1.04 CHANGES
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Paratrooper plane speed increased significantly. Transport Plane speed and armour increased. New image (Mig Eater)
Defence building strength increased. Basic defences fire considerably faster.
Superweapons refuse to function without battle lab.
Warhawk, Kirov Gunship, Deceiver Disk, Battleship and Akula are now classified as super units.
Super units do not gain as many stat bonuses upon promotion. Super unit are less effective against infantry.
Super units require, radar, battle lab and that factions key structure e.g. Ore Purifier, Troop Bay, Psychic Beacon
Tweaked AA performance vs missiles.
You can now choose Random without any bugs/internal errors.
Implemented bounty logic for PRA units which are not suicide, dogs or missiles which can be shot down.
Yuri Eva is Godsun (Godsun)
Added Yuri sidebar. (Blade)
Added support powers.
Allied barracks can be garrisoned. Strength reduced but concrete armour.
Airforce Command HQ is equipped with a uplink to GPS network. After a certain time period, the connection is fully established and the map is revealed.
Changed radiation colour back to green.
Ore Purifier power consumption and cost reduced.
Psychic Beacon no longer heals infantry.
Yuri Construction Yard now heals infantry. Construction Yard cannot undeploy.
Forceshield Generator is now Frenzy Generator. Drives vunerable enemy units and infantry within a small radius beserk.
Psychic Dominator is now Psychic Devastator. Devastate causes heavy damage to all targets within blast radius.
Replaced Chrono Miner with Stealth Miner (see unit description)
Replaced War Miner with Inferno Miner (see unit description) (Lao Tze)
Replaced Chaos Missile with Stargazer. (see unit description) (Unit: ArgCmdr, Cameo: Omegabolt)
Replaced Magnetic Disk with Deceiver Disk (see unit description) (Lao Tze/Apollo)
Replaced Grinding Tank with Defiler (see description) (Daz)
Added Scramble Tower (see description) (Xgamer)
Added Marine (see unit description) (Unit: partyzanPaulZy Cameo: Starkku)
Added Avenger (see unit description) (Unit: Tony Cameo: Xeno)
Added FROG (see unit description) (Gamemate)
Added Field HQ (see description) (Markavian)
Added new barrel to flak cannon (issly)
Added Lock-On upgrade (Cameo: Just West/Starkku)
Added Nuke Shells upgrade (Cameo: Starkku)
Added RPG Ammo upgrade (Cameo: The_Hunter)
Added Forsaken (see unit description) (Cameo: Clazzy/Starkku)
Added Reaper (see unit description) (Lao Tze)
Added Awoken. (see unit description) (Lao Tze)
Added Hellfire. (Napalm/Starkku) (see unit description)
Added Harbinger (SSTG/Starkku) (see unit description)
Added Oil Rig (see building description)
Added Angel (Hazzwsw) (see unit description)
Added Temple (Building: Clazzy Cameo: Gamemate/Omegabolt) (see building description)
Added PRA Air Pad (MadHQ)
Added new terrain (Mooman YR Squared)
Added Nuwa Tank (see unit description) (unit: raminator Cameo: Starkku)
Added Spotter (see unit description) (unit: ArgCmdr Cameo: Starkku)
Added Minigunner (see unit description) (unit: raminator Cameo: The_Hunter/Starkku)
Added Iron Guard (see unit description) (unit: TX1138 Cameo: Mig Eater)
Enslaver is now Infector. (see unit description) (Medalmonkey)
Magnetic Tower is now Pyro Turret (see building description) (Gamemate/Apollo - Robot Storm) Can be built further away.
Added support for Assault Map Packs. Added Sole Survivor EVA for Assault. (Apollo)
The nuclear reactor is back and is now known as Nuke Plant. (Cameo: Tratos/Starkku)
Hacking technology damages controlled units/structures.
Heroes, jumpjet infantry, scouts, light AA/AG units and basic ships are the only units equipped with sensors to detect cloaked/submerged threats.
Updated unit descriptions/classifications which should hopefully help you players to develop more balanced armies.
Been in mod since version 1 but note that agents only steal 10% of refinery funds (this notice will always appear in general information)
Been in mod since version 1 but note that Secret Labs will grant a random hero, super unit e.g. Behemoth or Ion Cannon.
Added corpses to standard temperate, snow, urban maps.
Chronosphere strength increased.
Replaced Iron Curtain with EOAB Uplink.
Service Depots removed for gameplay reasons.
Spies and engineers take u to two pips in transports for balance reasons.
Shadow Tank has AA capability. Strength increased.
Fix Palette issue with nuke death animation.
Fixed bug where Gladiator/Mental Beacon projectile did not used trailer animation.
Gladiator strength increased.
Predator strength increased.
Raider Light Tank strength increased. New model (Mig Eater)
Mental Beacon has minimum range.
