Add tdraw.dll, tdraw.txt and LICENSE

.gitattributes

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 TADEMO.UFO filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 online.dll filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 rev31.gp3 filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+TotalA.exe filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
+tdraw.dll filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text

Beta 93 Changes Summary.txt

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+Beta 93
+Summary of changes (For more details and notes, see the full changelog (TAT-v2.0-Beta-Changelog.txt) included in the release):
+
+Removed some colors and added others (Thanks ChaoStorm and Venom!).
+
+New Megamap icons (Thanks ChaoStorm and Wiffer!).
+
+Arm Spider and Core Bladewing paralyzes for 1 second per shot instead of 10.
+
+Arm Mumbo weapon damage halved, energy per shot doubled, and it now rolls through things like the Beamer weapon.
+
+Core Termite weapon damage increased 33%, energy per shot doubled, and area of effect increased.
+
+Core Oppressor rockets no longer track.

Beta 94 Changes Summary.txt

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+Beta 94
+Summary of changes (For more details and notes, see the full changelog (TAT-v2.0-Beta-Changelog.txt) included in the release):
+
+Increased Arm Samson and Core Slasher line of sight and weapon range, reload, velocity, and area of effect.
+
+Increased Arm Swatter, Core Slinger, and Core Exploiter weapon area of effect.
+
+Removed firing ports from Arm Hulk and Core Envoy.
+
+Fixed a script error on the Arm Bear and Core Turtle allowing them to load enemy units.
+
+Arm Guardian and Core Punisher scripts and weapons altered to support weapon switching. The ballistic weapon fires more slowly but with bigger damage and area of effect. Targeting uses X to switch and D to manually fire the ballistic weapon, like the Arm Fido.
+
+Core Punisher armor increased a bit to compensate for it using the same weapons as the Guardian.
+
+Arm Zipper and Core Pyro speeds increased to match Arm Peewee and Core A.K.
+
+Core Pyro, Reaper, and Dragon's Maw weapons damage increased to 100% baseline (Was 50% baseline).
+
+Core Bladewing and Arm Spider costs cut to 1/3.
+
+Core Gimp metal cost increased (This was supposed to have been done in Beta 77, but was missed somehow. The other cost increases (energy, firepower, etc.) were already done then).
+
+All Seaplanes reduced to be the same speed as their advanced aircraft counterparts, instead of being 10% faster.
+
+Arm Phalanx and Archer and Core Copperhead and Shredder weapon area of effect increased.
+
+All flakker weapons set to line of sight instead of ballistic, allowing them to shoot at targets at a very high or low angle they couldn't before.
+
+Arm Gremlin armor halved and firepower doubled.
+
+Arm and Core Minelayer Nanolathe Turret build distance increased to match Fortification Turrets.
+
+Arm Dragon's Claw and Core Dragon's Maw line of sight increased.
+
+Arm Sneaky Pete and Veil and Core Castro and Shroud line of sight increased.
+
+Arm Wombat and MERL and Core Nixer, Dominator, Shiva, and Diplomat weapons had their turn rate reduced to only allow them to hit targets in the outer 25% of their range (Previously the outer 75% of their range).
+
+Core Banisher model altered to increase the height of the turret, allowing it to shoot over obstructions more easily.
+
+Core Banisher weapon changed to allow it to hit an empty spot manually targeted on the ground.

