conan movies, or? |
| Nordfrost | 3)Will you be making any games for the 68k-line of CPUs, or is it just PPC in the future as it looks at the moment? |
| Nordfrost | 4)Would you consider converting games like "Heroes Might and Magic II"? Turnbased games like that one isn't that demanding on the equipment, so about ANY amigaowner today could run it while I'm under |
| Nordfrost | the impression that only a few of todays "amigans" have a PPC. |
| Deity | 1) the landscape engine is ready and now the KI(don't if it is same in english ;-) ) is not ready now |
| Deity | 2) Mrfly should answer this |
| Deity | 3) Settlers will be avalable on 68K, too. Claws will also work in low detail on '060 |
| Deity | 4) You can convert nearly everthing, but if the rights are to expesnive for the games it is not worth converting it without making any profit if you sell only 1000 versions |
| chris | what if any are your plans for shadow of the third moon two? GA |
| MrFly | CHris:We have plans for Shadow2. |
| MrFly | Chris:But first there will be the Mac and PC Version of Shadow. |
| Nuttah | MrFly: is this from the original shadow authors? |
| MrFly | Chris: the developers are very disapointed about the bad sales figures of SHadow and the massive piracy |
| MrFly | Nuttah:Yes, they are now developing Shadow2 |
| DrBrain | And when will the game COTD be finished then?And when will we see Setllers2 in reality? Will all the PPC games be Warp3D or WarpOS? GA |
| MrFly | DrBrain:COTD is planed for release in March 1999. Settlers 2 around late February 1999. ga |
| Deity | Claws will be finfished in march/april. Settlers in february and may be Warp3D will be supported but it can not be promised yet. We have not tested it well for now.GA |
| tarbosX | I remember you said at c98 that claws demo will be on aminet 2 weeks after the fair, well... - Why do you need 040 or better 060 to run settlers2 properly (you told me), settlers1 was fine even on 68000 - Do you think you are able to sell enough to cover costs and ensure further game development? GA |
| Deity | I have not tols anything about the release date of Claws. |
| Deity | Settlers 1 has a totally different GFX-engine and so the system-requirements are now higher and you'll get better gfx and higher resolutions.GA |
| Deity | Oh and it will work on a '030 with 50MHZ. but now GA |
| ppc | Will Claws of the devil work on AGA? GA |
| Deity | NO.ga |
| MrFly | PPC: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO not shity AGA |
| Deity | you can not make 16bit-like gfx in 8 bit ;-) |
| Scorgie | will Claws or other 3d games in future develipment, will you support the Piv Voodoo if it is released? ga |
| Deity | We will support it if there is developer support for the hardware we will support nearly every new and fast hardware |
| RvO^MxM | Titan: (please skip questions already answered (uhm that will be all of them :D) 1) What games have you got planned for 1999? 2) Which of these games will have support for PPC and Warp3D ? 3) Do you have a 3D rally game planned? If so, please tell something about it. 4) You rule. now GA. ;) |
| MrFly | RVO:1) Settlers2, Evils Doom, TotalCombustion and 2 pc conversions. |
| MrFly | RVO:All will support PPC but not EvilsDoom |
| Nuttah | and claws of course ;) |
| MrFly | 3)Yes it`s name is TotalCombustion |
| MrFly | 4) Maybe :)) Ga |
| _Angus_ | What are the main gameplay differences between Settlers 1 and Settlers 2? GA |
| Deity | Look the differences on PC or Mac and you see what you will get. Sorry, don't know exactly the differences because Settlers1 is to old...GA |
| _VisiOn | (1) Will there be any plugins for Elastic Dreams released? (2) Do find Phase 5 easy to get help from (3) How much does a software license for s> $_version |
| MrFly | Vision:1) we will release to plugins for ElasticDreams in`99. 2)yes 3) is very expensive but I think we can make it. |
