SuperStorm V3 - For Earth 2160

General

SuperStorm V3 adds a number of features to Earth 2160 Skirmish and Multiplayer modes, including team options, alliances with the AI, longer lasting resource options, and weather.

Progress

For the moment the latest SS versions can be downloaded as part of the Rebalancing betas. This will ensure SS will be available for each rebalancing update. Thanks to mensi for making this possible.

Gametypes

SuperStorm V3.0 features one gametype, SuperStorm Structures. This works in the same way as Destroy Structures, though it also includes Uncle Sam options. V3.1 for ADP includes SuperStorm Siege, a new way to play Earth: find out more at the ADP Siege page.

Weather

The weather can be set to none, rain, wind, or rain and wind. New for V3.1: there is always a little, inaudible wind even if you select Rain or None (or in Siege which has no Weather selector) - this is because the water and clouds look unnaturally still with zero wind. Now you can see it's water, and which way it's flowing if the map designer has set that.

Team Options

Teams of human players and AI can be created. Options include Free for All, Teams of (number) and Teams as Factions as well as the original game default option AI vs Humans. Teams as Factions allies players of the same faction. Free for All makes all AIs choose a random opponent, human or other AI.

Resource Options

Normal Mining, or Mining with 4x, 8x, 12x or 16x the resources available on the map (i.e the resources last 4 - 16 times longer). Uncle Sam options from 1000/min to 15000/min, or Unlimited resources.

Observer Mode

Select this option, choose some AI players, put them in teams if you feel like it, and watch them bash it out. The AI players will not attack you, in fact will completely ignore you in this mode and you can see what all of them are doing.

Live stats

Players are given notification of the following stats:

• Game time: Every minute, total game time is displayed.
• Game kills: Every 50 kills on the battlefield, players are notified of the total kill count.
• Personal kills: Every 25 kills a player makes, their personal total is displayed.

Special Options

Map Objects On does the same job as "Map Default" in the Starting Units combo box of the default gametypes. Observer (single-player only) is mentioned above. New to V3.1: Virtual Agents can be selected - you can select to have them appear as soldiers or just the infantry (not Serenity), if you want them to be more vulnerable. Passive Music plays random passive game music instead of the standard monotonous selection (though the timings are affected by Pausing the game or skipping time - this is not a perfect option and cannot be). Don't Kill Mad Units: By default SS now kills Psi-infected mad units as they can clog framerates - to disable this feature select this option.

Download & Install

SuperStorm can be downloaded in three ways:

1. By downloading the zip file and copying the WD to the WDFiles folder of the Earth 2160 game directory; or
2. By downloading the exe installer file from earth2160.com and running it; or
3. Downloading it at EarthNet from a host who is using the mod (you don't need to do anything here except join the game)

Disclaimer

While SuperStorm is a script which will only work in Earth 2160, and therefore is limited in scope of what it can do (basically, any kind of damage is very unlikely), be aware that I do not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever caused to any machines, you, or anyone else by my custom scripts. I have provided instructions for removal of the script, and I suggest you follow this should you encounter problems. Webmasters, you must not host SuperStorm without my permission. You may link to this page, but not directly to the download from your website. Thank you.