Icon/iconcfg.ini

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+; Megamap Icon Settings
+
+[Option] ; General Settings
+
+FillColor=64;         ; The color that will be replaced by the player color
+TransparentColor=9;    ; The color that will be replaced by transparency
+SelectedColor=255;     ; The color that will be shown only when the unit is selected
+HoverColor=84;         ; The color that will show when the icon is hovered on
+UseCircleHover=FALSE;  ; Enable or disable a drawn ring when hovered on, disabled by default
+UseDefaultIcon=FALSE;   ; Enable to use default icons, disable to use custom icons
+
+[ICON] ; Custom Icons,One tag per icon, list them in order of which you want to search ofr first e.g "AIRCON" has higher priority than "VTOL"
+
+Unknow=UNKNOWN.PCX;
+Nothing=NONE.pcx;
+NukeIcon=NUKEICON.pcx;
+
+T3CON=T3CON.pcx
+AIRCON2=AIRCONS2.pcx
+AIRCON=AIRCONS.pcx
+KCON2=KBOTCON2.pcx
+KCON=KBOTCON.pcx
+VCON2=TANKCON2.pcx
+VCON=TANKCON.pcx
+CSSHIP=CSSHIP.pcx
+CSSUB=CSSUB.pcx
+SEAPLANECON=SEAPLANECON.pcx
+HOVERCON=HOVERCON.pcx
+
+GANTRY=GANTRY.pcx
+T3TANK=T3TANK.pcx
+T3MECH=T3MECH.pcx
+AAFUS=AAFUS.pcx
+CAFUS=CAFUS.pcx
+DEEPCORE=DEEPCORE.pcx
+SHIP3=SHIP3.pcx
+SUB3=SUB3.pcx
+
+BUZZSAW=BUZZSAW.pcx
+VULCAN=VULCAN.pcx
+NUCLEAR=NUCLEAR.pcx
+ANTINUKE=ANTINUKE.pcx
+BEHEMOTH=BEHEMOTH.pcx
+PRUDE=PRUDE.pcx
+MOHOGEOTHERMAL=MOHOGEOTHERMAL.pcx
+GEO=GEOTHERMAL.pcx
+JUNO=JUNO.pcx
+SEAPLANE=SEAPLANE.pcx
+VTOL2=AIR2.pcx
+KBOT2=KBOTT2.PCX
+TANK2=TANK2.PCX
+SHIP2=SHIP2.pcx
+SUB2=SUB2.pcx
+
+BERTHA=BERTHA.pcx
+TIMMY=TIMMY.pcx
+ARMFUS=ARMFUS.pcx
+CORFUS=CORFUS.pcx
+ARMMOHO=ARMMOHO.pcx
+CORMOHO=CORMOHO.pcx
+
+VTOL=AIRCRAFTCOMBAT.PCX
+KBOT=KBOT.pcx
+TANK=TANK.pcx
+SHIP=NAVAL.pcx
+SUB=SUB.pcx
+MICRO=MICRO.pcx
+ENERGY=ENERGY.pcx
+COREXTRACT=COREXTRACT.pcx
+EXTRACTOR=EXTRACTOR.pcx
+CONVERTER=CONVERTER.pcx
+STORAGE=STORAGE.pcx
+GUN=GUN.pcx
+ANTIAIR=ANTIAIR.pcx
+INFORMATION2=INFORMATION2.pcx
+INFORMATION=INFORMATION.pcx
+MINE=MINE.pcx
+HOVER=HOVER.pcx
+VPFACTORY2=VFACTORY2.pcx
+VPFACTORY=VFACTORY.pcx
+HPFACTORY=HFACTORY.pcx
+APFACTORY2=AFACTORY2.pcx
+APFACTORY=AFACTORY.pcx
+KFACTORY2=KFACTORY2.pcx
+KFACTORY=KFACTORY.pcx
+SHIPFACTORY2=NFACTORY2.pcx
+SHIPFACTORY=NFACTORY.pcx
+SPFACTORY=SPFACTORY.pcx
+UWFACTORY=UWFACTORY.pcx
+
+PLANT=FACTORY.PCX
+
+
+
+

LICENSE

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+# TA Demo Recorder and Community Patch
+
+## LICENSE
+
+### TA Community Patch (original filename: tdraw.dll; source directory: src/DDRaw)
+
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 Axle1975, FunkyFr3sh
+Copyright (c) 2019 Xpoy
+Copyright (c) 2003 SJ, Yeha
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+### TA Demo Recorder (original filename: tplayx.dll; source directory: src/Recorder)
+
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 Rime
+Copyright (c) 2003 SJ, Yeha
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+### TA Demo Replayer (original filename: SERVER.EXE, source directory: src/Server)
+
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015 Chaos
+Copyright (c) 2003 Fnordia
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

