Last Revised: 6 October 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Contents /========================== 0. Notes 1. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance 2. Media 3. Beta 4. Demo 5. Patches 6. Maps 7. Units 8. Docs 9. Utilities 10. 3rd-party stuff 11. Discs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Notes /========================== This directory and its subdirectories contain data relating Supreme Commander. Distribution of some data within this tree such as the [beta] directory is restricted under copyright law. Most directories contain the following files: 00-INDEX.txt -- An index of the files in the directory 01-README.txt -- The readme file for the directory. Contains more information on the files, etc. If you have a modern hypertext document viewer available (eg, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 5) the hypertext index file [./html/index.html] may be of interest. It links to all of the important files in the archive. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================/ Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance /==================== Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (SC:FA) is a new stand-alone expansion for Supreme Commander that is currently scheduled for November 2007. It adds a new faction and many new units, maps and other features. Files related to SC:FA will be stored in the directory /ForgedAlliance/, files for SupCom will remain where they currently are. So, for SupCom: Forged Alliance media, maps, patches, etc, look in the ForgedAlliance directory. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Media /========================== Starting from the time when the first screen shots were made available an attempt was made to archive the screenshots and media here. Initialy when screenshot releases were few and far between all screenshots were archived here. Arround the time of the E3 presentation the number and frequency of new screenshots made it impractical to archive them all here. As a result, archiving of most screenshots ended arround this time. An attempt to archive all videos released was continued through to the games release. Location: ./media/ The media is sorted in to three directories: - pre-release : Media released before the game - post-release: Media released after the game - beta : Media released for the beta users There is also other media located in subdirectories other than media. These media files relate to specific versions of Supreme Commander; the beta and the demo. Other Media: ./demo/Tutorial/ ./beta/Tutorial_Movies_FilePlanet.zip -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Beta /========================== A copy of the Supreme Commander beta version and all associated game patches (not GPGnet patches) are contained within the beta directory. A crack for an early version of the beta is also available which enables single player support. Location: ./beta/ Size: 2.66GBytes Source: Patches: FilePlanet Game: Indirectly from FilePlanet Videos: FilePlanet Crack: Unknown FAQ: GPGnet All beta files were obtained from FilePlanet, patch descriptions were obtained from the FilePlanet Supreme Commander Beta forums. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Demo /========================== Supreme Commander Demo Details: In the 37th Century, the galaxy is torn apart by three rival factions, each vying to eradicate its enemies from the universe, end the Infinite War and become the reigning power supreme. Supreme Commander represents the next evolution in the Real Time Strategy genre through its truly strategic and tactical gameplay and mind-blowing scale and scope, which is coupled with unrivalled zoom and control features. Files: Location: ./demo/ Size: 1,071.4 MB Source: FilePlanet Minimum System Requirements: • Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista • 1.8 GHz processor • 512 MB RAM • 8GB available hard drive space • 128MB video RAM or greater, with DirectX 9 Vertex Shader/Pixel Shader 2.0 support • Sound card, speakers or headphones • 56.6 Kbps Internet connection required Recommended System: • 3.0 GHz Intel or equivalent AMD processor or better • 1-2GB RAM or better • 8GB available hard drive space • 256 MB Video RAM, with DirectX 9 Vertex Shader/Pixel Shader 2.0 support (Nvidia 6800 or better) • Internet connection with Cable/DSL speeds -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Patches /========================== Patches Available: All patches released for Supreme Commander are stored in the Patches directory. As usual, this directory contains an index of all files in the directory (00-INDEX.txt) and a readme file providing details for each patch (01-README.txt). See these files for more details on patches. Location: ./patches/ Patch 3217: supcom_patch_3189_to_3217.exe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Maps /========================== Gas Powered Games has not yet released any new official maps for the game. Should any be released they may be found in the maps directory. Location: ./maps/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Units /========================== To date all new units released by Gas Powered Games have come in patches. This ensures that all players have any new units released. Should any new units be released outside of a patch they will be made available in the units directory. Location: ./units/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Docs /========================== Various documents can be found in the docs directory. This includes the game manual, readme files for patches & tools, tutorials, press releases, etc. Location: ./doc/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Utilities /========================== Various GPG-released Utilities such as the Map Editor and updated GPGnet installers can be found in the utilities directory: Location: ./util/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ 3rd-party stuff /========================== Some note-worthy third party mods, maps and utilities are also archived here in the [3rd-party] directory. This includes utilities such as the 3rd-party map editor, SCA UI mod, whiteboard mod and TCCs 'remastered' TA Map Pack. Location: ./3rd-party/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===============================/ Discs /========================== The Supreme Commander files contained within this directory and its subdirectories may only be stored on DVD due to individual file sizes being over 1 GByte. However, this directory may be split over multiple DVDs in the following way: Supreme Commander: BETA files ./beta/ Supreme Commander: Patches, Maps, Units, Demo & Other ./demo/ ./media/ ./patches/ ./maps/ ./units/ Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance - Patches, Maps, Units, Demo & Other ./ForgedAlliance/*