Tiberium Dusk v1.24 - Marked of Kane gameplay
Final news article before the release of 1.24!
Seen in the above video you can see the new changes to gameplay to Marked of Kane in Tiberium Dusk 1.24. There have been fairly large changes across all the factions: But some of the visible changes in the video include:
- Improved Light Infantry Squads, Tiberian Sun sounds, new "firing" pattern, now fires in blasts with a 0.7 second delay between blasts, rather than constant fire. Does considerable damage per blast.
- "Tiberian Sun" style Rocket Soldiers. Fires a high arcing missile with inaccuracy against moving targets, but with an autoloader allowing for a very high rate of fire compared to other rocket squads. Extremely effective when garrisoned. Classic sound effects and voices implemented. Costs 500 credits.
- "Tiberian Sun" style Cyborgs. Now feature heavy burst-chainguns. Absolutely devastating in groups with a high rate of fire in the burst, but a moderate length reload time after bursting. Very effective when grouped with Rifle Squads and using the EMP to stall tanks. Cannot be crushed. Costs 700 credits.
- Cyborg Commando: Now an official Epic Unit, except its the ONLY epic unit to be considered "infantry". Extremely powerful. Equipped with a custom green flamer on his right arm, and a Plasma Cannon on his left. The commander can choose what weapon the Commando wields at his will. The flamer is the most devastating flamethrower in the game, and can be fired whilst the commando is on the move, leading to amusing situations when charging him into infantry. The Plasma Cannon forces the Commando to stop to fire, to counter its recoil. Deals devastating damage to vehicles and moderate damage to structures. The Cyborg Commando suffers when it encounters an army of units, but is extremely effective providing the commander can get him near a base undetected; being easily able to dispatch small forces and raze buildings to the ground rapidly. Cybernetic legs upgrade is a must for this unit. Costs 4000 credits and costs 40 seconds to build.
This is ontop of all the other Marked of Kane changes.
The new gore system is fully working in the above video too, no longer does it have the issue of fade time for the gore splatters.
The new "Epic Unit" requirements are showcased in the video, with superweapons having to be purchased before a user can acquire an epic unit, however superweapons now only cost 3000 credits and it makes superweapons a more important logical step in the build-queue in late game.
Scrin Disintegrator weapon changes can be noted in the video, and gunwalkers less so; however the gun-walker rebalance is still present.
Finally, a proper showcase of the multiplayer map "Hell Island" is shown in the video to give players an idea of what it is like to play.
Hell Island is now fully working now over multiplayer and has instructions of how to install in the new readme.
Looking forward to releasing it soon! :)
Thanks, glad to see Marked of Kane got some much needed love. Could you consider adding some late game units to it? Like a powerful air unit perhaps ?
Best regards
That's already in the pipeline.
I'll add the Banshee when I get around to it. :)
I don't plan on it working like other Tibwars Mod banshees though, I want it to accurately replicate the Tiberian Sun version. Trying to make it functionally wise as close as possible is actually part of the fun. :P