What we know so far (copy and pasted from NWAC forum)

nimitz98 · 02-23-12, 08:14 PM

ALL credit for this goes to General Baker of the Paradox forum.

==Release==
- Scheduled for Q2 (April to June) 2012
- Potential for expansions/future editions in different areas of the globe, such as the Pacific or Indian Ocean
- Potential future DLCs for things like units
- Game price undecided, but will be set by Paradox.
- Will be released on Steam
- There may be a demo before release, or at least at release.
- The game is currently in closed beta testing.

==Tech/Graphics==
- "Runs on the Unity engine", with support for:
-- DirectX and OpenGL
-- Bump mapping
-- Reflection mapping
-- Parallax mapping
-- Screen space ambient occlusion
-- Dynamic shadows.
- Coded in C# and .NET
- "PC/Windows. Later availability on Mac and/or Linux is a possibility"
- "Available for the average gamer, and [should] not require high-end machines."
- Game will be "64-bit aware"
- The game will NOT be integrated with Paradox Connect, due to it's freeze.

==Game modes==
- Gameplay tutorial
- Campaign playable from the side of "Western powers" or Russia - they will not be the same campaigns.
- An array of standalone scenarios, and modding may mean user-created missions
- Steam-based multiplayer

===Campaign===
- Situated 2030
- Backstory is complete but will be unveiled at release, but from what I gather the general idea is a conflict over sovereignty in the Arctic Circle due to melting polar ice caps and new oil/other resources. Suggestions that NATO is cracking, so it might not be a straight-up Russia v The World affair.
- There is no ship construction, as that is unrealistic
- There may be some kind of money system for aircraft/ammunition (?)

===Multiplayer===
- Multiplayer over Steam
- Initially 1v1, with scope for expansion of player numbers
- Customisable victory conditions

==The game environment==
- 35 million square kilometres of open sea & coastline, from Canadian east coast to Finland, North France to the North Pole
- Realistic weather model (simulated dynamic wind, temperature etc.) which affects sensors and weapons and aircraft launch, but no hurricane-strength winds
- Spherical Earth simulation
- Vertical game play, from orbit aerial units to the bottom of the ocean floor, using variable ocean depths which also affect sonar etc.
- "Sonar is affected by the speed and noise of its own vessel"
- "blind zones are fully implemented for bow, keel, flank mounted and towed sonar arrays."
- "sonar frequency bands" have been taken into account."
- Time of day (sun, moon), which affects visual detection range
- Ice coverage, ship lights and marine life will not be simulated, due to the limited impact on the game
- There will not be a huge amount of unit-detail animations
- There will be land-based airbases, seaports, radar stations and SAM batteries, but no mobile or player-usable units such as tanks.
- There are civilian ships and aircraft (tankers, merchants, fishing boats)
- Playable countries include UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia

===Units & Equipment===
- All units and equipment based on existing real-life, or scheduled/suggested for future service in/around 2030
- All units/equipment have stats that reflect their real-life properties; they aren't nerfed or souped to balance the game
- Units may have different load-outs for different missions.
- Aircraft can be re-fitted in-scenario (for a time penalty) to fit different roles
- UAVs will also be usable for scouting and other purposes
- Satellites, lasers and scifi weaponry —and nuclear weapons— will not feature in the game.
- Unit classes will have a global texture; they will not be unique to each ship.

Ship classes:
-- Type 45
-- Type 23
-- Queen Elizabeth
-- Nimitz
-- Arleigh Burke
-- Wasp
-- Baden-Württemberg
-- Brandenburg
-- Visby
-- Gotland
-- Gawron
-- Admiral Kuznetsov
-- Admiral Gorshkov
-- Steregushchy
-- Kirov
-- Udaloy II
-- Matka
-- Iver Huitfeldt
-- Fridtjof Nansen
-- Hamina
-- Mistral
-- Halifax
-- More+ (?)

- Support ships may not be present in the game, since they "have little purpose in a game centered on combat"

Sub classes:
-- Ula
-- Virginia
-- Akula
-- Lada
-- Astute
-- Type 212
-- Yasen
-- Gotland
-- More+ (?)

