Contra 008 changelog (part 14) news

The changes of this changelog can be seen in the latest release.

Gameplay errors fixed:

- Cyber spider tank has no options when you select it. Fixed.
- USA Boss EMP Tower can not be disabled now. This fixes the glitch with its EMP field.
- MogadishuTower04 is not garrisonable anymore. This fixes the glitch with firing from it.
- Too many fireworks caused the game to slow down. Fixed.
- GLA Stealth's Scorpion II Weapon Status is frozen. Fixed.
- AI knows about new units and buildings and recognizes them as targets properly now.
- USA Pilots start going wherever they want and get stuck. Fixed.
- Sentry Droids do not fire at enemies automatically when stealth. Fixed.
- Blackout Missile System does not repair itself. Fixed.
- Cyber Dominators have glitchy missiles. Fixed.
- USA Boss: Leonidas takes forever to be built. Fixed.
- Toxin general AI does not build Arms Dealer. Fixed.
- China Boss: Particle Cannon repairs itself (should not be). Fixed.
- China Boss: Scout drone can crush trees and run over infantry. Fixed.
- China Boss: Hackers were unlimited and did not require Internet Center. Fixed.
- Stealth general's Mortar Buggy turns entire hull instead of its gun when firing Gas Warheads. Fixed.
- Anti-radar Missile Launcher doesn't attack enemy radars automatically. Fixed.
- When you select a Hijacker, a hijack ability icon is not shown, but if you select multiple Hijackers - it appears. Fixed.
- GLA Boss Rocket Truck has weird physics. Fixed.
- GLA Boss Radar Van's AA Radar can't be deployed. Fixed.
- Raven does not bring damage to air units. Fixed.
- Atmospheric Lenz (when launched) got affected by Tank general's Shaker Overlord. Fixed.
- Enemies fired at Jarmen Kell's parasite. Fixed.
- Assassin Biker is always invisible. Fixed.
- ToxinG - Karakourt stays stealthed while attacking. Fixed.
- Assault general's Underground Command Post has camouflage option, but it can't be purchased. Fixed.
- China Internet Center physical size did not fit its 3d model size. Fixed.
- GLA Temple of Jihad physical size did not fit its 3d model size. Fixed.
- If there is a Red Arrow next to an Airfield, it fires 2 missiles at a taking off plane. Fixed.
- Carpet bomb general's power reloaded for 6 minutes, but it was written "7:00". Fixed. Reloads for 7 minures now, as it is said.
- Tunnel Digger and Rig Launcher can't be recycled. Fixed.
- Assault General. After you unlock the unit training from general's powers menu, Radar Van's veterancy is added. Fixed.
- Aladdin doesn't have some buttons in command set. Fixed.
- Stealth general Mortar Buggy's back wheels are not spinning. Fixed.
- Laser Defense Drone uses "F" as a shortcut, which is also used to set formation. Fixed.
- If you capture a Chinese War Factory, you can't build a Listening Outpost. Fixed.
- Cancelling the construction of a Fuel Tube spreads fire around. Fixed.
- Poisoned dead bodies block toxin and fire streams. Fixed.
- Bobcat has an unneeded "Guard Air button" and "Clean toxins" button is absent. Fixed.
- Minigunner has lower armor than Red Guards. Fixed (equal now).
- Stealth general - Assassin Biker is not built as veteran after the GLA Training general's power is unlocked. Fixed.
- Enemies around the ECM effect automatically fire at the ECM impact. Fixed.
- Ravens damage buildings with the missiles when firing at aircraft. Fixed.
- When Toxin Tractor kills one soldier, another nearby soldier can receive very high rate of fire sometimes. Fixed.
- Demo Tunnel Network doesn't bring any damage to surrounding units when you detonate it. Fixed.
- Civilian Chemical Bunkers and Chemical Factory bring damage around themselves when damaged, but no toxins are displayed. Fixed.
- WDS was too strong because of a bug: it ignored reload time. Fixed.
- GLA Azarakhsh was dependent on power. Fixed.
- GLA Cave construction can't be continued because building site can not be selected. Fixed.
- Yan Wang fires at aircraft with Neutron Shells before upgrade is purchased. Fixed.
- Player can easily gain rank by ordering Black Lotus to disable enemy vehicles. Fixed.
- Trains are affected by shockwaves. Fixed.
- When infantry is wounded, a "get in" cursor appears when you point it at a Command Truck, Listening Outpost or Troop Crawler. Fixed.
- After Improved MIRV upgrade, Yan Wang is able to penetrate energy shields. Fixed.
- StealthG Anti-radar Missile Launcher - It can't fire at a fake Radar Van. Fixed.
- Manticore (Huang Zhong) had redundant AA attack range. Fixed (reduced by 25%).
- Quad Defense Site starts firing at enemy buildings automatically and ignores aircraft. Fixed.
- Large number of GLA bikes could cause a crash because of shadow drawing problems. Fixed.
- Crop Dusters have "get in" cursor on Airfields, but they can't land on them. Fixed.
- Scorpion Smoke ability disables drones. Fixed. Smoke ability was removed.

