Supreme Commander 2
42 Achievements
GOG
Time Cruncher
Play the game for over 24 hours in total
5.5%
How to unlock the Time Cruncher achievement in Supreme Commander 2 - Definitive Guide
z RagnaroK z
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xAtomicHero has the right idea here.
To expand upon this, simply play an easy computer. Set the gametype to Supremecy. Then kill off the commander, engineers, and any other unit producing buildings. What I did is waited until an engineer went to a mass far away from their acu then attacked all the rest of their structure/units. then killed off the lone engineer and left the mass extractor. Then leave the game on overnight, while you're at work, watching tv etc. Also remember that the campaign time does not count towards the cheev, only online play and skirmishs.
If you have questions, comments, concerns, or see a problem with the solution please message me on xbl or here and I will do my best to help you out.
Cheers
To expand upon this, simply play an easy computer. Set the gametype to Supremecy. Then kill off the commander, engineers, and any other unit producing buildings. What I did is waited until an engineer went to a mass far away from their acu then attacked all the rest of their structure/units. then killed off the lone engineer and left the mass extractor. Then leave the game on overnight, while you're at work, watching tv etc. Also remember that the campaign time does not count towards the cheev, only online play and skirmishs.
If you have questions, comments, concerns, or see a problem with the solution please message me on xbl or here and I will do my best to help you out.
Cheers
xAtomicHero
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Time spent in campaign doesnt see to count towards this achievement. To boost some extra time set up a skirmish supremacy match against an easy computer. Destroy all of their unit producing buildings and then simply leave the game running for as long as you want.
igor5618
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As addiion to above it's worth adding. That chievo pops WHEN you win a match/skirmish you passed 24h mark in, not in exact moment you passed that time so if you don't want spend to much time on it make this in more shorter session rather than few long ones.
SkarviT
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The best way to do it is in Supremacy mode in Skirmish with the game's AI on Easy difficulty, as soon as the game starts, destroy all less one of its constructions, it is important that you destroy the ACU and all enemy Engineers otherwise it will over time create a fortress and kill you.
You can do this over time, for example, today you make 12 hours and tomorrow the other 12 that you will normally count, this is the last achievement that you will probably want to do because everything you do on Online and Skirmish will count, but for some reason I had to do it all 24 hours even though I had progress, I believe it has something related to Save that I missed.
note: When I let the game run at night, Xbox Live disconnected and the game paused causing me to waste hours, so have a reliable connection and do something for your control not to disconnect while you are away.
You can do this over time, for example, today you make 12 hours and tomorrow the other 12 that you will normally count, this is the last achievement that you will probably want to do because everything you do on Online and Skirmish will count, but for some reason I had to do it all 24 hours even though I had progress, I believe it has something related to Save that I missed.
note: When I let the game run at night, Xbox Live disconnected and the game paused causing me to waste hours, so have a reliable connection and do something for your control not to disconnect while you are away.
adamblack93
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There are some excellent solutions here, but for those who want to actually play rather than just leave it on in the background, here are my suggestions.
As has already been mentioned, campaign playthroughs do not count towards this achievement.
In general, Skirmishes will take 30 minutes to an hour each, depending on how you play. Online games can take any length of time, from 10 minutes if you've got a pretty inexperienced opponent to 3 or 4 hours if you're all evenly matched. If you're only playing Skirmishes, expect to have to play about 30 to 40 games.
To drag out games a little longer, I'd suggest creating a defensive perimeter around your part of the map. Air units are my favourites, but land units will work just as well, and a combo of naval and air (in the maps with water) can be quite deadly! Any enemy units which try to get to your structures or ACU should be promptly taken care of without you having to move the cursor.
Try to take as much of the mass deposits as possible (without getting too close to the enemy, as they might be a little hard to keep). Station about 10-15 units at each of the deposits outside your main location to prevent enemies from getting to them.