TA.ini

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+; Total Annihilation v3.9.02 advanced settings
+
+; Windowed mode will disable many TA v3.9.02 features (including some of these) and is not recommended
+
+[Preferences] ; custom settings, if any entry is disabled the "TA v3.9.02 default" values will be used
+
+UseVideoMemory=TRUE;
+
+; Unit limit per player
+; Set from 20 - 6553 (setting higher than 1500 may cause instability)
+; TA v3.1 default is 250
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 1500
+
+UnitLimit = 1500;
+
+; Pathfinding cycles
+; Setting too low (such as TA v3.1 default) ruins pathfinding but setting extremely high lowers fps
+; TA v3.1 default is 1333
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 66650
+
+AISearchMapEntries = 66650;
+
+; Special effects limit (smoke, etc.)
+; Setting too low (such as TA v3.1 default) will degrade visual quality
+; This setting is still experimental, if you experience visual issues set to 400
+; TA v3.1 default is 400
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 20480
+
+SfxLimit = 20480;
+
+; Unit model size limit
+; Set max width and height for unit model drawing buffer
+; TA v3.1 default is 600x600
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 1280x1280
+
+X_CompositeBuf = 1280;
+Y_CompositeBuf = 1280;
+
+; Unit ID limit
+; Set the maximum number of unique unit IDs
+; TA v3.1 default is 512
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 16000
+
+UnitType = 16000;
+
+; Weapon ID limit
+; Set the maximum number of unique weapon IDs
+; TA v3.1 default is 256
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 16000
+
+WeaponType = 16000;
+
+; Weapon ID multiplayer patch
+; Set to TRUE to enable increased Weapon ID limit in multiplayer
+; Set to FALSE to allow increased Weapon ID limit only in single player
+; TA v3.1 default is FALSE
+; TA v3.9.02 default is FALSE (Weapon ID limit increase not yet compatible with Replayer)
+
+MultiGameWeapon = FALSE;
+
+; Double-click selection
+; Enable or disable the new "double-click to select all units of the same type on screen" feature
+; TA v3.1 default is FALSE
+; TA v3.9.02 default is TRUE
+
+DoubleClick = TRUE;
+
+; Expanded Multiplayer Sharing Menu
+; Enable or disable the new expanded multiplayer sharing menu
+; TA v3.1 default is FALSE
+; TA v3.9.02 default is TRUE
+
+ShareDialogExpand = TRUE;
+
+; Main menu resolution adjuster
+; Set to FALSE to keep main menu resolution at the default 640x480
+; Set to TRUE to match main menu resolution to the in-game resolution set via options menu
+; If TRUE, the main menu will not be upscaled to fit increased output resolution
+; If resolution is not valid, the game will not start (use resolution overrider below to fix)
+; TA v3.1 default is FALSE
+; TA v3.9.02 default is FALSE
+
+MenuResolution = FALSE;
+
+; Megamap
+; Enable or disable the new megamap
+; TA v3.1 default is FALSE
+; TA v3.9.02 default is TRUE
+
+FullScreenMinimap = TRUE;
+
+; Megamap FPS Limit
+
+MegamapFpsLimit = 1000;
+
+; Megamap Icon Configuration File
+; Set the location of the megamap's icon configuration file
+; TA v3.9.02 default is .\Icon\iconcfg.ini
+
+MegaMapConfig = .\Icon\iconcfg.ini;
+
+; Megamap Configuration Settings
+; Use the fields below to customize the megamap
+
+; Megamap Mouse Wheel Zooming
+; Enable or disable ability to zoom in and out of the megamap with the mouse wheel
+; TA v3.9.02 default is TRUE; 
+
+WheelZoom = TRUE;
+
+; Megamap Mouse Wheel Zoom In Mode
+; Set to TRUE to zoom to the cursor location when rolling the wheel up from the megamap
+; Set to FALSE to zoom to the previous camera location when rolling the wheel up from the megamap
+; TA v3.9.02 default is TRUE;
+
+WheelMoveMegaMap = TRUE;
+
+; Megamap Double-Click to Zoom Option
+; Enable or disable the option to zoom to the cursor location...
+; ...when double-clicking terrain on the megamap
+; TA v3.9.02 default is FALSE;
+
+DoubleClickMoveMegamap = FALSE;
+
+; Megamap Unit Icon Flashing When Under Attack
+; Enable or disable megamap unit icon flashing when under attack
+
+UnderAttackFlash=TRUE;
+
+; Megamap Minimum Sensor Range Ring Distances
+; Set the minimum sensor values required to display range rings on the megamap
+; These settings could be helpful if you want to eliminate clutter from short-ranged rings