| MrFly | Vision:1) we will release to plugins for ElasticDreams in`99. 2)yes 3) is very expensive but I think we can make it. |
| Trez | 1. how are your views on piracy on the amiga market? Is it a major threat or is the small amount of amiga users buying enough? 2. And how come you chose Settlers II ? (it's a great game but getting on a bit =)) - 3. Can you tell more about which games you hope to port? 4. Do you share Vulcan's views on the hardware f |
| Trez | or amiga? i.e. that PPC and voodoo is a crazy thing to spend your money on? 5. When will you have a preliminary screenshot of TotalCombustion? (looking forward to that one!) and good luck......keep the faith... GA |
| MrFly | Trez:Piracy is a VERY HARD problem on AmigaMarket. There are more than enough user for a good market but only a few buy the software |
| MrFly | E.g. Itlian market: we sold 19 Copies of Shadow but get over 100 messages from "Shadow users". |
| MrFly | 2)Settler2 was choosen because of testing the market if it is ready for high specification games. |
| MrFly | 3) We are now in negotations with Eidos but nothing signed yet |
| Rennex | sorry, but don't you think there is a danger that sett2 might not sell because it's old? |
| MrFly | 4) No Vulcan said complete bullshit last week. The Amiga PPC and B/CVision is a really good are basis. |
| MrFly | 5) TotalCombustion is our next project after Claws, First screenshots in the 2nd quarter of the year. GA |
| Aveng3r | 1). When we get EvilsDoomSE ?! (I love it i want it) ;-) 2. What we can expect from that new 3D-Engine in EV-SE ? 3. Will we get soon any screenshots from EV-SE engine ? 4. I know there have been some probs withthe EV-SE Team but i thought now, everything is solved. Now i heard some rumours about major prob/s with EV |
| Aveng3r | -SE ?! 5. When we`ll get a RTG Demo of EV-SE ? 6. Will EV-SE support Warp3d ? 7. In my my eyes SOT3DM was a good game but the 320*240 limit make it bad as possible. What u think about the quality of SOT3M ? 8. If Settler 2 get bad sales all future ppc games will cancelled "COTD" ? I fully agree with u about Vulcan ;(. |
| Aveng3r | Anyway, very good job u`re doing. Good luck for the "hopefully" long and successfully future and i`ll wait for Settler3 ;-) GAG |
| MrFly | Rennex: No Settlers2 is not old and it`s still a very good strategy game. ga |
| MrFly | Aveng3r:1) I hope in January99 2) It`s not a complete new engine it`s a smoother one. |
| MrFly | Aveng3:3) Yes, will update pages soon. 4) Yes we have still some prob. but nothing what cant slove 5) 2 Weeks before the release |
| MrFly | Aveng3r:6) NO, 7)The problem is the slow slow graphic bus-system of the Amiga. In 1997 there were only AGA and ZorroIII and both are not fast enough for HiRes but the B/Cvision is it. |
| MrFly | 8) When Settler2 will have bad sales figures depends on PIRACY. Then we will stop developing for the Amiga and COTD will our last release. Yes and thanks, I also hope to see Settler3 on AMIGA :)). ga |
| TheFish | errm already asked? right settlers 2 what speed can we exspect over the net? |
| Deity | What speed do expect without a net ? |
| TheFish | 2) and on AGA 060 what sort of speed and at what res? |
| Deity | 2) 640 X 480 res and 15-20 fps on AGA |
| Deity | but remember a gfx-card is recommended for everthing on Amiga.ga |
| DrBrain | Will there be a port of NHL98 and FIFA98? I would like it:) Will there be a port of Quake3 when ot comes? GA |
| Deity | You can expect that games like Quake3 and Unreal ... are possible(also with the claws engine) but only in the quality of PC-games with PPC AND e 3D-hardware.GA |
| goody | Where is Titan located? (country, city, etc...) GA |
| Deity | Bremen in germany |
