Total Annihilation Zero

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 05 2013 16:42 GMT

Total Annihilation Zero by Vohvelieläin

Introduction

Total Annihilation Zero is a full-fledged modification of the classic strategy game Total Annihilation and aims to recreate the entire game to the maximum extent and quality that is currently possible. In addition to completely redesigned versions of the two factions from the original game, the Arm and the Core, TA Zero introduces a third faction, the Guardians of Kadesh. All three factions are stylistically and strategically unique and crafted to the highest standards that can be achieved within the Total Annihilation engine. The game is a work-in-progress with preview versions regularly released to the public as development milestones are reached. There's no telling what the final version will hold in store, but you can continue on to the Features section to learn more about what is currently available in TA Zero.

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Compared to the original Total Annihilation the gameplay shifted from "macro" oriented gameplay to "micro" oriented one (do not be afraid, there still is a lot of macro involved). Every unit has to be microed differently and the terrain plays a prominent role. For example most units benefit from a high ground advantage. The game in general is more tactical and positional but still fast paced. Soft counters play a major role, while still having some hard counter units. Therefore it has a lot of aspect from other RTS games like Starcraft Broodwar or C&C mixed with the streaming-resource system, which allows you to queue production. In addition the TA engine allows you to dodge projectiles, which leads to very interesting and satisfying encounters. Although being based on a outdated engine, the visual aspects were increased (new very detailed models and handmade textures with a distinctive theme for each faction) and the controls/gui are on par with modern RTS games. A more detailed feature list can be found here: http://zero.tauniverse.com/features/. The map design is unique and beautiful. Most maps feature ground, air and naval battles and therefore lead to a very varied game with lots of different units and play styles.

You can check out some of the maps here:
Implemented Maps
Community maps

One example from the community mappack:
+ Show Spoiler +

To get an impression of the gameplay you can check out my youtube channel:

TaShadan Total Annihilation Youtube Channel

One example:

You can download the standalone test version here:

TA Zero Standalone Test Version

Compared to the released version on the homepage this version features a lot of new units, bug fixes and balance changes.
Just download, extract and enjoy!

To pay tribute to the original Total Annihilation you can buy the game on gog.com:

Total Annihilation Commander Pack

Full changelog:
+ Show Spoiler +

New Features and Major Changes:
-Arm Frontier Extractor is now available.
-Arm Striker fast attack jumpjet kbot is now available.
-Arm Infiltrator sniper/saboteur kbot is now available.
-Arm Scrambler radar jammer hovercraft is now available.
-Core Raider amphibious stealth tank is now available.
-Core Blackout electronic warfare hovercraft is now available.
-Core Patron and Bastion shield generators are now available.
-GoK Emissary field engineer hovercraft is now available.
-GoK Haven and Sanctuary shield generators are now available.
-Modified versions of Atlantis, Siberia, and Luna metal deposits included. They will now give correct amount of metal.
-Reclaimable metal and durability of Creon rock features adjusted to be significantly lower. River of flame rock features now use identical values.
-All sound effects added by TA Zero have been upgraded to a better format. Bothersome background hiss has been filtered away.
-AI profiles reworked. Weight values now use correct range. AI will now behave more according to the plan. Easy AI will now eventually build T2 units, but is very limited regarding artillery.

Minor Changes:
-All unit descriptions sanitized.
-Corners of footprints of many round GoK structures (and a few others) are now marked as empty instead of yard.
-All shield effects will now be located accurately in the direction of impact.
-Core Behemoth and Mediator tread turning animation improved.
-New explosion animations added.
-New sound effects added.
-New textures added.
-Core Mediator artillery pulse cannon explosion animation improved.
-GoK Ecplise now has full set of new sounds.
-Many Arm and Core tanks changed to actually use *_TANK soundset instead of *_VEHICLE.
-Volume of several sound effects adjusted.
-Commander location markers and factory direction arrows now have a texture specifically made for them.
-Build menus of several construction units reorganized.

Technical Fixes:
-Core T1 Naval Factory build speed corrected to be 480 instead of 600.
-GoK Reaper sight range corrected to be 550 instead of 500.
-GoK Magus no longer leaves a blocking corpse when destroyed over water.
-Arm Defiant, Core Tyrant and Core Adamant now take correct amount of damage from Arm Retaliator tactical nukes.
-Arm Sapper now takes damage from Core Neptune sonance cannon.
-Core Energy Storage is now targeted automatically like all other units. Yes, they've apparently been missing that "shootme=1;" line since Alpha 1 release.
-Stealth Field Generators are no longer categorized as anti-air units.
-Extinguisher is now written correctly.
-Minor mistakes in Arm Settler walk script fixed.
-Minor mistakes in scripts of all T1 bombers fixed.
-All wake objects are now hidden via script, rather and just being textureless and mostly upside down.
-Minor mistakes in menu entries of several AI versions of T2 units fixed.

General Unit and Gameplay Adjustments:
-Perimeter defence walls reworked. They now remain as units instead of turning into map features, and as such they can be damaged by all weapons. Stealth added, durability increased via added damage modifier, and cost increased significantly. Wreck changed to be passable. Destruction effects added.
-Aircraft factories are now built at halved rate.
-GoK heavy void shield minimum damage increment further increased to +50% from +25%.
-GoK heavy void shield efficient blocking threshold reduced to 100 from 150.
-Turret turn rates of several T1 light vehicles improved significantly.
-Turret turn rates of all T2 mobile heavy artillery units improved.
-Edge effectiveness of largest unit death explosions reduced.
-Lightning strike stun damage reduced to 0.

Individual Unit Adjustments:
-Arm Commander durability reduced to 2750 from 3500.
-Arm Commander energy production increased to 8 from 4.
-Arm Commander disintegrator gun range increased to 350 from 300.
-Arm Commander plasma bolt cannon range increased to 475 from 450.
-Arm Marine cost reduced to M:21 E:28 BT:840 from M:24 E:32 BT

60.
-Arm Harasser missile reload time reduced to 1.45 from 1.6.
-Arm Harasser missile turn rate increased to 12500 from 10000.
-Arm Scorpion cost reduced to M

