DoctorEvil Map Collection (Yuri's Revenge)

[DoctorEvil]

On 2/24/2023 at 2:30 AM, Sam-I-am said:

That's right. If you don't mind
Thanks.

Hello man,
as you had requested I turned the oil in corner and center map into a zero hour version. Enjoy!  

Oil in Center Zero Hour, ov1.3.map

 

(Older versions:)

Spoiler

Oil in Center Zero Hour, ov1.map
Oil in Center Zero Hour, ov1.1.map

 

(For alternative download options see the first post I made in this topic)

However I looked into the map (I actually never played oil in center maps before) and checked what the original creator Tutankhamun changed. I decided to change a few things in my mod to keep the original balancing of the map and also the basic "feeling" of the original version. After a few test runs it played really well.

So if you already know the Red Alert 2: Zero Hour map mod, I've made the following changes (now updated to version 1.3):

All factions:
- No Ore Purifiers (due to not having ore on the map)
- Mobile Sensor Array: Stealth Detection Radius reduced to 12
- Custom Soviet and Yuri Spies got deleted. I used the original code of the map (Allied spy buildable by allies and soviets but not by Yuri)
- Queue limit has been increased from 30 to 100

America / Airforce General:
- Helicarrier: Build limit reduced from 3 to 2. Range reduced from 12 to 11. Light gun range increased from 8 to 10. Fixed bug of Helicarrier not having sight.
- Drone Hive: Build limit reduced from 3 to 2. Range reduced from 20 to 14. Damage of hive drones doubled but damage against buildings halved. Health of drones increased from 125 to 150. 
- Stealth Fighter: Price reduced from 1600 to 1200.
- Robotnik Drone: Price reduced from 600 to 550.
- Hydra Gunship: Fixed the issue of the unit not shooting at flying infantry (rocketeers, zephyrots, molniyas), machine gun damage slightly reduced.

Korea / Infantry General:
- Prismarine weapon range got reduced by 33% (to make prismarine battle fortresses less efficient)
- Chrono Commando: Build time increased from 2x to 3x
- APC: Increased movement speed from 8 to 10.
- Zephyrot: Health reduced from 250 to 200.

France / Defensive General:
- France is now unable to build prism tanks (as a general offensive nerf for France and to utilize pacifiers more).
- Plasma Cannon: Range reduced from 18 to 11.
- Deployed Pacifier FAV: Artillery weapon changed increased to 12 (13 for elite) and now shoots 5 (7 for elite) projectiles instead of 4. Also slightly increased accuracy, but slightly reduced damage per shot. Building now has the same health and armor as the vehicle. This means similarly to the deployed nuke cannon the tower is now vulnerable against mind control!
- Plasmacore Missile Platform: Range reduced from 18 to 13
- Fusion Reactor: Has been modded, so it produces money (like the other power plants)
- Gun Turret: Increased range from 7 to 8. Can now shoot over walls.
- NEW BUILDING: Camo Pillbox! Replaces the normal pillbox. It has the exact same firepower as a regular pillbox, but is cloaked by default. Due to limitations I had to make it a small stealth generator, so it can also cloak certain buildings and units next to it. Consider it a feature lol.

Germany / Robotics and Tank General:
- Android Prismarine weapon range reduced by 33%
- Robot Miner isn't buildable
- Advanced Robot Tank: Speed increased from 5 to 6, so it's on par with a Rhino Tank.

Britain / Laser and Stealth General:
- Stealth Generator: Build limit of 1 instead of unlimited. Cloaking range increased from 6 to 8 (so it's on par with a gap gen)
- Advanced Stealth Generator isn't buildable
- Mobile Stealth Generator: Buildable after building a Stealth Generator.
- Obelisk of Light: Range reduced from 10 to 8 (so it's equal to a prism tower)
- All Laser Weapons: Damage against V3 missiles and terror drones increased from 50% to 150%. Damage against all infantry increased from 50% to 75%. 
- Laser Mammoth Tank: Range increased by 1. Anti air range decreased from 13 to 10. Damage doubled from 3 to 6 (6 to 12 for Elite).
- Avenger Anti Air System: Damage increased from 4 to 5 per shot.