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 0 for all sensors
+
+MegamapRadarMinimum = 0;
+MegamapSonarMinimum = 0;
+MegamapSonarJamMinimum = 0;
+MegamapRadarJamMinimum = 0;
+MegamapAntiNukeMinimum = 0;
+
+; Player Icon and Line Marker Colors
+; Customize the colors of the player minimap/megamap icons and line markers
+; Set from 0 to 255 to select colors from the TA indexed color palette
+; These settings are disabled by default (remove the semicolons to enable)
+
+Player1DotColors=227; ;Default is 227
+Player2DotColors=203; ;Default is 212
+Player3DotColors=99;  ;Default is 80
+Player4DotColors=234; ;Default is 235
+Player5DotColors=108  ;Default is 108
+Player6DotColors=149; ;Default is 219
+Player7DotColors=38; ;Default is 208
+Player8DotColors=198;  ;Default is 93
+Player9DotColors=18; ;Default is 130
+Player10DotColors=179; ;Default is 67
+
+; Player Dot Marker Colors
+; Customize the colors of player dot markers by setting a custom icon file
+; Edit the example smallcircle.pcx file or create a new icon file
+; The icon file must contain all 10 player markers from left to right
+; The icon width and height settings must match the dimensions of your icons
+; These settings are disabled by default (remove the semicolons to enable)
+
+PerPlayerMarkerWidth=10;
+PerPlayerMarkerHeight=10;
+PlayerMarkerPcx=Icon\smallcircle.pcx;
+
+[REG] ; registry override settings, if any entry is disabled the last value used will be remembered
+
+; Sound mode
+; Set to 0 for no sound, 1 for mono sound, and 2 for 3D positional sound
+; When set to 3D, the speaker layout is read from the Windows control panel
+; All speaker layouts are supported by the 3D sound engine (stereo, 5.1, 7.1, etc.)
+; TA v3.1 default is Mono (dword:1)
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 3D (dword:2)
+
+"Sound Mode" = dword:2
+
+; Max number of simultaneous sounds before sounds are cut off
+; Set from 2 - 32 for specific limits or 33 or higher for unlimited
+; TA v3.1 default is 8 (dword:8)
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 128 / unlimited (dword:128)
+
+"MixingBuffers" = dword:128
+
+; Default game speed
+; Set from 0 - 20 (corresponding to game speed -10 to +10)
+; Use plus and minus keys to adjust while playing
+; TA and TA v3.9.02 default is 10 which is equivalent to Normal game speed (dword:10)
+
+"GameSpeed" = dword:10
+
+; Group selection hotkey modifier
+; Set to 1 to select unit groups with number key and build menus with ALT + number key
+; Set to 0 to select build menus with number key and unit groups with ALT + number key
+; TA v3.1 default is 0 (dword:0)
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 1 (dword:1)
+
+"SwitchAlt" = dword:1
+
+; Max number of players in skirmish mode
+; Set from 2 - 10
+; TA v3.1 default is 4 (dword:4)
+; TA v3.9.02 default is 10 (dword:10)
+
+"NumSkirmishPlayers" = dword:10
+
+; Default setting for display of chat messages from other players
+; Set to 1 to enable and 0 to disable
+; Use "+screenchat" command in-game to toggle setting for the current game
+; TA and TA v3.9.02 default is 1
+
+"ScreenChat" = dword:1
+
+; Music playback mode
+; Set to 1 for Play All, 2 for Random, 3 for Repeat, and 4 for Custom.
+; When set to Custom, the game will attempt to use the dynamic build/battle system...
+; ...however this mode is buggy and almost never works correctly on modern systems...
+; ...resulting in only a single track being played, either stopping thereafter (CD version)...
+; ...or looping forever (MP3 version), therefore Random is best for most people
+; TA v3.1 default is Custom (dword:4)
+; TA v3.9.02 default is Random (dword:2)
+
+"CDMode" = dword:2
+
+; Resolution overrider (disabled by default)
+; Use this to override the resolution set in the options menu (remove semicolons to enable)
+; All resolutions and aspect ratios supported by your setup are supported by the game...
+; ...as long as they are available in 8-bit color depth (if not, create a custom resolution)
+; If you set a resolution not supported by your setup (driver or display) the game will crash
+; The override is set at game launch, using options menu will defeat override until next launch
+; Example: dword:1920 x dword:1080 (1920x1080)
+
+;"DisplayModeWidth" = dword:1920
+;"DisplayModeHeight" = dword:1080