You can also work towards the Master Builder and Sharp Shooter achievements:
Wait until your unit cap is reached and go for an all out offensive. I usually have about 50 of the 200 cap taken up by buildings, so that's about 150 units. If you're playing against three other players/AIs, you'll lose about half of these each time the enemy ACUs detonate, so you can reasonably expect to produce about 300 to 400 units per game. That'll mean you'll get 10,000 after about 30 games. How many you'll be able to destroy per game will depend on the enemies' strategies. Easy AIs don't seem to produce that many units, but the harder difficulties can pose a bit more of a challenge. Below is a video of my unit production (in a two player map, as I'm also working towards the Sightseer achievement):
Of course, you can quite easily get this achievement with just a few games using the strategies suggested by others here, but I really enjoy this game and so I'd rather play it than leaving it running in the background. However, I've been playing it a couple of times a week since about June and that's me just got this achievement, so it may take a while, but there are other achievements which require multiple games so you may as well play naturally for this.
Finally, here's a video of the achievement popping for me, after about 30 games by my rough estimate (as I just earned the achievement for 25 games with one faction the other day):
As has already been mentioned, campaign playthroughs do not count towards this achievement.
In general, Skirmishes will take 30 minutes to an hour each, depending on how you play. Online games can take any length of time, from 10 minutes if you've got a pretty inexperienced opponent to 3 or 4 hours if you're all evenly matched. If you're only playing Skirmishes, expect to have to play about 30 to 40 games.
To drag out games a little longer, I'd suggest creating a defensive perimeter around your part of the map. Air units are my favourites, but land units will work just as well, and a combo of naval and air (in the maps with water) can be quite deadly! Any enemy units which try to get to your structures or ACU should be promptly taken care of without you having to move the cursor.
Try to take as much of the mass deposits as possible (without getting too close to the enemy, as they might be a little hard to keep). Station about 10-15 units at each of the deposits outside your main location to prevent enemies from getting to them.
You can also work towards the Master Builder and Sharp Shooter achievements:
Wait until your unit cap is reached and go for an all out offensive. I usually have about 50 of the 200 cap taken up by buildings, so that's about 150 units. If you're playing against three other players/AIs, you'll lose about half of these each time the enemy ACUs detonate, so you can reasonably expect to produce about 300 to 400 units per game. That'll mean you'll get 10,000 after about 30 games. How many you'll be able to destroy per game will depend on the enemies' strategies. Easy AIs don't seem to produce that many units, but the harder difficulties can pose a bit more of a challenge. Below is a video of my unit production (in a two player map, as I'm also working towards the Sightseer achievement):
Of course, you can quite easily get this achievement with just a few games using the strategies suggested by others here, but I really enjoy this game and so I'd rather play it than leaving it running in the background. However, I've been playing it a couple of times a week since about June and that's me just got this achievement, so it may take a while, but there are other achievements which require multiple games so you may as well play naturally for this.
Finally, here's a video of the achievement popping for me, after about 30 games by my rough estimate (as I just earned the achievement for 25 games with one faction the other day):
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Map - Coalition command center 3v1
Type - Supremacy
Rush timer - 5
Add 1 easy AI
This is the best map as there is so many mass deposits, just destroy the AI base but make sure you leave 1 building so the game doesn't finish. Build on all the mass deposits then upgrade your mass income. You will be getting about 100 mass every second which works out at 6000 a min, it will take around 3 hours, not long at all. you can also just leave the game running which all goes towards your 24 hours played.
Make sure you finish the game and don't quit or nothing will count.
Now for the "Sharp Shooter" and "Master Builder" achievements:
There is 2 ways to do this. If you have a boosting partner this is the quickest way to get these achievements.
Start a ranked match or multiplayer match and build 10 or more air pads,then have your boosting partner build 2 anti-air at each of your air pads. Then your boosting partner shoud build 10 or more air pads and you build 2 anti-air at each of his air pads. Now all you have to do is keep building wasps from all of the air pads, they will be destroyed as soon as they are built.
If you don't have anyone to boost with this is what I did.
Start a skirmish match with these settings.
Map - Coalition command center 3v1
Type - Supremacy
Rush timer - 20min to set up enough defenses
Add 3 easy AI and make sure they are all on team 2 and you are at location A.
UEF recommended
Before you start Don't build land units or artillery, the land units are too slow and the artillery will destroy the AI.
As soon as you start you should upgrade your structures in this order: Build cost, Build timer, to start with. Then build 4 research stations around the outside of the 4 mass deposits, then build the 4 extractors. Keep building research stations all around the outside in a square, 20 -30 will do.