Graphic and sound errors fixed:

- Damaged Nemesis model is absent. Fixed.
- USA Boss Command Center has the airforce gen logo. Fixed.
- GLA Stealth's Fake Scorpion II has a visible muzzle flash. Fixed.
- Demo general nuke detonator had no texture. Fixed.
- ZTZ-104 has no headlights at night. Fixed.
- Saturn animation is played when standing. Fixed.
- When selecting GLA Missile Silo, its hole opens instantly and closes. Fixed.
- Nemesis had weird death animation. Fixed.
- Really damaged WDS is too black. Fixed.
- When a normal USA SW Dozer gets destroyed, a hull of the armored SW Dozer appears. Fixed.
- China Boss: Supply Truck's cameo is different than the one which is inside the Supply Center. Fixed.
- USA Boss Challenger loses its housecolor and turret does not rotate when it has low health. Fixed.
- Tank general's Heavy ECM tank had double decal. It was noticeable on rough terrain. Fixed.
- White Dragon. When it gets destroyed and when it starts to go down - its model is not damaged. Fixed.
- Cancelling Elbrus Storm construction does not leave an explosion scorch mark. Fixed.
- Infantry can capture Tech Radar without being close enough visually. Fixed.
- DemoG - Efreet has smoke under itself while stopped. Fixed.
- When you cancel China Power Plant construction, a scorch mark does not appear. Fixed.
- New Tech Field Bunker's housecolor gets black when the bunker is damaged. Fixed.
- Comanches' rotor blades don't rotate normally. Fixed.
- Quad Tank has housecolor not attached to turret. Fixed.
- Dominator launched missiles along a wrong direction. Fixed.
- Coyote's housecolor is not recognizable when it's damaged. Fixed.
- AssaultG - Rig Launcher's digger does not change housecolor. Fixed.
- Spy Drone/UAV doesn't have housecolor on its wings. It's always black. Fixed.
- If you select an enemy Pave Low, its cameo does not appear. Fixed.
- GLA Toxin general's Terrorists don't have an explosion sound. Fixed.
- When flame artillery hits infantry, you see blood splatter and hear bullet hitting sound. Fixed.
- Tech Radar's upgrade icon (stealth detector) is missing. Fixed.
- WDS beam does not disappear when it fires from outside of screen. Fixed.
- When challenge loading screen is displayed, "versus" word is heard. Fixed.
- Chinese Supply Trucks use Arabic voice when the supply source is empty. Fixed.
- USA Cyber General's Patriots don't have a preview sound (when you click on it, you don't hear anything). Fixed.
- USA Air Force Coyote tank says "Crusader Tank responding". Fixed.
- USA Air Force Bobcat and Eye uses replics like "Artillery deployed", "We will destroy the enemy" and others which don't fit their role. Fixed.
- When Oil Refinery is destroyed, there is a floating smoke which doesn't come from anything, it just spawns from the air. Fixed.
- Nuke demo trap has missing textures (displayed in pink). Fixed.
- Battle Drone lands to repair flying vehicle (which flies above it). Fixed.
- AssaultG Demolisher - When it's attacked by a a flame unit, its texture becomes black (damaged) and gets normal when fire disappears from it. Fixed.
- StealthG Scorpion II used wrong icon for build button. Fixed.
- SWG upgraded WDS - While in disassembling (selling) process, the coordinate marker turret is shown, not the ion cannon. Fixed.
- StealthG - Radar Van Scan icon is visible from game start and can't be used before upgrading. Fixed.
- Karkadann launched shells from wrong barrels. Fixed.
- USA Chinook rubble model - The blades' texture is weird. Fixed.
- Demo Zipper has shadow bug. Fixed.
- Some trees were oversized. Fixed.
- Chinese Artillery Battery - No preview sound is played when you select it. Fixed.
- GLA Artillery Barrage general's power decal gets resized after choosing the target. Fixed.
- Chinese Red Arrow doesn't have recoil animation when firing at aircraft. Fixed.
- Infantry General Command Center had unneeded "Stop" button. Fixed.
- Harbingers had Countermeasueres upgrade icon, but Cyber general doesn't have this upgrade available. Fixed.
- Chinese Red Arrow uses English sounds. Fixed.
- Mobile Barracks - ChinaAC_mov4.wav - It's quieter than the others. Fixed.
- Quad Cannon does not fire behind enemies anymore - it aims precisely.
- Added snow version of supplies.
- Multiplayer loading bars had incorrect colors. Fixed.
- Guardian, Sentry, and other robots - No sound when unit is ready. Fixed.
- When Engineering Troop Crawler is damaged, sprayer does not rotate and neutralizer spawns from wrong spot. Fixed.
- Scorpion II has shiny treads when in destroyed state. Fixed.
- Azarakhsh did not have camo netting. Fixed.
- Chinese Red Arrow and GLA Stinger - Every 2nd missile is glitchy. Fixed.
- InfantryG - Shandian uses Troop Crawler's debris/destroyed model. Fixed.
- Civilian Militia Tank's treads are moving while the tank is standing. Fixed.
- ToxinG Sturm-S - The projectile is bigger than the launcher. Fixed.
- When Squid Drone is built, you hear "Upgrade complete" voice. Fixed.
- Some decorative objects such as street signs and street lamps were like ghosts and units could drive through them. Fixed. They can be now toppled by vehicles.
- Neutron Bomb special power - When you select it, decal appears, but when you launch it - the decal gets resized. Fixed.
- All GLA aircraft uses American voices when falling down. Fixed.
- Boss general Beetle mine has purple square on top. Fixed.
- Laser General Electricity Net Connection - lightning must be higher. Fixed.
- You can see smoke from a damaged Cluster mine even if it's stealth and hence, it reveals itself. Fixed.
- Web Defense System's laser blast effect on ground is flashing. Fixed.