TAT-v2.0-Beta-Changelog.txt

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+September 7, 2025
+TA:T v2.0 Beta 94:
+
+Replaced NONE.PCX icon to fix radar dots being black (Thanks ChaoStorm!).
+
+Fixed PACKO having yellow areas on the model (LOGOS.GAF).
+
+Fixed Core Shodan not having an icon (Added TANK category).
+
+Arm Samson and Core Slasher weapon [ARMTRUCK_MISSILE] range increased to 600 (500), reload increased to 1.5696 (1.308), weaponvelocity increased to 650 (450), startvelocity increased to 550 (350), and area of effect increased to 128 (96).
+
+Arm Samson and Core Slasher line of sight increased to 650 (560).
+
+Arm Swatter, Core Slinger, and Exploiter weapon [ARMAH_WEAPON] area of effect increased to 128 (96).
+
+Removed firing ports from Arm Hulk and Core Envoy:
+IsAirBase set to 0 (1) and changed description to "Naval Transport (4 units to fire laser)(capacity 24 4x4 units)" ("Naval Transport w/ Firing Ports (capacity 24 4x4 units)").
+NOTE: This removes the "firing ports" allowing transported units to fire while inside the transport. Depending on the units being carried, it was a nice boost, or very hard to deal with and outclassed other ships. They still have their laser that can be fired if at least 4 units are being carried.
+
+Fixed a script error on the Arm Bear and Core Turtle allowing them to load enemy units.
+
+Arm Guardian and Core Punisher scripts altered to support weapon switching.
+
+Core Punisher weapon [CORFIXED_GUN] range reduced to 1280 (1295), changed to ballistic (line of sight), reload increased to 3.75 (2.7), weaponvelocity reduced to 450 (600), and damage increased to 1477 (1119).
+
+Arm Guardian tertiary weapon set to [CORFIXED_GUN] (none).
+Core Punisher primary weapon changed to [ARMFIXED_GUN] ([CORFIXED_GUN]) and tertiary weapon set to [CORFIXED_GUN] (none).
+
+Added the following to Arm Guardian and Core Punisher:
+wspe_badTargetCategory=VTOL;
+Onoffable=1;
+Activatewhenbuilt=0;
+canDgun=1;
+
+Arm Guardian and Core Punisher description changed to "Med.Range Plasma Battery.X switches weapons.D targets ballistic" ("Medium Range Plasma Battery").
+
+NOTE:
+This gives both the Arm Guardian and the Core Punisher the ability to change between a direct fire weapon (like they already had) and a ballistic weapon, which fires more slowly, but does more damage per hit, and has more area of effect. The selected weapon is toggled the same way as the Arm Fido, with the X key (Or clicking the On/Off button). Off (Default) is the direct-fire weapon, and On uses the ballistic weapon, instead. Remember that when using the ballistic weapon, to manually target you must use the D key (Or click the D-Gun button), instead of the A key (Attack button).
+
+Core Punisher armor increased to 4427 (4208).
+NOTE: This is because the Punisher is now using the same weapons as the Guardian, despite costing a bit more.
+
+Removed wsec_badTargetCategory=VTOL and added wspe_badTargetCategory=VTOL to Arm Fido.
+NOTE: The Fido doesn't have a secondary weapon, only a primary and a tertiary weapon.
+
+Arm Zipper speed increased to 2.535 (2.3).
+Core Pyro speed increased to 2.305 (2.091).
+
+Increased flamethrower weapons from 50% bonus damage to 100% bonus damage:
+
+Core Pyro weapon [FLAMETHROWER] reload reduced to 0.6719 (0.6826) and damage increased to 21 (16) and special damages adjusted accordingly.
+
+Core Reaper weapon [CORE_REAP] reload reduced to 0.4718 (0.481) and damage increased to 17 (13) and special damages adjusted accordingly.
+
+Core Dragon's Maw weapon [DMAW] damage increased to 16 (12).
+NOTE: Flames are very damaging, and don't cost energy, but move relatively slowly and spread out as they travel, often causing them to miss a lot unless in a target-rich environment or against targets that are stationary.
+
+
+Core Bladewing energy cost reduced to 142 (425), metal cost reduced to 9 (27), armor reduced to 25 (76), buildtime reduced to 296 (888), destroyed explosion set to TINY_BUILDINGEX (SMALL_UNITEX), and self-destruct explosion set to SMALL_UNITEX (SMALL_UNIT).
+
+Arm Spider energy cost reduced to 1385 (4155), metal cost reduced to 32 (95), armor reduced to 252 (756), buildtime reduced to 1203 (3608), destroyed explosion set to TINY_BUILDINGEX (SMALL_UNITEX), and self-destruct explosion set to SMALL_UNITEX (SMALL_UNIT).
