OW Community News

Patch 3.0.14.354 (BETA) has been released!

Link to the patch:


Requires: 3.0.13.352

Changelog (https://wiki.owsupport.com/index.php?title=Patches)

Changelog:

3.0.14.354
Added: SOLAR_POWER, OIL_POWER, SIBERITE_POWER, OIL_MINING, SIBERITE_MINING custom upgrade types
Changed: Dedi Manager will display error message if another instance is detected
Changed: FROMOW_MULTIROOM_TEAMERROR can now return custom error message from lua
Improved: Dedi Manager will terminate orphaned servers
Improved: OW will now force a redraw of the map every second
Bug Fix: Galleries with invalid internal filenames can now be loaded

3.0.14.353
Added: OW_XICH_GET_MULTI_SETTINGS to lua
Added: f_haspassangers, f_canhavepassangers and f_hasdriver to SAIL
Improved: Detection of OGL running in mods during rotating logo phase
Improved: Ability to load older Altar maps

3.0.13.352
Added: Compile SAIL options added to editors wizard
Fixed: Local Variable Parameters in SAIL
Fixed: AND OR logic in SAIL (Early exiting)
Fixed: AM06 Merciless
Improved: QoL in Editor

We would like to inform you that we have recently moved our website to a new, more powerful server. The current hosting has significantly higher parameters than the previous one, so people who had issues with the website on the previous server should notice that those issues have been resolved.

Patch 3.0.13.351 (BETA) has been released!

Link to the patch:


Requires: 2.0.6.132

Changelog (https://wiki.owsupport.com/index.php?title=Patches)

Changelog:

3.0.13.351
Added: Beginning of Passenger support
Added: nil to SAIL
Added: Warnings to editor when Area ID is invalid
Improved: Ability to load older saves
Improved: Japanese support

A new article has appeared: History of modifications for the Original War game. With patch 1.03 - created on November 29, 2005 - official mod support was introduced into the game. However, mods in the form of datadisk files had been created practically from the very beginning - whether in the form of an attempt by Czechs to recreate the Arabian Campaign or a simple map for fighting against the computer.

They say nothing ever truly disappears from the Internet… Unfortunately, for many mods, time has caused them to vanish from the web for long periods. That's when the idea of MODBase was born in my mind - a section where I have tried to archive all the copies of modifications I possessed that had previously disappeared from free uploaders, ensuring that knowledge about them would not be lost.



In this article, I have similarly decided to commemorate all modifications, along with a short description based on available materials, showing what each project was, annotations about its authors, available language version, supported gameplay mode, factions, and the number of missions, as well as a rating to help determine which of them might appeal to you.

From the more than 100 mods created over the years, I hope I have managed to include most of them here. However, if you are the creator of a modification that has been omitted for some reason or have not yet sent me the latest versions for publication, let me know in a private message, and I will update them both in MODBase and in the historical list above - so that, over time, their memory does not fade!

The article is available at: https://original-war.net/articles.php?a=mods

Patch 3.0.13.348 (BETA) has been released!

Link to the patch:


Requires: 2.0.6.132

Changelog (https://wiki.owsupport.com/index.php?title=Patches)

Changelog:

3.0.13.348
Added: ANIM_ENGINE_EX for modders
Changed: Increased max engines from 3 to 10
Changed: Increased max techs from 200 to 1000
Changed: Increased max mc units from 200 to 2000
Fixed: Objectives text is junk when loaded from save made using Japanese (fixed for new saves)
Fixed: Multiple range check errors
Improved: Error System better handles stack overflows
Improved: Increased Stack Size

Patch 3.0.13.345 (BETA) has been released!

Link to the patch:


Requires: 2.0.6.132

Changelog (https://wiki.owsupport.com/index.php?title=Patches)

Changelog:

3.0.13.345
Bug Fix: Fixed multiplayer pauses not allowing players to catch up if they are behind
Bug Fix: Unit Numbers not being hidden by fog of war
Bug Fix: Hovering units casting two shadows
Changed: Multiplayer Sync Pause will now wait until all players are caught up
Improved: Improved Console

3.0.13.344
Added: Console
Added: OW_GET_SIDE_BASES to lua

3.0.13.343
Added: Ability to receive unit health information in lua
Added: Custom Upgrades for modders
Added: GroundAnims animations now controllable
Added: OW_GET_UNIT_STRENGTH to lua
Added: Self Destruction Upgrade (51) for modders
Added: When pausing multiplayer matches player name now displayed in chat
BugFix: Fixed Portrait error when generating random Portraits
BugFix: Fixed sound not being heard when resolution is large and sound is at edge of screen
Changed: Can now compile all campaign, multiplayer and skirmish maps separately in editor
Removed: PayloadOverride from SelfDestruction weapon type

Patch (fix) 3.0.13.343 (EXPERIMENTAL) has been released!

Link to the patch:


Requires: 3.0.12.342