First and foremost, i apologize for the Longest Post Ever.

I'd like to thank you for making the best mod available! !'ve been working on the .INI's and changing graphics to make it a somewhat "20th century combined arms warfare" style of game, where every unit, especially infantry, has a more valuable and specific role.

I've struggled deciding on which mod i would base this revamp. Both yours and ZeroByte's are incredible, and after much testing and deliberation, both have important pros and cons: Zerobyte's infantry behavior like dodging fire and AI aggressiveness are quite nice, but your Mod excels in vehicle mechanics, regarding to tanks and *especially* helicopters, which i intent to turn into an essential role in the final project.

I'd love to give it to you when i'm done so maybe you can publish it, but i'm facing some roadblocks along the way, which i will ask help with some issues i'm having to fully accomplish this final goal. They are mainly animation glitches caused by me maybe pushing too far the boundaries of what it's moddable.

Without further ado, here's the 4 difficulties i'm currently encountering:

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1- Longbow and Infantry-Loading Animation:

I made it into a "Support Helicopter", which can load 5 infantry units. Mechanically speaking, it works fine. It shoots unlimited Vulcan ammo, therefore it doesn't conflict with the ammo icon mechanics, but the problem is: Whenever it LOADS infantry, the heli turns into a white square blank. So it's likely a question why it tries to change animations while loading, when UNLOADING troops on the other hand, works fine and in every direction. This is a real puzzler to me. Can you help me with this?

2- Infantry Replacing Animation:

I'm trying to replace the Flamer animation for the Rifleman. Reason is: Flamer has like 500+ sprites, while rifleman has about half. Since i transformed the flamer into a LMG soldier, it would be easier to just black the helmet from rifleman sprites and use it instead. I tried change the "Sequence=" line from E4 to E1 and replace the E4.zip with E1 tga's. I did batch renamed them and all, but it still loads the anims on the E4 behavior. Does this means i have no choice but to manually edit all of the 500 sprites? I thought the "sequence=" line would eliminate the need for this. This would be quite important to understand the how-to for me, as i intend to make a dedicated Anti-Aircraft soldier, replacing the Shock Trooper. Any advice on this issue?

3- Recruitable civilian into "Hacker"

This is an idea i'm playing with on my head. Make a purchasable civilian (C1 Prolly) to play the role of the Thief, who i replaced to the "Saboteur". I know i can make the unit infiltrate, but i can't figure how to make them steal the credits. Could it be possible to add a line like (isthief=yes/no) to the code?

4- Single vehicle into Chinook

This idea came from ZeroByte's mod. He successfully allowed the Chinook to load a single vehicle, filling the slots with 5 red squares. independently if you assign 10 passengers to it. I found this perfect, since it would expand the Chinook role, and i'm heavily depending on helicopters for this whole idea to work. Can you please help me?

PS: Final thought: Spy planes dropping a spy instead of taking photo. It's a "spy" plane after all, hehe.

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Here's what i've accomplished successfully so far. THIS IS STILL A WIP. Changes will be made while i still test it in both campaigns and skirmish.

Far down in the end, it's my (hopefully successfully) to-do list:

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-ACCOMPLISHED:

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---Tech Tree

Now every faction has the same weapons and structures. Soviet barracks and Allied tents are still graphically aligned, but the unit output is the same. All infantry so far are tech 1. Dogs are the exception (Lvl 3)

Tech Centers are now dependent on one another. The Soviet tech (STEK) plays role as Tech Mk 1, while Allied tech is the Adv. Tech Center. Tech levels are 5 and 7 respectively
(i will remove the Lenin Statue from the STEK in the future)

---Infantry:

Rifleman: The backbone of every army. Now costs only 50$ for cheap and fast deployment.

Grenadiers: Now throw both grenades and molotovs. Molotovs have shorter range, but fire is still a great deterrence against troops. 160$.

