Rise of the East v2.0 Release news

Hi All,

First thing's first, please read the ReadMe .txt file for instructions on how to install. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me here or PPM under the same username, or Discord: ayylmao @ C&C Mod Haven. Without further ado let's begin:

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2.0.1
14/04/2020 update
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Fixes:

1. Fixed an issue preventing other players from loading during online multiplay
2. Fixed an issue stopping the AI from being as responsive as it should be
   2.1 AI will now properly attack earlier on in the game
3. Fixed an issue with the new announcer voice pack not announcing new superweapons
4. Updated CnCNet Client
   4.1 Improved overall client support, you should no longer have to give any file admin rights to run the game
   4.2 Improved full screen and windowed mode support
5. Moved to standalone version
   5.1 To reduce confusion, the compact version has been removed and the
   standalone version is the only one available to download (also on ModDB)

Balance:

1. Increased Yumi's arrow damage against vehicles by 50%

What's New?

General

1. Soviets and Yuri are now playable
2. Major changes to the existing Asia and Allied factions
3. Many new units and support powers
4. Huge audio and visual improvements
5. Complete Naval warfare capabilities for all factions
6. New multiplayer maps
7. Balance improvements
8. New and improved AI
9. 8 new IFV modes to play with
10. New veterancy stage option can be enabled at lobby (Veteran > Elite > Heroic)
11. Tier 1 base defenses are available straight away via Con Yards
12. Barracks, Refineries and Power Plants are available straight away via Con Yards
13. Most Tier 2 and Tier 3 "heavy" infantry can no longer be crushed
14. Most basic infantry are now able to drive neutralized vehicles. e.g. GIs, Engineers, etc.
15. New and unique unit abilities. As a starting point only some units will have new/additional abilities
16. Units now get promoted from damage over time and residual damage effects such as firestorms
17. Added stolen tech units as possible Crate Goodies until future implementation: Nuke Cannon, Nova Tank, Eradicator and Phalanx
18. Elite (or Heroic if enabled) units can no longer be mind controlled, but are still
    susceptible to hijackers and kill driver weapons

Introduction to Each Faction

Let's kick things off with what 2.0 units will look like for each faction:

Specific Changes

Here we'll go through a briefing on the new units and changes to old ones:

Just a reminder that this list is only for new additions and changes. For a full list of units and structures please refer to the tech trees under Images.

Allies

Structures

Construction Yard
• Now grants +150 power when deployed

Radar Tower
• Grants the following new support abilities:
• Sonar Pulse Scan ability - Use to reveal stealthed and submerged units
• Airstrike, exclusive to America - Calls in 2 A10s to attack the target location

Battle Lab
• Grants the following new abilities:
• B2 Prism Bomber, exclusive to Germany. Calls in a B2 modified with Prism clusters

Infantry

Pilot
• Pilots have a chance to escape destroyed Allied aircraft
• Able to hijack enemy vehicles
• Cannot be trained via Barracks

Ranger
• New Tier 1 basic infantry equipped with an M16 rifle. Replaces the GI
• Exclusive to America

Attack Dog
• Is now able to swim. The swim ability is exclusive to Allied dogs

Prism Defender
• Tier 2 heavy infantry equipped with a prism cannon
• Can deploy, increasing firerate and armor
• Exclusive to Germany

Peacekeeper
• New Tier 3 infantry equipped with a shotgun. Excellent against groups of infantry
• Not available to Germany

Javelin Soldier
• New Tier 3 infantry equipped with an M16 and an RPG.
• Exclusive to America

Prism Raider
• New Tier 3 heavy infantry equipped with a prism chaingun.
• Exclusive to Germany.

Tanya
• Tier 3 hero infantry equipped with dual pistols and C4 charges
• Special: C4 - Reworked how her C4 works against vehicles and ships. Tanya no longer needs to get close to her target but instead prearms a C4 charge and throws it a short distance

Units

Humvee
• Is now able to hold 2 infantry that can also fire at enemies
• The American version is equipped with a TOW missile

Avenger IFV
• New Tier 1 anti air unit equipped with laser weapons. Replaces the Bullfrog IFV
• Exclusive to Germany

Comanche
• Tier 2 assault chopper equipped with a machine gun and missiles
• Can detect stealth units
• No longer exclusive to America

Mobile Gap Generator
• New Tier 2 support vehicle

M1A1 Abrams
• Tier 2 heavy tank
• Not available to Germany
• No longer exclusive to America

Laser Tank
• Tier 2 heavy tank. Replaces the M1A1 Abrams
• Exclusive to Germany

Chinook Transport
• Tier 2 air transport, replaces the Blackhawk

Prism Tank
• Tier 3 long range siege unit. Replaces the Sonic Tank
• Exclusive to Germany

