That and the fact that it uses the palette to get which materials to use with TerrainObjects.
Huh?
HUH?
Anybody think of that?

um o..k i guess
well actually nevermind about the pallette then its good

A good example of how this game would look at high bit graphics is just look at the game soldat: http://www.soldat.pl/

(Ps: CC owns Soldat )

Graphically, too.

Yeah CC is the best game ever(i really think so), and Soldat is...what can i say...OK

CC os the only game I have ever played where you play the demo/BETA more than any other full PC game I have.

once cortex command has mouse aiming, it will totally own soldat

The color pallet was never really a problem for me, i mean I'm not very artistic at all but i DO wish that it had more than like 2 purples since making covenant weapons from halo is challenging when you have like redish orange, and less red-redish orange, to work with. =/

I've never played Soldat before, but it sounds like all it's got over Cortex Command it online play and mouse aiming.

Look at Clonk ! http://www.clonk.de (Also in English)

Thats also a fantastic 2D Game with so MUCH Mods ( on http://www.ccan.de )
It has some physics like Water and the newest of them supports 32 bit graphics.
It looks really cool and I spent hours playing online.
It costs 15 Euro.
The older one with 8 bit is freeware now.
You can build many Factories, houses and there are different Packs!
Its 3D render graphic
There are many Animations and usefull things..Gold..everything! Take a look

Official packs:
Kinghts
Fantasy
Western

I saw it, tried it, and was bored in a few minutes. Just my opinion. It is cool that you can make just about infinite game modes and items.

hm,thats why you didn't played online with a registered Key.
First,the game will be like 35 MB with some mods..but later on
like 500 MB

Also,because the controls are not that easy.
There are great melees or Projects
Look here

http://www.cppp.tyron.at/projects.php

Yes, I know this thread is old. But the question is not. I think Cortex Command would run faster in RGB mode.

RGB mode:

• Usually hardware accelerated
• Easier to do (as developer)
• Enables the use of shaders

Color index mode:

• Rarely hardware accelerated
• Only 256 colors
• Saves memory

On today's hardware, memory consumption is not a problem. Color index mode doesn't offer any advantages, does it?

♥♥♥♥, when did we get a shipment of holier-than-thou noobs who need 32bpp sprites in a retro game? oh, 2007.

Cortex Command is rendered in 32 bpp, you just cant colour sprites outside of the palette. the current glow rendering system, as well as elements of the HUD are all 32bpp, using the colours given by the palette to render over. the palette serves a variety of purposes, heres a sample:

Aesthetics. This includes but is not limited to the retro feel, and arne's art style.
Indexing Materials (as TLB said)
Transparency Handling without alpha, and as a result, Atomgroup Generation.
Enraging untalented artists.

Other than that, CC doesnt use hardware acceleration, afaik. And that is an epic necro.

Tell that to the heaps of people that play CC because it can run on old hardware.