Hello everybody, it's been a long time. Nearly two years have passed since the last major release for Twisted Insurrection. The long wait was only made worse by our unintentional lack of communication. In the past few years, our team has slowly grown thinner, leaving us with only a few active but strongly dedicated members. Most other contributors are busy with real life or other projects, so development has been slower than before.
That said, TI is very much still being worked on. It's taken time, but we're finally releasing that you've all been waiting for - version 0.8, or as we like to call it, the Invasion Update.
We hope that this new release is proof of our dedication to TI's continued development. In fact, our plan is to release smaller, more frequent updates from now on. We would also like to keep the public better updated on what is happening with TI's development from now on.
Without further ado, let's have a look at what this version has to offer, shall we?
New features in version 0.8
The complete changelog can be found here, be sure to check it out!
Stability Fixes
TI has been known for crashes and connection errors during multiplayer matches, which can be frustrating to anyone trying to play online. Version 0.8 has hundreds of changes and fixes aimed at making the game more stable and allow players to enjoy the game without interruptions. Additionally, these changes have made the next feature viable to implement.
Co-Op Mode
TI now has a fully working Co-Op mode along with a new mission to play! This new mode is intended to have additional missions in the future, including a campaign which will provide more insight into the storyline, in particular, the Forsaken. Special thanks to Rampastring and the DTA mod, who helped immensely in making this happen.
New Buildings, Units, and Terrain Props
Many new assets have been included in the latest build including:
- Globotech (tech faction) now have their own Refinery, Silos and a new Gun Drone
- The Forsaken (tech faction) now have their own artillery, the Mistfire
- Sons of Kane (campaign faction) get both an Attack Buggy and Bike (currently crate goodies)
- UN (campaign faction) receive a new Light Tank and TOW Humvee
- Twisted Dawn era Nod gains the Chemical Warrior, both factions get a Recovery Vehicle
- Infested trees, Blossom trees and tiberium-based megaflora
- Numerous map props for the upcoming campaign
And more.
Rebalanced Factions
Many units in TI were often unused for standard play due to having a very niche nature or by being too underpowered. Overhauled units include:
- GDI Siege Trooper
- GDI Phalanx Railgun
- Nod Cleaver Drone
- Nod Hammerhead
- Nod Stinger Mobile SAM
Just to mention a few.
New Campaign Missions
The TI story is undergoing work to make the storyline fit together better. GDI mission 1 has been updated to a new version in which the UN will play a larger role in GDI's collapse and later subsequent rebirth. Additionally, the Twisted Dawn Missions 1 & 2 have been amalgamated into a larger mission as both missions canonically take place on the same map and are relatively short.
5 New Multiplayer Maps
New Multiplayer Maps Five new multiplayer maps are included in the new version. In addition, many existing maps have received updates.
- [2] Angel Bay
- [2] Resurrection
- [2] Forsaken Canyon
- [4] Catastrophe Park
- [8] Fort Sheppard
1 Co-Op Map
- [2] Operation: Friendly Fire
8 New Music Tracks
0.8 soundtrack includes six new tracks by Swirekster and a guest track by Stringstorm.
- Pyrotek
- Bogeyman
- Incandela
- No Mercy
- Lines in the Sand
- To Shreds
- Lullaby
- Lunar Grin
New Bonus Mission
'Operation: Friendly Fire' is a parody mission of the "Raid Area 51 - They can't stop us all!" event, featuring the soundtrack "It's Happening" by Montlygon. Disclaimer: The TI Team by no means encourages the actual event set for September 20th 2019. We strongly discourage any attempts to approach the facility as it is an active airforce base.
All this and more in the latest build.
Project W.I.R.E.S.
Last but certainly not least, we have another present, something quite different. Sivsarcast, a blogger, writer, and an active member in our community, has been developing a grand novel based on the Twisted Insurrection storyline. This novel, titled Project W.I.R.E.S., follows the events of the game's singleplayer campaign, featuring familiar characters and introducing new ones. Here's an excerpt from the intro:
Tiberium. Its emerald glow alluring as it is deadly. Its arrival shook the world to the core, sparking what would be known as the First Tiberium War. The Earth was split between the Global Defense Initiative(GDI), who sought to contain Tiberium, and the Brotherhood of Nod, who embraced Tiberium as their salvation.
Three years of bloodshed have eroded the eagle’s talons, while the scorpions continued to crawl out of the woodwork. The completion of the Orbital Ion Cannon would be the eagle’s saving grace, a tool to end the war. That is, until the unthinkable happened.
Note: Project W.I.R.E.S. is based on the pre-version 0.8 storyline. Most of the story's events will therefore be either spin-offs or non-canon.
Be sure to also check out Siv's blog, including the popular series Tiberium Tuesdays.
Join The Brotherhood
We thank you for your continued support and hope you enjoy the latest release. If you want to support the development of TI, why not consider contributing or even applying to join our team. We have open positions for 3D and 2D artists as well as map-makers, but anything from voice and sound assets to just plain writing is appreciated. In most cases, previous experience with the Tiberian Sun engine is not required. If you can contribute, then don't hesitate to contact us!
We're also looking forward to hearing your thoughts on version 0.8, so feel free to ask us any questions or report any bugs you encounter.
Now go forth and have fun!
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Expected Scrin,got area 51 mission,still awesome :P
Seriously? There's a Area 51 mission? Noice! I'm going to grab a Nod force for it.
