[OBSOLETE] Soulstorm: Strongholds [v1.4.0] file

CHANGES IN V1.4.0

General:

• Added "Survival", a new optional win condition, which requires the player to keep their Commander alive for the entire mission.
• Added "Restricted Tiering", a new optional win condition, which requires the player to move out and capture Strategic Points in order to tech up.
• The player's commander will begin missions with additional squad members where these are available (e.g. Incubi Bodyguards for the Dark Eldar Archon).
• Adjusted the "Annihilate" defeat condition for all races to more closely reflect the normal "Annihilate" skirmish win condition.

Dark Eldar:

• Fixed the textures for the (CPU-controlled) Dark Eldar Archon and strategic point flag.

Dark Angels:

• Slightly changed the starting squads for the Dark Angels, including the ones that can be liberated from the Dark Eldar cages on Lacunae.

Pavonis:

• Added a new mission, "Pavonis", based on the Dark Crusade campaign mission and re-coded from scratch.
• Uses adjustable difficulty settings (selectable from the mission setup screen, rated from Easy to Insane).
• Fight against five randomised opponents for possession of the Servitors that will grant you control of the Pavonis spaceport.

The Eres Badlands:

• Added a new mission, "The Eres Badlands", based on the Dark Crusade campaign mission and re-coded from scratch.
• Uses adjustable difficulty settings (selectable from the mission setup screen, rated from Easy to Insane).
• Fight against three randomised opponents in a free-for-all battle to spill as much blood as possible and gain the power of the daemon of Khorne.

The Deimos Peninsula:

• (Hopefully) fixed a potential Fatal Scar Error that occurred during the opening cutscene.

Tyrea:

• Fixed the giant webway gate FX so that each is correctly linked with its corresponding critical location.

Victory Bay:

• Moved the button to fire the Titan Cannon from the Thermo Plasma Generators to the top-left of the UI for convenience.
• Re-balanced some aspects of the mission to make them slightly less punishing, particularly at lower difficulty levels.
• Removed the Strategic Point from the rear of the player's base.

The Thur'Abis Catacombs:

• Restored adjustable difficulty settings (selectable from the mission setup screen, rated from Easy to Insane).
• Moved the Plant Bomb button from the Commander's abilities menu to the top-left of the UI to prevent clashes with other icons.
• Added a UI icon and improved model for the Necron Beacons from the Ultimate Apocalypse mod.
• Added two new Necron Beacons and improved the functionality of some of the existing ones.
• Randomised the locations of each Necron Beacon (but not the Monolith Graveyard).
• Added new mission dialogue.
• The mid-mission cutscene will now only play once you have advanced further into the catacombs, rather than being quickly triggered by a timer during the opening rush.
• General re-balancing of the mission, with an overall increase in difficulty and enemy aggressiveness, especially during the final escape run.
• All races now use the appropriate bomb model.

The Green Coast:

• Removed the Strategic Point from the rear of the player's base and the two just outside it to the north-east and south-east.

North Vandea:

• Moved the central Strategic Point in the player's base to a location further away to the north-west.

Or'es Tash'n:

• Moved the central Strategic Point in the player's base to a location further away to the north.

Mannheim Bay:

• Removed the Strategic Point from the rear of the player's base.

Lacunae:

• Removed the Strategic Point from the south-east end of the player's base.

Coastal Imossa:

• Moved the north-eastern Strategic Point from the player's base to a position further away along the path to the north.
• Fixed a Fatal Scar Error that occurred after destroying all four Monoliths.

The Rokclaw Mountains:

• Removed the middle Strategic Point from the player's base.

The Sama District:

• Moved the Strategic Point from the western end of the player's base to the enemy base a short distance to the north-west.

Nan Yanoi:

• Fixed a Fatal Scar Error that occurred at the end of the closing cutscene.