+
+Core Gimp metal cost increased to 295 (230).
+NOTE: This was supposed to have been done in Beta 77, and the rest of the changes were made at that time (Increased energy cost, buildtime, armor, firepower, etc.) but the metal cost was left unchanged at 230 instead of being increased to 295.
+
+Arm Tornado speed reduced to 9.5 (10.45).
+Core Voodoo speed reduced to 8.64 (9.5).
+Arm Albatross speed reduced to 7.333 (8.0663).
+Core Typhoon speed reduced to 6.666 (7.333).
+Arm Tsunami speed reduced to 7.333 (8.066).
+Core Maelstrom speed reduced to 6.666 (7.333).
+Arm Sabre speed reduced to 7.5 (8.25).
+Core Cutlass speed reduced to 6.82 (7.49).
+Arm Seahawk speed reduced to 9.2 (10.12).
+Core Hunter speed reduced to 8.4 (9.24).
+Arm Construction Seaplane speed reduced to 7.3 (8.03).
+Core Construction Seaplane speed reduced to 6.6363 (7.7).
+Core Advanced Construction Aircraft speed reduced to 6.6363 (7).
+NOTE: This puts all Seaplanes at the same speed as their advanced aircraft counterparts, instead of being 10% faster.
+
+Arm Phalanx and Archer and Core Copperhead and Shredder weapon [ARMYORK_GUN] area of effect increased to 192 (150) and set to lineofsight (ballistic).
+
+Arm Flakker and Flakker NS weapon [ARMFLAK_GUN] set to lineofsight (ballistic).
+Core Cobra and Cobra NS weapon [CORFLAK_GUN] set to lineofsight (ballistic).
+NOTE: Due to being ballistic, flakkers wouldn't shoot at things with too low or too high of an angle. An aircraft directly over a flakker could not be shot. This should fix that.
+
+Arm and Core Fortress walls damaged version armor increased to 29500 (14750).
+
+Arm Gremlin armor reduced to 1012 (2022).
+Arm Gremlin weapon [ARMST_GAUSS] damage increased to 208 (104).
+NOTE: Since Gremlins may not have much time after decloaking before they are destroyed and explode, this will help them to do more damage in that time.
+
+Arm and Core Minelayer Nanolathe Turret build distance increased to 1325 (1000), line of sight increased to 1325 (1000), and description changed to "Build mines and DT in large radius (Cloaks) (60 Build Power)" ("Build mines and DT in medium radius (Cloaks) (60 Build Power)").
+
+Arm Dragon's Claw line of sight increased to 900 (675).
+Core Dragon's Maw line of sight increased to 900 (675).
+
+Arm Sneaky Pete line of sight increased to 1325 (1094).
+Core Castro line of sight increased to 1205 (995).
+
+Arm Veil line of sight increased to 2650 (2188).
+Core Shroud line of sight increased to 2409 (1989).
+
+Core Dominator weapon [CORHRK_ROCKET] turnrate reduced to 5632 (12615), flight time increased to 8.5 (7.0), and noautorange set to 0 (1).
+
+Core Shiva weapon [SHIVA_ROCKET] turnrate reduced to 5632 (12615), flight time increased to 8.5 (7.0), and noautorange set to 0 (1).
+
+Arm MERL weapon [ARMTRUCK_ROCKET] turnrate reduced to 5632 (12615), flight time increased to 9.5 (7.0), and noautorange set to 0 (1).
+
+Core Diplomat weapon [CORTRUCK_ROCKET] turnrate reduced to 5632 (12615), flight time increased to 9.0 (7.0), and noautorange set to 0 (1).
+
+Arm Wombat weapon [ARMMH_WEAPON] turnrate reduced to 7168 (12615), flight time increased to 7.0 (6.0), and noautorange set to 0 (1).
+
+Core Nixer weapon [CORMH_WEAPON] turnrate reduced to 7168 (12615), flight time increased to 7.0 (6.0), and noautorange set to 0 (1).
+
+NOTE: This decrease in the tracking of the vertically launched rockets makes them only able to hit targets in approximately the outer 25% of their range. Previously they could hit targets in the outer 75% of their range.
+
+Core Banisher model adjusted to put the turret higher up to help it avoid hitting obstructions on the ground when firing.
+NOTE: This should help make it easier to fire over wreckage or even small bumps in the terrain than before.
+
+Core Banisher and Arm Bolo weapon [TAWF_BANISHER] burnblow set to 1 (Not set previously) and weapontimer increased to 5 (3).
+NOTE:  The burnblow will allow it to hit an empty spot manually targeted on the ground instead of veering off to the side and then blowing up somewhere else.
+
+
+
+May 9, 2025