6 E:128 BT:3840 from M

9 E:132 BT:5280. Metal drain per second changed to 12 from 9.
-Arm Scorpion sight range reduced to 450 from 500.
-Arm Havoc battle cannon range increased to 575 from 550.
-Arm Havoc battle cannon projectile speed increased to 475 from 450.
-Arm Havoc battle cannon inaccuracy reduced to 100 from 150.
-Arm Broadside durability increased to 500 from 450.
-Arm Broadside damage modifier while open reduced to 1.25 from 1.5.
-Arm Broadside plasma cannon reload time reduced to 5 from 5.5.
-Arm Broadside plasma cannon salvo is now fired in 0.5 seconds instead of 1 second.
-Arm Broadside plasma cannon area of effect increased to 80 from 70.
-Arm Broadside plasma cannon edge effectiveness increased to 0.25 from 0.1.
-Arm Broadside bad target category changed to AIR from MOB.
-Arm Patriot battle cannon range increased to 650 from 600.
-Arm Patriot battle cannon inaccuracy reduced to 100 from 200.
-Arm Hercules durability reduced to 150 from 200.
-Arm Varjag plasma bolt gun reload time reduced to 0.166 from 0.2.
-Arm Varjag stun grenade launcher stun damage increased to 120 from 90.
-Arm Varjag stun grenade launcher damage to map features reduced to 10 from 90.
-Arm Varjag stun grenade launcher bad target category changed to DS from SML. They will now avoid shooting targets they cannot stun.
-Arm Devastator cost increased to M:1080 E:3240 BT:43200 from M:1008 E:3024 BT:40320.
-Arm Devastator turn rate reduced to 175 from 200.
-Arm Mauler heavy artillery cannon reload time increased to 10.0 from 8.0.
-Arm Caltrop mine explosion now has minor anti-light bonus.
-Arm Hammer artillery cannon inaccuracy reduced to 100 from 200.
-Arm Light Ground Factory cost reduced to M:350 E:175 BT:4200 from M:400 E:200 BT:4800.
-Arm Air Factory cost increased to M:480 E

60 BT:11520 from M:450 E:360 BT:5400.
-Arm Solar Panel durability increased to 300 from 200.
-Arm Floating Solar Panel durability increased to 300 from 200.
-Arm Enigma cost reduced to M:550 E:1320 BT:13200 from M:600 E:2880 BT:14400.
-Arm Enigma durability increased to 1800 from 1500.
-Arm Enigma radar jam radius increased to 1000 from 800.
-Core Commander durability reduced to 3000 from 4000.
-Core Commander modulated burst laser reload time increased to 3 from 2.
-Core Commander modulated burst laser energy cost to fire increased to 150 from 100.
-Core Commander laser cannon reload time increased to 2.25 from 2.
-Core Monitor nanolathe build speed increased to 90 from 60.
-Core Monitor nanolathe range increased to 120 from 100.
-Core Errant pulse gun turn rate increased to 7500 from 5000.
-Core Errant movement speed increased to 3.5 from 3.25.
-Core Errant turn rate increased to 475 from 450.
-Core Errant acceleration increased to 0.3 from 0.25.
-Core Pathfinder cost reduced to M:63 E:140 BT:3360 from M:72 E:160 BT:3840.
-Core Pathfinder laser sniper stationary fire base damage increased to 45 from 40.
-Core Pathfinder laser sniper stationary fire range increased to 725 from 700.
-Core Grunt cost reduced to M:78 E:130 BT:3120 from M:81 E:135 BT:4320. Metal drain per second changed to 12 from 9.
-Core Grunt pulse grenade base damage increased to 80 from 75.
-Core Grunt pulse grenade area of effect increased to 80 from 70.
-Core Arclite plasma cannon inaccuracy reduced to 150 from 300.
-Core Proteus plasma cannon inaccuracy reduced to 150 from 300.
-Core Sky Sweeper pulse gun turn rate increased to 7500 from 5000.
-Core Overseer durability reduced to 175 from 225.
-Core Aurora cost increased to M:235 E:705 BT:16920 from M:235 E:470 BT:16920.
-Core Aurora laser cannon projectile speed reduced to 700 from 900.
-Core Inquisitor cost increased to M:120 E:1200 BT

600 from M:126 E:840 BT:6720. Metal drain per second changed to 12 from 18.
-Core Inquisitor minimum cloak distance reduced to 150 from 200.
-Core Behemoth heavy plasma cannon range increased to 625 from 550.
-Core Behemoth heavy plasma cannon inaccuracy reduced to 100 from 300.
-Core Mediator heavy artillery pulse cannon reload time increased to 5.5 from 5.0, and delay between shots increased to 2.0 from 1.0. Total time per salvo is now 7.5 instead of 6.0.
-Core Mediator heavy artillery pulse cannon inaccuracy reduced to 500 from 750.
-Core Arbiter cost increased to M:2200 E:6600 BT:52800 from M:2000 E:6000 BT:48000.
-Core Arbiter artillery shock cannon reload time increased to 6.0 from 4.5. Total time per salvo is now 7.5 instead of 6.0.
-Core Arbiter artillery shock cannon inaccuracy reduced to 200 from 300.
-Core Air Laboratory cost increased to M:500 E:1000 BT:12000 from M:500 E:500 BT:6000.
-Core Arcanum cost reduced to M:600 E:1800 BT:14400 from M:650 E:3120 BT:15600.
-Core Arcanum durability increased to 2200 from 1600.
-Core Arcanum radar jam radius increased to 1125 from 900.
-GoK Guardian durability reduced to 1800 from 2500.
-GoK Guardian ion beamer reload time increased to 0.125 from 0.1.
-GoK Faerie turn rate increased to 750 from 600.
-GoK Faerie photon gun turn rate increased to 7500 from 5000.
-GoK Faerie cloak energy costs reduced to 4/8 from 6/12.
-GoK Faerie minimum cloak distance increased to 250 from 200.
-GoK Disciple durability increased to 125 from 100.
-GoK Reaper distort gun range increased to 575 from 550.
-GoK Reaper torso turn rate improved.
-GoK Sea Dragon artillery blaster inaccuracy reduced to 200 from 500.
-GoK Eudaemon durability reduced to 125 from 200.
-GoK Immortal void shield increased to 525 from 500.
-GoK Immortal turret turn rate improved.
-GoK Magus dimensional splicer damage to map features reduced to 1 from 6.
-GoK Shield Node cost increased to M:12 E

6 BT:480 from M:15 E:72 BT:360.
-GoK Shield Node void shield reduced to 300 from 500.
-GoK Shield Node void shield recharge rate increased to 7.5 from 4.
-GoK Shield Node no longer has a limited duration.
-GoK Nightfall heavy distort cannon reload time increased to 10.0 from 8.0.
-GoK Nightfall heavy distort cannon inaccuracy reduced to 200 from 500.
-GoK Black Dawn distort cannon projectile speed increased to 500 from 400.
-GoK Pillar of Light void shield changed to the heavy subtype.
-GoK Blazing Orchid cost increased to M:1950 E

360 BT:46800 from M:1800 E:8640 BT:43200.
-GoK Blazing Orchid warp cannon reload time increased to 12.0 from 9.0.
-GoK Aero Platform cost increased to M:500 E:1200 BT:12000 from M:500 E:450 BT:6000.
-GoK Eclipse cost reduced to M:550 E:2640 BT:13200 from M:650 E:4680 BT:15600.
-GoK Eclipse radar jam radius increased to 1225 from 980.

