Epic Dune, a Dune 2000 MOD

[Gobalopper]

Something everyone thought was next to impossible has finally arrived, a modification for Dune 2000. Jason Holdsclaw emailed me earlier in the week saying he was just putting the finishing touches on a modification for Dune 2000 and he sent the first public version today. Jason went through and edited many of the bin files that store the data for the units and other settings of the game and has created a whole new experience. Check out what he says about it below:

A modification for Dune 2000 v. 1.06. This requires that the game be updated to version 1.06 before it is installed. Encompassed in this alternate patch are both small and extensive changes to gameplay, units and structures that were deemed improvements over the original. Overall, it changes the weapons, both in range and potency, to be more realistic(as far as we can consider dune real) or different, while units and building's functions are more diverse and in the spirit of the dune universe while enhancing the gameplay. All of the changes are too numerous to list here, but some of the more interesting ones are the death-hand missile, the new way in which ornithopters are deployed, sardaukar armed with lasguns, sonic tanks armed new with sonic disruptors, etc.

As a designer's note, I suggest playing through the single player game to get a new feel for it and to devise your own new tactics, as this modification makes the possible strategies much more, both in quantity and diversity. Any questions, comments, etc. you can send to my e-mail address listed above. I would very much like to hear what you think regarding the changes to the game, good or bad. My friends and I play it, and we love it, so long live the fighters, and whether you love the noble fremen with their sonic modules and cries of "muad'dib", or cooking such fremen with your sardaukar's lasguns, I hope you like the Epic Dune, Dune 2000 modification.

Jason also wanted me to remind everyone that you NEED version 1.06 of Dune 2000 installed in order to play this and that you should backup your "Databin" directory. After reading that you can download Epic Dune, more detailed information on the changes will be given in the next few days. Tell us what you think in the forums!