Libya / Nuclear General:
- Nuclear Rhino: Price decreased from 950 to 925.
- Nuclear Apocalypse: Price decreased from 2100 to 2050.
- Nuclear Cannon: Unit is now immune to radiation (less microing the unit), speed is now on par with red and green howitzers, rate of turn is now doubled. Range reduced so it's on par with prism tanks
- Desolator Turret: Range reduced from 6 to 5.5.
- Doomsday Cannon isn't buildable

Iraq / Toxin and Airship General:
- All large toxin grenade weapons: Reduced toxin spread from 4 to 2 (to reduce lag and overall poison damage)
- Thrax Toxinturret: Ground weapon range reduced from 10 to 8. Can now shoot over walls.
- Iraq's Apocalypse tank: Removed their immunity to poison damage. Anti air weapon range reduced from 13 to 8, so it's on par with a normal apoc. Damage per missile is increased thou (60 instead of 50).
- Iraq's Rhino tank: Removed their immunity to poison damage. This makes Iraq less op in tank battles.
- Green Howitzer: Range reduced so it's on par with prism tanks. Rate of turn reduced from 5 to 4.
- Cinta-Class Airships: Build limit of 2 instead of unlimited. Weapon range decreased from 8 to 7.
- Sahara-Class Airships: Build limit of 1 instead of 3. Range reduced so it's on par with prism tanks. Anti air missiles damage reduced from 30 to 15 per missile.

Cuba / Flame and Demolitions General:
- All flamethrower weapons: Weapon is now unable to fire over walls, reduced fire weapon spread from 2 to 1 (reduces lag and overall flame damage). Removed oversight of flamethrowers being able to hit air units. 
- All napalm missiles: Reduced weapon spread from 9 to 3 (reduces lag and overall flame damage). Removed burst of 2, but doubled damage per missile.
- Flame Miner: Flamethrower damage against buildings halved. This makes early flame miner rushes less effective.
- Flame Turret: Fixed bug of the turret being able to automatically detect spies, range reduced from 7.5 to 5.5 so it's on par with other basic defenses
- Red Howitzer: Rate of turn decreased from 5 to 4. Range reduced so it's on par with prism tanks
- Dragon Tank: Increased cost from 1200 to 1400, speed reduced from 4 to 3, armor type changed from heavy to medium, flamethrower damage reduced from 20 to 12.
- Pyromaniac: Unit is now unable to occupy buildings.
- Dragon Attack Helicopter: Unit renamed to Hell-icopter, now unlocks with battle lab instead of radar, flamethrower weapon damage reduced from 15 to 7.5 and elite weapon damage from 18 to 10, now shoots missiles at light vehicles (flamethrower was extremely op against AA units), price increased from 1400 to 1500, flamethrower now has a proper sound effect
- Terror Bike: Speed increased from 7 to 11
- Terrorist and Terror Bike price increased by 10%

Russia / Tesla General:
- Advanced Tesla Coil: Ground range reduced from 13 to 11. Anti air range reduced to 12. Energy consumption reduced by half.
- Zelinsky-Machine: Range reduced so it's on par with prism tanks. Speed increased from 3 to 4. Weapon range increased from 10 to 12, elite weapon range increased from 10 to 14, so Russia has a better counter against Masterminds.
- Advanced Tesla Reactor: Build limit of 1 instead of unlimited (because nuclear reactors also have a build limit of 1)
- Molniya: Changed weapon sound effect for non-elite bolts to the tesla trooper one (less earrape). Weapon shoots 1.5 times slower, but is accordingly stronger. Health reduced from 250 to 200.
- Volkov: Weapon range increased from 7 to 9, elite weapon range increased from 9 to 11, bolt spread increased from 1 to 2.

