This is a modification (mod) of Commandos 2 Men of Courage, to make it more challenging and
realistic. This mod is intended to give players of Commandos 2 a new challenge, as Pyro (The
people that made Commandos) are not making any more Commandos games in the style of Commandos 2.
There are limits to what we are able to do, but with what we are able to do, we have edited
the standard missions, and tried to make them more fun and challenging.
We hope you enjoy the mod, as much as we did making it.
2-Requirements
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Commandos 2 Men of Courage installed on your computer.
3-New features
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-New abilities for the Commandos
-Alot more enemies than before, now you will truly be behind enemy lines
-New enemies
-The existing enemies, including the new ones, have been made alot more dangerous than in the past
-As a counter-force, now your commandos have a bigger potential in fighting the terrible Nazis
-Commandos will appear in missions in which they weren't before
-The starting equipment of each Commando has changed
-The items have been rebalanced throughout the missions
-No more exceeding equipment, you will have to sweat for a grenade
-All the weapons now have limited ammo (no more infinite Pistol, Harpoon, etc.)
-The weapons characteristics have been altered (be careful with the molotov's burnout)
-The patrols will not attack you, if your non-threatening
-New objectives
-The scenarios will include an infinite quantity of variations and surprises, do not fall unprepared
-Each place, if visited, will have a reward; no more empty areas without a heck of a reason to visit
-New sounds, some taken from the old but never passed Commandos BEL and BTCOD, others new and waiting to be heard
-Some snipers now will leave their position to investigate (not all), you'd better watch out and...take it to your advantage
-Ammo has been rebalanced, no more easy filling weapons ready to kill
-The enemy is more resistant (especially at high difficulty level)
-New background music in main menu
-New graphics, with edited names and Words Of Wisdom
-Vehicles have been rebalanced (now they will be really useful)
-Missions have taken life with alot of people, each doing his work. Trying to give you the feeling to be fighting against the past, and not gaming around
-Levels design has been changed, doors that were easy before, now require your complete attention
-Windows aren't secure anymore, when you least expect it, an enemy could watch through a window and...
-Levels intractability has increased, your Sniper can climb on some trees now, and your men can hide in new unsuspectable places
-The Atmospherical agents (rain, snow) have been reproduced in more missions
-The mod's difficulty has been well calibrated, as much as for Pro's like for Newcomers, everyone will have fun
-Note: At easiest difficulty level, you can cure fallen Commandos by medicating them or by making them eat some food (or medicate themselves by pressing the "use button" in the inventory on a medikit)
4-Known bugs
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These are the bugs we know of in the mod:
-Could sometimes happen in night missions, that the flashlight of a soldier goes through walls; don't worry, it's only an aesthetical bug and it won't any how influence the game
-In Haiphong, a patrol could have its view bugged up when it enters buildings, but don't worry, you will only see a new, harmless colour, nothing to worry about
-Some clues will not tick off, but don't worry, it will not influence your gameplay or merit at the end of the missions. I wouldn't say that it's really a bug, besides, some of them didn't tick off even before (done by Pyro themselves), so, in one word (actually two and a half), don't worry
-Since Pyro's Jewel (game engine) seems to have defective graphics (poor programming? We hope not), it might sometimes seem that lights pass through solids. Although it's somehow much un-aesthetical, it does not compromise gaming experience
If you find a bug not listed, please report it to us either by email, or on the C3 Zone forum at
http://www.c3zone.co.uk/forum.
5-Credits
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Commandos 2 Men of Courage (The game the mod is based on) made by:
Pyro Studios - http://www.pyrostudios.com
Mod made by:
[GMC]-GoA-{Phantom} - desperados2@tin.it
Swordfish - fish343@aol.com
Mod website:
C3 Zone - http://www.c3zone.co.uk
Special Thanks to:
=[CATZ]=Brownout-75 for being (and still is) one of the best Commandos players in the world and for understanding that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING
=[CATZ]=|)ataGhosT for being (and still is) one of the best Commandos players in the world and for leaving us in the time of need
jishengmao for creating the excellent BsmB Extractor which was used to decode most of the Commandos 2 files
Tom Sikking a.k.a. Sick for providing the 'material' (C2 Debug) and for extracting & decoding with extreme patience all the 800+ files of Commandos 2, awesome job
Pyro Studios for making this wonderful and immortal series and for creating a useless e-mail
Eidos Interactive for publishing one of the best (if not THE) RTS for the most Hardcore Gamers