Sonic Tank
• New Tier 3 siege unit. Replaces the Shatterer (moved to Naval Yard)
• Not available to Germany

Tomahawk Launcher
• New Tier 3 long range siege unit. Missiles cannot be targeted by enemies
• Exclusive to America

Aircraft

F-22 Raptor
• Tier 1 anti armor fighter. Replaces the Harrier
• Exclusive to America

Nighthawk
• Tier 2 stealth fighter. Improved single target capabilities

Aurora
• Tier 3 anti structure fighter equipped with long range sonic missiles
• No longer exclusive to America
• Special: Sonicboom - Applies a strong damage over time effect to the target and nearby structures
• Not available to Germany

Vessels

Robot Tank
• Tier 1 anti armor hover unit
• Moved to Naval Yard

Hailstorm
• New Tier 2 laser submarine
• Exclusive to Germany

Vanguard
• New Tier 2 heavy gunship
• Exclusive to America

Shatterer
• Tier 3 siege hover unit equipped with a sonic wave emitter
• Moved to Naval Yard
• Not available to Germany

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East Asia

Structures

Construction Yard
• Grants the following support ability:
• Emergency Repairs - Use to repair vehicles in target area. Available straight away and goes into normal cooldown once used for the first time

Radar Tower
• Grants the following new support abilities:
• Sniper Paradrop - Drops a team of 2 snipers at the target location
• Black Napalm, exclusive to China - Use to power up flamer units at target location

Supply Drop Zone
• New Tier 3 support structure
• Grants the Supply Drop ability, periodically adding $600 to the owner's funds

Neutral Tech Airport
• Capturing this structure grants the following new support ability:
• Carpet Bomb, exclusive to North Korea - Calls in a heavy leaflet bomber to level the target area. Replaces the Paradrop support ability

Infantry

Red Guard
• New Tier 1 basic infantry
• Not available to North Korea

Minigunner
• Tier 1 basic infantry that starts at veteran rank. Replaces the Red Guard
• Able to attack air targets
• Exclusive to North Korea

Tank Buster
• New Tier 1 anti armor infantry. Replaces the Tank Hunter
• Special: Uranium Shells - Attacks will leave residual radiation behind
• Exclusive to North Korea

Incinerator
• Tier 2 siege infantry equipped with a flamethrower, starts at veteran rank
• Exclusive to China

Hijacker
• New Tier 2 support infantry, can steal enemy and neutralized vehicles
• Hint: Combine with ECM Tanks or Hackers to shut down enemy vehicles for safe hijacking

Saboteur
• New Tier 3 support infantry equipped with a single use C4 charge
• Can disguise as enemy infantry

Officer
• New Tier 3 support infantry equipped with a basic pistol
• Special: Nationalism - Grants the Propaganda Tower buff to nearby allied units (+20% damage, +20% attack speed)

Commando Yumi
• Tier 3 hero infantry equipped with a bow and AP and HE arrows
• Special: Target Weakness - Arrows immediately kill enemy infantry below 35% HP, and deal 50% more damage against cyborg units
• Special: Accelerated Healing - Yumi now regenerates much faster when out of combat

Units

Howitzer
• New Tier 2 siege unit
• Not available to China

Inferno Cannon
• Tier 2 siege unit equipped with napalm shells. Replaces the Howitzer
• Special: Napalm - Attacks create a brief firestorm
• Exclusive to China

Radar Jammer
• No longer deploys, increased radar jam radius drastically

Troopcrawler
• Tier 2 amphibious transport unit able to detect stealth units - infantry inside can fire at enemies

Support Crawler
• Tier 2 transport unit equipped with rocket launchers. Replaces the Troopcrawler
• Comes with 4 Minigunners instead of Red Guard
• Special: Field Support - Periodically heals all nearby infantry
• Exclusive to North Korea

Warlord Tank
• New Tier 2 heavy tank with twin cannons
• Exclusive to North Korea

Flame Tank
• New Tier 3 siege unit
• Not available to North Korea

Dragon Tank
• Tier 3 siege unit. Replaces the Flame Tank
• Exclusive to China

Helix Chopper
• New Tier 3 siege chopper, able to carry 4 infantry that can fire at enemies

Hellfire Helix
• New Tier 3 siege chopper equipped with napalm bombs. Replaces the Helix Chopper
• Special: Napalm - Attacks create a brief firestorm
• Exclusive to China

Aircraft

KAI T-50
• Tier 1 anti armor fighter equipped with cluster missiles
• No longer exclusive to North Korea

MIG Fighter
• Tier 1 anti armor fighter equipped with napalm missiles. Replaces the KAI T-50
• Special: Napalm - Attacks create a brief firestorm
• Exclusive to China

