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Command & Conquer(tm) Red Alert(tm) 3
Version 1.06 Patch Notes - December, 2008
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· Revamped the Automatch system to improve reliability and the
speed at which players are matched.

· Fixed an exploit with the Soviet Crane where structures could be
built for free under low power.

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Command & Conquer(tm) Red Alert(tm) 3
Version 1.05 Patch Notes - December, 2008
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This patch for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 fixes several
exploits and bugs, improves balance, provides assorted user interface
enhancements, and more.




· During Skirmish and Multiplayer games, Engineers will now take
several seconds to successfully capture a structure. During this time
the Engineer will be vulnerable to attack.

· Reduced the power requirement for the Empire of the Rising Sun
Refinery from 55 to 50.

· Reduced the cost of the Allied Harvester from 1400 to 1000.

· The Allied Refinery's sell price has been increased from 300 to 500.

· The Vindicator should now do 50% less damage versus Empire of
the Rising Sun Cores.

· The Mecha Tengu's anti-air weapon damage has been increased from
15 to 23.

· The Vindicator and Century Bomber will now properly receive the
additional ammo if grounded when Advanced Aeronautics is purchased.

· Units in aggressive stance will now auto-acquire enemy Tank Busters in
their spider holes.

· Fixed an exploit where players could get two infantry units out of a
Power Plant when selling it.

· Construction Yards will now spawn an Engineer when destroyed.

· Construction Yards will now spawn an Engineer when sold on
the water.

· Akula Subs will now be much easier to target as they surface to fire.

· The Soviet Ore Collector now has a proper cooldown time on its
secondary ability.

· The Soviet Super Reactor will now damage aircraft when destroyed

· Fixed a bug where the Hammer Tank was not receiving a damage
increase on its Leech Beam after attaining veterancy.

· The King Oni will now perform a melee attack when attacking enemies
nearby, which will also cause meta-damage to infantry.

· Fixed a bug where Hospitals were not healing infantry units garrisoned
inside vehicles.

· The Shogun will now properly fire all of its laser cannons when
automatically attacking structures in aggressive stance.

· The Hammer Tank will now receive health when using its Leech Beam
against an enemy that has Point Defense Drones.

· Fixed an exploit where players could get the Sky-wing to land on
dry land.

· The map reveal from Observation Posts is no longer obstructed by
various terrain heights.

· Engineers targeted with Cash Bounty will no longer provide funds
when the engineer captures a structure.

· The Apocalypse Tank can now properly change targets when using
its Magnetic Harpoon ability.

· Fixed an exploit where the Javelin Soldier could remain fully locked
onto their target even after moving.

· Fixed a bug where the Terror Drone would maintain its Stasis Ray
even though it switched to Dismantler Claws.

· Fixed an exploit where players could create more than 4 docking
aircraft per airfield or airbase.

· Fixed an exploit where players could change faction right before
the game countdown finished.

· Fixed an exploit where players could disconnect from games and
still gain benefits to their record.

· In 2v2 team games, teammates will always start next to each other.

· Fixed exploits where the starting game countdown wouldn't stop if a
player changed game parameters in the final second.




· Added several Co-op lobbies to the lobby list.

· Added the ability to see a player's stats in the online lobbies.
By hovering over a player's name, this will display a summary of that
player's wins, losses, and rank.

· Vertical sliders in the menus can now be scrolled using the mouse
wheel.

· Added the Broadcast option under the Rules Tab for Custom online
matches.

· When players change map size in the game setup screen, the
appropriate number of slots will be opened.

· The custom match lobby list will now display icons for Clan, VOIP,
Custom Map, and Passworded games in the Status column.

· Added the proper Observer panel when observing online matches.

· Added the ability to Whisper to players in different lobbies.

· Players can now see Whispers while in the Game Setup screen of
an online match.

· The host of a Co-op campaign match will now receive a notification
when they send an invite to other players.

· When editing hotkeys or VOIP settings, they will now only be
changed for the current active profile.

· The player will no longer be kicked back to the main menu after
entering an incorrect password for an online game.

· At least two extra mouse buttons can now be assigned to
commands in the Custom Hotkeys screen.

· Added a visual indicator in-game to display whether a player is
using Team or Global VOIP chat.

· Players will now receive a message that the lobby is full when
attempting to join a full lobby.

· Added a refresh button onto the custom match lobby screen.

· Added more details into the invite request a player has received.




· Fixed a bug where Burst Drones were not inflicting damage
when activating their secondary ability before attaching to a vehicle.

· Fixed a bug where the progress bar for structures was not displaying
when their production was paused.

· Fixed a bug where the Terror Drones were receiving a garrison cursor
when hovering over civilian buildings in the shroud.

· If the Stingray uses its secondary ability on water and then moves onto
land, the ability button will now properly display the cooldown time.

· Fixed a bug where corrupted graphics would display when issuing Planning
Mode commands extremely close to the selected unit.

· Fixed a bug where Spies would retain the Tesla effect after using Bribe while
disguised as a Tesla Trooper.

· The Mission Menu map will now properly display bridges.

· The Riptide ACV will now properly fire its torpedoes when force firing in the
water.

· A Terror Drone will now properly grey out the unpack command of an
enemy unit affected by the Stasis Ray.

