• ASC240Changes

Major features

• ASC now has unlimited Undo for all actions and an action manager that allows undoing of individual action even they were not the latest ones!
• ASC and the Mapeditor are scriptable with Lua (with the mapeditor having greater scripting possibilities, since there is no danger of cheating through Lua)
• The message events can now be translated into different languages, with ASC detecting the operating system language and using that translation, if available
• Campaigns available in several language:
  • Tutorial (NEW!): English, German, French
  • Standard: English, German
  • Kamor: German, French
  • NOS: German, French
• Especially the Standard-Campaign got a major overhaul, fixing lots of problems that were caused by changes in the underlying data (terrain, units, ...)
• A lot of bugs have been fixed in the AI, making significantly stronger on the campaign maps than before
• new Data package manager allows modeling dependencies between data packages and the main program, and giving better error messages if dependencies are not satisfied
• Lots of rendered 3D images for units!

Minor features

• More robust dependency detection by configure
• Improved installer: no application registration when USB Stick Mode selected
• ASC now creates a log file in its primary directory (as opposed to executable directory on windows)

• CargoDialog much more customizable

• radar power now stored in units and used from there (not unit types)
• Better status indicator for AI
• AI moves are now displayed faster

• Added ReactionFire overlay

• Added support for campaign action logging (allowing replaying a whole map from script, provided the AI behaves deterministically [which it should])
• .ascgui dialogs can now have a size dependent on window size
• Buildings without the 'research' feature, but which produce research points, are no longer listed in the 'all labs' resource consumption, because they don't consume resource
• Dumped .asctxt files now carry original image filenames for buildigns and vehicles
• SaveMapAsPNG now recalculates the view
• Automatic detection of graphic mode in case default doesn't work
• Added 'dominant view' to visibility statistics
• Writing a clipboard file will generate a text file with meta information
• Global supervisor-password is synchronized to the password of a participating supervisor

• SuperVisor players can look into other player's buildings and see their income

• Improved messages if turrets are not constructable

Bugfixes

• Now linking to sdlmain_nostdio (fixing crash when not having write permission on Windows into the directory where asc2.exe is located)
• Fixed mapeditor crash with Physfs2
• Fixed replay crash
• Fixed entrance to spaceport south
• Invisible buildings don't clear objects on placement / map resize

• Fixed image problems on BigEndian

• changing RF updates the display
• Fixed crash on map lose
• Fixed problems with moving units that have vastly different speed on different levels of height
• Fixed: show movement range didn't work for units with RF

• Fixed: AreaCopy in mapeditor didn't copy production lines

• Fixed: scolling in cargo dialog did not work

Changes to MK1 unit set and basic definitions

• BASIS: Diver -10 Punch
• BASIS: Wrecakge objects don't eliminate turret bonus
• Mk1: Raven, Bugfix HC , +1 field takeoff/landing

• BASIS: Wheeled Terrain => +soft_sand +small_rocks

• BASIS: Heavy helicopter weight 80
• BASIS: JAM_Mech +500Fuel
• Basisdefinitionen

  • new calculation CargoMovementDivisor

  • Mechs Gewicht +1
  • diver = Deep_submerged heichtchange
  • med_rocked_tank, 55 movement
  • defence_tower, +1 field RF
  • defence_Bunker +1 field Bodenreichweite
  • defence_Mech 2 RF main weapon

  • JamVehicle +500 Fuel

  • Tech: LRAD only level 3
  • Bugfix Heightchange lange planes
  • punch at max range reduced by 10 punch for long distance weapons
  • SAM Tank not light tank, but now medium tank default
  • mobile jammer increased fuel consumption
  • height change into orbit more difficult
  • semi-stationary units don't need fuel any more
  • change con and to deepsubmerged costs 30 movement
  • speedboats and Wigs can access tank blocker
  • Trooper wreckage no movemalus
  • changed height level: Plateau, Lavadefence, Tankblocker, Stacheldraht
  • increased cost for Jamming, Stealth, Radar
  • Bunker weight = 7000

