Sonic 293 Posted February 24, 2005 I just posted the news on the main page of CNCNZ.com. The 1.3 patch for Zero Hour is real and it gets released on February 28 2005. It promises to be a big update for the game. Unexpected news to me I must say. And just like I said in the news update I posted, perhaps EA do care after all :lol: Share this post Link to post
fox34343 1 Posted February 24, 2005 im to shocked for words :shock: :shock: Share this post Link to post
chickendippers 1 Posted February 24, 2005 Harvard Bonin, Senior Producer at EA Los Angeles. "While this patch addresses the most common cheats and technical errors seen in recent months, it is going to give Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour a dynamic face-lift inspired by community feedback. So it fixes cheats and copies the ACETON-Balancing-Modification. Share this post Link to post
Thierry 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Not good.... All WR INI's are based on 1.02.......great....................ARGH!! Share this post Link to post
Sonic 293 Posted February 24, 2005 Will be hard to change them to 1.3 Thierry? You probably can't answer that until you the patch though and test thing I guess. Other Zero Hour mod teams are facing the same situation as well. Share this post Link to post
Thierry 0 Posted February 24, 2005 Well it depends, if its just small issues, such as a few small weapon changes, speed, armor etc, those things, then its ok, but if it goes further then that, such as module editing, OCL changes and stuff about command bars, then it might be a problem. Luckily, I hope that WR will still work, if so, then its just searching for bugs, else....it could be a while to get it all right. Honestly, I think EA should have done this a year ago, or not all. Share this post Link to post
Inferno 22 Posted February 26, 2005 At that time they were busy making BfME, but you do have a point. Share this post Link to post
Thierry 0 Posted February 27, 2005 These are possible changes that are going around the community: Remember, the are possible, not certain! All GLA Battlebus: - Decreased speed from 75 to 70 Radar Van: - The radar van now detects stealth units in a larger radius Technicals: - The primary weapon now uses gat damage and no more comanche vulcan -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- All USA Ambulance: - Decreased heal rate to vehicles from 8 to 5 HP/sec Avenger: - Added a 2nd anti rocket laser with a delay of 500 - Slightly better armour vs JET_MISSILES Sentry Drone: - Drone Armour upgrade now also works for the Sentry Drone Battledrone: - Increased heal rate from 5 to 10 HP/sec Flashbangs: - Increased primary damage from 25 to 35 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- China Inferno Cannon: - Speed increased from 20 to 30 (undamaged) - Firestorm is now set off by 3 inferno cannons (before 6) Gattling Tank: - Increased gattling tank experience to 0 - 80 - 200 - 300 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- China Infantry General Attack Outpost: - Decreased slots from 10 to 8 - Decreased included Tank Hunter from 4 to 3 - Decreased health from 350 to 300 - Decreased heal rate non upgraded to 1% and when upgraded to 2% (It was 4% and 4%) Assault Helix: - The bunker isn't available from the beginning anymore. He has to be upgraded in the helix. Buildcost: 500, Buildtime: 20 Advanced Troop Crawler: - Decreased heal rate non upgraded to 2% and when upgraded to 4% (It was 4% and 4%) Inferno Cannon: - Speed increased from 20 to 30 (undamaged) - Firestorm is now set off by 3 inferno cannons (before 6) Minigunner: - Decreased range of the ground weapon from 125 to 115 - Decreased damage to air units from 12 to 10 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- China Nuke General Radiation: - Decreased radius of the toxic radiation from Battlemaster and Overlord Nuke Bomber: - Reload time increased from 2:30 to 3:00 Inferno Cannon: - Speed increased from 20 to 30 (undamaged) - Firestorm ist now set off by 3 inferno cannons (before 6) Gattling Tank: - Increased Gattling Tank experience to 0 - 80 - 200 - 300 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- China Tank General Troopcrawler: - Increased prize from 1200 to 1400 Gattling Tank: - Increased Gattling Tank experience to 0 - 80 - 200 - 300 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- GLA Marauder Tank: - Armour increased form 430 to 500 - Weapon range increased from 150 to 170 Saboteur: - Now available in Barracks after War Factory is build Technical: - Increased build time from 3 to 5 Tunnel-Network: - Damage increased from 10 to 15 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- GLA Demo General Marauder Tank: - Armour increased form 430 to 500 - Weapon range increased from 150 to 170 Suicide Upgrade: - The upgrade now has two weapons. One is the normal one, the other is a weaker version. - Normal suicide weapon no longer detonates if unit is killed by opposing unit. It can only be manually detonated. - Secondary suicide weapon will only detonate if unit is killed by opposing unit. Terrorist: - The explosion power was increased Tunnel-Network: - Damage increased from 10 to 15 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- GLA Toxin General Anthrax Gamma Upgrade: - Prize increased from 1000 to 1500 Marauder Tank: - Armour increased form 430 to 500 - Weapon range increased from 150 to 170 RPGS: - The effect of the gamma upgrade is now reduced Technicals: - Increased build time from 3 to 5 Terrorist: - The explosion power was decreased -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- GLA Stealth General Saboteur: - Now available in Barracks after War Factory is build Technicals: - Increased build time from 3 to 5 Tunnel-Network: - Damage increased from 10 to 15 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- USA Airforce General Battle Chinook: - Increased build time from 15 to 25 Carpet Bomber: - The Carpet Bomber now has to be activated in the Generals