Service Depot: Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath Patch History

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Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath – Patch 1.02

Released on 18 December 2008

This patch for Command & Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath fixes several bugs and makes gameplay and slight economic balance changes across all nine factions.

BUG FIXES

Fixed an error that sometimes caused players to unexpectedly select multiple control groups at once when rapidly switching between control groups.
Beacons once again work for subfactions
GDI Slingshot and Shatterer icons swapped at the Reclamator Hub to mirror the War Factory
Watch tower will now correctly autotarget units at maximum range
ZOCOM Shatterer can no longer bypass the overload beam power down by using Call for Transport
Sonic fencing will no longer disappear from the armory when healing infantry
Decoy Specters will no longer deal the full non-decoy damage if the decoy dies while the weapon shell is in flight
Decoy specters will no longer do damage if the decoy dies while the shell is in flight
Specters will no longer damage airborne units
Nod Crane can now build the Voice of Kane
Units will no longer retain the mothership catalyst effect when transported through a wormhole
Decoy Tripods can no longer EMP
Fixed an exploit that allowed small units to walk along the map border, outside of normal detection, on the Tournament Tower map

GLOBAL CONQUEST

Meta-unit hardpoints will be reset at the beginning of each Global Conquest battle
Strike forces can now have spaces in their names

GLOBAL CHANGES

Level 2 Veterancy bonus increased from +20% damage, +30% health to +25% damage, +40% health.
All Harvesters: cost reduced to 1600, build time reduced to 16s.
This will speed up the time to unit production and decrease the impact of all-in rushes without affecting the early-game scouting phase.

GDI FACTIONS – UNITS

Guardian Cannon damage increased from 175 to 200
Hammerhead: range increased from 200 to 300, speed increased from 150 to 160
ZOCOM Orca: clip size increased to 5
Rig: unpacked hit points increased from 5000 to 5500
Rig stealth detection range increased from 200 to 400
Zone Shatterer overload beam damage increased from 1250 to 1500
Shatterer and Zone Shatterer: range increased from 325 to 350
Orca attack duration increased by 50% per shot
Mobile Repair Transport repair drone leash distance increased from 50 to 100
Mammoth tank health increased from 10000 to 11500
Juggernaut: clip reload time reduced from 5s to 3s
Juggernaut and Behemoth: turret turn rate doubled
Titan range increased from 300 to 325

GDI FACTIONS – ABILITIES

Zone Trooper/Zone Raider jumpjets no longer have a small pre-jump delay, flying speed increased
Sniper Team no longer unstealths when using Bombard
Sensor pod cost reduced to 100
APC minefield cost reduced to 300

GDI FACTIONS – UPGRADES

Pitbull Mortar: upgrade cost reduced to 1000
AP Ammo: cost reduced to 2000, build time increased to 60s
Hardpoints: build time increased to 60s
Zone Trooper/Raider Scanner Pack: upgrade range bonus increased from 10% to 20%, cost reduced from 1000 to 500, build time reduced to 15s
Zone Trooper/Raider Autoinjectors: cost reduced to 1000, build time reduced to 30s
Stratofighter: upgrade cost reduced to 1000, build time reduced to 30s
Composite Armor: cost reduced to 1500, build time reduced to 45s
Tiberium Field Suits: cost reduced to 1000, build time reduced to 30s
Railgun: upgrade cost reduced to 4000
Adaptive Armor: research cost reduced to 1000

GDI FACTIONS – POWERS

Railgun accelerator: rate of fire bonus increased to 200%, cost reduced to 500
Orbital bombardment: cost reduced to 3000
Supersonic air attack: cost reduced to 2000

