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- 1. Programming
- 2. Tips
- 3. Programming
-
- 1. Programming:
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- Here is how to get out of the difficult level 9 if you're playing the Atreides
- family.
- Use a Hex editor to edit the SCENARIO.PAK file in the DUNE2 directory and do
- the following:
- Save the level 9 game.
- Go to scenario 22 of the Atreides.
- Go to [ATREIDES] and change credit to 30000 and Maxunit to 50
- Go to [UNITS] and change all Atreides Siege tanks to Atreides Sonic tanks.
- Go to [STRUCTURES] search for palaces of the Harkonnen and Sarduakars and change
- them all to Ordod palaces.
- Go to [REINFORCEMENTS] and change the Atreides tanks to Sonics.
- Save the new SCENARIO.PAK file. Start the game and load the saved level 9
- position.
- Go to OPTIONS and RESTART SCENARIO.
- You now have loads of credits at your disposal and all of your tanks have
- changed into the more powerful Sonic variety. What's more the missile barrages
- should have stopped making the chances of you surviving the level far higher.
-
- 2. Tips:
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- 1. Place concrete slabs before placing structures. It's worth upgrading the
- construction yard so you can build the larger slabs. Upgrade the light vehicle
- and heavy vehicle factories as soon as you can so you can produce siege tanks.
- It's worth upgrading the heavy factory several times on later levels so you can
- produce a mobile construction vehicle. Watch the state of all your structures
- and repair them when necessary - it costs spice but it's usually cheaper than
- building replacements.
-
- 2. Don't bother building walls (they cost too much and don't last very long)
- build rocket turrets instead. You need to upgrade the construction yard to be
- able to build them but you're going to do that anyway aren't you? Spot where the
- enemy are attacking from - they always attack from the same direction - and
- place concrete slabs on the rock in that direction. Put half a dozen turrets on
- the extremities of the slabs and with a bit of luck they should see off most of
- the attackers before they get too close. Keep an eye on the state of the turrets
- and repair them when necessary.
-
- 3. See whether there's a line of rock that stretches from your base towards the
- enemy base. If there is create a pathway of concrete slabs along the rock and
- position rocket turreys close to the enemy base. When you attack the turrets are
- able to give your units covering fire and you find yourself with a significant
- advantage. If there isn't an unbroken line of rock consider using a mobile
- construction vehicle to establish a construction yard on a piece of rock close
- to the enemy which you can then use as a base for extending the range of your
- turrets.
-
- 4. On the later levels it's extremely important to restrict the amount of spice
- the enemy mines because spice runs out extremely quickly. You need to use a fast
- trike or quad to explore the map and find spice fields and enemy harvesters and
- then you simply do everything possible to destroy the harvesters.
-
- 3. Programming:
- ==============
- If you want to use/build more than 25 units use a Hex editor to edit the
- scenario.pak file. Find a line containing:
-
- Brain=Human
- Maxunit=25
- Credit=1500
-
- and change the number after the Maxunit to 99
- *EOF*
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