You like what you see?

Come and play on Gameranger!

Official Gameranger Site

You tried to play but you are having trouble learning the basics? Check out this Beginners guide!

Total Annihilation Zero Beginners Guide

I hope i play you soon on Gameranger!

Greetings

ash.TaShadan

Capped

United Kingdom7236 Posts

September 05 2013 16:53 GMT

I must say, thats one hell of an overhaul. Kudos for that at least, i never played TA so i cant really appreciate it, other then the sheer work thats gone into it!

Abstraction

United States3 Posts

September 05 2013 19:31 GMT

Very cool, I played quite a bit of TA when I was younger.. was the first game I ever played against someone else over the internet. My favorite unit was always the Brawler.. flying ship with dual machine guns. Thanks for the post, will definitely check it out.

ujonecro

United Kingdom846 Posts

September 05 2013 19:43 GMT

I loved this game so much. gonna try this for sure.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 06 2013 07:08 GMT

Gameranger still has a small community playing original TA and several mods like Escalation and TA Zero.
There is also a small mapping community on the forums.
http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43402&page=3

Gowerly

United Kingdom916 Posts

September 06 2013 14:44 GMT

Are those UTASP units? Also a lot of those features sound like things that were done by the YS back in the day. All good stuff, though.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 06 2013 15:20 GMT

On September 06 2013 23:44 Gowerly wrote:
Are those UTASP units? Also a lot of those features sound like things that were done by the YS back in the day. All good stuff, though.

They are not UTASP units (UTASP) but i cant tell if some of TA Zeros units were inspired by UTASP.

GrazerRinge

999 Posts

September 06 2013 15:35 GMT

HELL YEAHHHHHHHH!

one of my all time favorite game. I just wish it has a better unit movement and proper interface, but still one of the realistic RTS ever made imo. I am going to play it for sure!

Psyonic_Reaver

United States4336 Posts

September 07 2013 08:35 GMT

Fucking loved this game. Arm all the way.

PineapplePizza

United States749 Posts

September 07 2013 11:06 GMT

#10

Did anybody play Spring TA? It was semi-active in 2010'ish or so...pretty strange how this pops up long after it dried up (I wasn't around to witness, but I came to the forums and it was all posts from 2011)

wingpawn

Poland1342 Posts

September 07 2013 11:21 GMT

#11

You guys should modifity unit and building health to numeric values!

And definitely buff the building health; as far as I remember, they were falling down insanely fast.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 07 2013 11:29 GMT

#12

On September 07 2013 20:06 PineapplePizza wrote:
Did anybody play Spring TA? It was semi-active in 2010'ish or so...pretty strange how this pops up long after it dried up (I wasn't around to witness, but I came to the forums and it was all posts from 2011)

I dont know if Spring TA is still played. The TA community is still around on Gameranger and on this homepage.

TA Universe

Psyonic_Reaver

United States4336 Posts

September 07 2013 17:10 GMT

#13

What is the difference between Zero and Planetary Annihilation? Besides Zero having a 3rd Faction.

PineapplePizza

United States749 Posts

September 07 2013 20:05 GMT

#14

They made a mod with a flying metal extractor.

Ok, the same people are definitely here.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 07 2013 20:24 GMT

#15

On September 08 2013 02:10 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
What is the difference between Zero and Planetary Annihilation? Besides Zero having a 3rd Faction.

Its more fast paced and the resource management is different. And a different unit type/weapon type system. Most units are soft counter and its important to use them right, but some units are hard counter.

Nyvis

France284 Posts

September 07 2013 21:37 GMT

#16

I'll ask one more stupid comparison question. How does it hold compared to the "modern" equivalents like supreme commander (1, especially, since it's the closest to TA)? I played TA a long time ago, but is there more appeal than pure nostalgia?

Eschaton

United States1245 Posts

September 07 2013 21:58 GMT

#17

Anyone interested in TA-like games should check out Zero-K. I consider it to be the most balanced, and most fun spiritual successor to TA, and best of all it's completely free. Actually best of all might be the physics engine, but it's hard to describe some of the awesome things you can do with it. There is an active 1v1 community, and also large 8v8 team games that are fun and totally crazy.

My alias is Trystero there if anyone decides to check it out.

http://zero-k.info/

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 08 2013 07:44 GMT

#18

On September 08 2013 06:37 Nyvis wrote:
I'll ask one more stupid comparison question. How does it hold compared to the "modern" equivalents like supreme commander (1, especially, since it's the closest to TA)? I played TA a long time ago, but is there more appeal than pure nostalgia?

I never played SupCom in multiplayer so i cant tell much about it. I think TA Zero is more fast paced and more concentrated on micro while SupCom is mainly macro. SupCom seems to be more big scale battles (like it said i never played SupCom in multiplayer). Just try TA Zero and you will see.

On September 08 2013 06:58 Eschaton wrote:
Anyone interested in TA-like games should check out Zero-K. I consider it to be the most balanced, and most fun spiritual successor to TA, and best of all it's completely free. Actually best of all might be the physics engine, but it's hard to describe some of the awesome things you can do with it. There is an active 1v1 community, and also large 8v8 team games that are fun and totally crazy.

My alias is Trystero there if anyone decides to check it out.

http://zero-k.info/

I tried Zero-K and its not bad. I never liked the vast variety of units and starting build orders. Too many different factories available at start which felt very hard to scout and i had the feeling there are a lot of BO wins going on. But thats just my feeling i didnt play too many games.

MotherOfRunes

Germany2862 Posts

September 08 2013 09:07 GMT

#19

OH......MY...GOD
HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!?! this game back then was THE SHIT ! i was the happiest man alive when i bought it as a 11 year old boy :D
would be happy to try it out

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 12 2013 07:29 GMT

#20

Iam working on 2 new maps for the mod right now.

4P Ricochet

4P "No name yet, suggestions are welcome"

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 20 2013 17:33 GMT

#21

Still looking for people to test the new, unreleased version!