Rocket Soldier: Renamed AT Infantry, which fires a AT4-like recoiless gun. The projectile resembles the SAM rocket. Long range, slow reloading, but highly deadly against mechanized units (light tank and lesser are instantly neutralized). Also effective against Fortified Bunkers, which will play a major role. --No more AA capability-- 500$

(Partial/Needs Better Anim) Flamer: Is now the LMG Infantry. Packs more armor and a M60 LMG for mowing down those pesky enemy soldiers. Costs 250$. Tech level 1.

Medic: Requires Hospital (lvl 1) to train. 300$.

Mechanic: Requires War Factory (lvl 1) to train. 600$. Requires more cycles to repair units.

Spy: Requires Radar. Available from level 1. 800$.

Dogs: Available from level 3. Unbuffed a bit. Increased cost to 500$.

Thief: Renamed Saboteur. Unarmed and vulnerable, but can demolish enemy structures. They can wreck havoc if left unchecked. Requires Radar. 700$.

General: Is now the Sniper. Great for scouting and taking down high-value infantry targets. It will only retaliate at close range, as not to attract unwanted enemy attention by autonomously firing at harvesters, for example. 800$. Requires Radar and Hospital. Uses the Tanya gun sound.

Tanya: Almost untouched. A bit unbuffed, so it's a bit more challenging to play with. Replaced Gun sound for civilian pistol.

---Fortifications and Defense Buildings:

(WIP) Flame Tower: Renamed Guard Post, using the TD Guard Tower graphs. No more "wizard fireball". Weak and cheap. Fires precision rifle shots, kinda like a hunting tower. Great spotting range. Costs 200$. Tech 1.

Pillbox: Renamed "Bunker". It fires the deadly Vulcan, but it's now a concrete reinforced structure that's very hard to destroy (with the wrong weapons). 800$. Tech 1.

Cammo Pillbox: Renamed "Foxhole". It fires a M60 LMG. It's cheaper and more fragile than bunkers, but still a valuable defense structure. 400$. Tech 1.

AA guns: Basically the same, but cheaper, low tech and not power dependent. It will be every army early AA capability. Costs 500$. Tech 1

Tesla Tower: It's now Adv. Guard Tower that fire Mammoth Tusks, much like in TD, using the same TD graphs. Still an all-around deadly defensive structure, but much less outlandish than the original Tesla. Requires Adv. Tech Center, tech 8, and power dependent. 1500$.

Gun Turret: It's more powerful, fortified and longer ranged, but slower firing. It's also power dependent. Tech 3. Requires Radar.

SAM site: Is now deadlier than ever. One shot is guaranteed to destroy any aircraft, but it's both fragile and slow reloading. It's expensive, high tech, and both power hungry and dependent. Requires Adv. Tech Center. Tech 7. Costs 2000$.

Nuclear Silo: Now capturable. Very expensive. 4000$. Tech 10. Nukes take ages to refresh, so you might only use one or two during the battle. Nukes made deadlier and with wider spread.

---Motorized Units:

Jeep: Very agile, good scouting range and carry 3 passengers. Somewhat vulnerable, but can play a very good role of supporting nearby units, especially loaded medics and/or mechanics. Tech 2. 500$.

Convoy Truck: Renamed Transport truck. Cheap troop carrier that can hold a 5 unit squad. Much faster than walking but not as fast as the jeep and it's very vulnerable. Available at tech 1. 300$.

---Mechanized Units:

---All tanks (except Mammoth) now has a secondary LMG against infantry, just like IRL. Better tanks have better MG's. Tanks are formidable weapons, but considerably expensive to build. Bigger tanks are progressively slower, and not very good at spotting. They will need infantry support to navigate around. Heavy tank and Mammoth tanks now have single barrel turrets, which was one of my pet peeves of this game since it's original version.

Light tank: Basically the same, only now equipped with a LMG (same weapon as rifleman) for close infantry engagement. Tech 3. Cost 700$.