Vessels

Gatling Boat
• New Tier 1 anti air vessel equipped with a gatling gun

Gunboat
• New Tier 1 anti armor vessel equipped with dual cannons

ECM Cruiser
• New Tier 2 support vessel able to shut down enemy units

Artillery Platform
• New Tier 2 siege vessel equipped with a long range artillery cannon

Emperor Battleship
• New Tier 3 heavy siege vessel equipped with triple cannons

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Soviets

Structures

Construction Yard
• Comes with a radar dish and sentry gun when deployed

Radar Tower
• Grants the following new support abilities:
• Tank Drop - Drops 2 Rhino Tanks at target location or 2 Scorpion Tanks for Iraq
• Overcharge, exclusive to Russia - Use to power up Tesla units mapwide

Infantry

Demolisher
• New Tier 2 siege infantry equipped with a mortar

Tesla Trooper
• No longer exclusive to Russia

Tesla Defender
• New Tier 2 infantry equipped with advanced Tesla weapons. Replaces the Tesla Trooper
• Exclusive to Russia

Spetsnaz
• New Tier 2 basic infantry equipped with an AK47

Tesla Raider
• New Tier 3 heavy infantry equipped with a prototype Tesla cannon and shock grenades
• Special: Shock Grenade - Can temporarily disable vehicles, cyborgs and structures on a short cooldown
• Exclusive to Russia

Desolator
• Tier 3 heavy infantry equipped with a rad cannon
• Reworked his rad cannon and improved siege and anti armor capabilities but lowered his radiation field to compensate
• Special: Uranium Shells - Attacks will leave residual radiation behind
• Exclusive to Iraq

Spy
• New Tier 3 support infantry
• Able to disguise as enemy infantry

Ahsan
• New Tier 3 hero infantry equipped with a long range sniper rifle
• Special: Kill Driver - Able to neutralize enemy vehicles on a long cooldown. Can be used once bullet is reloaded, pay attention to his ammo indicator
• Stealthed when stationary

Boris
• Tier 3 hero infantry equipped with an upgraded Tesla AKM
• Special: EMP Bullets - Each bullet has a 20% chance to temporarily disable enemy vehicles, cyborgs and structures, effect may also bounce to nearby targets
• Weapon can now target structures, removed airstrike to compensate
• Exclusive to Russia

Units

Flak Track
• Can now detect stealth units

Scorpion Tank
• New Tier 1 heavy tank equipped with a single rad cannon. Replaces the Rhino Tank
• Explodes when destroyed, leaving residual radiation behind
• Special: Uranium Shells - Attacks will leave residual radiation behind
• Exclusive to Iraq

Sickle
• New Tier 2 unit equipped with high explosive missiles
• Not available to Russia (but can be available via Tech Secret Lab at random)

V4 Rocket Launcher
• New Tier 2 siege unit. Replaces the V3 Rocket Launcher
• Exclusive to Iraq

Decimator
• New Tier 3 heavy tank equipped with dual rad cannons. Replaces the Apocalypse Tank
• Explodes when destroyed, leaving residual radiation behind
• Special: Uranium Shells - Attacks will leave residual radiation behind
• Exclusive to Iraq

Igla Attack Chopper
• New Tier 3 attack chopper equipped with Tesla bullets. Replaces the Siege Chopper
• Special: EMP Bullets - Each bullet has a 6% chance to temporarily disable enemy vehicles and structures
• Exclusive to Russia

Hammerhead Artillery
• New Tier 3 siege unit equipped with triple artillery cannons

Aircraft

Sukhoi SU-30
• New Tier 1 anti armor fighter that favors aerial bombs over missiles

Dragunov
• New Tier 3 heavy bomber equipped with a high explosive cluster bomb

Vessels

Demo Boat
• New Tier 2 siege vessel equipped with a single use suicide bomb
• Exclusive to Iraq

Stingray
• New Tier 2 anti armor vessel equipped with twin Tesla coils

Whiskey Class Sub
• New Tier 3 heavy anti armor sub equipped with dual torpedo launchers

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Yuri

Structures

Construction Yard
• Grants psychic sensory when deployed

Psychic Radar
• Grants the following new support abilities:
• Stinger Ambush - Unburrows 2 Stingers at the target location
• Cloaking Field, exclusive to Specter - Use to permanently cloak friendly units in the target area. Deals moderate damage to infantry, sometimes fatal

Infantry

Technician
• New Tier 1 support cyborg. Replaces the Engineer

Fanatic
• New Tier 1 siege infantry equipped with single use suicide bomb
• Exclusive to Specter

Ravager
• New Tier 1 anti armor infantry capable of detecting disguised infantry such as spies
• Cannot be targeted by dogs
• Can clear garrisoned buildings
• Special: Mutation - Ravagers heal in residual toxins and radiation