Aiobhill

Germany283 Posts

September 20 2013 17:40 GMT

#22

Oh the memories, spent whole nights a decade ago playing TA in LAN with friends. Good luck with your mod, sounds great.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 21 2013 11:29 GMT

#23

Thx, but its not my project. Vohvelieläin is the creator. I am supporting him and i create maps.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 08 2013 09:35 GMT

#24

The new version 4 is online now. Including several stuff like new T2 units/buildings, a megamap and an installer. Check post #1 for more details.

mirkz

Italy43 Posts

October 11 2013 10:40 GMT

#25

the project is very interesting .... could I suggest you to make a "presentation" video of TA Zero ... I was looking for some gameplay and found almost nothing about it

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 11 2013 10:50 GMT

#26

On October 11 2013 19:40 mirkz wrote:
the project is very interesting .... could I suggest you to make a "presentation" video of TA Zero ... I was looking for some gameplay and found almost nothing about it

I try to record some stuff and ask Voh to make a proper presentation video. Thanks for the reply.

Nerchio

Poland2633 Posts

October 11 2013 10:54 GMT

#27

Thinking of trying it out with my friends in a couple of days, there is no problems of playing online etc?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 11 2013 10:57 GMT

#28

On October 11 2013 19:54 Nerchio wrote:
Thinking of trying it out with my friends in a couple of days, there is no problems of playing online etc?

You need to play on Gameranger or Hamachi. I never had problems playing it online though.

Zariel

Australia1285 Posts

October 11 2013 11:00 GMT

#29

Nostalgia to the max. I played this game back in 1996 or something before Core Contigency was released. I found the campaign too difficult to play as I was wayyyyy too young to play an RTS game properly.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 11 2013 13:22 GMT

#30

On the TA Zero forum is a thread with replays. Unfortunatly there are not too many yet and the level of play isnt that high aswell. It might show the flow and some BOs of the game though.

http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?t=43760

nitram

Canada5412 Posts

October 12 2013 05:30 GMT

#31

smackw32.dll is missing?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 12 2013 08:20 GMT

#32

On October 12 2013 14:30 nitram wrote:
smackw32.dll is missing?

Sounds like you have installed the Patch Resources to the wrong location (and therefore the Patch itself and any mod would have followed to that wrong location).

The Patch Resources will attempt to detect your game location during install, but if your game did not get installed properly (like if you just copy/pasted the game folder to your computer, also sometimes those old CD installers just fail to properly register the game install with Windows, and the Amazon.com digital download version also doesn't install properly) then the proper location won't be found and it will just select the default of C:\Cavedog\TotalA. You need to ensure that you install the Patch Resources to your actual game folder as it says during the installation process.

So you should go to the Control Panel and uninstall both the Patch and Patch Resources and all mods, then reinstall the Patch Resources to the correct location.

nitram

Canada5412 Posts

October 12 2013 14:52 GMT

#33

So i need to mod TA or core contingency?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 12 2013 16:54 GMT

#34

You only need TA, Core Contingency is not necessary.

Tobberoth

Sweden6375 Posts

October 15 2013 19:36 GMT

#35

What speed is this game traditionally played on? The difference between default and fastest is massive.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 15 2013 19:45 GMT

#36

Its mainly played on default speed (0).

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 02 2013 14:34 GMT

#37

If you buy the Total Annihilation series now on gog you save 70 %. Check this out.
http://www.gog.com/promo/gem_promo_total_annihilation_series_stacking_0212
If you consider to buy it, check out the great mods like TA Zero aswell.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 08 2013 12:01 GMT

#38

A sneak peek of the new stuff featured in the next patch is available.

The new ARM T2 Walker "Striker" with rocket pods and jump ability and the Frontier Metal Extractor buildable by the Settler:

New CORE shield generator:

TigerKarl

1757 Posts

December 08 2013 15:45 GMT

#39

This looks amazing. Thanks a ton. I'll be checking this out right away and i'll be promoting your work if it's cool.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 08 2013 16:30 GMT

#40

Hope you like it. If you are up for a game contact me or add me on gameranger.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 18 2013 15:17 GMT

#41

Total Annihilation is on gog winter sale ($1.80)!

http://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

January 23 2014 14:19 GMT

#42

Redstones TA Zero channel

A 2on2 played on River of Flames. Unfortunately the guy recording the game had low resolution settings (on higher resolution you can see much more of the battlefield and there are no minimap problems).

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

March 10 2014 11:44 GMT

#43

New work in progress screenshots:

ARM T2 Radar Jammer: Blocks enemy Radar in a certain AOE.

ARM T2 Stealthed Sniper/Saboteur Kbot: Able to cloak, armed with a sniper rifle and able to self destruct (with an AOE explosion able to destroy T1 factories).

CORE T2 Electronic Warfare Hovercraft Artillery: Does extra damage to stealthed/jammed/cloaked units and has an extra (dgun) attack that deactives enemy shields for a certain time.

If someone is interested in testing the WIP builds send me a pm.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

March 31 2014 17:50 GMT

#44

There is a new test build version again. Some minor changes and a new Unit for CORE are included.
The amphibious CORE Marauder:

Still searching for people to help me testing. If you do not have Total Annihilation but still interested in testing the new build send me a PM.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

June 13 2014 17:45 GMT

#45

There will be a new version soon. If someone does not have Total Annihilation its on gog sale right now for 1.49 $.

http://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 03 2014 14:36 GMT

#46

New update available:

Introducing a new unit for GoK. The Emmisary a Assault construction vehicle:

Download available here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/migt9gwyzzd89h9/TA Zero Devpatch 29062014.zip

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

July 03 2014 14:49 GMT

#47

Does this work only with GoG version ? Cause i only have CD version. Does it works with addons ? (i think i have 2 addons)

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 03 2014 15:44 GMT

#48

It works with the CD version too.

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

July 03 2014 15:46 GMT

#49

On July 04 2014 00:44 TaShadan wrote:
It works with the CD version too.

Thx. Do i need to install addons ?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 03 2014 15:48 GMT

#50

On July 04 2014 00:46 FFW_Rude wrote:

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Thx. Do i need to install addons ?

The original TA is enough. You need to patch to 3.1 before you install TA Zero though. Alternative you could download this:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2njnzpp8yky3fcr/TA Zero Standalone.zip

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

July 03 2014 15:54 GMT

#51

On July 04 2014 00:48 TaShadan wrote:

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The original TA is enough. You need to patch to 3.1 before you install TA Zero though.

