I was playing a bit with unused YR code to emulate the Nod Cluster missile from Tiberian Sun (with the help of a Rockpatch super weapon) and only has 2 insignificant details that can't be emulated on Yuri's Revenge engine (terrain deformation & the initial damage when the cluster missile explodes into cluster bombs).
Until now Nod had a Super weapon called Tiberium Shower, a modified nuclear explosion that spawn big quantities of tiberium on the sky, damaging everything near of the Tiberium Shower (as additional feature, residual tiberium field can be harvested but my favorite feature is the "Kane's propaganda" voice ).
With the current values Nod can't have the old and the new super weapon, both SW together could destroy a ConYard, making Nod unbalanced .
I was thinking in few solutions:
A). Reducing (a lot) the initial explosion damage of the Tiberium Shower, leaving the sum of both SW damages in a 83% (aprox.) of the RA2 ConYard strength (due to the 3x3 size of the TS ConYards both damages will be reduced)…
B). Reducing (a lot) the initial explosion damage of the Tiberium Shower AND reducing a 50% the area of the initial explosion & Tiberium shower, leaving the sum of both SW damages in a 85% (aprox.) of the RA2 ConYard strength (due to the 3x3 size of the TS ConYards both damages will be reduced)…
C). Decreasing the initial explosion damage to only 45 hit points AND decrease damage area, damaging only infantry & vehicles, leaving the rest of damage (buildings included) to the Tiberium Shower. To addition, include genetic mutator code to mutate into visceroids if infantry can be killed in the initial explosion (injured infantry & civil people with 45 or less strength). I haven't tested if this last feature can be used with the "Fire SW" from the Rockpatch & if the mutated infantry is neutral or not
D). Don't include an offensive SW like a Cluster missile & try with an "EMP missile" or something similar (post your idea about it), but this SW will be stored in the INI files to future uses.
E). Another different idea? I'm open to suggestions
My favorite point is the C but as I said I need to test if can be done the last feature.
Edited by FS-21, 23 March 2007 - 07:08 PM.