NOD FACTIONS – UNITS

Fanatics: damage increased from 700 to 800, explosion radius increased from 50 to 60
Attack bike armor versus cannon reduced by 10%
Black Hand raider buggy stealth detection range increased from 200 to 400
Obelisk of light cost/build time increased to 2000/20s
Specter cost/build time increased to 1500/15s
Shadow team: range increased from 200 to 225, clip reload time reduced by 40%, speed increased from 80 to 90, flying speed increased from 100 to 120
Reckoner health increased from 2000 to 2200
Avatar range increased from 350 to 375, commandeered beam cannon damage increased from 900 to 1100, range of flame weapon increased from 100 to 200
Flame tank range increased from 100 to 150
Awakened are now much more resilient to missile and cannon fire
Enlightened hit points increased from 600 to 650
Venom damage, pre- and post-upgrades, increased by 10%
Vertigo Bomber area effect radius increased from 30 to 40

NOD FACTIONS – ABILITIES

Disruption pod: cost reduced to 300
Booby trap: cost decreased to 100

NOD FACTIONS – UPGRADES

Tiberium Infusion: cost reduced to 1000, build time increased to 30s
Laser capacitors: cost reduced to 2500, build time increased to 1:15
Black disciples: upgrade cost reduced to 1000, build time reduced to 30s
Tiberium core missiles: cost increased to 2500, build time increased to 1:15
Super charged particle beam: cost reduced to 3000
Dozer blades: armor bonus decreased from 25% to 15%

NOD FACTIONS – POWERS

Cloaking field: damage vs infantry reduced to 400 from 500
Power signature scan: cost reduced to 300
Decoy temple: cost reduced to 500
Redemption power: cost decreased to 750
Radar Jamming Missile: cost reduced to 300

SCRIN FACTIONS – UNITS

Hexapod: ravager addition no longer hits air
Devourer tank range reduced from 350 to 340
Corrupter healing reduced by 50%
Seeker tank armor versus rockets increased 10%, armor versus gun increased 10%
Planetary Assault Carrier: damage increased from 45 to 55, health of drones increased 10%
Mechapede: disintegrator segment range increased from 150 to 175
Mechapede corrupter segment healing reduced by 66%
Mechapede ravager segment: range increased from 300 to 325
Shard Walker: cost/build time increased to 800/8s
Tripod and Reaper Tripod damage increased by 10%

SCRIN FACTIONS – ABILITIES

Blink packs have been tuned to feel significantly more responsive
Ion storm healing increased from 2% to 5%
Mastermind/Prodigy teleport recharge increased to 20s, no longer works on EMP’d/phased units
Cultist, prodigy, and mastermind mind controls (all types) no longer work on Epic Units or commandos

SCRIN FACTIONS – UPGRADES

Advanced articulators: cost reduced to 1000, build time reduced to 30s, speed bonus increased by 10%
Traveler engines: cost reduced to 1500, speed bonus increased by an additional 10%
Reaper 17 forcefields: cost reduced to 2000, build time reduced to 60s
Shard launchers: cost reduced to 2500, build time increased to 1:15
Plasma Disc launcher: cost and build time reduced to 1500/45s
Blink Packs: cost/build time reduced to 500/15s
Forcefield generator: cost reduced to 4000
Blue shards: cost reduced to 2000, build time increased to 60s
Attenuated forcefields: build time reduced to 60s

SCRIN FACTIONS – POWERS

Tiberium vibration scan: cost reduced to 300
Infestation power cost reduced to 1000

Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath – Patch 1.01

Released on 9 July 2008

This patch for Command & Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath fixes several desyncs and exploits, numerous bugs, and makes balance changes across all nine factions. We have also improved Automatch and added a Russian lobby.

Desync Fixes

Fixed a desync that occurs when a Nod ally attempts to create a Decoy army of a Mechapede.
Fixed a desync that occurs when playing against a brutal AI with 2 players on level Unfair Advantage.
Fixed a desync that occurs when playing with 2 players against a Brutal Black Hand AI on the map Unfair Advantage.
Fixed a desync when 2 players use Black Hand vs GDI on the map Tournament Arena.
Fixed a desync that occurs when engaging Firehawks with Seekers
Fixed a desync when Venoms attack a Plasma Missile Battery that is detecting an invisible unit

