New pd patch...

Banshee · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:10 am Post subject: New pd patch...

I'd just like to point out that pd (also known as PaD) has released a new patch. You can have an uber cell spread, periodically (doesn't work all the time yet) load sidecd03.mix for Yuri's UI and the coolest feature: Generate desert maps with Random Map Generator.

pd wrote:

Patch v1.01 is released today, including the following features:

1. CellSpread limit for warheads broken
Yep, it took me 4 hours. WW was too lazy to create an algorithm to calculate the number of cells affected, so they just made an array with a length of 11. Making a calculaition algorithm for that was quite tricky, but now you can have a CellSpread of whatever you want (I tested 100, worked properly).

2. Option to load sidec03.mix for Yuri's UI
I didn't believe that there were just a few bytes avoiding that. It was just laziness by WW: If the player is ThirdSide, the UI for the second side is loaded.
You can set a flag in the rulesmd.ini file now to determine if a special UI is loaded for Yuri.
One made by Blade is available on the Resource Download page.

3. Improved Random Map Generator
Yep, now it also creates wonderful Urban and Desert maps for you.
What's up with New Urban and Lunar?
Well, since no civilian buildings are placed on random maps (except tech buildings), Urban and NewUrban don't make much sense for random maps.
To save work, I just included Urban, I would have to write special codes to disable it. NewUrban was taken out at all, it doesn't look much different from Temperate.
Lunar causes an internal error when creating random maps. Why? Because there's no water the RMG could place.
Check out these screenshots to see how it looks like: Desert, Urban
I tell you something: random desert maps are SO DAMN cool Wink

Besides, I changed several things on this homepage as you may notice viewing the sidebar.
The tutorials aren't included in the patch pack anymore, but available on the Tutorial page.

I'm posting this here instead of the main page because people don't want news about it spreaded in bug sites... It's a kind of risk, since patching the exe is considered reverse engineering, which is more ilegal than modding.

Major_Gilbear · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 09 Aug 2003

THANK YOU!

I have always wanted the third sidbar set to function properly!

I wonder if tow other small changes would be possible?

1) Allowing different planes to be used for different Paradrops
2) Un-hardcoding the Spyplane's camera, so that it will allow players to make an Airstrike if they wish to.

Mig Eater · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:

CellSpread limit broken! OMG

*goes off to make nuke explode anim uber huge...*

The DvD · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: New pd patch...

Banshee wrote:

I'm posting this here instead of the main page because people don't want news about it spreaded in bug sites... It's a kind of risk, since patching the exe is considered reverse engineering, which is more ilegal than modding.

Hm... would that mean something for RotD and TSTW?

Banshee · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:16 pm Post subject:

No, because he edited YR and not TS/FS

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The DvD · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

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since patching the exe is considered reverse engineering

Banshee · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject:

But he dissassembles the exe file. You guys just viewed it in hex mode and couldn't understand how does it work.

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Clarkson · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject:

Damn. this could be the beginning of a new era in modding...(Airstrikes...Dropship Loadout working...NEW SIDEBARS. god..)

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Major_Gilbear · Cyborg Firebomber **Joined**: 09 Aug 2003

Dropship loadout is prolly a bit too much to ask; the amount of supporting logic that it would require is considerable.
Note that I'm referring to full Dropship Loadout logic, usable in MP. The Dropship is already workable in SP (see Deezire's Tiberian mod).

Smaller tweaks, like a higher unit cap, or a replacement for the spyplane's camera (allowing it to be modded into an airstrike for example) would be more feasable requests IMO.

Stingerr · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:

what program does he use for this sort of things?

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John Galt · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:55 pm Post subject:

Disassembler + brains.