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Second Wave<<   Readme | Latest Screens | Forums | Download Mirrors   Second Wave For ZeroHour Version Beta 2.5 (Public) http://www.cncmatrix.com Introduction SecondWave is a mod produced by the CnC Matrix mod team, the mod aims to tweak and improve on Command and Conquer Generals. This version of the mod is the first version of the mod recoded for ZeroHour the mod contains aprox 30 units and several new structures plus lots of other cool changes. The new units and structures have been added using both custom models and unused models made by EA. Beta 2.2 includes a entire new side the UK, there is no real story line as yet for SecondWave we may write one if we decide to make a campaign but the basic idea is that the war with the GLA is dragging on so the US and China are calling in reinforcements in the form of the UK and there own new units and structures. The first version for ZeroHour sees both China and USA getting new tanks in the form of the Type 98 and M1A3 Abram’s. The UK also gets a new dozer model and a couple of new skins. Summary Of Changes 1 New Side Aprox 30 New Units Including, 3 New Infantry 8 New Skirmish/MP Maps New Custom SecondWave Shellmap Mobile Repair Vehicles VSTOL Aircraft (Harrier) Carpet Bombing Cluster Bombs Spy Plane Submarine Missile Strikes Swing Wing Aircraft Infantry Which Can Cross Water Mod Launcher Blood Hovercraft Mods Lobby Renamed To SecondWave New Units UK Dozer Challenger 2 Scimitar Warrior Land Rover MLRS Merlin Lynx Samaritan AS90 Braveheart Royal Marine Law Soldier SAS Trooper Harrier Tornado Eurofighter Hovercraft Mobile Sensor Array Hawk T1 (Red Arrows) – Shellmap Only USA M1A3 Abrams APC Predator Attack Drone Hovercraft China Type 98 Mig Bomber Intel Officer Hovercraft GLA MAT (Mobile Anti Tank) Gun Hind Transport/Attack (Temporally removed until gla airfield is ready) Hovercraft New Structures USA Pillbox: The USA pillbox is a bunker like building which is equipped with high calibre anti infantry machine guns which can mow down lines of advancing infantry. Known Issues Walls don’t actually build there just placed AI don’t use new buildings/units Sometimes new units get stuck while moving Samaritan won't target units for repair you will have to force fire by holding down CTRL then targeting Bug Reports This is still a beta so we expect bugs and we would love for people to report them. If you find a bug or have a suggestion please report it at the cncmatrix forums. http://forums.cncmatrix.com Version History Beta 2.5 Entire Beta 2.3 recoded for ZeroHour M1A3 Abrams Tank Added To USA Type 98 Tank Added To China Hawk T1 RedArrow Added (Shellmap Only) New UK Dozer Model New Shellmap Full set of infantry for UK Added New Load Screen and art added Fixed Lynx Think It Can Collect Supplies Bug Fixed Lynx Won't Fire On Enemy Bug Multiple bug fixes Multiple balance changes Redesigned Installer Redesigned Launcher Challenger 2 Reskinned Lynx Reskinned Damage models added for various units Added AS90, Challenger2 and Sensor Array death skins, models and effects Added Harrier hover animation Renamed MIG Bomber to Iron Dragon Iron Dragon is now a stealth bomber that drops napalm bombs or small tactical nukes if your the Nuke General Added bones and house colors to the Iron Dragon model Added damage skin to Chinese Iron Dragon and GLA MAT Gun Added new projectile model for Iron Dragon and made projectile on plane model disapear when bomb is dropped Fixed GLA MAT Gun crate upgrades Tweaked GLA MAT Gun values to make it more useful Air Force General Predator Attack drone remains stealth when firing Fixed UK Lynx "piling up" after being built Added World Builder Compatibility (See instructions) Beta 2.3 -Fixed UK Promotion strip -Stopped US Promotion strip being replaced by UK -Added right hud image -Added score screen button -replaced challenger with veteren tanks -removed challenger from generals abililtys -added damage skin and model to Scimitar, Tornado and Warrior -added dead hulk model and skin to Scimitar, Tornado