Aircraft:
-- Euro-fighter Typhoon
-- EA-18G Growler
-- E-3 Sentry
-- E-2 Hawkeye
-- F-35C Lightning
-- F-22 Raptor
-- B-1B Lancer
-- P-8 Poseidon
-- P-3 Orion
-- Sukhoi FAK PA
-- Sukhoi Su-27
-- MiG-29K
-- F/A-18E Super Hornet
-- Tu-22 Backfire
-- Tu-160 Blackjack
-- Tu-95 Bear
-- Lynx Wildcat
-- Merlin HM1/2
-- Kamov Ka-27
-- A-50U Shmel
-- Boeing KC-767 (refuelling)
-- Ilyushin Il-78 (refuelling)
-- SH-60B Seahawk
-- More+ (?)

UAVs:
-- Schiebel Camcopter S-100
-- More+

==Gameplay==
- "In NWAC, you are the theater commander, not the ... captain"
- "In conflicts between realism and gameplay, gameplay wins every time."
- Real Time Strategy (RTS)-style gameplay
- The map plays a significant role in the game, and is where players spend most of their time, although there is a (expandable and minimizable) 3D view that is purely aesthetic
- Units have limited AI responses, with "stances" set by the player. The player can also micromanage unit actions.
- Time compression available in singleplayer to speed up the game, although active pausing will not be possible.
- Missions will have "some random variation of where exactly forces are deployed"
- Aircraft can be launched individually or grouped/ungrouped into flights. Their initial formations "are done by sensible automation, but may later be altered, split and joined"
- "Detection and evasion focus with realistic sensory measures and countermeasures yielding a strategic game experience based on stealth rater than head on tactical battle"
- "Extreme long range guided and self-guided weaponry; if you can detect the enemy, it will be possible to strike"
- Submarines and Aircraft have variable altitude/depth 'levels', settable by the player
- Damage is "hit-point based, but components of ships (weapons, sensors, aircraft facilities) can be damaged as part of the impact." This means, for example, that airfields can be cratered/aircraft carrier flight decks can be disabled.
- In-air refuelling is a possibility, but Helicopter In-Flight Refuelling (HIRF) from ships will not be possible.
- Aircraft will return to base automatically when low on fuel.
- There is no "experience-gathering" mechanic in the game.
- There will be reload times for weapons

==Miscelaneous==
- The game will be open to modding, with a fully accessible unit/weapon database etc., but the map area will not be (easily) extendable. "the database describing units, weapons, sensors, campaigns and scenarios will be editable" - all data files are XML-based
- Harald Nævdal, aka Demonaz Doom Occulta is creating a score of music for NWAC
- There may be some sort of cheat codes in NWAC - https://twitter.com/#!/JanHaugland/s...57620395884544
- The interface will feature a distinct colour scheme - http://www.turbotapegames.com/images...Screenshot.jpg
- Features removed before launch: Aircraft Carrier launching. - http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post12682312

What I've garnered by looking through the forums/interviews/other sources so far. There is still alot to add from sources/threads here that I've not read yet

JB

Orm · 02-25-12, 02:45 AM

Thanks for your compilation. Also, what I would like to get, later, is an assessment about this product. For exemple, is it a game or a simulation? How it is differing from Harpoon or DW?
In fact, my problem is that I considere myself as a hardcore player from both quoted simulations and I will be very careful before buying a new one, as I don’t want to be disappointed again.

nimitz98 · 02-25-12, 12:00 PM

I didn't write it!

You may want to check out this thread: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...son-to-Harpoon

Orm · 02-25-12, 01:40 PM

NP, in fact I am now arguing with JanH about several things, e.g. no NTDS, no Ice-cap while realistic weather, amongst else.

Honestly, I don't know what to think about this product anymore! I would like to get some veteran's opinion from subsim forum.

nimitz98 · 02-26-12, 05:13 PM

Basically, NWAC has a realism factor somewhere between Harpoon and Fleet Command. Probably more on the harpoon side. It WILL be a fun and accurate depiction of modern naval warfare though. Check out my thread, " Weapons of the Tu-22M Backfire, Tu-95MS Bear, and Tu-160 Blackjack" and tell me what you think.