| Wakata | Hi Titan. First: hope you hadnt seen the wdr-computernight.It was crap.When we will see the long awaited EvilsDoomSE? Because I will buy,buy,buy :-) Since years! Which features it will become (3D-Dungeon like Ambermoon or Step by Step) and is the story like in the shareware version (see AmigaJoker irgendwann)? How you will support PPC in this game...look at the advertisment-video. |
| Wakata | 2) What do you think. Was it a mistake to show the COTM Engine on Computer98 ? (68K?) It was slow, with good textures and not so good gfx. Hope you will change this.Maybe you can ask the team around Olympia Soft. |
| MrFly | DrBrain: No plans for Soccer game atm. Quake3 not but maybe Unreal?.. ga |
| MrFly | Wakata:Overall it was ok. But what else could we expect from AmigaInc? EvilsDoomse release in Januar but no plans for PPC but will get a smoother 3d engine |
| MrFly | Wakata:No mistake to show it, people need to see that something is in progress. Yes you are right with the graphics this will be reworked in the final game. OlympiaTean have no time they have to finish ED-SE :) .ga |
| BELDiN_ | What is the difference betwen Evil's Doom SE and the shareware version? The shareware version have verry bad english, is that fixed in the SE version? (I hope so 'cos the bad english almost destroyed the game) GA |
| MrFly | Amico1200: Yes we have TotalCombustion a 3d racing game in planing. Will be PPC and Permedia only. ga |
| MrFly | Beldin:Bad English????? This was made by a canadian professor! But we have reworked it, it`s now much more better. ga |
| Claus | 1) Will Settlers2 be a 1:1 port from PC or will there be extra features? - 2) When will TotalCombustion be out? - 3) I'm happy to see good games coming for AMIGA again. I'll buy Settlers2 and COTD. Keep it up! GA |
| MrFly | Claus:No 1:1 Port Amiga Settlers2 will have loads of more features e.g ICP/TCP, random level generator aso. 2) Computer99 not earlier 3)We will do our best, thanks for supporting us. ga |
| Manowar2 | First of all I have PPC and I`ll buy COTD and Settlers2 like I bought SOTM :) 1) Does H&P support Titan with Warp3D developer version e.t.c ? 2)Do u plan to port any 3d Car/rally (not Carmageddon clones..please) racing games ? 3)Do u plan to port Bluebyte`s Extreme Assault 3D BTW:Thanks for Supporting AMIGA and PPC..n |
| Manowar2 | ot running away like Vulcan (their new web page is up and it`s full of PC games..Valhalla3d for Win95!.hahah) (Note:I think you need a better-looking web site) GA |
| MrFly | Manowar2: Thats what I like to hear:)) 1) Yes, we are working together very close. 2) Yes, there will l be TotalCombustion 3)We have an option to port more BlueByte games but first we must see the sales figures of Settlers2, Extrem Assualt could be possible. ga |
| JKD | 1)I heared COTD will support 3D hardware, Is this via Warp3D? and 2)if so how is the code progressing, did you have to change a lot of code etc? or 3)do you have h/w info from Phase5 to support 3D? Sorry if these are repeats i went in the queue a long time ago GA Oh and good luck, I'll be buying :) GA |
| MrFly | Manowar2:Vulcan have never had a real goodseller this is the only reason why they left the Amiga. ga |
| Deity2 | Caws will support the Permedia2. We have the documentaion for it. May be it will support Warp3D. Will be checked... Claws works fine with other 3D-APIs like OpneGL and was successfully ported to it |
| MrFly | Manowar2:I like Genetic Species a very very good gameplay but a not so good engine. ga |
| Crr | 1)When will the settlers 2-site open on www.titancomputer.com? 2)How many time does it take porting a pc-game to amiga? l 3)did you only get the gfx-sources or did bluebyte give you all the source-codes? 4)How many of you are there working on settlers2? GA |
| MrFly | Crr: On monday 7th, 2)around 4 months (including beta-test) if you have the engine or the source code. But negotation needs also a lot of time |
| MrFly | Crr:3) We have develop an own settler2 engine we got only the gfx- and sound datas 4) 2 atm ga. |
