Download | Installation | Change Log | Credits | Previous Versions Devolution 5.0 Regular Install Devolution 5.0 TAM Install Note: For now, due to FileUniverse being down, only the Devolution 5.0 Regular Install is available for download. Installation: TA Mutation Version: Just put ][TADEV5.tc and ][TADEV5.ufo into your TA-Mutation\TCs\ folder and run TA Mutation. Select TA: Devolution to activate it. Make sure to have the "consolidated build menus" option off. Regular version: Replace the Rev31.gp3 file in your Totala folder with the one in the zip. Make sure to back up the old one so you can switch back. With both versions, make sure to put totala.ini, dplayx.map and dplayx.dll in your TOTOLA folder DO NOT add any other 3rd party units. The Core Contingency is required to play this mod. Devolution also requires that your resolution be at least 1024x768 in order to play. Change Log: General: New Splashscreen Unitlimit Lowered to 1000 Moved buildmenus to fill spots Aircraft now Immune to Paralyzers Large Ships Resistant to Paralyzers (1/3 effectiveness) L2 Factories: Cost Bump (M, E, and BT) x1.25 Grey Menus: BP Slots for some units have greyed out options instead of empty slots (Command Beacons, L2 Factories) Idle Anims: Peewee, Buster, Demon Added Upgrade Nano-Animations Mobile Radar/Jammers: Slight GUI fix, added attack for mobile radar so they will move with other units AI: Because the AI cannot take advantage of Beacons, but still requires use of the D-gun, AI Commanders will have their D-gun active without the aid of the Command Beacon. General LOS Improvement/Standardization- 360 for almost all units, 180 for almost all underwater units, 540 for all aircraft, many towers, larger ships, 50 for mines, 720 for Spies Commander: Replaced Gate System with Beacon System Upped Nanolathe Range (60->100) No more infinite D-gun at L3 Restored Massive Commander Death Improved D-Gun and Primary Weapons Captains: Nova: 150% Armor Boost at first upgrade, 150% ROF at second upgrade, new model Wraith: Damage Boost, Removed On/Off Button, New Model Demon: Improved Damage, New Model/BP, Slightly Slower Juggernaut: Texture Tweak, Major Damage Boost Marauder/Maverick: Removed Marauder, Maverick is new fast attack Captain, with redone stats and new secondary weapon Captain Health hidden to enemies Captain Corpses now Reclaimable (still cannot be Resurrected) Captain Gantries: Cost Bump 2000 M to 2750 M Structure Changes: Devastator: Damage Bump 350 (300) Immolator: 80% Damage, Pop-up Light Laser Tower: Pop-up, Improved Damage, Range, ROF Light Gauss Tower: Improved Damage, Range Viper/HGT: Small Range Boost, 10% Dmg Boost Centurion: Damage Bump 375 (350) Guardian: Small Texture Tweak, Improved AOE Toaster: Tweaked Weapon Stats Annihilator: Removed Armored State, Cannot Close, added 10 energy make/drain for Radar, added Shield, Cut Damage (3000->2500) Bertha: Added Shield Vulcan: Added Shield, New 128x128 BP Silencer: New 128x128 BP Exploiter: New BP, small model/script tweaks, energy consumption dropped to 3 (5) Inferno: Small Texture Tweaks, New BP, small script tweaks DDM: No more Open/Close Button, sped up Open/Close animation Cut Dragon Eyes from All Menus Except Minelayer/Scavengers Stunner: Removed Special Damages, Damage cut 3400 (5600) Teleportation Beacons: GUI Tweak (No more mention of Gates), Script Tweak Core Teleporter: Texture Tweak, new BP Arm Fusion: Changed to temporary Shield Standardized Energy Consumption on Mohos (15 E)- Lowering UW Mohos (50 E) Mobile Unit Changes: Level 1 Gunships: 25% Damage Cut Peewee: Upgrade is 2x Armor instead of ROF/Armor Boost, Small Speed Cut 2.3 (2.4) Warrior: Small damage cut 45 (50) Storm: Shot Velocity Cut 300 (350) Zipper: Small Model Tweak Sniper: Lower Energy Per Shot 1000 (1500) Stasis: Turned into a mobile unit Detonator: Turned into a mobile unit Parasite: Loses Radar Jamming Deactivation, Improved Spy Detection- Enemy Spies in LOS range show up on radar, Lower Decloak Radius Infiltrator: Loses EMP Blast, Paralyzation Immunity, and Demolition Charge, Deactivates Nearby Enemy Defenses, Lower Decloak Radius, Higher Cloak Cost Decoy Commanders: Uses new Commander system Pillager: Metal Cost Bump 298 (251) Sumo: 95% Dmg, 460 Range (500), Cleaned up Movementclass, Takes 1/3 Damage from Paralyzers Goliath: 90% Dmg, Changed Upgraded Model, Upgrade is now 2x ROF instead of 2x Armor, Takes 1/3 Damage from Paralyzers Fido: Back to Skirmisher Role instead of Artillery (Totally Different Weapon), Small Model Tweak, Upgrade is now 1.4x ROF, 1.4x Armor instead of 2x ROF, Speed Boost 2 (1.6) Cyclone: Model Change, Major Damage Boost 300 (200) Reaper: Small Model Tweak Spider: Upgrade Model Tweak, Upgrade is now 2x Armor instead of Secondary Weapon, Speed Cut 2 (2.5) Scavengers: Slight Speed Cut, Removed Nuclear/Neutron/EMP Mines, added Dragons Teeth, Dragons Eyes Bug Fixes: Fixed Jethro Weapon Cleaned Up Sidedata.tdf- AI Fusion Building Fixed, Removed Nonexistant Units Small fix to Teleporter Scripts Unit Removals: Removed Depth Charge Launcher/Underwater Torpedo Launcher Removed Bob-Up Cannons Removed Floating LRPCs Removed Floating Targeting Facilities Removed UW Dragon Eyes Removed Nuclear/EMP/Neutron Mine Removed Merl Removed Marauder Removed Harvester Removed Albatross/Typhoon Removed Moho Exploiter Removed Dragonfly Removed Metal Generator Unit Additions: Added Hydro Converters Added Creep Added Crawler Added Titan/Lancet