Experience Menu (Level 1 – 1 general’s point). Deploy from: Strategy Center -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- USA Super Weapon General Aurora Alpha Bomber: - Secondary attack damage decreased from 1000 to 900 - Secondary attack range decreased from 100 to 70 Avenger: - Now available without Strategy Center - Decreased prize from 2400 to 2000 -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- Added maps from Generals Scorched Earth : - removed and replaced buggy towers - replaced the small lake with a repair bay and two small ponds - removed optical errors Armored Fury : - start position and first supply slightly moved in distance - altered direction of supply (longer side facing toward headquarter) -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- Map-Changes Alpine Assault: - The second, lower civil vehicle was removed (Now each player has only 1 civil vehicle) - All 4 bunkers can now be cleared by a dragon-tank without problems. Bombardment Beach: - smoothened the terrain (air perspective) in front of the boxes at the ravine - adjusted the path to the center boxes at the ravine - adjusted the path to the far left supply Final Crusade : - slightly smoothened the terrain at the bottom right supply - both oil derricks in the left corner were slightly moved to the right Flash Fire: - Each starting position now has his own supply piles and his own Oil Derrick North America: - The right Island cannot be built on anymore - The UN money-boxes have been removed Sand Serpent: - On the upper path through the river 2 supply-piles were added Seaside Mutiny : - adjusted the paths to the three oil derricks (same patch for all players) - adjusted supply boxes in the middle Tournament Desert: - While occupying civil bunkers it often came to problems. For example infantry just stopped instead of occupying the bunker. This bug is now fixed. Tournament Plains: - The left starting position has been levelled (Before you were able to see the terrain through the HQ) -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------- Bugfixes - Tunnelbug fixed. It is no longer possible to transport units through unfinished tunnel-Network‘s - Spectre Gunship Level 1 Hit Points decreased from 1000 to 600. (Adjusted to level 2 and 3) - Colonel Burton knife Bug fixed. Planes or helicopters can no longer be destroyed by the knife-attack. - The Firebase no longer takes damage by irrelevant damage-types (e.g. contamination). Now - the report, that “the Base is under attack“ doesn’t appear anymore. - Chinooks no longer takes damage by flashbangs - Tomahawks and Scudlauncher now leave boxes to collect after being destroyed - Sentry drones no longer automatically engage on enemy units while being stealth - The Scud Storm Weapon now causes correct damage on structures - Hijacker can no longer capture a battlebus - The Jarmen Kell of the demolution general can no longer detect stealth units - Nuke’s and Tank’s Troopcrawler now contain the correct Redguards - The GLA Worker Bug, which appeared after the „Fortified Building-Upgrade“ is now fixed. - After the destruction of Laser- and Superweapon Patriots now 3 Rangers appear (Adjusted to the other patriots) - Aero-planes now are targetable by the Infantry-Troopcrawler. - Comanche’s will no longer be destroyed, if they are flying close to each other, and one is shot down. - Explosives no longer disappear, when the tank-hunter is killed - Aero-planes now are targetable by Tank- and Nuke-Outpost’s. The crew no longer leaves the vehicle while attacking. - Tooltips of Laser Patriot and China nuclear Tank-Upgrade fixed - Aurora Alpha Bomber now got the right Design - Raptors and Stealth Fighters aren't recharged in the air anymore when buying the laser missile upgrade - The easy visible bomb truck concealed as an avenger bug is fixed - The computer didn't always recognise the battlebus as a unit - this bug is now fixed - The rockets of the Comanche Upgrade RocketPod now are red if the Comanche has reached elite status. - The map was sometimes slightly uncovered when building an avenger. This bug is now fixed - ScudStorm Bug fixed - Locomotor of sw, laser and air avenger corrected (they had the crusader locomotor) - The correct Rangers now appear when a building from the Superweapon, Laser or Airforce General is destroyed - UpgradeCameos corrected - Raptors (not King Raptors) now get the correct +25% damage when upgraded to Laser Missiles. In Zero Hour 1.2 it was less than 25% Fixed a bug that defence buildings can fire on units/buildings without finishing building for this structures: - Patriot Missile Systems of all USA Generals - Firebase of all USA Generals - Gattling Tower of all China Generals - Tunnel Network of GLA, Stealth and Demolition General You can now aim at air targets with: - the Avenger - the Outpost - the Battlebus - Humvee - Troopcrawler If this is the case, then it shouldn't really pose a problem for WR, WR has a balance of its own that will overwrite this one, but all the bug fixed will be included Share this post Link to post
TheBlackOut 6 Posted February 27, 2005 I am just glad a new patch is comin.... i was gettin sick of the many cheaters out there. :? Plus: What a great birthday present for meh :lol: Share this post Link to post
chickendippers 1 Posted February 28, 2005 ...dun know if it will prevent cheating. How ironic that Generals was supposed to be impossible to cheat with, and there are loads of bugs so you don't even need hacks. Share this post Link to post
Sonic 293 Posted March 1, 2005 The patch is available now. Details here http://www.cncnz.com/features/tech/genzhpatch103.shtml Share this post Link to post
Thierry 0 Posted March 1, 2005 Well, it doesn't mess with WR, and it still works fine Share this post Link to post
J-Fire_Man 0 Posted March 10, 2005 Well, I too is glad that it didn't affect my mod database. I will got to analyze the updated version of the INIs. There might be some cool secret changes Share this post Link to post