Yuri Clone
• New Tier 2 hover infantry capable of mindcontrol. Replaces the Tier 3 Psi Troop
• Exclusive to Psicorps

Cyborg Reaper
• New Tier 2 heavy cyborg, equipped with laser rifles

Chameleon
• Tier 3 stealth siege infantry equipped with laser rifles
• Can call in an airstrike against enemy structures
• Exclusive to Specter

Psi Trooper
• Tier 3 support infantry capable of mind control
• Not available to Psicorps

Toxin Templar
• New Tier 3 heavy cyborg equipped with a toxin spray cannon
• Special: Corrosion - Toxins reduce the target's armor by 2% and stacks with other toxin weapons. Also leaves behind residual toxins
• Note: Residual toxin can heal Ravagers while initial spray will damage them

Fleur
• New Tier 3 stealth hero infantry equipped with laser pistols and C4 charges
• Special: Sprint - Fleur temporarily increases her movespeed by 50%. Can be used via the 'deploy' command. Using Sprint does not remove stealth
• Exclusive to Specter

Yuri Prime
• Tier 3 hero infantry that uses psychic weapons and is capable of mind control
• Reworked Yuri's psychic weapon. Yuri will now attempt to mind control the first target then switch to a brainwave weapon that summons psychic pulses above the target, dealing AoE damage to the target and those around it. Mind control is on a cooldown and gets priority.

Units

Seeker
• New Tier 1 anti air unit equipped with plasma cannons. Replaces the Gatling Tank

Assault Bike
• New Tier 1 light scouting unit equipped with anti armor rockets
• Fast but vulnerable to all weapons including snipers

Stinger
• New Tier 2 unit equipped with a laser stinger
• Must remain stationary to attack

Havoc Tank
• New Tier 2 support unit equipped with anti armor shells. Replaces the Chaos Drone
• Shells disperse a small hallucinatory effect, inducing beserk status on enemies
• Exclusive to Psicorps

Buzzer
• New Tier 2 parasite drone equipped with a single use mind control and can only target vehicles
• Is considered an air unit
• Exclusive to Psicorps

Venom
• New Tier 2 attack chopper equipped with laser weapons
• Able to target air units
• Exclusive to Specter

Magnetron
• Can now detect stealth units

Mastermind
• Not available to Specter

Mantis
• New Tier 3 support airship equipped with lasers and mind control. Replaces Floating Disk
• Exclusive to Psicorps

Subterranean APC
• New Tier 3 transport unit. Able to hold up to 4 infantry

Stealth Tank
• New Tier 3 stealth unit equipped with rocket launchers
• Able to target air units
• Special: Barrage - Starts with maximum ammo, allowing it to unleash a rocket barrage at enemy targets, consecutive attacks will only launch 1 missile at a time. Barrage requires time to replenish ammo and will not do so while in combat
• Exclusive to Specter

Disruptor
• New Tier 3 siege unit equipped with a wave force weapon

Aircraft

Blight
• New Tier 1 single target fighter equipped with plasma guns

Vertigo Bomber
• New Tier 3 support bomber equipped with hallucinatory cluster bombs
• Not as effective as other bombers against structures but can severely cripple enemy unit groups by turning them against each other. Doubleedged sword as it can also affect friendly units

Vessels

Seaker
• New Tier 1 anti air vessel equipped with plasma cannons
• Able to detect submerged units

Tsunami Tank
• New Tier 1 anti armor amphibious tank equipped with an AP cannon
• Although amphibious, requires Submarine Pen to be built thus not available in non water maps

Giant Squid
• Tier 2 anti ship unit equipped with angry tentacles and sensors

Medusa
• New Tier 3 support vessel capable of mind control
• Able to detect submerged units
• Exclusive to Psicorps

Boomer
• Moved to Tier 3

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The Future Ahead

2.0 doesn't end with this release, pending feedback and new ideas I'll release patches as we go along - balance patches will definitely come first.

As we eventually head over to 3.0, here's what to expect:

1. Single player campaign with 2-3 missions
2. Generals style single player challenge maps
3. At least 2 new sides as I already have ideas set, one for Yuri and one for the Allies:
   1. The British specialize in Chrono and Cryo technology. The sniper makes a "cool" return ;)
   2. The Levant specialize in Toxin weapons. How some of the Middle East joined Yuri will be explained in the campaign
4. Further art improvements: new unit models, sidebar image remakes/touch ups (2.1 maybe)
5. New units, features and special abilities
6. Full CnCNet Client fork dedicated to the mod (currently uses YR instead of its own designation)

Thanks for tuning in to this wall of text and I'll leave you with the 3.0 ice death anim & sound for cryo weapons; PS ignore the railgun.. it was just a test dummy ;)

Enjoy the release!

Cheers