Yuri: 
- Clone Miner isn't buildable
- Yuriko Omega: Isn't floating anymore. This fixes a bug of her not attacking sometimes, which makes her more useful when playing against Germany.
- Gattling Trooper: Unit is now unable to occupy buildings.
- Assault Hovercraft: Unit is now buildable in weapons factory instead of shipyard (which doesn't exist on this map). This gives Yuri a second anti air option. Occupy it with 3 gattling troopers for a nice anti air unit. Caution: Yuri clones don't work in it!
- Master Mind: Health reduced from 500 to 400. This was done as masterminds were still considerably strong against soviet players, so this nerf makes it a bit easier to counter Yuri. 
- Yuri Statue: Rate of fire reduced from 80 to 33. Price reduced to 1500, so it's on par with tesla coils and prism towers. Increased rate of turn. Fixed bug of tower being overchargable with tesla troopers. Tower has now a threat value (which means ground units will auto attack it!).

Enjoy! 😎
Also feel free to give me feedback later on if something feels under- or overpowered.

Cheers!

Edited June 15, 2023 by DoctorEvil
Updated oil in center from 1.0 to 1.3

[Sam-I-am]

Hey
Wow! Thank you very much
I hope it didn't take many hours  

I love the new units and effects of the Zero Hour mod; Assault Nighthawk, Plasma Cannon, Mobile Stealth Generator, Nuclear Cannon, Terror Bike, Crazy
Guevara are some of the most impressive additions; really cool; the flying naval units are over the top though. 

I really appreciate your effort. Incredible.

Edited February 26, 2023 by Sam-I-am

[DoctorEvil]

On 2/26/2023 at 7:09 AM, Sam-I-am said:

Hey
Wow! Thank you very much
I hope it didn't take many hours  

I love the new units and effects of the Zero Hour mod; Assault Nighthawk, Plasma Cannon, Mobile Stealth Generator, Nuclear Cannon, Terror Bike, Crazy
Guevara are some of the most impressive additions; really cool; the flying naval units are over the top though. 

I really appreciate your effort. Incredible.

No worries  

It took around half a day to look into the map file and change my mod accordingly. Also glad you enjoy the new additions!

After a few test runs I still feel it needs a bit more rebalancing. Iraq and Yuri feel overpowered on this map, America and France feel underpowered. The rest is okay I guess. 

Do you have some other balancing ideas?

[Sam-I-am]

On 3/2/2023 at 3:51 PM, DoctorEvil said:

It took around half a day

well, I hope you enjoyed working on it 

On 3/2/2023 at 3:51 PM, DoctorEvil said:

Do you have some other balancing ideas?

I'm not good at rebalancing 

Edited March 6, 2023 by Sam-I-am

[DeathStriker117]

You also have a great mod maps as well and a very well created other maps too.. thank you for sharing it to the community.
I also need your help,since you are also a map creator,you may be know this map name. Im searching for it everywhere and looking for it for a long time and I don't know the name of this mod map. Hope you have some idea and can help me find the name of this map. Thank you Bro!

CTTO
Note: I do not own this video. Its for reference only.
source: 

Edited March 30, 2023 by DeathStriker117

[OliverJacob12]

On 5/18/2022 at 1:25 AM, DoctorEvil said:

Hello again. I've updated the Super Deluxe Arena from version 2 to version 3. Here's what I've changed:

Bugfixes and performance improvements:
- Fixed a bug, where a player would disconnect whenever his fortress got destroyed.
- Fixed a bug, where the bottom right player would not get bonus drones anymore, whenever he got buildings with a medium respawn delay (hospital, machine shop, iron curtain, genetic mutator, tesla&prism, psitowers)
- Fixed a bug, where units would still spawn after a player disconnects or ragequits leaves the game
- Reduced the amount of debris Kirovs and Disks would emit after dying to 0. If a player had a large army of them the game would lag extremely if he died.

