Ares v0.A for Red Alert 2 & Yuri's Revenge Released

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Version 0.A of the Ares DLL has been released. This is a special DLL file that is aimed at the modding community, it adds new features to Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge. Ares v0.A, the first new version of Ares in about a year, adds new features and it includes bug fixes. It also improves performance of older features. They are summarised below.

• Audio improvements like support for multiple bag files and support for loose wave files of arbitrary type
• Solid Buildings have been reworked to support invisible projectiles and solidity levels
• Firestorm has gotten customizable animations and many more improvements
• Transports can come from the factory with pre-built passengers, can only accept specific passengers, or be disallowed to eject their passengers manually
• Custom Missiles can use weapons instead of damage and warhead
• Saboteurs are sneaky one-time building demolition troopers
• Units can be made to hold fire if not in area-guard mode or to not try to crush enemies

Visit the Ares official site, where you will find the download of this new version and more information.