Welcome back, general! As promised, we are releasing the next and perhaps the last hotfix for 009 Final Patch 3. A long time has passed for this release to be considered a "hot-fix", but we're keeping the hotfix tag for Patch dependency reasons.
Just because we didn't have many development updates doesn't mean we didn't work on the mod. Coding and scripting work cannot be presented as well as a new 3D model can as not everyone will comprehend what they are looking at if we publish plain code. We've decided to compensate for the lack of art and show it anyway, and hopefully make this article somewhat interesting. Many hours were put into testing and fixing AI behavior, noting every discovery or recent change. You may notice that notes consist of simple and even broken vocabulary. That's normal when you want to save time writing and reading. The importance is in what you noted, not how you noted it, and that you can return the next day and understand what you meant, and of course always know how to proceed and constantly have new ideas in your mind. While working on AI, we've also discovered and fixed two more game crash errors.
What even is that?!? It's difficult to explain... I'll leave it to your imagination:
Yes, things can go wrong sometimes:
But when they go right, it's always pleasant witnessing:
Hotfix 3 brings the long-awaited fixes for Skirmish AI as well as additional global error fixes, Challenge mode and balance changes. Together with it, we're deploying a new Launcher version which includes fixed bugs and improved overall navigation by adding links to popular pages. We've also added helpful info on potential errors and warnings that the Launcher will display if such are detected with your mod installation.
How to download? As always, the Launcher will prompt you to install Hotfix 3 automatically if you have the latest version already installed, so you're one click away from obtaining it.
Have a read of the changelog if you wish to get familiar with all the changes in detail: Moddb.com
ฺNo more veteran patriot site for Superweapon General. Now I'm sad.
Defense veterancy introduced two bugs, and we decided it is better to get rid of the bugs. The first one of them is when you purchase veterancy and re-deploy your defenses, they will become veterans even if they weren't. The second one, which is even worse, is that veteran cores will skip deployment animation and deploy instantly when on low health. We cannot leave these bugs in the mod considering PvP balance is one of our priorities. We cannot claim that we respect competitive games if we don't take care of such bugs.
Does this mean that Contra is done for good?
Not at all. Releasing the last hotfix for 009 doesn't mean the next major version, Contra X, is cancelled.
Okay sweet! I was thinking that if you guys were sticking "Final" in there meant there wasnt gonna be anything new in the future and the mod was done
We use the word "Final" since version 006 in order to distinguish the full release from Beta releases.
Alright, thank you for the clarification!
new bug due to hot fix
Laser general attacks with his super units immediately after challenge level starts
This was with nuke general on hard
can provide pic if needed
Already reported.
This was the first time I have seen generals code/script, it would be super interesting to see more! Both out of curiosity as a player and as a SWE :)
Thanks for the feedback!
Pl add Single Player Missions in Contra X.
Also (if possible) add Custom game menu options like, dumb A.I., Lazzy A.I.
Is it possible to add "map create" option? So we can create customized map staying in game?
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