Ok. Thank you

I'll try with the addons though. I want to see how your units face a Krogoth :p

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 04 2014 11:06 GMT

#52

On July 04 2014 00:54 FFW_Rude wrote:

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Ok. Thank you

I'll try with the addons though. I want to see how your units face a Krogoth :p

Its a total conversion. You can not play vs the old TA units. Unfortunately the Krogoth is not implemented yet. If you are interested in playing multiplayer just msg me.

gTank

Austria2564 Posts

July 04 2014 11:26 GMT

#53

I bought TA during going rampage on gog but totally forgot about this!
Ty for the bump!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 04 2014 11:39 GMT

#54

On July 04 2014 20:26 gTank wrote:
I bought TA during going rampage on gog but totally forgot about this!
Ty for the bump!

No problem, i always bump after a new update

If someone needs help with the installation or wants to play just send me a PM.

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

July 04 2014 12:00 GMT

#55

On July 04 2014 20:06 TaShadan wrote:

Show nested quote +

Its a total conversion. You can not play vs the old TA units. Unfortunately the Krogoth is not implemented yet. If you are interested in playing multiplayer just msg me.

Oh ok. I didn't get that. Downloaded but didn't have time to rip my CD since i don't have a CD drive in my new computer :p

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 05 2014 19:00 GMT

#56

A beginners guide is available too:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ap5qxr3y4zelkqh/TA Zero Beginners Strategy Guide.pdf

I recommend downloading it because the dropbox pdf reader messes up the images.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 05 2014 04:53 GMT

#57

First time i recorded a game: Sorry for the low quality and the stuttering... the next ones will be better.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 06 2014 15:54 GMT

#58

Again a new version available:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxf040f7guedgtt/TA Zero Devpatch 31072014.zip

and a new VoD

KezseN

Singapore1450 Posts

August 07 2014 01:24 GMT

#59

Forgive my ignorance but I'd like to ask if theres any difference between this game and the upcoming "planetary annihilation"?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 07 2014 04:40 GMT

#60

On August 07 2014 10:24 KezseN wrote:
Forgive my ignorance but I'd like to ask if theres any difference between this game and the upcoming "planetary annihilation"?

Its totally different gameplay. The resource and the damage/armor systems are different. It has a minimap and 3 factions. The maps are more diverse, with highground etc... (i know that will be fixed in PA eventuelly).

Antisocialmunky

United States5912 Posts

August 07 2014 06:32 GMT

#61

Its kinda ridiculous how well TA stands up still. Even though all the 3D is fake. :p

KezseN

Singapore1450 Posts

August 07 2014 07:41 GMT

#62

On August 07 2014 13:40 TaShadan wrote:

Show nested quote +

Sounds likes a pretty good upgrade so far. Recommend buying? I think I'll play zero first and then maybe purchase PA later if its good

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 10 2014 15:32 GMT

#63

2on2 this time. Unfortunately i still have a problem with rendering the video... i always lose some minutes at the end of the recording...

FFW_Rude

France10201 Posts

August 14 2014 13:20 GMT

#64

So i played that with a friend. It's kind of cool. Sort of different. But we played that just after playing Plannetary annihilation . Was weird playing TA again. And we didn't know what changed in that version. Turns out it was : "everything".

Fun thing to try if you're nostalgic

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 15 2014 14:13 GMT

#65

On August 14 2014 22:20 FFW_Rude wrote:
So i played that with a friend. It's kind of cool. Sort of different. But we played that just after playing Plannetary annihilation . Was weird playing TA again. And we didn't know what changed in that version. Turns out it was : "everything".

Fun thing to try if you're nostalgic

Glad you enjoyed it.

If you want to play online just join us on Gameranger.
I agree, it is completely different to PA and it is also different to the original TA.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 18 2014 17:12 GMT

#66

Uploaded 3 new vods on youtube and still work on more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMB1...7W0MU5RHn2h10w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzQj...7W0MU5RHn2h10w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkrk...7W0MU5RHn2h10w

I am lacking music, so if someone has ideas just tell me. I need royalty free music though.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 28 2014 19:44 GMT

#67

3 new vods:

2 2on2s:

and a 1on1:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 04 2014 20:24 GMT

#68

First try with 1080p recording (it is only medium quality 1080p though):

and a bunch of matches recorded with 720p:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 25 2014 16:13 GMT

#69

New ARM vs GoK match on 4P River of Flames uploaded (1080p):

PF1057

Germany12 Posts

October 04 2014 09:05 GMT

#70

Best RTS-engine concerning playing feel finally gets a worthy game!

TA Zero is a total conversion for TA with focus on smaller, micro-oriented battles (whilst still allowing the big scale). And since there is a streaming-resource system, you can queue up production, which enables you to actually do all this micromanagement, without being a god in this game. This makes it very appealing for occasional play.

The original Total Annihilation had some weaknesses (like in unit design or balance), but TA Zero is a completely new game in this matter. Due to the flaws and age of his antecessor TA Zero is way less popular as it should be.

This mod is in alpha-stage, but unit-design is completed enough to be played in skirmishes via LAN or GameRanger or against a well done AI, which is actually a challenge.

The unit-handling with the TA-engine feels really good. E.g. direction of units and acceleration matters. It actually makes a huge difference whether you direct your aircraft manually, so that enemy bombers are in coverage of your fighters weapons. Also, a moving army always recieves less damage since enemy shots will miss, so you should't just plan where to park your army, but also where and how to move it during confrontations. You don't find this in other RTS like SC2.
But the original TA was never able to match with games like SC with regard to competitive/online play. Now here comes TA Zero with a completely new design, taking the good aspects of the TA-engine and integrates them into gameplay which leads to faster matches with multitasking instead of unit-massing.

I want to promote this mod not just for the benefit of the game by itself, but to give notice of it's positive gameplay-aspects, which are not to be found in other RTS. At least in terms of my personal perception of RTS-games.

PF1057

Germany12 Posts

October 05 2014 12:24 GMT

#71

On October 04 2014 18:05 PF1057 wrote:
The unit-handling with the TA-engine feels really good.

Since this is so highly subjective I just want to give a short description of my taste:
I prefer the pathfinding in WC3 over SC2's. The way you handle your units in WC3 feels more natural to me. I experience them as actual individuals, blocking each other, having no perfect coordination.

If you want to get an army down a small ramp in WC3, you get the feeling that you really have to "push them through" the tight spot.
In SC2 they just flow down the ramp like water. Or marbles. It feels wrong to me. Also the box-selection-problem with hovering air units over your army feels so bad. (In TA adressed with W-key: whilst pressed you only select armed ground forces.)

