patch 1.007 non officiel et en préparation sur ST!!

Red Alert 2 Unofficial 1.007 Patch

By Piscinex

FULL PATCH README HERE

This patch is designed to improve, rework and fix all possible aspects of the game, and it comprises several separate projects:
1) Piscinex’s Rules A balance patch created by me (and extensively beta-tested with many members of the community) designed to increase diversity and balance in RA2 and curtail abusive tactics.
2) Map Balance Project Fixes balance issues in most popular multiplayer maps and in some cases fixes other problems and annoyances, and makes some maps slightly more strategic and enjoyable.
3) Prevents the use of some trainers and hacks, fixes numerous bugs, problems and annoyances in the game
4) Incorporation of some “open-source” community projects like many of the changes of the YR Unofficial 1.002 Mini-Patch and the Capture Pack (both adapted for RA2).
5) Performance and anti-slowdown fixes to make the frame-rate more stable.



1. Balance Changes “Piscinex’s Rules”
Makes some abusive strategies harder to use, reworks balance to discourage unit-spamming, makes some underpowered or useless units more useful, encourages new strategies, makes some overpowered units less useful and makes all countries approximately equal.

+ means a unit was made better overall, – means it was made worse.

The list below covers the most noticeable and significant changes, please visit the Piscinex’s Rules page for a more detailed list.

All Sides Piscinex’s Rules page
– Engineer hit-points reduced
– Dog rate of fire reduced
+ MCV price reduced

Allies Piscinex’s Rules page
– Prism Tank damage slightly reduced or reworked
+ Harrier slightly faster
– Spy price increased
+ Chrono Legionnaire price slightly reduced and self-heals
+ Tanya self-heals, can’t be crushed and can C4 vehicles

Soviets Piscinex’s Rules page
– Iron Curtain charge-time increased
– Rhino rate of turn reduced
+ Apocalypse range increased
+ V3 missile hit-points increase
– Dreadnought rate of fire reduced
+ Tesla Trooper range increased
+ Crazy Ivan tougher and more damaging
+ Yuri range increased

Country-Specific Units Piscinex’s Rules page
– Paradrop number of GIs reduced by 1
+ Tank Destroyer range increased
+ Sniper can’t be crushed and slightly tougher
– Grand Cannon damage reduced and minimum-range increased
– Desolator radiation spread and duration reduced
+ Terrorist more damaging to vehicles and will auto-attack
+ Demo Truck more damaging to vehicles and tougher
+ Tesla Tank more damaging to miners and light vehicles, less damaging to heavy vehicles



2. Map Changes “Map Balance Project”
Visit the detailed map list page to see complete list of changes.

Major Changes detailed map changes list
Major balance or strategic reworking that corrects major imbalance or play issues.
● Little Big Lake
● Pinch Point
● Lake Blitzen
● Anytown America
● DC Uprising

Minor Changes detailed map changes list
Shouldn’t be too noticeable, just makes small changes to smooth over inconsistencies or minor annoyances.
● South Pacific
● Heck Freezes Over
● Montana DMZ
● Snow Valley
● Golden State Freeway
● Hammer and Sickle
● Paris Revisited
● Country Swing
● Mount Olympus
● Heartland

Other Changes
● The patch adds all map-pack and official Westwood maps.
● The patch also adds some YR maps and a few other favourites (such as Heck variations).
● Map list now appears in proper order, arranged first by number of players then alphabetically.



3. Cheats/Bugs/Fixes
Visit the detailed bug-fix list to find out more.

Anti-Cheat
● President IFV weapon removed and President sale price (when sent into Cloning Vats) set at $0.
● Invisible Nuke Guy removed from the game.
● Fog-hack no longer works when the patch is equipped.
● The Capture Pack changes make it possible to see when a user has used a build-all trainer to access new technologies.

Bug Fixes detailed bug-fix list
● Numerous bug-fixes and corrections, read the detailed list to find out more.
● Numerous laggy animations, voxels etc have been given “best-fit” fixes to stop the slowdown they caused.




DOWNLOAD

Download the patch launcher here.
Save to a place you will remember and re-use.

The first time you run the launcher you will be asked to download patch files.

LAUNCHER UPDATE: NEW VERSION TO COMBAT A COUPLE OF MINOR BUGS.
The launcher now asks you to find the RA2 directory yourself if it can’t find the information in your registry. No longer crashes if it can’t find a specific subdirectory.

Run into problems? Click here.

>>>> The launcher can be used to install and remove the patch at the press of a button. It also allows you to switch between XWIS and WOL servers, just like the connection tool.

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Thanks to the many people who helped me beta test the patch! Especially Sel, Fonger, Walter and c0z who all played many games with me to help me test stuff, but also those who just played a few games (Wonna, XaudiTT, Laney, DK, Parm, Mads, Dan, Forsythe, Colo, Meselfs, Yxee, Best4nk etc) - every piece of feedback matters. Special thanks to Fonger for making the Patch Launcher and getting it perfect .

What I need now is feedback: you guys need to tell me what you like, what you don't like; what works, what doesn't work; and so on. Stuff like cheats and bugs we can mostly agree on. But what about balance changes? Are the maps fairer now? Is the game more balanced and more strategic? Also I need suggestions on other changes that might need to be made: as long as things need to change this stays a work-in-progress.