Gameplay changes:
- I replaced the nuclear reactor with three modded power plants instead. Each power plant gives 2k of power and has twice the normal health. It's a bit fairer and also prevents players to sneak up with seals that easily, as the explosion would destroy the wall around the fortress
- The fortress' health got reduced by 33%, as it was extremely tough to break.
- All unlock timers got reduced to 7 ingame minutes, except the first one (better infantry), which is a bit longer now.
- Slightly changed a few spawn numbers (more dogs, less modded units, less terrorists).
- Changed the terrorist in a way, so he's a bit more viable.
- Flak Cannons and Patriot Missiles have a much higher rate of fire now, so the AA-Bonus is actually worth it
- Covid Cougher's (=mummies) armor reduced by 50%. Upon death they will drop a poison cloud now.
- Prismarines (=Arnolds) move slightly slower now. Armor has been slightly reduced. You only spawn 2 of them now (instead of 3).
- Superbears armor slightly reduced, but movement speed has been increased even further.

Various changes:
- Added a nice effect, where all colored lights of one side would go out whenever a player dies.
- Added a few more sandbags for visual purposes to the fortresses.
- Added the fanciest map preview you'll ever witness.

i have a question about game of thrones survival v1.1.1   

 how to set the team?   

  I set  234 team A \  567 team B \   spot 1   teamc    , then  all of unit  attack team B

 how to set the spot and team?   

[DoctorEvil]

On 3/30/2023 at 5:28 AM, DeathStriker117 said:

You also have a great mod maps as well and a very well created other maps too.. thank you for sharing it to the community.
I also need your help,since you are also a map creator,you may be know this map name. Im searching for it everywhere and looking for it for a long time and I don't know the name of this mod map. Hope you have some idea and can help me find the name of this map. Thank you Bro!

CTTO
Note: I do not own this video. Its for reference only.
source: 

Hello man,
glad you enjoy my maps!

The map is called "-VS- BTF -Alpaca edit v1.4 -Bridges Too Far 2018". I've attached it in this post below.

Enjoy!

 

On 4/30/2023 at 10:27 AM, OliverJacob12 said:

i have a question about game of thrones survival v1.1.1   

 how to set the team?   

  I set  234 team A \  567 team B \   spot 1   teamc    , then  all of unit  attack team B

 how to set the spot and team?   

The teams are set correctly. The thing is that all teams spawn simultaneously with the same script, which means that they usually all target the same spot.

Game of Thrones Survival was one of my first maps, where I didn't have much knowledge on map making. Nowadays I would spawn the teams with better scripts. That's why I designed the map in a way so that units have to pass through the base to get to the other side. 

So you did everything right. The map is just a bit buggy at times (and since the concept didn't work out well in the first place I never really updated the map).

-VS- BTF -Alpaca edit v1.4 -Bridges Too Far 2018.map

[DoctorEvil]

On 2/26/2023 at 7:09 AM, Sam-I-am said:

Hey
Wow! Thank you very much
I hope it didn't take many hours  

I love the new units and effects of the Zero Hour mod; Assault Nighthawk, Plasma Cannon, Mobile Stealth Generator, Nuclear Cannon, Terror Bike, Crazy
Guevara are some of the most impressive additions; really cool; the flying naval units are over the top though. 

I really appreciate your effort. Incredible.

Hello Sam,
I've replayed the oil in center map the past days and wanted to make a quick update before the big update comes. 

So I've made a couple of changes to improve the balancing of the map. 

Added it in the attachments. Enjoy

 

Here's the full changelog:

Spoiler

Update for Oil in Center: Zero Hour - 1.0 to 1.1:

America / Airforce General:
- Helicarrier: Build limit increased from 1 to 2. Heavy gun range increased from 10 to 11 again, light gun range increased from 8 to 10. This was done as America is supposed to have the strongest airforce.
- Drone Hive: Build limit increased from 1 to 2. Range increased from 12 to 14, drone weapon damage against buildings reduced by half, drone health reduced from 200 to 150.
- Stealth Fighter: Price reduced from 1600 to 1200.
- Robotnik Drone: Price reduced from 600 to 550.
- Hydra Gunship: Fixed the bug of the unit not shooting at flying infantry (rocketeers, zephyrots, molniyas), machine gun damage slightly reduced.