  • TransportHovercraft Windresistence = 160

  • ExternalAmmoTransfer Bugfix = transport ships

  • Transportzug CargoMovementDivisor = 1.3

  • AmmoMG mo AmmoTransferFlag any more

  • Speedboat/Speedship faster height change
  • leight VTOL : 60 weigth, lands on destroyers

  • new default unit: BattleTrain

  • CM Spacestation against submerged
  • grenade launcher different sound
  • transport ships can exchange ammo
  • Transports with less than 3 cargo slots can't load light tracked units any more
  • air defense train: better weapons
  • air defense without "attack after move": + Move_after_attack

  • AirMiniGun, Bugfix height malus

  • Boje in MiniU-booten transporable
• MK1
  • Hornet2, bugfix graphics
  • Fix builds buoy
  • Judy, builds armored rails, externalAmmoTransfer
  • Fix remove lava
  • externalAmmoTransfer bugfix = Flux, Ceti
• Bugfix heightchange subs

• ParaTrooper InfoImage Bugfix

• added small 3D images
• radar planes -50 Armor
• Roboter make wreckage objects

• InfoImage = Exp21,Tora

• Fix External Fuel+Ammo Transfer

• InfoImage = Hoovercraft, Raven2

• MG Bunker 3 fields range (Fort)
• ship wrecakge no Movemalus
• Ceti 200 MG Ammo
• Wake = Flugboot
• Punch, weapon bug fix
• Wake, changed Transport
• GASP SAM 6 fields range
• Shine 2x RF 4 fields
• Jellyfisch, weapon/armor upgrade
• Streak, Torpedo against submarines

• Tide can transport 1 robot, +MiniGun

• Punch changed to Default Panzerzug
• MBV adjusted to new cost
• removed twin weapons: Armadillo,Armadillo2,GASP,Gunboat,Homer,Shark,CAD
• Shine, Waffenbugfix
• LTT, fixed weapon name

• InfoImage = Surveyor,Burro,Judy,Zeppelin,Ark,Gunboat,Jellyfish

• Wigs +very_shallow_water
• Mixed mine layer laying only 1 field distance
  • special minelayer can do 2 fields
• submarines mor Fuel
• Turrets can use ISG foundation
• diver robots weniger Punch
• Torpedo, no reduction against tracked,wheeled

• Helicoper +LowStealth +10% Punch against ground

• SAM=small_missile SAMH large_missile
• Flugzeuge -Move to low_level_flight
• Flackpanzer +10 weapon range
• Spear Trooperslot
• Ant can't remove lava any more
• Vesuvius can't build TML any more
• MBV can remove foundations
• Clam, Ammo Transfer bugfix
• Fix, more fiuel

MK3 unit set

• InfoText: Harrier, AMX

• InfoImage: Harrier, AMX

• FH 70 +1 Range , +1RF
• SEK, Device-Transport
• Techbugfix: Rafale, Blackbird,Raytheon,NSA,Harrier
• LST External Transfer, lavaabbau
• Bulldozer, Fueltank increased by 10000
• added various 3D graphics

• ICCE External AmmoTransfer

• ExternalAmmoTransfer Bugfix = Truck, SeaShadow, Chinook, ICSE

• Spaceshuttle internal repair
• Boeing - MAM +Mdrf +satview
• Panzerzug, parent fixed
• Visby, weapon bugfix
• USSL no hillside any more

• BuildingPio conquers buildings

• Visby weapon upgrade
• Ticonderoga, changed weapons
• Arsenal, RF to ground units
• Panzerzug = default
• Elite/Special-Pio, adapted to new cost foruma
• removed twin-weapons: entfernt: Arsenal, Baynunah, Burke, Daring, Iowa, Meko, Mirage, Skjold, Ticonderoga, P1000
• Volcano, no mine removal