Added Core Moho Metal Maker Credits: New units in TA: Devolution came from many sources. While there are some units that I made on my own, I also drew from some of the best unit makers out there for my source material. Some of the new units may be unrecognizable from where they came from while some haven’t been touched. These are the original unit creators and the units they made that are in Devolution. Some of the groups have been gone for a long time or have no website; in those cases I have linked their units sections on Unit Universe. Terror Maps and Units: The Core Thorn uses the Core Butterfly model and the Arm Avalon uses Arm Sekasa model Infusion Designs: Matman from ID created the Arm Hornet. TA: Cataclysm: TRO pioneered the detection script that makes Captains possible. Also created teleportation scripts similar to what is used for Galactic Gate/Captain Teleporters. Core Eradicator uses parts of TRO’s Core Super Battleship. The modeled shields found on the beacons and certain other units are also based off of TRO’s work. TA Arsenal Network: There are Evolva models on too many of the units in the mod to list. As far as new units go, the Core Inferno uses the base of the Evolva Arm Pitbull, and the Dreadnought uses the turret from the Arm Scorpion. The Evolved Commanders also use redone parts from the Evolva Commander models, and the Arm one uses some parts from the Furie. Bits of the new CORSPY are from TAAN’s CORLOOK. Mayhem Inc: The Arm Nova is originally based on a Mayhem Inc unit. Merciless Creations/TARAD: The Arm Spotter has been modified from the TARAD version. Aftermath Design: Made the Core Barracuda, and the Core Adv. Construction ship is based off the Arm Valiant. The Orion uses parts of the Stalker. The rocket launchers on the back of the Evolved Core Commander are from the Gemini. The Lost Legacy: Both side's Advanced Aircraft Platforms, the Core Submarine Pen, and the Arm Advanced Construction Ship used TLL units as their source. These units have all been retextured and some have had significant model changes. Both sides Sonar Jammers were created from sources included in the TLL files, though I am unsure if they were made by the TLL folks. Core Prime: The Arm Solar Collector and Light Gauss tower were both made by Core Prime. TAWP/Escalation: Wotan has been a great help an inspiration for this mod. I worked on TAWP in-between Devolution 3 and 4, and working with Wotan greatly improved my modding abilities. There are too many ideas borrowed from TAWP to list here. Uberhack: Uberhack is the base of this entire mod. There's so much from Uberhack in this that it is too difficult to list. Bugfix: Many of the evolved units use bugfix scripts, as the evolution made some complicated scripts even more complicated, and thus glitchy. Bugfix scripts are generally much simpler and easier to work with. Dark Rain and Gnome: The new lobby GUIs were created by these folks. Xon: Created the dlls that make everything possible. Archdragon: Created the fantastic models for the Teleporters, Hydro Converters, and the Demon. Teleportation Credits: I wanted to specially thank BlueWolf, Wotan, Ba, and TRO for brainstorming and testing out ideas for the Teleporters. Archdragon also did a fantastic job on the new models. Previous Versions: Devolution 4.2 Regular Install Devolution 4.2 TAM Install The major addition in Devolution 4.2 was the addition of the Teleporters, and the removal of Captain-specific teleporters. Other than that, there were some interesting Spy tweaks, but mostly just small balance changes. Devolution 4.1 Regular Install Devolution 4.1 TAM Install Devolution 4.1 was a small upgdate from 4.0, with some important balance changes and the inclusion of Captain teleporters, capable of bringing Captains back to the base from anywhere on the map, instantly. Also included was a one-time Commander teleport on the Galactic Gate. Devolution 4.0 Regular Install Devolution 4.0 brought the biggest changes of any Devolution version (other than, arguably, 5.0). This was the first version to have Captains, as well as bringing in the new Galactic Gate system, removed in 5.0. Devolution 3.0 Regular Install Devolution 3.0 TAM Install Devolution 3.0 had veterancy upgrades for all of the units that are now upgraded by Captains. It was an interesting experiment, but added little to game balance, as very few units would actually reach their upgrade level. This version also had an experimental version of Commander upgrades, with 4 different levels, starting with a Commander version weaker than what most players are used to. This was refined in later versions. Devolution 2.0 Regular Install Devolution 2.0 TAM Install Devolution 2.0 was the first of any mod to have Commander upgrades, and these upgrades kicked in automatically for both sides at the 45 minute mark. This was during a time when I was resistant to using the Xon dlls, which are now relied heavily upon in most new mods, and are needed to achieve reliable veterancy upgrades. Devolution 1.0 Regular Install Devolution 1.0 TAM Install Devolution 1.0 is really pretty boring- the idea for a stripped down version of TA originally came when I was introducing some new friends to the game- and they were turned off by the learning curve (too many units to figure out, when most of them aren't really that important). This version was all about cutting out unneeded units, but did not add much of interest back in.