Medium Tank: Same as above, only with a more powerful M60mg. Tech 5. 900$

Heavy tank: Now packs a single barrel turret, same from medium tank from TD. It's a touch bigger than the medium tank and can be differentiated by the white range-finder on the top of it. Secondary weapon is the powerful Vulcan MG. Tech 7. 1200$

Mammoth: Uses the M1 Abrams graphics from Mortecha. Had to bulk-shrink the images, prolly bcs the game inbuilt Mammoth mechanics is hardwired to double the size of any graphs you place. Now is just a touch bigger than the heavy tank. Primary weapon is now a Sabot, just as the AT Infantry, but faster reloading and more powerful. Secondary weapon is a short-range AA missile. Tech 9. Requires Adv. Tech Center. 2200$. I still don't know what to rename it.

APC: Can load 10 infantry. Fires the Vulcan instead of the M60 LMG. Tech 5. Requires Service Depot. Costs 900$.

---Support Units:

Mobile Artillery: It's lighter, more agile, and longer range, but also made out of toothpicks. Tech 2. Costs 600$.

V2 Rocket Launcher: Incredible range, and more powerful. Guard range is still vanilla (so Tanya has a chance in the Campaign missions). Also very slow, fragile, expensive and high tech. Requires Tech Center Mk1. Lvl 6 Costs 1500$.

Mobile Radar Jammer: Is now the Mobile Command Post. It has the best scout range of all units and can carry 5 troops. Radar jamming but no map gapping capability. A bit Slow. Costs 1100$ and requires Tech Center Mk1. Tech 6.

---Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Airfield: Tech 1. Requires Radar. Cheaper and weaker. $500.

Paratroopers: Tech 2. Faster recharge

Spy Plane: Tech 3. Faster recharge

Parabomb: Tech 5. Requires Tech Center Mk1. Comes in two. Faster recharge

Yak: Renamed "20mm Light Aircraft". Basically the same as in the Mod, only cheaper and low tech. Lvl 1. 700$.

MIG: Renamed "Multirole Combat Aircraft". Faster, deadlier, costlier, weaker. Requires Adv. Tech center. Lv7. 2400$

---Rotary-Wing Aircraft

Helipads: Now comes *without* helicopters. Cheaper and weaker. Requires Tech center Mk1. (tech 5). $300

(Partial/Needs Anim Fix) Longbow: Renamed "Support Helicopter". Imagine it in a UH-1 Huey / Blackhawk role. It can carry 5 troops and fires a Vulcan. Tech 5. 1100$

Hind: Renamed "Attack Helicopter". It's heavily armored and fires both Minigun and (buffed) Hellfire rockets. Expensive. 1800$. Lots of ammo, but not infinite. Tech 6.

Chinook: Carries 10 troops at a time. $1200. Tech 5.

---Naval

Besides making both subs and ships available to both factions, the only substantial change was the Gun boat, which i renamed "Patrol Boat", Replaced the 2 inch gun for the Minigun and made it available at Tech 1.

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TO-DO LIST

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Harvester: Shrink the sprites abt 25? Reduce ore capacity and price. Make it more vulnerable.

Revamp almost ALL structures defenses, so they are more vulnerable to explosives, while bullets barely damage them, while AT soldiers can't just demolish them with single shots like Bunkers.

Mobile Gap Generator: Transform into a low-tech Mobile AA gun. Replacing the U shaped thing with a very redux AA ZSU turret. I could possibly face trouble with firing anims. I think i did mess around with it before and was partially successful, only the sprite scales we're off. I recently learned how to batch fix this so i'll give it another try soon. Looking back, i think i was using the Mammoth mechanics, so maybe i WILL face firing anim problems when i change it to MGG.

Demolition Truck: Transform into a low-tech Rocket Artillery Truck. Imagine Katjusha Rocket launcher. Same as above, i fear firing Anim problems as well.

(I will do quick tests and see how animation fares with both.)

Possibly create a BMP-Like APC, which fires a HE round instead of bullets. Problem is, IDK what vehicle i would use as base. The aftermath tanks have some hardwired behavior i can't fully manage. It's prolly a waste of time. This is in the lowest priority of my to-do list.

When everything is prim and proper, i will constantly make minor and major rebalances, referring to gun ranges, ballistics, etc. so brutal battles can take place.