Using Campaign Commander in Skirmish?

Is there no way to play a single player skirmish using a commander that is not class based ? like the campaign commander?

Because he can use any weapon and or skill. He is not limited by classes ( recon, engineer, etc.)

There is a cheat that lets customize your commander more? I did not see that one ...

so after playing more games in skirmish (i beat the campaign right before i started this thread) i am really unhappy about the limited commander choices in skirmish.

After playing the campaign where i could make a jump jetting engineer with a rocket launcher - skirmish blows.

I completely understand the purpose of class based commanders in PVP or tournaments but when i am just messing around with the AI I want to be able to be anything. I cannot think of any reason why the developers would not give this option in single player skirmish .

Also ... are they ever going to implement a unit disable menu at game start?

This game is great - it is more of a worthy successor to TA than Supreme Commander or Planetary Annhilation.

Very cool that you responded. Your game is very good.

I bought TA in the 90s on disc and have loved it ever since. The other games that have come after it "sort of " improved it but they show little real creativity. Zero K shows a true understanding of unit design opening up new tactics - this is what Total Annhilation did in the 90s. before TA there was no radar in games, no use of terrain, no real sense of combined arms. RTS back then was crappy pictures killing other little pictures.

Zero K has brought this genre ( RTS games where you stare at little icons moving around killing other little icons) to the next level. Planetary Annhilation did not do this - it looked nice but its tactics were basic rock - paper- scissor crap. There was no artistry.

I just donated $10.00 on Steam because you got back to me.

So keep up the good work, and eventually, please :

1) Commanders that can morph any way you want (also changing between weapons in battle would be cool)

2) Unit Disable Menu before start up (for the AI as well as player)

Thanks for understanding what these type of games are really about.

Bertha Cannons maybe - for AI and myself. Banning superheavy striders or banning all the lightest units to just see what happens. All strider fights might be funny. Skirmish is for messing around.

As for the AI, I play against Brutal AI but I give myself a Normal AI ally. This makes for a fair fight that does not require me to micro manage expanding early on as teh normal AI does this well enough. If I add a Hard AI ally vs. a Brutal AI enemy it is too easy.

I cannot see the deifferent between brutal and hard yet. Also ... are there units the AI never uses ? Plasma cannon batteries?

I thought skirmish has a unit block list that you can use?

It turned out to be reasonably easy so next release there will be an option to allow using the campaign chassis in skirmish.

quote: Same as campaign? Jump Jets + Dual Rockets will be possible again?

Same as campaign, which means dual rockets won't be possible because campaign comm cannot dual wield two of the same weapon, but you can have jump + rocket + another weapon.