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Who is publishing Supreme Commander ?

Supreme Commander is being published in North America by THQ. In other countries, THQ may license the game’s distribution to other

publishers.

When will Supreme Commander be available ?

Supreme Commander is currently scheduled for release in early 2007. There is no specific, fixed date yet.

Who will be doing the music? The sounds?

Jeremy Soule is writing and orchestrating the music. Frank Bry is creating the sound effects.

Are the armies made up of people, or robots with people in them?

The army is made up of robots, but only the Commanders have people inside them. Humans still exist in the world of Supreme Commander, making up the 3 factions of the game, but the fighting is done by robots. Since the units are fabricated on the battlefield, it makes sense there’s no one inside the robots (the humans inside Commanders, though, are teleported onto the battlefield).

All 3 factions in the beta has a different default color. Which color is what faction?

Blue = United Earth Federation (UEF)
Orange = Cybran Nation
Green = Aeon Illuminate

All 3 groups are human.

Will the minimum system requirements for the full retail game be the same as for the beta ?

Most likely the retail game’s system requirements will be different from the beta’s. At the beta stage, the game is almost completely unoptimized

(it is not smart to optimize until you have all of the final content and gameplay nailed down, which the beta will help us determine).

Are there any “basic gameplay” tutorials?

There are some video tutorials to cover gameplay basics, at www.fileplanet.com/169530/160000/fileinfo/Supreme-Commander-

Tutorial-Movies-[FilePlanet-Exclusive] In addition, you can find replay files on the web, where you can watch battles others have played out.

I’ve heard Supreme Commander requires DirectX10 and Vista. Is this true?

No. SupCom does not need or require Vista (DirectX10 is built into Vista and will not be available to Windows XP users). The game

on Windows XP and DirectX9, including features like split / dual screen mode and spiffy special effects. Vista and DirectX10 users might

receive some spiffier effects, though. The current DX9.0c can be found at www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/default.mspx

I’ve heard that Supreme Commander requires two monitors – is this true?

No, not at all. It supports dualhead (two monitors run from a single video card), but does not require it. It even allows a single monitor to run

split-screen mode. See the SupCom-Specific section later in this document for info on how to set up dual monitors in the SupCom beta.

Can I do both split-screen AND dual monitors?

By default, the game starts on one screen with a mini-map.
- If you split the screen, you get two views + mini-map.
- If you instead turn on the second monitor, you lose the mini-map

Can I run two monitors, with each monitor on a different video card ?

Supreme Commander does not support two video cards, only dualhead ( 2 video ports on a single video card).

Can I run in SLI mode ?

Currently, SLI operation isn’t supported, but that might change with future nVidia drivers. For now, you’ll need to disable SLI In the nVidia

drivers to run Supreme Commander. It’s a simple check-box and won’t require re-booting.

Are dual-core processors supported ?

Yes. Anyone with a multi-core CPU will get a boost. If you don’t have many units in the game doing anything, then other cores won’t be

doing much. In a dual-core, one core Is dedicated to unit and AI simulation and the other to rendering. Boxes with even more than 2 cores are

supported because it allows things like the audio engine and helper threads to move to other cores.

Are you using the same network system as TA?

No. TA was an asynchronous system. SupCom is synchronous communication, syncing about once every 0.1 seconds.

Are the armies made up of people, or robots with people in them?

The army is made up of robots, but only the Commanders have people inside them. Humans still exist in the world of Supreme Commander, making up the 3 factions of the game, but the fighting is done by robots. Since the units are fabricated on the battlefield, it makes sense there’s no one inside the robots (the humans inside Commanders, though, are teleported onto the battlefield).