fleas are all terrain - on maps such as The Desert Triad, they are good rush units
a metal extractor pays for itself 25 seconds after its built
after getting the core contingency (ccdata.ccx) you can remove the patch without issues.
ta is made technical 2x here
www.switeck.tauniverse.comtaescalation shields are weapon/script hacks
Fibbers, in total annihilation, can keep your stuff invisible if i remember correctly
you can mass construction aircraft and mass reclaim stuff. you get same metal for each construction air (i think)
in ta, there are many hacks and cheats that are fun.
CODE
Total Annihilation Cheat Codes
Hit Enter to bring up the message bar in a game. Now type in the following:
Cheat Commands:
+ANTIALIAS Toggles antialiasing on 3d models.
+ATM Gives you 1000 metal and energy.
+BIGBROTHER Scrolls through your units.
+BPS Shows data transfer rate in a multiplayer game.
+CDSTART Starts the CD music.
+CDSTOP Stops the CD Music.
+CLOCK In-game clock addition.
+COMBUSTION Kill all other players' units.
+COMPRESSIONTURNS Multiplayer compression on / off..
+CONTOUR# Displays a 3D contour, # = 1-15.
+CONTROL# Control a different skirmish AI.
+DITHER Dithering instead of line-of-site.
+DOUBLESHOT All weapons do twice the damage.
+FSHADOW Takes away feature shadows.
+GAMMA # Changes screem gamma (0-20).
+HALFSHOT All weapons do half the damage.
+HONK Makes units honk when they stop.
+ILOSE Causes you to lose.
+INFARED Toggles fog of war on / off.
+IWIN Causes you to win.
+KILL# Kills off a player, where # is 0-4 .
+KILL Kills all units (including yours).
+LIGHT Hide the shaded object (?).
+LOGO Change your color (not tested in multiplayer).
+LOS # Toggles line of sight settings.
+LUSHEE Limited resource increase.
+MAKEPOSTER Makes a huge BMP file of the current map.
+MAPPING Covers the screen with darkness.
+METEOR Causes a random meteor shower.
+MUSICMODE # Changes type of CD music being played.
+NANOLATHING Nanolathing 2X but also -2X metal usage.
+NETSTATS Makes BPS counter go mad, then go normal.
+NOENERGY Drops your energy to 0.
+NOMETAL Drops your metal to 0.
+NOSHAKE Toggles antialiasing on 3d models.
+NOWISEE Full map, no LOS.
+RADAR 100% radar coverage.
+RELOADAIPROFILES Reloads the AI.
+SCREENCHAT Enable/disable chat text in multiplayer.
+SETI Toggle minimap on / off.
+SETSHAREENERGY # Shares energy while keeping # amount for yourself.
+SETSHAREMETAL # Shares metal while keeping # amount for yourself.
+SFX Enable/disable sound effects.
+SHADOW Removes shadow from buildings.
+SHAREENERGY Shares energy with your allies.
+SHAREMAPPING Shares map info with your allies.
+SHAREMETAL Share metal with your allies.
+SHOOTALL Makes your units fire at everything the enemy has.
+SING Makes units sing when ordered.
+SWITCHALT Switch squads with # keys only.
+TILT Max out men and material (?)
+TSHADOW Takes away shadowing on units.
+VIEW# 100% radar coverage.
+ZIPPER 100% radar coverage.
These cheats do not require the multiplayer message box to be executed:
To play any mission:
In the screen where it says New Campaign, Skirmish, etc.(single player)...type in "DRDEATH" (case sensitive) to make a little bone appear near the bottom of the screen, below Load Game. Click on it to choose any level in the game!
To get more AI players in a Skirmish game:
This trick will alow you to have up to 10 extra computer opponents! It only works well if you have a high powered computer. In order to get more than 4 players in a skirmish, press SHIFT-8 (*) Then type in the roman numeral of the number of players you want. You can have up to 10 players counting yourself.
Here are the Roman Numerals: (They are not case sensitive.):
I = 1
II = 2
III = 3
IV = 4
V = 5
VI = 6
VII = 7
VIII = 8
IX = 9
X = 10
ta units are not sprites, they are 3d models
(go fuck yourself, starcrap)
Flash bug (now somewhat verified) costs more than it looks
the ai cannot stockpile nukes
however you can give the ai special units only the ai can build