I updated to the latest version, but now it won't start anymore. When I select a mission/campaign, the screen goes black for a few seconds, then kicks me back to the desktop and the launcher pops back up.
Likely unrelated: The icon for my shortcut broke as "TI_Launcher" from which it got the icon, no longer exists.
Edit:
I tried directly downloading the files and extracting them into a new folder, but despite running in administrator mode, the game still doesn't start.
The old 0.7.8 version still appears to work however.
Addition: Looks like it was the renderer. DDrawCompat doesn't work on my Win10 64-bit Geforce-card machine.
Hi Erastus, i encounter a problem when playing Nod mission 11: Mechanical Man in patch 0.8. The game crash and an error message pop up saying TI has encountered internal error when i get close to EMP cannon in the main GDI base. If i remember you have to stop the cyborg commando after that and i think there is problem with the trigger or something else. Hope you can look into this and thank you for the new patch!
I'll look into it, if you have a crash log (found in Client -> ErrorLogs) it may help us narrow down the problem.
Here you go: Pastebin.com.
We're working on the issue now, thanks for reporting it to us.
No problem. I also found out that the same issue is happening with GDI mission 5 when you complete the main objective and maybe with other missions too but i cant tell which one since the problem is keeping me from playing further. I hope TI team can fix this soon and thanks again!
Hi Havanen, can you also post the error log for the GDI mission 5 crash?
Here it is: Pastebin.com
I'm pleased to tell you both issues have been fixed in the hotfix update.
Kickass, I love the new Tiberium flora.
Yey new stuff
Those silos in the GDI base look like they could use some cleaning up.
Think of them as a placeholder.
Gotta say, placeholder or not, its really nice to see the old designs interpreted in the TI style.
I noticed that a few of your mission descriptions are kind of well... not great. If you want someone to look over them and offer some improvements lemme know.
just curious, is there a way to implement RA2 real attack-move (from patch 1.006, in 1.00 it worked pretty much like the "alt-ctr" from original tib sun, some kind of self defense move) in this game? or any other way to have a functional attack-move?
Awesome Area 51 update
Hey rejdexious, First of all its' just a game secondly, we're not on this website to hear your rant about anti- American/Israel Its kind of hard not to shoot at civilians when an enemy hides among them!!! You don't see any of the other fans calling out the rest of the middle east If its not about the games Keep you opinions to your self and Thirdly....Jesus Loves You!!!!
Rejdexious....Is that your best comeback? really XD!!! These "Americans" work hard to bring you entertainment and it's something that EA fails to provide so its up to "American" C and C fans to do that. When that man that developed the first Tetris game he developed it in a Soviet computer lab and never saw a dime of that money because of Communist Russia revoked all of his rights, and BTW Jesus is our Savior.
That's True too. I am at fault. Its not every day you here someone else say that about how God and Jesus are being hid from us more and every day. I think about that Often. Oh I don't have Cable so I don't watch Two and a Half Men or Friends.
and I don't Stream anything ,but I have Tons of Stuff on DVD
TO The Creator of this Update: I apologize for causing rukus on your part of Moddb I'm usually not the one to comment on other people's comments but, Keep up the good work on your Mods BTW, What is A51? I've been hearing it a lot I'm not on any kind of social media except for moddb, Anyway Why is there such a craze about A51?
Awesome!!! I also Thought of that too and I'm glad you found me to talk to. My friend that has mentored me tells me to get rid of everything that's not of God and that's a hard thing for me to do. I have an addictive personality not towards drugs or anything like that but Everything else, Except the Important things like Family, even God so I'm guilty for that and my wife gets on to me about that all the time but, we're having this conversation for a reason. I'm glad we are having a reasonable conversation and not fighting. I've been playing C and C since the end of the 90's and I can't tell you how much I've spent trying to keep my games going literally Thousands and my wife is still ****** at me, but loves me to death. I've only been on this website for a month or two, But I've been playing the C and C games on an Original Windows XP computer and the Mods work on it too.
Since the patch I've been encountering crashes around the 5 minute mark of any skirmish game. Very frustrating. I'd be happy to send my crash log if someone could tell me where to direct it.
А где у НОД большой Скорпион как его строить ?
Hello. The tiberium arboreus has been deleted, am I wrong?
And what's this green thing on the first picture ?
Is there somewhere I can donate?? Great job on the mod. so many people start great modding projects and then abandon them halfway through and its nice to see that its possible for a mod to survive at least a few years
Hey everyone. Like all of you, I am a big fan of mods and an even bigger fan of C&C, so the fact that this is out is awesome! Sadly, the game is as of yet almost unplayable for me - If I save the game, it freezes. Have to restart the PC. Loading a game is a bit iffy. Sometimes it loads, other times it goes all black (except for the green lettering while the game is loading) and then the whole screen goes black while the sound plays. Again, this warrants a reboot.
Without loading and saving, this mod unfortunately is currently impossible for me to enjoy - does anyone here know of any fixes/patches that I can apply?
As for the story, the look and feel and just the fact that this was made, a hearty congratulations all around!
So one thing I noticed about the game every time I save a window pops out saying "the Twisted Insurrection.zip file has changed do you want to archive them?" Because I saved too many times I thought as long as I clicked yes for the first window the other times wouldn't matter. Now the game has deleted all my saves that I recently made.