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Sooooo... its been a while. First of i'd like to explain whats been happening for the past few years.

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Sooooo... its been a while.

First of i'd like to explain whats been happening for the past few years.

Back in 2016 when I last posted an update online things were about to change in my life and in addition to all that I was a bit burned out on the whole mod development.
Most of us were still in college when we were actively working on this mod or just starting our first job and because of that we had quite a bit of time to burn on things such as this project.
But as time passed on more real-life responsibilities came, I started playing a MMO for the first time and on top of all that also switched jobs.
It took a while but things have settled down for me now but i still didn't really have any inspiration or motivation to continue with this project until a few weeks ago something changed.

I had a sudden itch to just make a 3D model and texture something so i figured it might as well be something for good old Rise of the Reds in case i'd ever get the spark again to work on it.

What i did not expect after i showed it in our private developer discord that something happened that can only really be described as the band getting back together basically.

Me and Co-Lead Comr4de of the project talked for a long time and we both decided that this project being part of our lives for more than 10 years at this point really want to see it through to what we had original envisioned.

In the coming months we will be focusing on wrapping up our current in development version which does include a few new units and fun tweaks for everyone to enjoy.

With all that said i can say in earnest that we are back in gear, updates might not drop as regularly as they did back in the day but we will try our best to deliver.

This is The Hunter signing off and hope to see you all in future updates!


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forealdo
forealdo

Good to see you back and to hear you're doing ok.

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mirmurnil
mirmurnil

its good you are back.

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Metaltooth
Metaltooth

Hell yeah! Glad to see you guys back at it!

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CptIstvanofArdeal
CptIstvanofArdeal

Finally the God's are returning to us i was dieing here for a new release or some fresh updates.

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Tleno
Tleno

Unexpected and amazing!

So... In development version, are you going to stick with Hanpatch stuff or not really?

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The_Hunter649 Author
The_Hunter649

Hanfield (the developer of the Hanpatch) himself is actually part of the dev. team now so some things might spill over but not all of it :)

I actually encouraged him to make his own moddb profile as a fork/addon development for ROTR.

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HotChocolat™
HotChocolat™

Please consider some suggestions made in the comment sections of the images of rise of the reds. I think there is some golden material in there sometimes!

Oh and ... please give Kell his original rifle back to snipe pilots ;p

Great to see this project back on track!

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MaelstromX103
MaelstromX103

A lot of content is already planned for 2.0. Trust me, more isn't needed.
And Jarmen Kell won't get his pilot snipe ability.

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HotChocolat™
HotChocolat™

Okay, thanks for your considerations regardless.

good to see you guys are working again.

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IGNISSAKI2019
IGNISSAKI2019

its good to see you back in action we all hope ROTR gets updated sooooon im so excited for the new updates and i am still enjoying the latest Han patch keep up the goodwork

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hanfield
hanfield

90+% of the bug fixes, along with some QoL features ported or inspired by it, will be included, but it will not be used as a base. It will be redone from scratch once 1.9 releases so as to eliminate legacy or obsolete code.

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HotChocolat™
HotChocolat™

That actually sounds like a good plan!

Perhaps also rework some mechanics by design.
I personally felt it felt redundant to have both attack helicopters as well as jump jets as ECA since they funcction so similarly. Maybe its an idea to make a new airfield for ECA by removing 1 deployment pad from the deployment zone and add an actual airstrip to the deployment zone at the spot where the unused deployment pad is so there for eurofighters to land (and be build?)

the jump jet to me feels like a weird helicopter best to be avoided since it constantly circles into enemy fire.

I think the intention was great but somehow the mechanic does not really work strategically

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hanfield
hanfield

The mechanic works. Tigers and Harriers are used in different ways and excel differently, and the latter is one of the best air units in the game. ECA is designed to have only one production facility for air units and it will remain that way.

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HotChocolat™
HotChocolat™

thanks for the reply!