02-23-12, 08:14 PM	#1
nimitz98 Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: In a dinghy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Posts: 46 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	What we know so far (copy and pasted from NWAC forum) ALL credit for this goes to General Baker of the Paradox forum. ==Release== - Scheduled for Q2 (April to June) 2012 - Potential for expansions/future editions in different areas of the globe, such as the Pacific or Indian Ocean - Potential future DLCs for things like units - Game price undecided, but will be set by Paradox. - Will be released on Steam - There may be a demo before release, or at least at release. - The game is currently in closed beta testing. ==Tech/Graphics== - "Runs on the Unity engine", with support for: -- DirectX and OpenGL -- Bump mapping -- Reflection mapping -- Parallax mapping -- Screen space ambient occlusion -- Dynamic shadows. - Coded in C# and .NET - "PC/Windows. Later availability on Mac and/or Linux is a possibility" - "Available for the average gamer, and [should] not require high-end machines." - Game will be "64-bit aware" - The game will NOT be integrated with Paradox Connect, due to it's freeze. ==Game modes== - Gameplay tutorial - Campaign playable from the side of "Western powers" or Russia - they will not be the same campaigns. - An array of standalone scenarios, and modding may mean user-created missions - Steam-based multiplayer ===Campaign=== - Situated 2030 - Backstory is complete but will be unveiled at release, but from what I gather the general idea is a conflict over sovereignty in the Arctic Circle due to melting polar ice caps and new oil/other resources. Suggestions that NATO is cracking, so it might not be a straight-up Russia v The World affair. - There is no ship construction, as that is unrealistic - There may be some kind of money system for aircraft/ammunition (?) ===Multiplayer=== - Multiplayer over Steam - Initially 1v1, with scope for expansion of player numbers - Customisable victory conditions ==The game environment== - 35 million square kilometres of open sea & coastline, from Canadian east coast to Finland, North France to the North Pole - Realistic weather model (simulated dynamic wind, temperature etc.) which affects sensors and weapons and aircraft launch, but no hurricane-strength winds - Spherical Earth simulation - Vertical game play, from orbit aerial units to the bottom of the ocean floor, using variable ocean depths which also affect sonar etc. - "Sonar is affected by the speed and noise of its own vessel" - "blind zones are fully implemented for bow, keel, flank mounted and towed sonar arrays." - "sonar frequency bands" have been taken into account." - Time of day (sun, moon), which affects visual detection range - Ice coverage, ship lights and marine life will not be simulated, due to the limited impact on the game - There will not be a huge amount of unit-detail animations - There will be land-based airbases, seaports, radar stations and SAM batteries, but no mobile or player-usable units such as tanks. - There are civilian ships and aircraft (tankers, merchants, fishing boats) - Playable countries include UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia ===Units & Equipment=== - All units and equipment based on existing real-life, or scheduled/suggested for future service in/around 2030 - All units/equipment have stats that reflect their real-life properties; they aren't nerfed or souped to balance the game - Units may have different load-outs for different missions. - Aircraft can be re-fitted in-scenario (for a time penalty) to fit different roles - UAVs will also be usable for scouting and other purposes - Satellites, lasers and scifi weaponry —and nuclear weapons— will not feature in the game. - Unit classes will have a global texture; they will not be unique to each ship. Ship classes: -- Type 45 -- Type 23 -- Queen Elizabeth -- Nimitz -- Arleigh Burke -- Wasp -- Baden-Württemberg -- Brandenburg -- Visby -- Gotland -- Gawron -- Admiral Kuznetsov -- Admiral Gorshkov -- Steregushchy -- Kirov -- Udaloy II -- Matka -- Iver Huitfeldt -- Fridtjof Nansen -- Hamina -- Mistral -- Halifax -- More+ (?) - Support ships may not be present in the game, since they "have little purpose in a game centered on combat" Sub classes: -- Ula -- Virginia -- Akula -- Lada -- Astute -- Type 212 -- Yasen -- Gotland -- More+ (?) Aircraft: -- Euro-fighter Typhoon -- EA-18G Growler -- E-3 Sentry -- E-2 Hawkeye -- F-35C Lightning -- F-22 Raptor -- B-1B Lancer -- P-8 Poseidon -- P-3 Orion -- Sukhoi FAK PA -- Sukhoi Su-27 -- MiG-29K -- F/A-18E Super Hornet -- Tu-22 Backfire -- Tu-160 Blackjack -- Tu-95 Bear -- Lynx Wildcat -- Merlin HM1/2 -- Kamov Ka-27 -- A-50U Shmel -- Boeing KC-767 (refuelling) -- Ilyushin Il-78 (refuelling) -- SH-60B Seahawk -- More+ (?) UAVs: -- Schiebel Camcopter S-100 -- More+ ==Gameplay== - "In NWAC, you are the theater commander, not the ... captain" - "In conflicts between realism and gameplay, gameplay wins every time." - Real Time Strategy (RTS)-style gameplay - The map plays a significant role in the game, and is where players spend most of their time, although there is a (expandable and minimizable) 3D view that is purely aesthetic - Units have limited AI responses, with "stances" set by the player. The player can also micromanage unit actions. - Time compression available in singleplayer to speed up the game, although active pausing will not be possible. - Missions will have "some random variation of where exactly forces are deployed" - Aircraft can be launched individually or grouped/ungrouped into flights. Their initial formations "are done by sensible automation, but may later be altered, split and joined" - "Detection and evasion focus with realistic sensory measures and countermeasures yielding a strategic game experience based on stealth rater than head on tactical battle" - "Extreme long range guided and self-guided weaponry; if you can detect the enemy, it will be possible to strike" - Submarines and Aircraft have variable altitude/depth 'levels', settable by the player - Damage is "hit-point based, but components of ships (weapons, sensors, aircraft facilities) can be damaged as part of the impact." This means, for example, that airfields can be cratered/aircraft carrier flight decks can be disabled. - In-air refuelling is a possibility, but Helicopter In-Flight Refuelling (HIRF) from ships will not be possible. - Aircraft will return to base automatically when low on fuel. - There is no "experience-gathering" mechanic in the game. - There will be reload times for weapons ==Miscelaneous== - The game will be open to modding, with a fully accessible unit/weapon database etc., but the map area will not be (easily) extendable. "the database describing units, weapons, sensors, campaigns and scenarios will be editable" - all data files are XML-based - Harald Nævdal, aka Demonaz Doom Occulta is creating a score of music for NWAC - There may be some sort of cheat codes in NWAC - https://twitter.com/#!/JanHaugland/s...57620395884544 - The interface will feature a distinct colour scheme - http://www.turbotapegames.com/images...Screenshot.jpg - Features removed before launch: Aircraft Carrier launching. - http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...1#post12682312 What I've garnered by looking through the forums/interviews/other sources so far. There is still alot to add from sources/threads here that I've not read yet JB

