A Few Questions, thinking of getting back into the game Options

[IntoTheRain]

Hello.

I recently reinstalled the game and played through the campaigns for nostalgia's sake. (its probably been at least 8 years) I'm kinda thinking about checking out online play if there is still an active group. I just had a few questions.

1) Is the game generally considered balanced? The latest version seems alright, (especially compared to 1.0) but I want to be sure there isn't something I am unaware of.

2) Are any of the mods designed for competitive play, or are they mostly single player oriented? I have tried a few, and most of them just turn the game into a giant mess of 500 units, several of which are usually terribly balanced. (pinpoint accuracy high powered artillery anyone?)

3) Are there any mods that make the AI half way decent? You can't execute rushes on them, you can't tech evenly with them, and yet...its completely hopeless at actually attacking. (or defending itself late game..)

4) Additionally, is there any mod that works on improving unit AI? Because some of it makes me want to scratch my eyes out. Jump troopers landing when units that can shoot ground are still right next to them, or units not automatically attacking enemy buildings unless specifically ordered is especially frustrating when your trying to manage several things at once.

4) And finally, are there any mods that help out with the outdated interface. Trying to scroll through 30 units to find the one your looking for is a pain. Is there a way to make the pics smaller so you can increase the number of units visible? Is there a way to force the game to sort the unit types out? I.E. all infantry/all vehicles/all aircraft/other abilities regardless of when they become available as tech options?

It does look like there are a lot of people here who still enjoy the game. So at least the game has an active (if small) community. I'm kinda hoping that either multiplayer or a well designed mod can keep my interest.

[IntoTheRain]

Alright, I downloaded Xfire and installed today. My username is intotherain2.

The Link you gave me is dead, but i snooped around on the website and found the patch...and its still trying to dl a new version of the game whenever I press multiplayer.

[Rampastring]

Alright, I downloaded Xfire and installed today. My username is intotherain2.

You could put the username on your profile
Anyway, I sent an invitation to you.

About XWIS wanting you to get a newer version, a friend of mine has the same problem, I have no idea how to fix it.

Also, I managed to fix the TS: Dusk crashes by renaming dusk.dat to Game.exe. I also had to hex-edit the executable and change UDPFIXS.dll to WSOCK32.dll in the executable. Then I deleted UDPFIXS.dll and unzipped the original Understorm TS/RA2 UDP LAN patch to Dusk's directory. I'm not sure why it seems to fix the random IE, but it worked (and I've fixed the same error the same way in The Dawn of the Tiberium Age and in my personal mod).

If you want, I could send the fixes I did to you with Xfire.

This post has been edited by ^Rampastein: Sep 20 2009, 04:28 PM