Korea / Infantry General:
- APC: Increased movement speed from 8 to 10.

France / Defensive General:
- Plasma Cannon: Build limit increased from 1 to 2 again. Range increased from 10 to 11
- Plasmacore-Missile Platform: Build limit increased from 2 to 3 again.
- Deployed Pacifier FAV: Artillery weapon range increased to 11 (12 for elite) and now shoots 6 (8 for elite) projectiles instead of 4. Also slightly increased accuracy, but slightly reduced damage per shot
- Gun Turret: Increased range from 7 to 8. Can now shoot over walls.
- NEW BUILDING: Camo Pillbox! Replaces the normal pillbox. It has the exact same firepower as a regular pillbox, but is cloaked by default. Due to limitations I had to make it a small stealth generator, so it can also cloak certain buildings and units next to it. Consider it a feature lol.

Germany / Robotics and Tank General:
- Advanced Robot Tank: Speed increased from 5 to 6, so it's on par with a Rhino Tank.

Britain / Laser and Stealth General:
- Mobile Stealth Generator: Build limit removed
- Avenger Anti Air System: Damage increased from 4 to 5 per shot.
- Laser Mammoth Tank: Anti air range decreased from 13 to 10.

Libya / Nuclear General:
- Nuclear Rhino: Price decreased from 950 to 925.
- Nuclear Apocalypse: Price decreased from 2100 to 2050.
- Nuclear Cannon: Unit is now immune to radiation (less microing the unit), speed is now on par with red and green howitzers, rate of turn is now doubled. No more snail slow nuke cannons.
- Desolator Turret: Range reduced from 6 to 5.5.

Iraq / Toxin and Airship General:
- All large toxin grenade weapons: Reduced toxin splashs from 4 to 2 (to reduce lag and overall poison damage)
- Thrax Toxinturret: Can now shoot over walls
- Green Howitzer: Rate of turn decreased from 5 to 4
- Iraq's Rhino tank: Removed their immunity to poison damage. This makes Iraq less op in tank battles.
- Iraq's Apocalypse tank: Removed their immunity to poison damage. Anti air weapon range reduced from 13 to 8, so it's on par with a normal apoc. Damage per missile is increased thou (60 instead of 50).
- Cinta-Class Airships: Build limit reduced from 3 to 2, weapon range decreased from 8 to 7.
- Sahara-Class Airships: Build limit of 1 instead of 3, anti air missiles damage reduced from 30 to 15 per missile. This was done because Helicarrier lost in a 1v1 against Sahara-Class. Helicarrier should stay the king of the skies.

Cuba / Flame and Demolitions General:
- All flamethrower weapons: They are now unable to fire over walls (for balancing reasons). Reduced flame spread from 2 to 1 (reduces lag and overall flame damage). Removed an oversight of flamethrowers being able to hit air units. 
- All napalm missiles: Reduced weapon spread from 9 to 3 (reduces lag and overall flame damage). Removed burst of 2, but doubled damage per missile.
- Flame Miner: Flamethrower damage against buildings halved. This makes early flame miner rushes less effective.
- Flame Turret: Fixed bug of the turret being able to automatically detect spies, range reduced from 7.5 to 5.5 so it's on par with other basic defenses
- Red Howitzer: Rate of turn decreased from 5 to 4
- Dragon Tank: Increased cost from 1200 to 1400, speed reduced from 4 to 3, armor type changed from heavy to medium, flamethrower damage reduced from 20 to 12.
- Pyromaniac: Unit is now unable to occupy buildings.
- Dragon Attack Helicopter: Unit renamed to Hell-icopter, now unlocks with battle lab instead of radar, flamethrower weapon damage reduced from 15 to 7.5 and elite weapon damage from 18 to 10, now shoots missiles at light vehicles (flamethrower was extremely op against AA units), price increased from 1400 to 1500, flamethrower now has a proper sound effect
- Terror Bike: Speed increased from 7 to 11