· Fixed a bug where units would potentially warp when being disengaged
from an enemy Apocalypse Tank's magnetic harpoon.

· A Reverse Move command will no longer be cancelled when a non-movement
secondary ability is toggled midway through the move command.

· Fixed a bug where the King Oni wouldn't do any damage with its Bull Rush
if used before reaching its build waypoint.

· Empire of the Rising Sun vehicles can no longer transform through bridges.

· Fixed a bug where Empire of the Rising Sun cores were not unpacking if
the player saved a game while the core was moving to its destination.

· Fixed a bug where hosting or joining a multiplayer match was causing
your VOIP settings to default to Voice-Activated.

· Fixed a bug where VOIP settings were being set back to default after
finishing a game.

· Torpedoes will no longer follow amphibious units onto land.

· Fixed a bug where the Twinblade would sometimes go underground
when attempting to pick up passengers.

· Fixed a bug where the Terror Drone would sometimes have difficulty
garrisoning inside a Twinblade.

· Fixed stability issues with joining, leaving, and re-joining network games.

· The research of Heightened and Max Clearance can now be continued
after being paused.

· Twinblades will no longer be damaged when picking up a vehicle
infected with a Terror Drone.

· Fixed an issue where aircraft would go underground when landing at
their airfield or airbase.

· The Apocalypse Tank will now display its grinder effects on Medium and
lower LOD

· Fixed a bug where your Co-commander's MCV would sometimes fail
to unpack after destroying the Tesla Coils in mission Allied 03.

· Fixed a desync for when an observer toggled between players
in an online match.




· Added DRM Deauthorization into both the launcher and Options
menu in-game. Clicking the "Deauthorize" button will deauthorize
the computer from playing Red Alert 3, allowing players to
run the game on a different computer. Restarting the game on the
original computer will reauthorize Red Alert 3 on that machine.

· Added status pips for units being healed by Hospitals.

· The Bullfrog can now target an area for passengers to be ejected
even if that area is currently out of range.

· After the Free Trade power is purchased, additional numbers will now
display from refineries indicating the power's benefit.

· Infantry will now play a meta-impact animation when hit with V4 rockets.

· Tanya will now receive a C4 cursor when hovering over enemy
vehicles and ships.

· The Chrono Rift/Chasm/Fissure powers have had their portraits updated to
better reflect the functionality of the powers.

· Commando units will no longer receive a garrison cursor when hovering over
Ore Nodes and tech structures under the fog-of-war.

· Chrono Rifted units can now be selected by control group number after
warping back in.

· Valid structures will now receive a rally point mouse cursor when hovering over
bridges.

· Conscripts, Peacekeepers, and Imperial Warriors will now receive a
counter-garrison cursor when hovering over valid civilian structure targets.

· The Yari Mini-Sub will now reliably hit Yuriko with its secondary kamikaze
ability.

· Added Ammo Pips for respective units into their portrait.

· Units with the disguise ability will now display a unique disguise cursor
when hovering over valid disguise targets.

· Burst Drones that are attached to units will now show up on the mini-map.

· Vehicles that have been pilot sniped can now be crushed appropriately.

· Added a sound effect for placing camera bookmarks.

· Added a sound effect for the game countdown timer

· Added Victory/Defeat music to the end of a multiplayer match.

· Improvements to how stats are tabulated in the post-game summary.

· Improved the overall AI management of Harvesters.

· Improved the push-to-talk functionality of VOIP while playing a Co-op
campaign mission.

· Power Plants will now turn dark when infiltrated by an enemy unit.

· The Athena Cannon will now receive unique firing FX when it achieves
Heroic veterancy.

· The Dolphin will now receive unique firing FX when it achieves Heroic
veterancy.

· The Striker VX will now receive unique firing FX when it achieves
Heroic Veterancy.

· The Sky-wing will receive unique firing effects when it achieves
Heroic Veterancy.

· The wrench repair icon will now display on structures that are
being repaired by your co-commander.

· Infantry units will now correctly evacuate from a transport vehicle
that has been pilot sniped by Natasha.

· Replays will now provide users with a Telestrator.

· Added descriptive text for the "Destroy the Generators" bonus
objective in campaign mission Allied 05.

· Added an extra health bar to the Athena Cannon to indicate the
strength of its shield and/or point defense drones.

· The first unit selected for Chrono Swap will now have an icon
denoting its selection.

· Infantry units will now fall to the ground when killed while
parachuting.

· Expanded the variety of animations for Yuriko Omega.

· Added several people to the game's credits.

· Fixed various typos and made certain dialog messages more clear.

· Various other bug fixes.


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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
Version 1.04 Patch Notes - November, 2008
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This patch for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 improves the
reporting of online games to the ladder and player's stats.

This patch also changes player names in online lobbies to
be listed alphabetically.

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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
Version 1.03 Patch Notes - October, 2008
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This patch for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 reduces the chance
of receiving a black screen when attempting to log online.

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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
Version 1.02 Patch Notes - October, 2008
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This patch for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 reduces the chance
of receiving a frozen black screen when entering the Main Menu.

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Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
Version 1.01 Patch Notes - October, 2008
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This patch for Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 makes improvements
to the multiplayer game invite system, which should cause
invitations to cooperative and competitive matches to work more
reliably.


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