02-25-12, 02:45 AM	#2
Orm Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 116 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thanks for your compilation. Also, what I would like to get, later, is an assessment about this product. For exemple, is it a game or a simulation? How it is differing from Harpoon or DW? In fact, my problem is that I considere myself as a hardcore player from both quoted simulations and I will be very careful before buying a new one, as I don’t want to be disappointed again. __________________ Orm

02-25-12, 01:40 PM	#4
Orm Torpedoman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 116 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	NP, in fact I am now arguing with JanH about several things, e.g. no NTDS, no Ice-cap while realistic weather, amongst else. Honestly, I don't know what to think about this product anymore! I would like to get some veteran's opinion from subsim forum. __________________ Orm

02-25-12, 12:00 PM	#3
nimitz98 Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: In a dinghy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Posts: 46 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I didn't write it! You may want to check out this thread: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...son-to-Harpoon

02-26-12, 05:13 PM	#5
nimitz98 Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: In a dinghy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Posts: 46 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Basically, NWAC has a realism factor somewhere between Harpoon and Fleet Command. Probably more on the harpoon side. It WILL be a fun and accurate depiction of modern naval warfare though. Check out my thread, " Weapons of the Tu-22M Backfire, Tu-95MS Bear, and Tu-160 Blackjack" and tell me what you think.