(un)official polfan dune2000 patch ?

[syczek]

polfan team maked a great work, project of patch 1.07 is finished and now

[Gobalopper]

Is this a patch or more of a modification to the game?

[Tafka]

Good work, i must say! When can we wait for the patch?

And why haven't you got a LAN option(is it somekind of patch that allows that?)

[syczek]

patch is not finished yet....we soon add LAN games, but connecting be not to WOL but to polfan.pl dune2000 server online. polfan server is more faster than WOL, and even player with slow connection, be able to play 4ways without lags(when u logged , server add to you optional connection (until you logged to dune2000 online)

1mbps ...server connection is 155mbps , polfan is great fans of polchat. but projects for dune2000 is continued , and patch be soon finished....but these patch work only on linux systems. we need another components to make for windows 98/2000/2003 server/nt/xp/xp pro/ actually we using ICS component ... only linux support. patch is not mod for game, is a patch like  v 1.06 but other options/commands online, not needed rc to online. (rc can be needed to 6way) patch allow to create game for 8 players (rc can to 6)

actually is maked a sonic trike...

strenght : 5000

speed : 1052km/h

armor : steel heavy

weapon : large plasma laser

secondary weapon : genesis device

third weapon : earth quake

range of weapon : 3km

teleportation ability : yes

shields strenght : 1000

only  THRGD ordos

more units coming soon

all informations about this patch be posted here, with image of created unit

new buldings be maked when units project be finished.

patch 1.07 be finished for 4weeks or longer time.

we dont have eoungh time to making patches for games.is more things to create than use from other sources.maybe patch be maked in short time, but these patch be published, be not finished...we still working on patch and making small updates to patch.  (units and tilesets)    in patch be available more air units, underground mines of spice. and normal units. but is long future to this..... we soon make support for 32bits and 64 bits grapchics.[attachment archived by Gobalopper]

[Nerdyy]

hi.. i was just gonna ask if you were serious about your patch.. the only thing i really likede about that.. was that u had your own server that we could connect through.. now i have the power to get the guys on dune that play now.. to go to yoru server.. it would be much easier.. cuz not all of them have high speed internet.. so let me know if u were still working on that... thanks

                      nerrdyyyyy

[syczek]

patch soon be released, wait please 20days, this older patch has been abadoned, why?  too many bugs, game returned to desktop (internal errors)  i remaked patch as 3.02 , changed has been names of units and budings ,  ordos weak armor fixed , ordos is now some better,(be possible to add music (only .aud files , !!not tested yet!! )  i cant finish pat completily , computer in my home is damaged,  processor and motherboard !@#$ , disc is working , i tested HDD from crashed pc in internet cafe, ufffffffffff........ temporairy im out of service

[Nerdyy]

aww thats crappy.. just what we needed.. lol i really wanna see how your server works out.. and if indeed i should pass the word onto the other leaders in dune. but well just let me know when it is up again@! THANKS

[syczek]

actually i waiting for pc, i bought one from USA/new york/ and may come in few weeks :/ i need pc now to finish prototype of patch 2.03 , i  thinked about new options and.........

what we think about storms and rains on dune2000?

what we think about changing day to night in dune2000?

what we think about animals on dune2000( not just worm)?

what we think about adwanced AI? (better build orders,unit production etc)

what we think about lon storms (like in cnc tiberian sun)

is lots of things to made but master is time.evryone have not eolungh time , sure?

patch i cant finish in cafee, coz too many peps have dune in cracow lol, and if someone get patch, be big problem, temporairy patch is top secret :P  but now i blow secret,  patch be able to download from www.menelnet.kom.pl/~the_avenger/  i wait for server,  and for  account lol. when i get two things i finish and  place on site patch to tests, actually site not available is yet, but that be changed when i got server and account,  proably i just in 2.03 change names of units/buldings and be able to add music but onl .aud files!!! (own music in aud files , ) and be fixed ordos armor tanks/raiders/deviators/saboteurs

and be added better speed for harvesters , devastators sonic tanks, carryals and troopers,) fremens be removed from patch(unavailable to build, only via crates)

