Short update history (up to v3.0):
Version 3.0 includes:- original (89 missions) & expansion (41 missions) campaign merge
° Exodus & Turncoat
° Xenocide & Bengal
° X-Ray & DSC-Raid
° Original & Expansion (100% Recreated & working Originals)
- alltogether 130 campaign missions to play the biggest campaigns ever made for MCG
° recreated 30 original and 12 expansion campaign missions for merge
° updated 42 purchases and created 90 new purchase files
° new soloipurchase.fit, xpur.fit & purchase.fit
- colossal purchase file update for original campaign (bugfixes & balanced purchase inventory in order not to be flooded with items during campaigns.
° updated last turncoat mission of expansion campaign to make it compatible to campaign (warrior bugs)
-
95 instead of just three
solomissions to play
° play the original solomissions ACEHUNT, PAREDUX & THEGUN
° play all recreated original & expansion missions from all operations with awesome budget (
keep in mind these missions not finished yet)
-
64 activated
Multi-Player Maps to play on
gameranger.com- new netpur.fit, clanpur.fit, ispur.fit
- colossal *.sol file update for solomissions
- colossal *.mpk file update for multi-player missions
- integrated Mixed-Tech-Patch for
solomissions &
multi-player (IS+Clan tech fusion for both playable sides)
° includes 24 BattleMechs, 23 Vehicles, 50 Pilots and 49 weapons & mech equipment to use for these features
° contains all basic elements that exist in original gamefiles, including special weapons like Sniper / Thunderbolt / Railgun / Large-X-Pulse lasers
- New artwork
° new loading screen
° new saving screen
° new multi-player menu screen
° new background menu screen
° +20 new warrior pictures for logistics & in-mission (only single-player)
° +20 nameplates for new warriors
° new music for main menu & logistics
- new desc.fit
° added indexes and descriptions for 20 new warriors
Folder structure changes
- put links to gameranger & MCG Darkest Hours Guide into game folder
- new MCX.exe for gameranger to play multi-player scenarios
- pre-installed editor, editor2, extender
- new icon for MC directed links or exe files
- no CD-Exe for testing (only 640x480 resolution)
- new resolution *.exe by magic (1280x768 widescreen)
- new resolution *.exe by magic (1280x1024 4:3 monitors)
- integrated original *.ISO - CD into game folder for gameranger (loads iso automatically)
- ReadMe file inside - how to install full version
- new readme for multi-player in main game folder (MCG - darkest hours Multi-player ReadMe.txt)
- link to gameranger (not MSZone anymore)
- some more new in-game music files
Further information about modded content:
- rebalanced warrior skills (especially the ones from mission gifts)
- first campaigns with working purchases for 130 campgain missions total
- gaining 13 Warriors from the battlefield
- created new start0.pkk (easy & hard) // xStart0.pkk (expansion)