Russia / Tesla General:
- Advanced Tesla Coil: Ground bolt range increased from 9 to 11. Anti air bolt range increased from 9 to 12. Build limit increased from 1 to 2 again.
- Zelinsky-Machine: Speed increased from 3 to 4. Weapon range increased from 10 to 12, elite weapon range increased from 10 to 14, so Russia has a better counter against Masterminds.
- Molniya: Changed weapon sound effect for non-elite bolts to the tesla trooper one (less earrape). Weapon shoots 1.5 times slower, but is accordingly stronger
- Volkov: Weapon range increased from 7 to 9, elite weapon range increased from 9 to 11, bolt spread increased from 1 to 2.

Yuri: 
- Gattling Trooper: Unit is now unable to occupy buildings.
- Assault Hovercraft: Unit is now buildable. This gives Yuri a second anti air option. Occupy it with 3 gattling troopers for a nice anti air unit. Caution: Yuri clones don't work in it!
- Psychic Beacon: Range increased back from 8 to 10
- Master Mind: Health reduced from 500 to 400. This was done as masterminds were still considerably strong against soviet players, so this nerf makes it a bit easier to counter Yuri. 
- Yuri Statue: Rate of fire reduced from 80 to 33 - almost 3 times faster shooting!

 

Oil in Center Zero Hour, ov1.1.map

[Sam-I-am]

20 hours ago, DoctorEvil said:

Hello Sam

Hey, man. 
Good to see you again.

Sorry, but I won't be playing the ZH mod, because many units are rebalanced and I'm not a fan of rebalancing.
Rebalancing requires a lot of testing and it's unlikely to be accurate. Once we change the original values, it's ruined (for me at least ).

I prefer the popular X2 mod, because the changes made there do not break the balance of power, it's just that everything is doubled, the speed and power are increased for all units equally and building time and recharge time for all SWs is reduced, all to speed things up and allow for more action, fast-paced gameplay, and so there's no need to retest each and every unit to know its new strengths and weaknesses.

No complicated changes. Nothing major. Same game. Almost everything you're already used to is still the same, just a little bit faster.

I tried ZH with real players and felt like I'm playing for the first time.

I mean, X2 is simple. Anyone can get used to it immediately. On the other hand, the ZH has cool new features, but it's confusing and requires everyone to test everything, which isn't very practical, takes time, and is particularly not fair for new players who need to take an extensive course first.

Most people don't wait 2 minutes in a room, so I don't expect them to study the new changes. 

[DoctorEvil]

10 minutes ago, Sam-I-am said:

Most people don't wait 2 minutes in a room, so I don't expect them to study the new changes. 

That is exactly one of the reasons why I mostly quit map making (besides the growth of toxic behaviour on cncnet).

Because why bother to make a nice gamemode if nobody's going to play anyways? (Even thou there were quite some people who enjoy the mod)

[McPwny]

you could try working on a mapset for some developing mod since your so proficient with the technical facets of map scripting. people might even pay for it

[DoctorEvil]

On 6/14/2023 at 11:58 PM, Sam-I-am said:

Hey, man. 
Good to see you again.

Sorry, but I won't be playing the ZH mod, because many units are rebalanced and I'm not a fan of rebalancing.
Rebalancing requires a lot of testing and it's unlikely to be accurate. Once we change the original values, it's ruined (for me at least ).

I prefer the popular X2 mod, because the changes made there do not break the balance of power, it's just that everything is doubled, the speed and power are increased for all units equally and building time and recharge time for all SWs is reduced, all to speed things up and allow for more action, fast-paced gameplay, and so there's no need to retest each and every unit to know its new strengths and weaknesses.

No complicated changes. Nothing major. Same game. Almost everything you're already used to is still the same, just a little bit faster.