. in patch  actually some units have new names:

stealth raider to  INRA blaster

raider to  Ultra raider mk 3

combat tank to: heavy tank pro

siege tank to howitzer

devastator to annihilator

deviator to changer

infantry:

engineer to hijacker

saboteur to detonator

buldings:

con yard to headquarters

wind trap to nuclear reactor

refinery to  spice mining facility

barracks to breeder pod

concrete to  cement

wall to  lava wall

outpost to radar station

heavy factory to wechicle factory

light factory to  vechicle factory

hi-tech factory to airships factory

starport to starstation

repair pad to service center

ix research center to , laboratory of ix

atreides/ordos/harkonnen palace to , atreides/ordos/harkonnen command center

biug work to do, but  be very nice, just need serv and account with ssh access to  made better dune2000 server online, more stable and for more users , with little stuff (channel creation)

patch 2.03 and 1.06 be bite , new patch be not compatabile with old.......

[Guest alphadreas]

When will this patch be available?  ???

[Infantryman17]

Sounds kewl

[WXT]

Plees tell me how you add new units, bilding and all other thinks to Dune 2000 in few words tell me how do you do you advansmets to Dune 2000 ? How you do your pach ? Programing, and how ? I want to know because i want to do pach mayself ... Please tell me  :) .

And I want a Scenario Editor, if you have one or know where I can find one, please tell me ...

I want to do may own PACH ...

I do A MOD to the Game but, I can't add more units :( ...

I think the mode is very good, and I want to expand it but can't :( ...

If somebody want to try the mod, write it here ...

[AMIgaBot]

patch abadoned 14 mar 2006

released unfinished 7 may 2006

project scrapped 20 june 2006.

[WXT]

And, no one will tell me haw they do the Patch ?? And weare I can find it ?

[AMIgaBot]

patch was released unfinished, short time later it was scrapped , too much problems was causing.

[WXT]

Ok then, but I want to know haw they to the Patch because I am trying to do the samy but dont know haw. Some one will tell me ?

[AMIgaBot]

they disassebled game into frst parts,  this means they extracted it.

[WXT]

How, please tell how. To do that ... "disassebled the game"

[AMIgaBot]

alot of sofware is needed, visual basic c++ ,  ms dev,  TASM  , delphi 7 enterprise. on each of these progrems people  used to  extract parts of dune source code. but as dune was static and cannot do much effort,  they only added few buldings and units - thats all. but ever that caused  miscelenous problems and  they released patch  as unfinished ... later project was scrapped as was completily useless,  all was because we cannot find software what was used for coding a  .bin files!

[WXT]

Hum, do you have the  "extract"  Dune 2000 or I have to do that? I am aweare of c++ but for the rest I am not :( ...

But that can be changed ... For the BIN files it is posible Tibed to know for coding them.

I don't know Tibed is it still alive. 

[AMIgaBot]

tibed can only edit few compartments of bin files.    as i know that  one of bin files controls amount of crates,starting units, and  amount of worms...  i have  found values for crates and made  from one crate to  over 50 crates on map.  but  this  relleased starport bug as units cost went negative. and starport was  able to  purchase units only once, and went out of action untill  restart of mission..

there are modifications around , members of some clans know  modification to get more than 10 units

in game

ask DRFsimmsy,DLAfalcon FoXrotorz Foxchica  Fox4play  as they  know about them more..

[WXT]

Then the bin files have differently(variety) information in them ? Do you know with what program they can be opened ? (The bin files)

As for the crates (do you mean freemen crates) it has to be some connection or limit with the starport or something ...

To the "modification" for more than 10 units, are you say that in can be increased the number of starting (guarding) units.

I don't see any meaning in that ...

I see meaning to start with more enemy's, in the game maximum is 4-5 houses. I like to extend it to 8-10 number of starting houses. And even in the game to arrive new houses like reinforce ...