Bug/Exploit Fixes

The Message of the Day will now show up online for Kane’s Wrath.
In-game rank/stats now show up alongside player name while in the game lobby.
Improved Automatch performance
Reaper 17 – You can no longer sell a stasis chamber to receive a group of Ravagers for only 600 credits.
You can no longer use group selecting to allow a Mantis, AA-loadout Firehawk, flying Shadow Team,
or Slingshot to force-fire on other ground units.
Titans crushable level increased. Titans can no longer crush other Titans.
Fixed the minimap while match is loading
Can no longer build more than one VOICE of Kane
Can no longer build multiple epic unit factories

Balance Changes

The following balance changes are intended to make resource-gathering decisions more strategic, while also further tuning the combat forces to ensure even balance across all three factions in any combination.

General Balance Changes

Refinery cost increased to 3000 credits, build time increased to 30 seconds, power requirement increased to 15 units
Harvester cost increased to 2000 credits, build time increased to 20 seconds
Tiberium Spike capture bonus decreased by 33%, income per second decreased by 60%
Harvester health increased 25% for most factions, Steel Talon/Black Hand harvester health increased by 16%
Build radius: most unit production structures no longer provide a build radius,
all conyards have had their build radii increased by 25%
Advanced infantry structures now provide a basic infantry unit when sold or destroyed
Grasslands Landgrab: blue tiberium now starts at 0

GDI Balance Changes

—Structures—

Silo cost reduced by 80%
Power Plant upgrade now provides double the bonus power
Power Plant cost and build time reduced by 12.5% to 700/7

—Units—

Commando armour versus gun, rocket, and grenade doubled
Grenadier range increased 8%, grenade speed increased 50%, scatter increased 33%, blast radius increased 50%
Rig: packed HP increased 33%, unpack/pack time decreased 40%, repair drone range increased 33%
Pitbull damage increased 25% against ground units, HP reduced 10% against air scale reduction 200% to 150%.
Hammerhead speed reduced 17%
Mammoth speed increased 12.5%
Shatterer range increased 30%, sonic wave horizontal damage radius tripled, pre-attack delay removed, clip reload time increased, cost increased to 1500/15
Zone Shatterer range increased 30%, sonic wave and overload beam sonic wave horizontal damage radius tripled, removed pre-attack delay, increased clip reload time, cost increased to 1600/16
ZOCOM Orca burst damage capability dps increased significantly, clip size reduced 50%, cost and build time increased to 1500/15
Titan crusher/crushable level increased to that of a heavy tier 3 walker, damage increased 12.5%, railgun-upgraded damage increased 9.2%
Behemoth range increased 20%, HP increased 10%
Combat Engineer damage increased by 17%
APCs now lay mines as quickly as the Mobile Repair Transport (instantaneously)
Firehawks will no longer force-fire at the ground when loaded with anti-air missiles and group-selected with ground units
Slingshots will no longer force-fire on the ground when group-selected with ground units
Surveyor — damage taken by gun-type decreased by 25%, speed increased by 20%.

—Upgrades/Abilities/Powers—

Call for Transport ability cost reduced by 60%
Hardpoints upgrade no longer decreases Firehawk anti-air missile speed
Autoinjectors health bonus increased an additional 20%
Ceramic Armor bonus versus gun- and cannon-type damage decreased by 50% for the ZOCOM Orca
ZOCOM Bloodhounds power cost increased by 50%, now provides veteran APCs
ZOCOM Airborne power cost increased by 50%
Steel Talon Bloodhounds power cost increased by 40%
Composite armor build time tripled
Tiberium Field Suits build time and cost doubled, armor bonus vs cannon halved
MARVesting now returns 33% of the harvested Tiberium value

Nod Balance Changes

—Structures—

Silo cost reduced by 80%
Voice of Kane now provides the appropriate increase in combat effectiveness to nearby infantry
Shredder Turret Hub for Marked of Kane subfaction can now fire when upgraded with quad turrets

