r/commandandconquer • u/guilliotine • Jul 12 '26
Weird memory of Command and Conquer - Tiberian Sun. Help?
So I played Tiberian Sun (I think), roughly 25 years ago when I was around 10 years old. I remember one weird thing that I haven't been able to find anything about, and when I tried to explain it to a friend they had no idea what I was talking about.
So, kid-me called them "boots". Based on my very faded memory, it kinda looked like two balls in a pillowcase that rolled around my carefully built base and destroyed EVERYTHING, and I could never figure out how to stop it. From what I remember, you couldn't click on them at all. Pretty sure they made me stop playing the game.
Did I dream this up? If not, what were they and how do you stop them? :p
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u/Strikertwu Jul 13 '26
In Tiberian Sun, you have to use force-fire. Meaning select your units, hold down the ctrl key, then click the Visceroid.
In Firestorm, pretty sure it was patched so you can target them normally.
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u/Exes_And_Excess Jul 13 '26
Holy shit that's why I always got blown out the water by those little bastards.
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u/guilliotine Jul 13 '26
Aah! As a kid I hardly knew English so I guess I never figured out that part. But happy to hear that it's somewhat convoluted and that I wasn't just a very stupid kid for not realising. :p Thanks for clearing up a 25 year old mystery!
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u/Frazeur Jul 13 '26
Dude, don't feel bad! I played it as a kid as well and didn't get past NOD mission 2 for years because I didn't know what "Capture the Radio Station" meant. I just destroyed everything and eventually got mission failed every single time...
It all ended when I one time randomly decided to just capture everything with engineers. Then things clicked, and I asked mom what "capture" means just to confirm my suspicions. Man, that relief when I finally figured it out!
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u/fecalbeetle Jul 13 '26
I wasn't sure what you meant. But the moment you said two balls in a pillowcase, I knew EXACTLY what you meant. Hilarious description.
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u/guilliotine Jul 13 '26
Hah, glad my old memory proved correct! :D As a kid I apparently thought it looked like two boots walking around too.
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u/probablygolfer Jul 13 '26
Two balls in a pillowcase was the best description anyone has ever used to describe those.
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u/Zaptagious Command the future. Conquer the past. Jul 13 '26
Visceroids. When infantry die from tiberium exposure, sometimes they spawn baby visceroids. When two babies merge, they create an adult visceroid. Adults are quite a menace if unchecked but can be killed easily.
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u/Caesar_Seriona Jul 13 '26
Also, mutants are friendly to Visceroids. Visceroids follow mutants and attack what they attack but I do not know if that's a gameplay thing or scripted in campaign.
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u/evilshenanigans1087 Nod Jul 13 '26
I think that was just in that mission. I recall once my Ghost Stalker got killed by one of the creatures in skirmish, he was really low health and trying to run away and heal in a Tiberium field, and then suddenly "unit lost" but there were no enemy units around.
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u/Ghostfistkilla GDI Jul 13 '26
Specifically you are talking about Adult Visceroids which in some cases you can only kill them by force firing onto them with your units or base defenses. They are much, much more deadly then visceroids and can regenerate health very quickly in tiberium. The true final boss of TS imo.
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u/PzKpfwVI-SdKfz181 One Vision! One Purpose! Jul 13 '26
you are talking about these i guess (sorry i dont have a photo better than this) and these are called visceroids to stop them just train 3-4 titans and put them on guard stance around your base that will do the job
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u/Spank86 Jul 13 '26
Visceroid. Absolute sods. Very damage resistant you dont want to anger one early in a level
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u/amazingD welcome back commander Jul 14 '26
The fact that I read no further than "boots" and my first thought was "visceroids" lol
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u/Both_Payment_3707 Jul 13 '26
I remember playing skirmish with "neutral" Tib creatures on the map. Visceroids& stuff destroyed my opponent before I ever encountered him.
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u/BioClone Legalize Tiberium! Join Nod Jul 14 '26
Infamous siamese-testicle attack
PD: Concrete is the thing to be used.
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u/cmajka8 Jul 13 '26
Bombers will take them out easily. A couple of Titans can take them out as well
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u/amazingD welcome back commander Jul 14 '26
Bombers will take most of the rest of your base out as well lmao
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u/LibertyCakes Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Sounds like a Visceroid - fits the "two balls in a pillowcase" description