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Nemanja_
Nemanja_

If I recall correctly, Tiger was intended to be vanilla CAS aircraft with bonus AA ability, while Harrier was intended to be Fire Support General's Tiger replacement.

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Emin96
Emin96

OMG! i didnt expected this ever coming after a long silence of this mod im very very suprised and happy lets make it happen guys :)

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RedDeadSmeg
RedDeadSmeg

Looking forward to seeing what you have in store, good luck with the updates!

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CommunistPotatoe
CommunistPotatoe

Welcome back!
I hope life is going good for you all

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Strogglet15
Strogglet15

Glad to know you are alright and ready for some modding, go for it!

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Cman1O1Dalek
Cman1O1Dalek

Good to hear your okay.

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IronRata
IronRata

Welcome Back Commander.

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_!!!SD-SajaD!!!_
_!!!SD-SajaD!!!_

Finaly :D

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X1Destroy
X1Destroy

The giant has awaken from his slumber....

It's been so long.

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Damfoos
Damfoos

That's some really, really good news

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SharpPen
SharpPen

That's awesome. Just started to play this mod again recently. XD
Will Shockwave be updated as well?

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Jester_6873
Jester_6873

This is such good news man wow

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FlamerYeeter
FlamerYeeter

The Return of the King!
Welcome back, Hunter!

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IvanderLim
IvanderLim

Welcome back sir!

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ofnir_kdh
ofnir_kdh

Welcome back, Commander!

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RevolterOcelot
RevolterOcelot

How do they say?
Welcome back, General!

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lelenny
lelenny

i never lost hope

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Woozle
Woozle

Absolutly fantastic news, welcome back commadner.

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Comr4de
Comr4de

Ready for that last hurrah?

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imperialgerar
imperialgerar

Finaly a wake!! ;)

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Mr.-D
Mr.-D

if the performance is fixed then finnaly it will be good

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The_Hunter649 Author
The_Hunter649

We have actualy done a few things to increase performance :)

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Mr.-D
Mr.-D

excelent

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先生
先生

I’ve been happy all night. Any News on 2.0

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Comr4de
Comr4de

It's back on!

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fahrenheit09
fahrenheit09

this is big news! glad to see you all back in action :D are you going to cover some of your works in Twitch in the future? I love watching those btw :)

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SMxReaver
SMxReaver

One of my favorite Zero Hour mods! Glad to hear you guys are returning to wrap things up! Just be careful, you might fall in love all over again and end up throwing even more time at it.

Looking forward to the updates and thanks for the news!

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cnclol
cnclol

Glad to see you back, good luck on the development!

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rommel917
rommel917

Welcome back general, I was designing addons in a way to make easy update when new version is relased in hope that you will return.

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MaelstromX103
MaelstromX103

That's a nice article to wake up to

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Hecthor_Doomhammer
Hecthor_Doomhammer

Or to come home to from work

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Packy21
Packy21

So... RotR streams for old time's sake, Doomy? ;P

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Hecthor_Doomhammer
Hecthor_Doomhammer

Don't count on it. I might join Maelstrom streams from time to time to troll him tho

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fahrenheit09
fahrenheit09

The dragon has awaken. Glad to see you back. Been following the mod since 2010 :)

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Radu273
Radu273

you dont know how happy i am to see this project back and hope to see its finalization like shockwave is. good luck to you all and no rush.
quality over quantity!

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Andi382
Andi382

Hi,

I have a Question.
I have seen alot of Vidoes where people ar eplaying Rotr PvP with units i dont have Acess on in the Current Public version.
Dose that mean that these People are using closed Beta Versions of Rotr or
have they implemented 3d Party units?

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MaelstromX103
MaelstromX103

Some units are from the 1.87 version, others can be from various fan-patches. Can you provide a bit more info on what those units were ?

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Andi382
Andi382

ok i just searched the wiki and found out that said content is inside the 1.87 version... where can i download that one?

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MaelstromX103
MaelstromX103

Mediafire.com
It is not on moddb yet, because it is a public beta, not the final product.

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