and Warrior -added slow death effects (like turret flying off) to Scimitar, Tornado and Warrior -added a bit more house color to the Scimitar so you can see it from default view -changed scimitar and warrior track effects to tank tracks -lynx can now move and shoot (like comanche) -fixed GLA MAT Gun bright skin, garrison and damage bugs (removed kind of = infantry) -added house color to MAT Gun -fixed crate upgrade fx for MAT Gun -fixed treadfx and fire bones for MAT Gun -fixed bug where Land Rover primary gun would change to humvee gun when milan upgraded -changed Land Rover damage, health, speed and attack range values for balance -added turret blowing off death effect to GLA MAT Gun -changed USA APC track marks to tread tracks from wheel tracks -fixed USA APC treadfx, smoke and firefx bones -added .50 cal machinegun to apc model -increased USA APC health from 240 to 250 -Rotor animations redone (thanks goes to samthebob) -Marine model changed to UN soldier -New skin applied to UN soldier model to resemble marine -Removed Milan from Warrior -Experimenting with possible new UK upgrade -added house color to Harrier -fixed Harrier engine, machinegun and rocket pod bones positions -fixed MLRS tread fx bones -added proper turning and suspension system to Land Rover wheels -fixed bug where USA walls would be invisible until construction began -added "Strong and Weak vs" to Lynx tool tip -fixed kevlar vest upgrade tool tip typo -changed sub strike missile trail from artillery trail to tomahawk missile trail -changed MLRS missile & fire FX -fixed bug where the MLRS turret would not work when firing anti-air MLRS rockets -added MLRS veterancy fire FX -fixed bug with missing GLA MAT Gun projectile object -lowered damage of individual cluster bomb -increased area of effect of individual cluster bomb -added whistle sound to incoming AS90 shells -fixed MLRS model so turret base turns with turret (like real MLRS) -decreased SAS rate of fire -altered black team color values (attempt to prevent Generals bug) -increased sub strike lvl 2 & 3 damage -increased cluster bomb spread -increased Royal Marine (unupgraded) health from 150 to 160 -decreased kevlar vest upgrade health bonus from 50 to 40 -increased Tornado bomb damage from 150 to 300 -decreased Tornado bomb reload from 5000 to 4250 -decreased Harrier rocket damage from 70 to 60 -increased Harrier reload time from 10000 to 17000 -decreased Harrier machine gun damage from 6 to 5 -increased Harrier health from 170 to 180 -decreased Scimitar rate of fire -increased Scimitar damage from 20 to 25 -decreased AS90 scatter radius and damage radius -decreased AS90 damage from 165 to 140 -decreased AS90 rate of fire -altered AS90 shell speed for better looking arch and speed -decreased MLRS rocket damage from 90 to 80 -decreased MLRS attack range from 400 to 375 -added veterancy fire fx to AS90 -increased Eurofughter health from 140 to 150 -recoded launcher *whew* (I'll make sure I never lose the code again *shakes fist at Delphi 7*) -added active link to cncmatrix to launcher -added Help->About to launcher -rewritten script switching code is now much shorter and faster -added SW enabled, mouse, Generals version and cpu speed checks to Launcher - Changed SpyCamera (What spyplane drops) to invunerable armor - Made lynx auto aquire enemys when idle - Changed Eurofighter Death stuff to the Mig - Stopped Lynx thinking it was a harvester - Added helicopter loop sound to lynx - Removed cluster disclaimer - Fixed missing CSF string GUI:GameOptions in Network game setup - Added CobatZone trigger area on Falkland Islands (Should improve AI a bit) Beta 2.2 UK Side Added 19 New Units Added Cluster Bomb Added Missile Strike Added New UK Control Bar New UK Load Screen New UK Themed Menu Added UK Voice Set Added UK Music Set Integrated SecondWave Launcher Into SecondWave New Load Screen Created Fixed some bugs found in Beta 2.1 Added New GLA Dozer Model Added Battle For Basra Map Added Falkland Islands Map Added 1.6 Balance Changes Added 1.6 INI Changes Added Upgrades For