Changes:

- Black color removed from multiplayer.
- Cyber general's Burton replaced with Terminator.
- Scorpion cost reduced from 700 to 650.
- USA Boss EMP Tower. The error with its animation in damaged state was fixed and collapsing death effect was added.
- Demo general "Impairment" power was removed.
- Laser general "Lazer Strike" power was removed.
- Cyber general "Cluster Tomahawks" power was removed.
- Carpet bombing power was removed from flame general.
- Flame gneneral's artillery barrage power was changed. It does not leave fire anymore.
- GLA Radar Van does not need Arms Dealer anymore.
- Stealth general's Radar Van is camouflaged by default.
- Nuke general Battlemaster received +10% armor.
- Vanilla USA's Crusader Tank was replaced with Challenger II.
- Cyber general Avenger cost increased to 1000. Health was increased by 10% as well.
- Terrorist and bike terrorist explosion splash radius was increased 1.5 times.
- Demo general. Luna demo trap ability is removed.
- GLA Stationary radar vision range increased, build time reduced, radar become stealth.
- Demo general technical is built with 4 terrorists inside, costs 800.
- Demo general AA Mine returned to rank 1, damage was lowered by 15%.
- GLA Mortar buggy weapon switch removed. Buggy kills garrisoned infantry with its conventional shells after "Gas Warheads" upgrade is researched.
- Fake buildings were removed from the game.
- Fake base creation general's power was removed from Stealth general.
- Demo general Battle Bus cluster mine was improved: it explodes with 25% less delay and spawns 25% more bomblets.
- Cyber rank 3 units became 50% faster and 20% weaker (Crab and Spider have less armor, Dominator - longer reload time and less damage);
- AA Radar deployment general's power added to all GLA generals.
- Sentry Drone Gun upgrade was removed for AF general.
- GLA holes don't reveal themselves when they take damage.
- Particle Cannon was boosted and its cost was lowered.
- Toxin rebel was too strong. Firepower was reduced by 20%.
- AF general Hydra does not fire at buildings now.
- Leech became 20% faster.
- AF General Pilot costs $400 (was $600).
- AF General Burton A-10 Call power does not have delay before firing anymore.
- Veterancy system was remade: veterans receive twice smaller bonus to damage, but twice bigger bonus to health now.
- Boss generals were removed from selection menu.
- User interface was redesigned.
- Colossus was strengthened: +5% attack range, +50% more damage and 2 times bigger health for Sparrowhawk.
- America Dozer speed upgrade is global now.
- Added 5 player color choices.
- All GLA combat bikes became 6% slower.
- GLA Terrorist bikes became 11% slower and have 10% less health (Quad Cannons and Gattlings stop them).
- Demo general Nuclear bomb truck (super unit) became visible, but health was increased 2 times.
- Ambulance was removed from AF general.
- Chain guns upgrade does not affect Assault Helix anymore.
- SW general's Burton got Ion Cannon Strike ability.
- After Blue Lasers upgrade, Rangers became very powerful versus anti-infantry units. Their power versus vehicles was reduced, while power versus infantry was increased.
- Cyber general's Terminator got anti-personnel weapon. Knife was removed.
- Laser Crusader firepower was reduced by 11%.
- Angry Mob was made free, but it is produced for a long time. (Just as an experiment).
- USA Dozer speed was reduced by 15%. But engines upgrade makes it faster than China Dozer anyway.
- Saturn is built like a building.
- Assault general Rebel on bike replaced with Alshain.
- Demo general Cockroach does not have individual invisibility anymore, but has suicide jump ability instead.
- Mod version is shown in replays now.
- Impulse engines upgrade gives +30% speed, not +50% as earlier.
- Laser missiles upgrade was removed from AF general.