I tried ZH with real players and felt like I'm playing for the first time.

I mean, X2 is simple. Anyone can get used to it immediately. On the other hand, the ZH has cool new features, but it's confusing and requires everyone to test everything, which isn't very practical, takes time, and is particularly not fair for new players who need to take an extensive course first.

Most people don't wait 2 minutes in a room, so I don't expect them to study the new changes. 

Well that's kinda the point of a mod isn't it? To give a new gameplay experience. It's good to hear that the balancing seems to be pretty good haha. At least better than in vanilla YR.
Zero Hour does exactly that - it kinda feels like an entirely new c&c.

Btw. I've updated it again in case you want to play it someday. See the changelog above  

Oil in Center Zero Hour, ov1.3.map

Changes for update 1.1 -> 1.3:

Spoiler

- Fixed a bug where the laser mammoth would cause a crash when being built (damn you, 25 year old engine!)
- Fixed bug of Helicarrier not having sight.
- Laser Mammoth: Damage doubled from 3 to 6 (6 to 12 for Elite). I've tested the tank and it was very weak compared to two laser crusaders, so it got a huge buff.
- Pacifier FAV: Health reduced from 700 to 600.
- Deployed Pacifier FAV: Reduced bullets from 6 to 5 again (8 to 7 for elite). Building now has the same health and armor as the vehicle. This means similarly to the deployed nuke cannon the tower is now vulnerable against mind control! Changed range to 12 again (13 for elite).
- France: Is now unable to build prism tanks (as a general offensive nerf for France and to utilize pacifiers more).
- Plasmacore Missile Platform: Range reduced from 18 to 13
- Yuri Statue: Price reduced to 1500, so it's on par with tesla coils and prism towers. Increased rate of turn. Fixed bug of tower being overchargable with tesla troopers. Tower has now a threat value (which means ground units will auto attack it!)
- Molniya and Zephyrot: Health reduced from 250 to 200.
- Queue limit has been increased from 30 to 100.

 

15 hours ago, McPwny said:

you could try working on a mapset for some developing mod since your so proficient with the technical facets of map scripting. people might even pay for it

Could be an idea. I was thinking of maybe doing a singleplayer campaign for the Yuri faction someday. People seem to like the custom campaign made by others. So why not do that? 

Edited June 15, 2023 by DoctorEvil

[Sam-I-am]

On 6/16/2023 at 12:42 AM, DoctorEvil said:

Well that's kinda the point of a mod isn't it?

Yeah, and BTW, I didn't say it's a bad mod, it's just not for me, because as I said, I'm not a fan of rebalancing (original units), and also not the biggest fan of mods in general.
I'm only speaking for myself. Like you said, other people have different opinions and some of them prefer mods and rebalancing.

On a side note, most fans of X2 no longer play non-X2 maps. X2 is the new standard, regardless of anything else, but please don't edit it just for me. I don't wanna take more of your time and effort, which are really precious.

I hate to be negative, but this comment encouraged me to be brutally honest: 

On 6/13/2023 at 7:29 PM, DoctorEvil said:

Feel free to drop a honest feedback. I can take criticism.

Again, I liked the new units. Fun to play with bots.

Thank you. 

Edited June 17, 2023 by Sam-I-am

[DoctorEvil]

Small update from me: Two projects are in the work for now.

1. Super Deluxe Arena II (SDA2) is now in development!
Since my first Super Deluxe Arena (SDA) was liked by many I guess it's time for a worty sequel, right?

SDA2 will feature an entirely overhauled spawn and bonus selection system that is much more intuitive to use (better for new players!).
Also means the map will get rid of the chaos drone selection grids entirely, freeing up a lot of space.
This also allows for the use of chrono legions and the chronosphere!

And since my knowledge in INI editing grew exponentially in 2023 a lot of new bonuses and gameplay tweaks will be added!

