Blogs - RangerX431

0 comments by RangerX431 on Dec 28th, 2012

Any RTS fan on Facebook might know about War Commander, a game that plays just like Command & Conquer games. It is a massive online real time strategy that takes place in an apocalyptic future where there is no government, only war. I am commanding a level 33 faction that has all of the units and buildings, even the special prizes. The game is pretty slow and takes a long time to play, but it is a good game, in my opinion: Apps.facebook.com

For C&C fans, there are two MMORTS games: Tiberium Alliances and Command & Conquer Free 2 Play (formerly Generals 2), which will be open to the public next year. Zee Hypnotist mentions Generals 2 in his Command & Conquer Legos videos I also recommend that you watch that series. It is a satire of the series with many inside jokes.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Oct 21st, 2012

I am taking time to perfect my Project-X mod for Command & Conquer Generals. I have the entire X-Force coded perfectly. I am making recolored images for the units and buildings so they will match the army's house color: golden yellow.

For the Command Center, I chose an American Spy Satellite station found in the Situation Zero Alpha mod. I wanted a unique-looking CC that still looks American, since my faction is from the USA. The reason why I did was that I could not find the alpha command center even though I saw one gamer use it in a demonstration of his mod on YouTube. Oh well... -_-

The three battle plans are Assault-X (tanks), Fortress-X (defenses and super weapons) and SpecOps-X (stealth and aircraft). In Project-X2, I will include a forth plan called Omega-X, which puts the best of the best of each kind of unit and building together.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Oct 4th, 2012

I have been away from ModDB for too long. I decided to recreate the Project-X mod for Generals, but I am running into some difficulty getting land mines and radar to appear in the command center at the same time. I did make this happen somehow, but I don't remember what I did.
The reason for the long hiatus was that I reinstalled my computer and deleted the BIG file I was making. I switched to another RTS game called War Commander, so I forgot about C&C modding.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Feb 23rd, 2012

I am not satisfied with using the standard USA Command Center for the X-Force Army. I am looking for the old unused USA Command Center. Here is a link to the concept art for the building: Media.moddb.com

To see the actual building in a game, please click here and watch this video: Youtube.com

If you know where I can download the model, please give me the website's URL. I want to use it as the new headquarters for the X-Force. Since my faction has gold as its color and the old USA buildings are light brown/gold in appearance, I feel this building is more appropriate than the default USA Command Center.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Feb 1st, 2012

I just heard about another petition that needs 2 million people. It is another anti-ACTA petition. If we can get at least 2 million signers, the petition will reach decision makers of the European Union: Avaaz.org

I already signed the petition. I hope that we can defeat this bill because according to the website, it violates our internet freedoms. I already shared it with Facebook and will do the same with two other websites. Please tell your friends about ACTA and sign the petition.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Jan 22nd, 2012

The Project-X mod is much much better than last time. I finally figured out how to use the transparency tools such as the Magic Wand in my Microsoft Digital Imaging program (I have the 2006 starter edition that came with Windows 7), which means no black or white rectangles over the battlefield map. I am also using old Command & Conquer tracks in my faction's playlist: the music comes from Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert 1 and 2 and Tiberian Sun; the victory and defeat themes are from Red Alert 3 (I chose the Allied themes because they suited my faction best). I will also upload my custom command bar, which is a gold and silver version of the US command bar with the X-Force logo replacing the US one.

I plan to upload three demonstration videos of the X-Force to my YouTube account. Here's the link to my channel: Youtube.com

By tomorrow morning, I will show you some of my artwork and strategy guides for Generals and Zero Hour. :D While I work on my mod, I am watching videos by fellow Generals Galherios and Kilah4716.

I am promoting their channels in this journal entry:
General Galherios: Youtube.com
General Kilah4716: Youtube.com

0 comments by RangerX431 on Jan 14th, 2012

I am redesigning the X-Force faction again using modified infantry and vehicles. A couple of ideas I have are a Sniper Tunnel Network (that kills infantry per shot) and a nuclear Missile Defender. The faction is a combination of the USA, Chinese and GLA sides put together.

To make it interesting, I arranged all of the buildings and units in a class system based on Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight, which in my view is the worst C&C game ever made: two main reasons to hate it are the new Crawler system (instead of stationary bases) and the population cap (no more overwhelming the battlefield). It is more of a multiplayer game than a single player game. Since I prefer skirmishes and one-player campaigns, I switched to something else (that's how bad the game was for me). I am not optimistic about Generals 2 either: when I saw the trailer, I thought that Bioware was running out of ideas (many of their vehicles and buildings look recycled from C&C 3 and Red Alert 3).

As soon as I complete the X-Force for my Project-X mod (a Generals mod), I will upload the tech trees of all three battle plans on this page.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Jan 6th, 2012

I read about Galherios, on of my favorite Generals gamers, on the C&C Wikia (also called the EVA Database): Cnc.wikia.com
I decided to type about myself at my profile. It is a background of Ranger-X, my fictional self that I use in video games: Cnc.wikia.com
As you can tell, Ranger-X has been involved in every Command & Conquer War up to Zero Hour, but he will not participate in Generals 2 (because I feel that it is simply a recycled C&C title with old units).

0 comments by RangerX431 on Jan 2nd, 2012

I am trying to regain my enthusiasm for Command & Conquer mods, since I lost interest in them last year. I decided that as long as the Stop Online Piracy Act is going through the U.S. government, I will not upload any drawings on my home page (to avoid breaking copyright laws by displaying video game artwork as my own). When I see that the bill failed to become law, I will re-add images I took down.

I am also recreating the X-Force faction in my Project-X mod for Command & Conquer Generals, but I get bored easily thinking about the units and buildings I want to add... Maybe exercising every morning will help me think straight.

0 comments by RangerX431 on Nov 27th, 2011

I have way too many accounts on the internet, so I have to close most of them (leaving the most important ones). I learned about the Stop Online Piracy Act, which, if made into a law, will ruin most websites if they have materials owned by companies displayed on them. EA happens to be one of the companies that supports this bill, so this website might be destroyed by the bill (since some of the games on Mod Database belong to EA: Tiberium Wars, Generals and Red Alert 3).

I don't want to go to prison for "copyright infringement", so I have to leave for my own sake.
Edit: This was just a temporary leave. I did return to this website.