Anyone, who likes the comfort of marble-units has of course totally different tast than me and will not appreciate old game-engines as I do.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 22 2014 20:21 GMT

#72

Added a bunch of new vods on my youtube channel all in 1080p.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfoJnzt2DQ8&list=UUIGJ_Jt1C7W0MU5RHn2h10w

I will also rewrite post #1 to be more clear, with a better overview of the most important features.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 24 2014 11:25 GMT

#73

The original Total Annihilation is on gog.com Weekend Deal again! http://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack

TwiggyWan

France329 Posts

October 24 2014 12:45 GMT

#74

Very good!

By the way do you play Forged Alliance Forever? How many players are playing TA Zero in your opinion?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 24 2014 12:51 GMT

#75

On October 24 2014 21:45 TwiggyWan wrote:
Very good!

By the way do you play Forged Alliance Forever? How many players are playing TA Zero in your opinion?

Unfortunately the player count is low right now (about 10 people; at least on gameranger). I hope it will increase again in the next months.

No i do not play FaF.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 26 2014 10:24 GMT

#76

Major overhaul of the first post in the thread! New download link for the Standalone version. DL and extract it and be ready to play!

Joni_

Germany352 Posts

October 26 2014 11:24 GMT

#77

For everyone that is struggling with win8..:
My friend found another workaround. He replaced the dlls audierde, online, smackw32, zdraw, zdrawbackup, zmusi and zplayx dlls by the ones in the test standalone. We have no idea what it was, but somehow we are able to run the game now in windows 8.1. Will post wether there will be any other issues.
Do any of you guys have an idea why and how it worked and what we lose by doing this?

First issue found: Can't tab out and back in again.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 26 2014 11:27 GMT

#78

On October 26 2014 20:24 Joni_ wrote:
For everyone that is struggling with win8..:
My friend found another workaround. He replaced the dlls audierde, online, smackw32, zdraw, zdrawbackup, zmusi and zplayx dlls by the ones in the test standalone. We have no idea what it was, but somehow we are able to run the game now in windows 8.1. Will post wether there will be any other issues.
Do any of you guys have an idea why and how it worked and what we lose by doing this?

Which version did you install initially? The one from the homepage alpha 4? I recommend using the Test standalone, because it includes new units, bug fixes and balance changes.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 28 2014 21:01 GMT

#79

Pretty epic and long game on Raindance. It was played with an older version though.

part 1:

part 2:

First match on the new map (still work in progress) 2P Crystal Gorge (not enough minerals!):

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

November 12 2014 19:06 GMT

#80

Another game on the new map 2P Crystal Gorge:

and the Total Annihilation Commander pack is on gog.com sale again!
http://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack

Go buy it! And try Total Annihilation Zero too!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 13 2014 12:20 GMT

#81

After 1 month without internet... a new video on youtube!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

January 08 2015 10:38 GMT

#82

There is a new development test version available for download.
New Patch
There also were a bunch of new maps released:
4P Ashrigo

4P Hierarchy

2p Crystal Gorge
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2P Howling Abyss
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6P Gathering
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4P Hierarchy and Ashrigo are available here: TaShadans Zero Mappack

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

January 26 2015 21:20 GMT

#83

Finished 4P Ricochet:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 06 2015 17:56 GMT

#84

Due to having a really bad upload in my new flat it took a while to upload those...
Two vods of one and the same game (recorded replay):
Vohs view:

My view:

Not the best game we played (both playing their worst faction with lots of unspent metal :p), still fun though.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

April 09 2015 17:24 GMT

#85

It has been a while but i uploaded a new video on youtube (replay again):

Medstflow vs Masterakady (ARM vs CORE)
Medstflows view:

I am still working on Masterakadys view.

The game was played with a new development version Alpha 4.10022015.
I already integrated the new version to the standalone download on post #1.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

May 08 2015 14:12 GMT

#86

After a long time i recorded a 2on2 again:
It is in 2 parts on my new map 4P Hierarchy:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

May 16 2015 21:06 GMT

#87

New update available: Including a new T2 air unit.

Update 10052015

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

June 07 2015 17:42 GMT

#88

Total Annihilation on gog sale for €1.39!
http://www.gog.com/game/total_anihilation_commander_pack

Buy it and download Total Annihilation Zero afterwards :p

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

June 27 2015 22:37 GMT

#89

New patch 29052015 available now featuring T2 gunships for each faction.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/wiitanen/TAZ31_290515_0018.zip

And 3 new VODs on my youtube channel:

Ty2

United States1434 Posts

July 22 2015 22:28 GMT

#90

--- Nuked ---

d_runk

124 Posts

July 22 2015 22:34 GMT

#91

First game I ever owned (I was a bit too young/silly for it at the time so gave up on it after a couple of weeks struggling with the campaign), still have the carton box in my old bedroom, props for reviving it!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 25 2015 12:17 GMT

#92

On July 23 2015 07:28 Ty2 wrote:
I like this game.

I do love it too.

PS: new update: http://koti.mbnet.fi/wiitanen/TAZ31_100715_2201.zip
The Standalone version in post #1 already has that patch included.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 31 2015 18:58 GMT

#93

Total Annihilation in gog sale again:
http://www.gog.com/promo/weekend_promo_stratagems_310715?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=game_subject&utm_campaign=Stratagems_Promo_EN

In addition a lot of other good rts on sale!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 27 2015 15:32 GMT

#94

It has been a while but i uploaded a 2on2 match on Vohs new map 4P Convex Archipelago using the version 06082015.

The patch can be downloaded here:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/wiitanen/TAZ31_060815_2110.zip

Loanshark

China3094 Posts

September 27 2015 15:55 GMT

#95

I might try this out just for the nostalgia factor. Played a bit of the original TA when I was a kid.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 27 2015 16:06 GMT

#96

On September 28 2015 00:55 Loanshark wrote:
I might try this out just for the nostalgia factor. Played a bit of the original TA when I was a kid.

I recommend dling the standalone version from post #1. It includes the most recent patch.
If you are interested in playing multiplayer, join us on Gameranger!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 04 2015 10:13 GMT

#97

3 more games uploaded:
2x Seaben vs TaShadan on 4P Total Temple:

Danvern vs TaShadan on 4P River of Flames:

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

October 04 2015 16:29 GMT

#98

Is it really worth modding a game this old? The pathfinding is extremely bad (dragoon simulator) and the UI is not at all designed for higher resolution screens. You could do so much more with a remake, adding on two decades of game design polish. There's also 1-2 orders of magnitude more processing power available to do a lot of the tasks impossible on pentium I-II cpu's and the graphics processors of the day without compromising the high performance levels in the engine

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 04 2015 18:07 GMT

#99

On October 05 2015 01:29 Cyro wrote:
Is it really worth modding a game this old? The pathfinding is extremely bad (dragoon simulator) and the UI is not at all designed for higher resolution screens. You could do so much more with a remake, adding on two decades of game design polish. There's also 1-2 orders of magnitude more processing power available to do a lot of the tasks impossible on pentium I-II cpu's and the graphics processors of the day without compromising the high performance levels in the engine

Yes it is still worth it. The bunch of new rts games released recently with new engine just failed to deliver. I prefer a good made RTS with an old engine instead of fancy graphics but sucky balance and/or gameplay.