You should be getting plenty of tech points and you need to makes sure you have these researched before the rush timer is up; Radar, than Fortified artillery, Gauss cannon, Linked railgun anti-air, Health, Shield generator, then try to upgrade the Structures training ASAP.
Build 2 shield generators and 2 anti air in each corner of your base and 2 shield generators in the middle, now your base is nearly untouchable. make sure you build anti nuke defenses and don't forget to keep them well stocked, if you forget they will nuke you after a hour or so. They are also handy as nuke defense silos and nukes are also auto short range artillery. Build your power stations near your important structures cause as soon as you research Engineering Tower all your power stations auto repair or finish building structures for you.
Your base will be untouchable to anything they send at you and you will be getting loads of kills without building any units at all. Now all you have to do is build as many air pads as you like and keep building wasps. you can either set a way point to each or the AI bases or you can nuke your own units, the choice is yours.
After 45 mins. or so they will start sending 20 or so land units at a time but don't worry your base will take care of them. But if you are worried build a few fortified artillery at the front of your base.
Using this method I was able to build 4000+ units and get 1800+ kills every 2 hours. Just don't forget to finish the game or nothing will count.
Once you are done with everything except "Time Cruncher", destroy everything but 1 Mass Extractor or Power Station and leave the game running over night.
Type - Supremacy
Rush timer - 5
Add 1 easy AI
This is the best map as there is so many mass deposits, just destroy the AI base but make sure you leave 1 building so the game doesn't finish. Build on all the mass deposits then upgrade your mass income. You will be getting about 100 mass every second which works out at 6000 a min, it will take around 3 hours, not long at all. you can also just leave the game running which all goes towards your 24 hours played.
Make sure you finish the game and don't quit or nothing will count.
Now for the "Sharp Shooter" and "Master Builder" achievements:
There is 2 ways to do this. If you have a boosting partner this is the quickest way to get these achievements.
Start a ranked match or multiplayer match and build 10 or more air pads,then have your boosting partner build 2 anti-air at each of your air pads. Then your boosting partner shoud build 10 or more air pads and you build 2 anti-air at each of his air pads. Now all you have to do is keep building wasps from all of the air pads, they will be destroyed as soon as they are built.
If you don't have anyone to boost with this is what I did.
Start a skirmish match with these settings.
Map - Coalition command center 3v1
Type - Supremacy
Rush timer - 20min to set up enough defenses
Add 3 easy AI and make sure they are all on team 2 and you are at location A.
UEF recommended
Before you start Don't build land units or artillery, the land units are too slow and the artillery will destroy the AI.
As soon as you start you should upgrade your structures in this order: Build cost, Build timer, to start with. Then build 4 research stations around the outside of the 4 mass deposits, then build the 4 extractors. Keep building research stations all around the outside in a square, 20 -30 will do.
You should be getting plenty of tech points and you need to makes sure you have these researched before the rush timer is up; Radar, than Fortified artillery, Gauss cannon, Linked railgun anti-air, Health, Shield generator, then try to upgrade the Structures training ASAP.
Build 2 shield generators and 2 anti air in each corner of your base and 2 shield generators in the middle, now your base is nearly untouchable. make sure you build anti nuke defenses and don't forget to keep them well stocked, if you forget they will nuke you after a hour or so. They are also handy as nuke defense silos and nukes are also auto short range artillery. Build your power stations near your important structures cause as soon as you research Engineering Tower all your power stations auto repair or finish building structures for you.
Your base will be untouchable to anything they send at you and you will be getting loads of kills without building any units at all. Now all you have to do is build as many air pads as you like and keep building wasps. you can either set a way point to each or the AI bases or you can nuke your own units, the choice is yours.
After 45 mins. or so they will start sending 20 or so land units at a time but don't worry your base will take care of them. But if you are worried build a few fortified artillery at the front of your base.
Using this method I was able to build 4000+ units and get 1800+ kills every 2 hours. Just don't forget to finish the game or nothing will count.
Once you are done with everything except "Time Cruncher", destroy everything but 1 Mass Extractor or Power Station and leave the game running over night.
FuturePuma99
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This guide was translated automatically.
You need to play in Skirmish mode or Xbox Live (You can play both modes, time adds up)
