OpenRA Release 20120504

via http://www.aep-emu.de/

A new version of OpenRA has been released. OpenRA is free Real Time Strategy game engine supporting early Westwood games like Command & Conquer and Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

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We have released a new version of OpenRA! Head over to the downloads page to grab it.
List of changes since the previous release:

• Maps
  
  • Added a new RA Map by Nukem: Tainted Peak
  • Dropped three RA Maps: Daejeon, Mjolnir, and No Fly Zone.
  
  
  
• Added a Sound Engine game setting: Sound.Engine=AL.
  
  • "AL" uses OpenAL, "Null" gives you no sound.
  
  
  
• Warnings are shown to lobbies when a DEV_VERSION client joins.
• General gameplay changes:
  
  • Buildings now take 10 seconds to capture.
  • New units now attack-move to the designated rally point.
  
  
  
• RA changes:
  
  • Spy
    
    • Can infiltrate Refinery: Steals 50% of a player´s cash, minimum $500.
    • Can infiltrate Radar Dome: Resets exploration for the enemy team.
    • Is equipped with a Silenced PPK. Use force-fire to assassinate an enemy unit (careful, your disguise will be dropped).
    
    
    
  • Gap Generator made available to Allies.
  • Tanya made available only to Allies.
  • Pillboxes now include a rifle infantry when built. Pillboxes are garrisonable, so swapping the unit inside changes the weapon fired.
  • Camo Pillbox was removed (temporarily).
  • Artilleries have a 75% chance of exploding on death, down from 100%.
  • Flamethrower received new art for its flame effect, as well as an overall damage increase.
  • AI: Replaced Normal AI with two new AIs: Rommel and Zhukov.
    
    • Zhukov is a turtle, but sends large attacks with Artillery and V2.
    • Rommel is a modified Hard AI; sends Artillery and V2, but doesn´t like light vehicles.
    
    
  
  
  
• CNC changes:
  
  • A10´s speed increased, Napalm Drop damage increased.
  • Chinooks now carry up to 10 passengers.
  • Sight of all infantry was increased by 1 tile.
  • Chem Warrior/Flamethrower/Grenadier damage vs certain armor types increased.
  • Artillery´s attack range was doubled.
  • Guard Tower´s attack range increased by 1.
  • Increased sight of Construction Yards and MCVs.
  • Construction Yard armor type changed to Heavy (previously Wood).
  • Harvester armor type changed to Heavy (previously Light).
  • Reduced the probability of SpawnVisceroid from 10% to 2%.
  • Reduced the damage and size of Grenadier death explosions.
  • Units no longer target buildings when attack-moving or when idle. They still target defensive structures (except SAM sites).
  • AI is now reasonable and playable.
  
  
  
• General mod support and bug fixes:
  
  • New CloakPaletteEffect trait for adding a shimmer effect to cloaked units.
  • Cargo trait now allows initial passengers when units are built.
  • Capture time length is adjustable
  • Custom starting units can be used for each faction.
  • General engine tweaks.
  • Main menu no longer vanished after a lobby disconnect.
  • Fixed a crash with capturing/selling buildings at the same time.
  • Fixed a crash in server in StartGame if there were unvalidated connections.
  • Fixed a crash in the CNC replay viewer.
  • Fixed a bug in CNC where radar would not be shown if dead/spectating.
  • Fixed a bug where passengers could shoot from transports.
  • Improved error messages given with bad MiniYaml indentations.