—Units—

Commando armor versus gun, rocket, and grenade doubled
Beam Cannon range increased 20%
Avatar beam weapon damage increased by 6.25%
Purifier beam weapon damage increased by 6.25%
Flame Tank damage taken from cannon-type decreased 25%
Fanatic damage increased 54%, blast radius increased 25%
Redeemer laser damage increased 6%, range increased 7%
Mantis range increased 10%
Confessor Cabal cost/build time increased 33%, un-upgraded damage increased 50%
Tiberium Trooper rangefinder has been fixed, increases unit range by 20%
Awakened speed increased 11%, health reduced 25%
Emissary — damage taken by gun-type decreased by 25%, speed increased by 20%.
Flying shadow team will no longer force-fire at the ground when group-selected with ground units

—Upgrades/Abilities/Powers—

Reflector Beam ability no longer diminishes attack power, reflection range doubled
EMP Cannon of the Awakened/Enlightened tuned for significantly faster responsiveness, squads will no longer perform a funky backwards walk-dance when attempting to get into EMP range
Call for Transport ability cost reduced by 60%
Charged Particle Beam cost reduced 66%, upgrade time halved
Dozer Blades cost and research time doubled
Black Disciples cost increased 33%, research time doubled
Purifying Flame cost increased 33%, research time doubled, damage bonus to Flame Tank increased 116%, damage bonus to Purifier decreased 75%
Commandeer Beam Cannon damage bonus increased by 50%
Commandeer Stealth Tank: stealth-upgraded Avatar will no longer lose stealth when moving
Rage Generator hallucination time reduced 60%, cooldown halved
Supercharged Particle Beam damage bonus to Shredder Turrets decreased 70%
Charged Particle Beam damage bonus to Shredder Turrets decreased 60%
Laser Capacitor upgrade damage bonus to raider buggy increased 33%, damage bonus to laser turret increased 50%
Disruption pods now subtract the appropriate 500 credits on use
Tiberium Vein Detonation damage decreased 20%
Tiberium Core Missiles no longer reduce the range of the Attack Bike
Shadow Strike Team power cost increased by 25%
Shadow Team Explosive Charge damage reduced 10%
Catalyst Missile radius decreased by 50%
Mantises will no longer force-fire at the ground when group-selected with ground units

Scrin Balance Changes

—Units—

Devastator Warship range increased 14%, damage type changed from cannon to grenade
Storm Rider health, cost, and build time normalized to base Scrin across all subfactions
Cultist health reduced 20%, speed increased 12.5%, mind control cooldown increased 33%
Seeker damage taken from cannon type damage increased 10%, damage taken from gun-type damage doubled
Disintegrator range increased 36%, back-end members of the squad should no longer have trouble firing
Devourer Tank uncharged damage increased 23%, charged damage increased 6%
Mechapede disintegrator segment damage and range halved, corrupter segment range decreased 25%, range of disc segment increased 8%, Shard segment rate of fire improved significantly
Corrupter range increased by 50%, speed increased by 17%
Ravager damage from gun-type reduced by 33%
Explorer — damage taken by gun-type decreased by 25%, speed increased by 20%.

—Upgrades/Abilities/Powers—

Lightning spike power cost increased by 50%
Plasma Disc Launcher upgrade cost and build time doubled
Blink Packs upgrade cost and build time halved
Attenuated Forcefields research cost normalized to base Scrin across all subfactions
Advanced Articulators cost/build time quadrupled
Lifeform Recycling range increased 50%
Blue Shards upgrade no longer reduces the clip size and firing rate of the Shardwalker
Overlord’s Wrath damage reduced by 55%
Conversion reserves now provide the stated bonus of 2x charged shot capacity
Forcefields now take the intended 1% damage from sniper fire

Neutral Balance Changes

—Units—

Mutant Marauder damage and speed increased 50%

Other Changes

Added a Russian Lobby

Undocumented changes

The SecuROM copy protection was broken with this patch, as right-clicking on executables or their shortcuts would freeze and/or crash Windows Explorer. A quick fix was released.

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