Addons

As in many other games of this type, Original War offers an option of upgrading your base as you build it up. Certain buildings within your base can be upgraded, or can have add-ons attached to them:

Building upgrades modify the structure itself in order to upgrade its core functions, such as research or constructing vehicles. Buildings ordered to be upgraded are unusable during the upgrade process, but gain new or improve on its abilities once the process is finished. Upgrading a building is irreversible. The laboratory in particular needs upgrades to be able to conduct research further down the technology tree.

Addons on the other hand are smaller structures that are built adjacent to a parent building, and cannot function without it. They expand on the abilities of the building they are attached to in return for making the building require more power to function. The factory needs different addons to be able to construct different vehicles.

Laboratory upgrades

Armaments laboratory - allows advanced research into new types of armaments and combat equipment.

• Allows: New technologies: Combat upgrade (1,2,3); Gattling gun; Cannons; Rocket launcher; Advanced metallurgy; Bazooka; Mortars; Advanced rocketry; Soporific ammunition; Explosives; Self-destruction; Flammable materials; Behemoth tanks.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: every nation.
• Crew: as in standard laboratory (max. 6 people).
• Upgrade of: Laboratory.

Computer laboratory - allows advanced research into computers and related technology.

• Allows: New technologies: Computer upgrade (1,2,3); Artificial intelligence; Advanced artificial intelligence; Morphling chassis; Teleportation; Hacking; Materialisation prediction.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: Americans, Russians.
• Crew: as in standard laboratory (max. 6 people).
• Upgrade of: Laboratory.

Optical laboratory - allows advanced research into optics and related technology.

• Allows: New technologies: Optics upgrade (1,2,3); Radar; Remote control; Materialisation detection; Hidden camera; Remote controlled explosives; Laser sight; High energy laser; Double laser; Partial invisibility.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: Americans, Arabs.
• Crew: as in standard laboratory (max. 6 people).
• Upgrade of: Laboratory.

Siberite laboratory - allows advanced research on applications of siberite.

• Allows: New technologies: Siberite technology upgrade (1,2,3); Siberite localisation; Siberite energy; Siberite engine; Artifact technology; Siberite fission; Siberite implosion; Siberite decay.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: every nation.
• Crew: as in standard laboratory (max. 6 people).
• Upgrade of: Laboratory.

Space-time laboratory - allows advanced research into space-time manipulation technology.

• Allows: New technologies: Space-time technology upgrade (1,2,3); Spatial anomalies; Tau radiation; Localised Tau fields; Limited teleportation; Uniform Tau field.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: Russians.
• Crew: as in standard laboratory (max. 6 people).
• Upgrade of: Laboratory.

Biotechnology lab - allows advanced research into biotechnology.

• Allows: New technologies: Biotechnology upgrade (1,2,3); Biodetection; Apeman brainwashing; Stimulants; Apeman nervous system.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: Arabs.
• Crew: as in standard laboratory (max. 6 people).
• Upgrade of: Laboratory.

Factory addons

Civilian add-on - allows for construction of non-combat vehicles.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Transport chamber; Bulldozer; Crane.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: Americans, Russians.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Transport add-on - allows for construction of non combat vehicles, as well as flame throwers.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Transport chamber, Flame thrower.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: Arabs.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Tracks add-on - allows for the construction of tracked chassis.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Tracked chassis.
• Requires: nothing.
• Built by: every nation.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Gun add-on - allows for the construction of cannon weapons.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Light Gun; Double gun; Gun; Heavy Gun.
• Requires: Cannon technology.
• Built by: every nation.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Computer add-on - allows for the construction of computer controlled vehicles.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Computer control.
• Requires: Advanced artificial intelligence technology.
• Built by: Americans, Russians.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Radar add-on - allows for the construction of radars and remote controlled vehicles.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Radar; Remote control.
• Requires: Radar technology.
• Built by: Americans, Arabs.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Rockets add-on - allows for the construction of rocket based weapons.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Long range rocket; Rocket launcher; Siberite bomb.
• Requires: Rocketry technology.
• Built by: every nation.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Siberite add-on - allows for the construction of siberite based weapons and engines.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Suicide bomb; Siberite bomb; Siberite engine.
• Requires: Siberite engine technology.
• Built by: every nation.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.

Laser add-on - allows for the construction of laser based weapons.

• Allows: New vehicle parts: Laser; Double laser.
• Requires: High energy laser technology.
• Built by: Americans.
• Crew: n/a.
• Upgrade of: Factory.