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

October 04 2015 18:13 GMT

#100

It's not the graphics that i'm concerned about, more the gameplay capabilities of the engine

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 04 2015 18:24 GMT

#101

On October 05 2015 03:13 Cyro wrote:
It's not the graphics that i'm concerned about, more the gameplay capabilities of the engine

Gameplay is better than it looks like. Did you even try it?

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

October 04 2015 18:46 GMT

#102

Yes i've played TA and TAUCP for a few hundred hours, was one of my first RTS and i got armies stuck in my base, behind my base, on a bridge halfway across the map, in a field of wrecks etc in probably most games

I loved it but it's 2015 now

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 04 2015 19:45 GMT

#103

On October 05 2015 03:46 Cyro wrote:
Yes i've played TA and TAUCP for a few hundred hours, was one of my first RTS and i got armies stuck in my base, behind my base, on a bridge halfway across the map, in a field of wrecks etc in probably most games

I loved it but it's 2015 now

Thats nice that you played ages ago. But the pathfinding alrogithm was significantly improved by modders the last years. Especially Zero has a much better pathfinding and in Zero T1 wreckages do not block movement (only projectiles). I never had any problems with pathfinding in Zero. You should really try Zero before you bash on it. I am always up for 1on1s. Just message me.

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

October 04 2015 20:26 GMT

#104

But the pathfinding alrogithm was significantly improved by modders the last years

Oh, why didn't you say so :0

there was never any tools to improve the pathfinding in some other games like BW

ProMeTheus112

France2027 Posts

October 04 2015 20:34 GMT

#105

Woah! This is very interesting!!! I played quite a bit of TA including lots of 1v1 vs friend. Made quite a few nice maps. Some aspects of this game are great but it is broken by terrible balance, we were playing around with removing some units to make it better. I'm totally going to check this out!!!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 05 2015 15:27 GMT

#106

Sry doublepost....

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 05 2015 15:29 GMT

#107

On October 05 2015 05:26 Cyro wrote:

Show nested quote +

Oh, why didn't you say so :0

there was never any tools to improve the pathfinding in some other games like BW

a Quote from the tauniverse forum:
they improved pathfinding a lot!

1333 cycles (default):

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At the default value, the pathfinding is horrible. At any given moment the majority of units are not in motion and are waiting for an updated path. Here it is clear why I was saying issue #2 is the major issue. The units towards the back of the group, where most of the bumping occurs, perform ridiculously poorly. Even though at the 60 second mark the group appears to be moving decently well, that's just due to the luck of the units at the front not bumping into each other as much. At the 3 minute mark a large chunk of units is still at the starting point and it takes a whopping 10 minutes to finish and there are still a few stragglers that still haven't made it yet.

5332 cycles (4x default):

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At 5332 cycles there is a massive increase in performance, but still far from adequate. There are still plenty of stationary units at any given time. However as you can see, the group is generally moving much more smoothly and finishes the race over twice as fast as they did at the default value.

13330 cycles (10x default):

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At 13330 cycles there is another huge improvement, though a little less than before. Most units are now in motion at any given time though there's still room to improve. The group finishes the race almost twice as fast as the last attempt.

39990 cycles (30x default):

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At 39990 cycles we've basically reached an optimum point. No unit ever has a downtime of more than 1 or 2 seconds and the group moves very smoothly, with no unit ever colliding with anything other than another moving unit. The group finishes just over a whole minute faster than the last group.

66650 cycles (50x default):

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At 66650 cycles we can see that pathfinding improvements at this scale, with 1500 moving units, have basically plateaued. The group basically finishes at the same amount of time as before, with the 5 second difference falling within the margin of error for me deciding when the group at "arrived". However, as explained above, for more complex operations than simply moving a group from one point to another (like how you would see in a real game with many different orders being given to different groups of units) there are some small improvements to pathfinding update time and the hardware hit is still small compared to the rendering workload, so I think that 66650 is a much better optimal value to use due to the breathing room it affords.

So 66650 cycles is the value we will use for TA Zero and is probably a good optimal value for most people. The 5332 value is definitely too low. Finally, while you can go even higher, there is not too much benefit and you may end up just wasting resources and causing unnecessary slowdowns, even when there are few units in-game.

1333 cycles is the OTA default setting. 66650 cycles is used by TA Zero

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

October 05 2015 21:58 GMT

#108

Well that's a thousand times better

At the 3 minute mark a large chunk of units is still at the starting point and it takes a whopping 10 minutes to finish and there are still a few stragglers that still haven't made it yet.

Vs having the whole army there in under 2 minutes

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 06 2015 05:57 GMT

#109

On October 06 2015 06:58 Cyro wrote:
Well that's a thousand times better

Show nested quote +

Vs having the whole army there in under 2 minutes

So you are going to try it at least?

Cyro

United Kingdom20285 Posts

October 06 2015 07:45 GMT

#110

On October 06 2015 14:57 TaShadan wrote:

Show nested quote +

So you are going to try it at least?

Maybe

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 06 2015 16:50 GMT

#111

On October 06 2015 16:45 Cyro wrote:

Show nested quote +

Maybe

As i said just try it. Download the standalone from post #1 (~350 mb). If you do not like it fine, if you like it just msg me for some games.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 11 2015 12:16 GMT

#112

And again a bunch of new videos:

Enjoy!

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

October 12 2015 01:32 GMT

#113

I remember downloading the TA demo a long long time ago and giving it a go for a small duration of time before moving on. This looks like fun though I have to ask, just how much of a change from the original is the link in the OP? I mean, adding a whole new faction is pretty big lol but aside from that, are the other factions still the same as originally designed? Is it mostly performance fixes and a new faction then?

edit: reading more about it, seems that TAK, the expansion had several new factions added in so I take it this changed the original TA, not TAK.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 12 2015 15:40 GMT

#114

It is a total overhaul. The factions are different to the originals. Although some units have at least a similar design.
Just download the standalone (link in post #1).
Yes it is a total conversion mod for TA not TAK.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

October 20 2015 19:38 GMT

#115

And again a new update + a bunch of new videos:

Either download the standalone from post #1 or use the patch to update your current version:
http://koti.mbnet.fi/wiitanen/TAZ31_151015_1330.zip

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

November 04 2015 17:01 GMT

#116

and again a bunch of new videos:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

November 25 2015 11:40 GMT

#117

New update avialable: http://koti.mbnet.fi/wiitanen/TAZ31_071115_1915.zip

You should also check out this thread for all the stuff you will need to play: http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44715

If you downloaded the standalone (link post #1) you will not need the installer meantioned in the thread.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 11 2015 12:47 GMT

#118

New experimantel changes incoming. Some new units and a total rebalance is incoming. Although the balance was quite good the factions were to similar and the creator decided to make them more diverse.