But that is probably not possible now.

For now I want to gather as much as more - possible info...

If you have any info or know where I can find it please say it :). I will be very grateful to you.

[AMIgaBot]

dune2000

has  3 houses

atreides

ordos

harkonnen

and subhouses

ordos have smugglers and mercenaries

harkonnen have emperor

atreides have fremen

and you cannot have more than 7 players in game as there is only 7 available colors for each  player

[WXT]

You didn't understand me fully right.

For the info and DATA I want everything form the people who created the patch.

That means: everything - extracted from Dune 2000, how they do it and all info for how adding new units and everything they add to the game ...

It will be very good if it has an explanation to the added things to the game. How they add them and all of it ...

I will do a new patch and try to eliminate all errors that appear. I probably only add units and buildings and a few other tings.

For the houses I was telling for the atreides ordos harkonnen in game but more like 3 "AT", 3 "OR"  and 3 "Hark" or different order (won't meaning), for the colors I will do more if I can. You said it has 7 colors it will be very good that it can be increased to 15-20 colors.

[AMIgaBot]

first

to add new unt or bulding, you need  make tga grapchic of your new unit. and  copy of same unit in bmp file

1. done unit  convert to tga and put in correct folder c:westwooddune2000dataUI_GFX 

2. now you must add image of your unit in dune2000 image conventer,  to data.r8 file. (problem is that there is no way to open r16 files as they contain more important data, we couldnt decode these files)

3. another problem is that  unit must be implemented into dune2000 AI scripting. to make computer  use that unit

4. about colors for players, there is no way to add more colors,  dune2000 is too old for these  heavy changes.

about houses dune2000 had 4 houses to play  , atreides, ordos,harkonnen and  .....emperor

specially  there were three more missions to play  built in into campagin. but they  CANNOT be played as these missions were special ones.  there was missions for ordos atreides and harkonnen.

and problem is that  as westwood studios  FORGOT  put some changes to code  as emperor  WAS ALLY OF HARKONNEN , but because of their lazy hands,  they  wrecked that up. and needed to delete the house emperor from  houses what can be played by  normal gamer ^_^ 

the emperor house was good one, and for emperor was  not 9 missions but  12.  they were  completily different than missions for ordos harkonnen atreides,  there were  missions to escort an group of friendly units, defending  two friendly bases and wait for reinforcements from protected allies. defending from worm squadrons etc.  this was done before dune2000 was  released to public, as problems were found they  quicky deleted  special effects from game  wrecking most of  standard dune missions!!  dune2000 was released very poorly, no  standard map editor, no ability to generate random maps, no ability to play harkonnen with emperor as allies..

in fact dune2000 should be released  at year 2000 not 1998 as there was too much  screwed stuff.. patches done good job but not recovered what was  taken out before release :(

about patch ,  my friends have notthing remainin g from it, all stuff  were deleted short after scrapping project, this mean  that dune2000 1.07 patch was built and released but now it does not exits, if you could ask  year ago or  half.. then chances were large to build new project.. but ur  tooo late :(

about actual time, i have problems playing dune2000 as i have  super comp and game runs  with lightspeed  i have 3,69ghz pentium 4  1gb ram  ati radeon x1300 256mb  160gb hdd windows xp proffesional

[WXT]

"to add new unit or building, you need  make tga graphic of your new unit. and  copy of same unit in bmp file"

What program I need to make tga graphic to the new unit ? I think I will use for one new unit to old from the game, haw I can do that ? To mix their graphics ...

"and  copy of some unit in bmp file" What that means, to replease may graphic with the old (of one unit)???

Haw I can get some BMP files of the units in Dune 2000 (tga graphic ) ?

Haw I can get some  image of unit from Dune 2000 from data.r8 files.

Tell what program for what I need ...

For the problem of r16 files, I have to search for a program that can open them .

For AI will be later .

For the problem you have it is probably the compatibility of the game or som driver options (graphics settings)...