Grand Cannon is now Ion Cannon. New model (MadHQ) Has minimum range.
Removed all combat lighting on weapons, warheads (not radiation)
Laser Turret range increased. Can be built further away.
Guard Tower range increased. Can be built further away.
Laser Cannon range increased.
Voltagor Tower is now Bunker Turret (see unit description) (Apollo)
Battleship strength increased.
Akula is now Shang. Strength increased. New weapon system (see unit description) No longer accelerates.
Chrono Tank has new cameo (Gamemate)
Chrono Transport cameo updated (Omegabolt)
Chrono Tanks/Transports can now teleport to other islands but can no longer enter service depots.
Tweaked oil derrick/storage income production rates.
Revised vehicle damage. Factory level units are fast, small units thus taking less damage from most weapons generally. Radar/Tech level units are larger, slower vehicles which are thus more vunerable to damage but capable of higher damager potential. Super units i.e. build limit are exception to this rule due to super heavy armour plating.
Artillery units are generally more powerful but less accurate. All artillery have build limits.
Fighter aircraft weapons damage groups of units, making them good vs large groups of medium, heavy vehicles. Poor performance vs light vehicles and infantry however. Exception being Yak.
Revise aircraft combat damage. Fighters are strong vs stationary AA guns and ships but weak vs man portable AA weapons and vehicles. Bomber strength increased but speed reduced. Bombers take most damage from stationary AA guns and ships.
Revise structure combat damage. Tanks, light vehicles are generally more effective vs defences but less potent vs standard structures and vice versa for artillery. Fighter aircraft are strong vs defences but weak vs standard structures (exception being Yak vice versa) Bombers are powerful vs standard structures but less potent vs defences. Construction Yard, Naval Yards are exception to standard building rule and are generally resistant to everything.
Revise infantry combat damage. Basic infantry most vunerable to damage, radar level, battle lab infantry have combat armour, heroes have powersuit armour, note that Yuri infantry have combat armour + genetic engineering as standard but are fearless and thus cannot go prone (to reduce damage). All infantry self-heal by default.
Revised urban combat damage. All infantry generally gain increased range, faster rof, aa capabilities. Weapon damage is reduced however and even more so for units which lack aa ability by default. Civilian building strength and armour changed.
Vortex Storm superweapon damage reduced.
Vortex Tank has tweaked warhead, updated purpose (see unit description)
Omega Cannon replaces yuri tank bunker on maps (Speeder) Select building and manually target enemy forces. (Capture with engineer to use)
Nuclear Waste Silo replaces soviet battle bunker on maps (Enemy at Gate) Select building and force fire on ground, "attack" enemy to deploy large radiation field. Violently explodes when destroyed. (Capture with engineer to use)
Research Lab replaces SpySat Uplink on maps (ArgCmdr) Research Lab provides full map reveal and income. (Capture with engineer to use)
Added 15 multiplayer maps (CaptnMel, Airasslt, tds101, Lee, Tony,szz70cn)
The amount of units you can queue increased to 99.
Added Yurified Cameos (TX1138)
Added Regen Disk (Unit: MadHQ/Apollo Cameo: Starkku)
Tesla Reactor is now Nuke Reactor (The I Man)
New Iron Curtain device image (BrianPrime)
Tweaked faction MCV (see unit description)
Gap Generator is now Stealth Generator (ArgCmdr)
Spy is now Agent (Mooman65) Increased speed, reduced sight, no longer disguises, is cloaked. New image (Dark_Efl_2001)
New model (ZombyDragon) Hoplite strength increased. Cost increased. New weapon system (see unit description)
Power Plant is now Thermo Plant.
Medic cameo updated (Starkku) Strength increased. Female voice.
Amphibious Transports are deployed from War Factory. Strength doubled.
Minigunner is now Ranger (SharpShark).
Rocket Soldier is now Defender (SharpShark) Can fire at airborne units when in opentopped units.
Brute strength and speed increased. Attack no longer mutates enemy infantry.
Repair weapon range increased. Repair trucks automatically self-heal. Tweaked faction repair trucks (see unit descriptin)
New image for PRA Nuclear Missile Silo.
Transports now respond when deploying units.
Added build limit to COV, thus you may only have 1 mobile version on the battlefield at any given time. Tweaked faction COV (see all sides)
Aegis Cruiser has turret, faster rate of turn, slower rate of fire on missiles.
Robot Tank cameo updated (Apollo/Speeder) Strength increased.
Abaddon strength increased. Cost reduced and new weapon systems (see unit description)
Detriev is now Wang Hou. Strength increased. New weapon systems (see unit description)
Commando is now Stavros. Strength increased. New weapon systems (see unit description)
All hero infantry have AA capabilities.
Bridge strength increased considerably.