Maps:

- Some maps removed.
- Added 30 new maps.
- Added new textures for maps.

For map makers:

- Unneeded textures removed, new ice and moon textures added.
- TSAcid01.tga location was fixed.
- GLA Factory was not visible in World Builder. Fixed.
- StoneArch01 is not visible in-game, but visible in WB. Fixed.
- China ATGM Trooper was not visible in WB. Fixed.
- Added neutral USA Ranger and Missile Defender in desert uniform.
- Cameos for UN Humvee, Militia Tank and China Agent were added.

Graphics:

- GLA Worker 3D model was changed.
- GLA Hijacker 3D model was changed.
- GLA Saboteur 3D model was changed.
- GLA Terrorist 3D model was changed.
- GLA Sniper 3D model was changed.
- GLA Jarmen Kell 3D model was changed.
- GLA Tunnel Defender 3D model was changed.
- GLA Rebels 3D models was changed.
- GLA Stinger Soldier 3D model was changed.
- GLA Boss Cobra Cannon 3D model was improved.

- USA Burton 3D model was changed.
- USA Pilot 3D model was changed.
- USA Cylon 3D model was changed.
- USA Guardian Droid 3D model was changed.
- USA Cyber Sentry Droid 3D model was changed.
- USA Laser Defender 3D model was changed.
- USA Boss general Ranger and Missile Defender models were changed to old cyborg models.
- USA Missile Defender 3D model was changed.
- USA Pathfinder 3D model was changed.
- USA Ranger 3D model was changed.
- USA Hummer 3D model was replaced with Valanx.
- USA Pave Low texture was improved.
- USA Repair Drone 3D model was changed.
- USA Medic Drone 3D model was changed.
- USA Drone Controller 3D model was changed.

- China Boss Flamethrower 3D model was changed.
- China Red Arrow 3D model was changed.
- China AGL Trooper 3D model was changed.
- China Jammer Trooper 3D model was changed.
- China Hacker 3D model was changed.
- China ATGM trooper 3D model was changed.
- China Minigunner 3D model was changed.
- China Sniper 3D model was changed.
- China Black Lotus 3D model was changed.
- China Nuke Tank Hunter 3D model was changed.
- China Field Engineer 3D model was changed.
- China Red Guard 3D model was changed.
- China Tank Hunter 3D model was changed.
- China Flame General Flamethrower 3D model was changed.
- China Guan Yu 3D model was changed.
- China Immolator 3D model was changed.
- China Emperor 3D model was changed.
- China Heavy Dragon Tank 3D model was changed.
- China Heavy ECM Tank 3D model was changed.
- China Mobile Sniper Cannon 3D model was changed.
- Added new models for some bunker addons.
- China Overlord-based tanks 3D models were changed.
- China Bunker 3D model was changed.
- China Fortified Bunker 3D model was changed.

- Neutral China Agent 3D model was changed.

- AF general engines upgrade grapic effect was remade.
- High resolution decals were added.
- Some standard cameos were improved.
- Old generals portraits were returned.

Descriptions:

- Inscription "Requires: General's promotion" changed to "Requires: Higher Rank"
- All reported mistakes and typos were corrected.
- All noticed weird descriptions were corrected.
- All reported errors with upgrade descriptions in the left upper corner of the screen were fixed.
- Suggested improvements about descriptions were implemented everywhere where it was possible.
- "F" hotkey was removed from units because it conflicted with Ctrl+F command.