UK Beta 2.1 Added black and brown as player colors Intel Center now requires Propaganda Center Added Second Wave credits before Generals credits MAT Gun can now travel in the Hind but is the only vehicle which can Hind now has its own armour, locomotor and weapon sets. It was done so the Hind could be made weaker and slower because it was a little overpowered Hind audio changed to the Technical from the Chinook Pillbox range has been increased from 100-150 Fixed Carpet Bombing selection Amphibious Transport now has team colors Removed USA logo from Amphibious Transport Fixed Intel Center size (game geometry not model) Fixed Intel Center build sequence Fixed GLA MAT Gun using the Toxin Shells upgrade Changed Chinese Advanced Dozer build shortcut to V from A Implemented some of the 1.5 balance changes Mig Bomber now displays upgrade cameo for Mig Armour (always used upgrade) Fixed APC displaying humvee TOW missile upgrade cameo (removed it) Fixed GLA Dozer disappearing on death GLA Dozer can now detect mines like the other Dozers Fixed MAT Gun using Marauder hulk on death Napalm Strike now has a spread of 0.25 so that not all Migs attack exact same place (allows you to take out larger groups of enemies) Added countdown timer to Napalm Strike control bar text Wall building system re-worked to fix all the current bugs GLA Hind now requires Palace Second Wave map names fixed and added (Second Wave) to display name Pillbox damage decreased from 30 to 25 and delay between shots (in mili seconds) increased from 2 to 250 Changed Mig controlbar text to "Mig 1.44" from "Mig 29" Re-added rally point to GLA Barracks Infantry have a 75% survive rate from the APC Added menu clock Added house colours for all new units Beta 2 6 New Units 2 New Buildings Infantry now bleed when shot Controlbar text has been edited for most units The Scorpion tank rocket upgrade has been moved to the Command Center The Pathfinder can now be trained after building a Strategy Center and does not need a special science Carpet Bombing has been added for the USA and has replaced the pathfinder on the sciences. Various new pieces of art Bayonet charge added to reguard Napalm strike added for Chinese side Advanced Dozers have been added for all sides to allow the construction of new structures Hovercraft have been enabled for all sides and units can fire out of the hovercraft allowing naval battles Walls have been added for all sides Working With Worldbuilder Version 2.5 is the first version of SecondWave to be world builder compatible after the ZeroHour version of world builder was made compatible with mods. But unfortunately world builder still does not work with the –mod command switch which SecondWave uses. So to use world builder with SecondWave you need to first extract the mod to your Generals directory. This can be done using a big extractor such as, Final Big (http://www.wagnerma.de/yinger/showdownload.php?detail=1) once you have downloaded and installed this software open the SecondWaveZH.big file which you can find in your Command and Conquer Generals Data folder. Once opened extract all files to your generals directory. Now your set just start world builder as normal and click ignore on any errors which come up (there will be a few). Credits This mod was produced by the CnC Matrix mod team (http://www.cncmatrix.com) which at the time of writing this readme consists of, Malc – Mod team leader, INI editor, art editor, PR, anything else which needs doing. SiavashPourmonir – 3D Modeler/Texturer Killakanz – 3D Modeler Chris – 3D Modeler Hawk – 3D Modeler Samthebobman – 3D Modeler Mongoose – Infantry Modeler Eradicator – Assistant INI editor Rubberband – 2D Artist Tanka - Texturer Also thank you to the many beta testers who helped make this mod great I would also like to give special thanks to the following people. RVMECH – For trying to help me with a few odd bits Simon From Nova – For help with infantry Everyone at the Deezire Forums (http://online.deezire.net) Everyone at the Official Boards as well And anyone else ive forgotten