Kirov Airship is now Kirov Gunship, new model (SSTG) armour and weapon system changed. (see unit description) Kirov no longer crashes when destroyed.
Tweaked AA weapon damage, range, warhead. AA weapons are no longer subject to elevation.
All capital units i.e. has build limit are immune to hacking technology.
Spysat function is now a "ability" of Airforce Command HQ
Grinder reverted back to YR status par Strength value.
Phantom cost increased.
New Gunboat image (Starkku) New weapon systems (see unit description)
Added burning fuel animation to airborne units when heavily damaged.
Spies can no longer be crushed.
Inferno flame damage reduced. Cost increased. New model (SSTG) Changed Inferno warhead effects (Anim: Gamemate)
Warhawk no longer crashes when destroyed. Warhawk weapon/movement speed increased.
Lift Transport is now Dropship. Tech requirement and cost increased. No longer crashes when destroyed.
Buildings can no longer be built off a Psyker Tower. Weapon rate of fire is 44% faster. Range increased. Links up with 5 towers. Each tower increases damage by 10%
Purifier cost increased. Strength increased. Increased weapon range. New weapon sound. New image (ZombyDragon)
Rocketeer trains slightly faster. (previously no training bonus) Rockeeter no longer crashes when killed (fixes exploit bug from YR) Rocketeer movement increased. Cameo updated (SharpShark/Apollo) Weapon is heat cannon. Cost increased.
Behemoth new model (raminator/apollo) Behemoth strength increased. Behemoth can deploy a "psi wave" (double click on unit) Behemoth death weapon damage increased.
Odyssey strength increased. Up to two infantry can enter and fire from its gunports. Fits six slots into amphibious transport.
New Armageddon image (Tony) New cameo (Starkku) Strength increased. Death weapon damage increased and nuclear. Fits six slots into amphibious transport.
Gladiator resized (Apollo) Weapon tweaked. Gladiator cost increased.
Yak Transport is now Subterranean APC (see unit description) (unit: Daz Cameo: Starkku)
Replaced Mig with Jian (Big Jah) and Badger with Xian (see unit description)
Raptor missile range increased. Has AA capability.
Aesir fireball range increased. Has AA capability.
Chrono Centurion wears heavier armour and a new support role for allied defences (see unit description)
Vindicator can fire at airborne units when in opentopped units.
Shock Trooper AA weapon no longer has a cellspread effect. New voice. Less effective against infantry. Can fire at airborne units when in opentopped units.
Wasp is now Raven (MadHQ, Apollo) Technology requirement reduced to radar level. Weapon speed, cost increased.
Yuri MCV is now amphibious. New model (Sleipnir64) New cameo (Gamemate)
Submarine is now Wolf. New model (Tony) New cameo (Starkku) Faster rate of turn, cost increased.
Moskva is now Luhai rate of turn and speed increased. Can fire on the move.
Demolition boat strength, rate of turn and speed increased.
Howitzer is now Panzer. New cameo (Omegabolt) New weapon system (see unit description)
Updated spyplane cameo (Mooman65)
Updated Red Fist cameo (Remus Brailoiu - Generals Mod/Omegabolt)
Added sounds from various RTS games.
Vindicators are no longer crushable.
Fixed art sequence of Vanir. Vanir are no longer crushable. Cost reduced.
Yuri Engineer is no longer crushable.
New infantry death animation when killed by a nuclear weapon (Anim: Gamemate)
Added new nuclear explosion animations (Remus Brailoiu - Generals Mod)
Oil Storage is no longer capturable.
Attack Dog strength increased and armour changed.
Tweaked some art entries.
Tweaked AI. AI no longer builds walls. Fix Yuri AI Battle Lab issue. Fixed Yuri AI terrorist issue. Fixed AI spy war factory/barracks issue.
Changed game font.
Rifle Infantry new model. (Lord Kal)
Ripper strength, rate of turn, speed increased.
Quad Cannon rate of turn, speed increased. No longer transports infantry. Cost reduced.
Stryker rate of turn, speed increased. Cost reduced.
Saboteur speed increased. New voice. New weapons. New model. (Lord Kal) No longer disguises, uses personal cloaking device, can gain experience. Lower tech requirement and cost.
Fixed some csf strings.
Soviets are now PRA (new load screen, gui, voices, etc) - documentation has been upgraded to reflect this (Lefthand, Mig Eater)
Removed Bomb Jeep.
Removed Demolition Truck.
Removed Terrorist.
Removed Tank Destroyer. _________________ Last edited by Allied General on Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:57 pm; edited 3 times in total QUICK_EDIT
I'm thinking news post. I'll do it (along with other projects) when I get a bit more free time on my hands (I'm amazed I've even managed to get onto PPM this week). QUICK_EDIT
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AGSA 1.04 released!