A bunch of new vods from one of the early rebalance versions:

The most recent version is 09122015 which you can dl here (changes included):

http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showpost.php?p=739840&postcount=234

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 07 2016 21:00 GMT

#119

This time the recording is with ingame sounds! Enjoy:

PS: new version available
http://zero.tauniverse.com/files/TAZ31_290116_1450.zip

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 09 2016 19:57 GMT

#120

Would there be anyone interested in playing a alpha tournament? I might even provide some prize money and a bunch of steam keys.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

April 18 2016 15:47 GMT

#121

Long time no vod...
uploaded 1 now and 2 more in the pipe:

Voh (GoK) vs Seaben (ARM) on 4P Total Temple

PS: new version available on tauniverse

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

April 19 2016 15:35 GMT

#122

and 2 more games:

Voh (GoK) vs TaShadan (GoK) on 4P Torkan Passage

Seaben (ARM) vs TaShadan (CORE) on 4P Total Temple (Zero ND)

both games decreased music and increased gamesound volume

Capresis

United States518 Posts

April 20 2016 00:36 GMT

#123

How's the game doing? Is gameranger still the place to play this at?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

April 20 2016 15:22 GMT

#124

On April 20 2016 09:36 Capricis wrote:
How's the game doing? Is gameranger still the place to play this at?

yes GR is still the place. just add me on GR and/or steam: tashadan

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

May 09 2016 14:27 GMT

#125

new standalone download:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b8727ymz5f6sea8/TA Zero ND Tournament.zip?dl=0
new vods and more to come!

CORE vs ARM on 4P Hierarchy

GoK vs ARM on 4P Total Temple

ShadowArm

23 Posts

May 09 2016 17:50 GMT

#126

its me or TAUniverse is offline?

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

May 09 2016 18:54 GMT

#127

On May 10 2016 02:50 ShadowArm wrote:
its me or TAUniverse is offline?

Yeah its offline right now

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

May 14 2016 14:38 GMT

#128

and there is more:
2 first person games (my view), both GoK vs CORE:

and one replay CORE vs ARM:
i was pretty lucky at start... but check it out yourself.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 01 2016 14:05 GMT

#129

Anyone interested in having a chat with the developer of the mod or searching for opponents check out the new discord channel:
https://discord.gg/6UTeCBD

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 08 2016 22:08 GMT

#130

Ok for now Zero weekly playday will be on Sunday 18:00 CET till 20:00 CET.
Just join our discord channel if you are interested in watching or playing.

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 16 2016 15:18 GMT

#131

New vod uploaded after a 2 month break:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

July 23 2016 08:07 GMT

#132

Sorry for the spam...
2 new vods available:
Test game on my new map 4P Dire Straits, a semi water map:

And another game on 2P Hellstorm:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

August 04 2016 14:06 GMT

#133

4 new quite quick games:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

September 24 2016 18:47 GMT

#134

A couple of new games on youtube, this time also first person view of another player (executor) and there is a moddb page now.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/total-annihilation-zero

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

November 02 2016 18:13 GMT

#135

Standalone download available on moddb now.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/total-annihilation-zero/downloads/ta-zero-nd

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

December 10 2016 17:18 GMT

#136

New update available on moddb: http://www.moddb.com/mods/total-annihilation-zero/downloads/ta-zero-patch-101016

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

January 27 2017 13:32 GMT

#137

New patch 200117. Some major changes for GoK Faeris and T2 metal extrators included.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/total-annihilation-zero/downloads/ta-zero-patch-200117

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 04 2017 11:21 GMT

#138

Two quick CORE vs ARM games.
This guy normally streams ESC but also plays Zero.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/116301789

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/116304546

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 08 2017 21:30 GMT

#139

More twitch videos. Unfortunately the old ones are already deleted

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/120639328

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/120646357

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/120651865

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 16 2017 17:39 GMT

#140

more videos on twitch!

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/122299164

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/122314094

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/122317440

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/122320815

N1E

Brazil186 Posts

February 24 2017 23:49 GMT

#141

The short parts I checked were enough to notice the Recorder bug that lets you see the top left with a ghost Commander.

PS: now that's what I call a sentence. F*ck punctuation!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

February 27 2017 11:43 GMT

#142

First recorded game in a while:

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

March 27 2017 11:04 GMT

#143

Zero ND ladder available now on discord!
https://discord.gg/JD2hATk

All of the following rules/informations apply to the discord channel.

Registration:
- PM me or post your GR Identnumber and the nickname you will use for the ladder

Rules:
- Games have to be played with the current Zero ND Version and have to be played on official Zero maps
- Report the games by Posting the winner of the game and attach the replay
- The winner will get +100, the loser + 25 and in case of a draw both players will get +25 points

Additional Info:
- there will be King of the Hill matches which will provide bonus points
- at the end of the year, there will be a tournament with prize money (details will be announced later; but ladder placement will influence the grid)

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

May 19 2017 17:24 GMT

#144

TA and TAK are on sale (gog.com) again.
In a couple of weeks there will be a new patch for TA Zero also.

N1E

Brazil186 Posts

August 31 2017 00:07 GMT

#145

On May 20 2017 02:24 TaShadan wrote:
TA and TAK are on sale (gog.com) again.
In a couple of weeks there will be a new patch for TA Zero also.

I wish TAK was on Steam like TA too.

N1E

Brazil186 Posts

August 31 2017 00:13 GMT

#146

https://discord.gg/JD2hATk

#zero is still there even though you requested me to delete it (I just made it invisible now

). If anyone wants to view the old messages just PM (here or there). You can still use #mods nonetheless!

TaShadan

Germany1970 Posts

March 05 2025 01:04 GMT

#147

There is a new version around Alpha 5 with tons of balance updates, fixes, new maps and new units.
There are also new casted games:

By the way, there is a new server for Total Annihilation and all its major mods available now:
https://www.taforever.com/

It even has an installer and updater included, helping you to install mods like Zero.