In case you're one of the people, who have played my first Super Deluxe Arena map a lot: What would you love to see implemented? Or what did you like or dislike in general? Post me your answers below  

2. The Massacre of Tsurai - My first mission map with a nice little gameplay twist
Imagine a cooperative mission map. Now take that idea and multiply it by two, while also splitting the map in half.

You'll end up with a map that is cooperative AND counter-operative at the same time! A coop mission map where you can decide if you play for the good guys or for the bad guys. Fully playable with AI, but playing with people gives the best experience.

I'll keep the other details for this map hidden for now, but here's a nice little sneak peak for you guys:

 

Edited July 8, 2023 by DoctorEvil

[Appels]

10 minutes ago, DoctorEvil said:

Small update from me: Two projects are in the work for now.

1. Super Deluxe Arena II (SDA2) is now in development!
Since my first Super Deluxe Arena (SDA) was liked by many I guess it's time for a worty sequel, right?

SDA2 will feature an entirely overhauled spawn and bonus selection system that is much more intuitive to use (better for new players!).
Also means the map will get rid of the chaos drone selection grids entirely, freeing up a lot of space.
This also allows for the use of chrono legions and the chronosphere!

And since my knowledge in INI editing grew exponentially in 2023 a lot of new bonuses and gameplay tweaks will be added!

In case you're one of the people, who have played my first Super Deluxe Arena map a lot: What would you love to see implemented? Or what did you like or dislike in general? Post me your answers below  

 

2. The Massacre of Tsurai - My first mission map with a nice little gameplay twist
Imagine a cooperative mission map. Now take that idea and multiply it by two, while also splitting the map in half.

You'll end up with a map that is cooperative AND counter-operative at the same time! A coop mission map where you can decide if you play for the good guys or for the bad guys. Fully playable with AI, but playing with people gives the best experience.

I'll keep the other details for this map hidden for now, but here's a nice little sneak peak for you guys:

+100000 internet points for ur projects

 

this one will be my favourite, I already tested it with you and I can't wait to see the end result!

[Nuclear Kommando]

Very solid full looking map, cant wait to try it out

[DoctorEvil]

Hello everybody! 

I am back with good news: My newest map (and also my biggest one so far) is now done! So let me present to you:

SUPER DELUXE ARENA II IS NOW COMPLETE!

After two months of work the sequel to Super Deluxe Arena is now finished and I'd like to share it with you. You can download it here:

Option 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1if0urpuRkYVS4FH_VtVmMaL85pchWoJH/view?usp=sharing
Option 2: https://csra2.com/4793
Option 3: super deluxe arena ii v1.1.map

To showcase how the map compares to the first one I've prepared something better than posting a huge textwall here: Two entire videos!

Here's a video of my showcase of the map, it's development, design and how it's sequel builds and improves the gameplay experience upon its predecessor:

And here's a video showing over 40 minutes of pure gameplay:

 

I haven't done video editing in ages, so I took this as some nice practice. Also feel free to post feedback on the videos if you wish. I'm eager to improve myself.

Alright, enjoy some nice games, dudes and dudettes 😎

Cheers, DoctorEvil 

[Insect]

Any updates on The Massacre of Tsurai? Would love to play a new coop map with my partner!  

[DoctorEvil]

On 9/3/2023 at 9:16 AM, Insect said:

Any updates on The Massacre of Tsurai? Would love to play a new coop map with my partner!  

Good evening Insect,
currently I'm working on other projects like improving skills in 3D modeling, texturing and animating. I'm also helping SCIPCION with his mod Global Crisis.

So currently my projects are a bit frozen. If I come back to my YR mapping projects I'd rather focus on RA2:ZH 2.0 first, as the demand for some updates has increased.

Tsurai wouldn't be too difficult to finish after that, as the main layout and the main gampleay of the map is already done. I'd mainly need to fix some bugs and perfomance issues (and maybe add some more scripted details). I think thou that I could do both within the next weeks or months.

So in summary, stay tuned! 

Edited September 17, 2023 by DoctorEvil