| DJLorry | 1.) How will the Permedia2-support for Claws of the devil be done when there are no Libraries available yet ? 2.) cancelled :) 3.) What amount of sold Settlers2 would make U consider Setlers 3 ? 4.) I heared rumours that a Eidos-game will be ported to Amiga. If this was TombRaider would Claws still have a chance ? 5. |
| DJLorry | ) What about porting some racing-game or RPGs (e.g. Albion from BlueByte). There werenīt any satisfying games of that type for years. 6.) When will a Claws demo appear ? 7.) What max. resolution can I play Settlers2 in with CVPPC and 060. Will there be any Setlers demo ?? BTW donīt use Warpup. It sucks totally.. at le |
| DJLorry | ast as long as Powerup and Warpup canīt run together without problems. 8.) What 2 PC conversions will U make ? 9.) Whatīs your opion about DigitalImages ? Sorry for asking something for the 10th time perhaps GA |
| Deity | 1) with the Permedia2 documentation. So we do it at our own...Claws demo will be released 2-3 weeks before game-release |
| Deity | May be we use warp3D.ga |
| MrFly | DJLorry 3) If Settlers2 is succesful we will port Settlers 3 also 4) Eidos does not give the right for Lara to any company it will be another title which will be ported |
| MrFly | DJLorry: 5) We have a racing game in planing it will release in 1999 7) Permedia allows 1024x768 aga only LoRes and Zorro3 640x480 8) We will support both WarpUp and PPC.lib |
| MrFly | DjLorry:9)The first time a heard about them was around 3 weeks ago I can`t say so much about them. But it`s nice that they port Wipeout2097. ga |
| Labbe | will settlers2 support PPC/B-Vision? Why didnt you port settlers 3 instead? will you realease any demos soon? Have you got any support from Amiga INC? (many developers/pubishers complain that Amiga inc is not interested in the Amiga classic (read Click Boom)) Will it support DBL-Pal and the alike? How many copies do u |
| Labbe | expect to sell? what other games are you planning to port? i konw that some of theese question are reapeats, but i have been in the cheque for 1,5 hours *GA* |
| Deity | settlers 2 will support PPC an bvision |
| Deity | other questions -> MrFly |
| MrFly | Labbe:Settlers3 is an expensive game. The Amiga market is still full of piracy and the risk is to high to invest so much money. Let us see whats happen to Settlers2 if we are sadisfy with the sales figures we will port settler3 too |
| MrFly | Labbe:We got absolute no support from AMIGA Inc but Amiga International has given us great support. On AGA you can use LOREs DPl-Pal or anything else. We hope to sell at least 3000 or 4000 copies world wide. |
| C0rwin | Hi Titan:1)I'v read Claws will support WarpOS.Why not PowerUp?It's pretty much stable and faster than WOS.2)I'm from Poland. Where in my country can I buy your games?Don't tell me about piracy in Poland...piracy exists 'cause nobody sales legal games and people wants to play(credit cards and buying via Internet are no |
| C0rwin | t popular here) 3)Will Claws working fast enough to play in hi-res on my 604e/200 Mhz and CV 64 3D? 4) Did U ever think about cooperation with big software company(like LucasArts or something)to release a bestseller for both Amiga and pc markets simultanously (not like ClickBoom years after...ouups...Settlers 2 isn't |
| C0rwin | a brand new game too :)5)Why there are parts of ElasticDreams on CandyFactoryProCD(loaders, operators)and I don't mean the demo version but the installed part and these loaders ask for Elastic Dreams assign.Will there be a patch for the programs (as it also crashes sometimes)and for the install script? Thanks .I stron |
| C0rwin | gly would like to buy Your games if I find them in Poland :( GA |
| Deity | Claws will support powerup first |
| Nuttah | Cheers for answering all of the questions. |
Thanks to oondy for doing a great job as moderator and the ugn for helping in formatting the logs.