+TA:T v2.0 Beta 93:
+
+Added new colors! We're trying out some new colors, but this requires removing some others, so this is what we're trying out for now:
+Removed:
+White
+Green
+Yellow
+Black
+Sky Blue
+Tan
+Red
+
+Added:
+Greyish Blue
+Lime
+Dark Green
+Orange
+Pink
+Mustard
+Darker Red
+
+Feedback is welcome, since this is just something we're trying out. Thank you  ChaoStorm for your hard work, and also Venom of ProTA for being a huge help in answering a lot of questions and pointing us in the right direction!
+
+Added new megamap icons! Chaostorm has been working hard on adding category tages to 330 different units for the icons, as well as the icons themselves (Along with a lot of help from Wiffer!). This release comes with a TA.ini file and an Icons folder to replace the existing ones (We recommend backing up your existing Icons folder and TA.ini file). The icons are still a work in progress, but the idea is to help make units showing up on the megamap more useful and identifiable for strategic play. We'll need feedback on how visible they are, how easy they are to identify, etc. Also, remember that the new icons only show on the megamap for units you have line of sight on. Radar coverage will just show regular dots. You should still be able to turn off the new icons and use the normal ones if you want.
+Thanks ChaoStorm and Wiffer!
+
+Arm Spider and Core Bladewing weapon [ARM_PARALYZER] damage reduced to 30 (300) and the special damage to features reduced to 300 (1200).
+NOTE: This reduces the paralysis time for each shot from 10 seconds to 1 second. The special damage to features was changed from 4x regular damage to 10x regular damage. This means a single Bladewing or Spider can keep a unit locked down if they fire on it continually, but it will unfreeze as soon as they stop. Of course, multiple shots from multiple units can still stack the paralysis, but each extra shot will only add an additional one second, instead of ten.
+
+Arm Mumbo description changed to "Heavy Rapid-Fire Piercing Pulse-Laser Tank" ("Heavy Rapid-Fire Pulse-Laser Tank").
+Arm Mumbo weapon [TAWF003_weapon] damage reduced to 19 (38), energy per shot increased to 22 (11), and noexplode=1 added.
+NOTE: This makes the Mumbo weapon pierce through targets and features, much like the Arm Beamer does. In return, it does half the previous damage (As it can potentially hit a target multiple times on the way through), and costs twice as much energy to fire.
+
+Core Termite weapon [CORE_TERMITE_LASER] area of effect increased to 64 (12), edge effectiveness reduced to 0.5 (1.0), energy per shot increased to 172 (86), damage increased to 324 (243), explosiongaf set to yellowboom (fx), and explosionart set to yellowboom (explode5).
+NOTE: This doubles the energy cost per shot to give 33% more damage and a big (for a beam weapon) area of effect.
+
+Fixed the build power for Arm and Core Advanced Shipyards being in the name of the unit instead of the description.
+
+Fixed the Arm and Core Minelayer Nanolathe Turret description to show the correct build power of 60.
+
+Core Oppressor weapon [OPPRESSOR_ROCKET] had "guidance" and "tracks" disabled.
+NOTE: This means Oppressor rockets will not track.
+
+
+
 February 14, 2025
 TA:T v2.0 Beta 92:
 

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+WHAT IS THIS
+
+tdraw.dll is an upgrade for Total Annihilation.  It patches the game to fix many bugs and add many features.
+It is an integral component of the TA Community Patch, the other parts being tplayx.dll (the recorder) and server.exe (the replayer).
+
+tdraw.dll has a long provenance dating back to the work of SY_Yeha, who introduced whiteboard markers and the TA Hook and new hotkeys to TA.
+Later work by Xpoy extended hotkey support, added new shortcut commands, uni-code font support, megamap, weapon-id crack (not present in current release) and porting music patch from GOG version,
+and later support was provided by Rime.
+
+The present release includes contributions from Axle and FunkyFresh, and owes a debt to TAG_Venom for extensive testing and critical feeback, and to Gamma and Wotan for further testing and feature suggestions.
+
+
+CONFIGURATIONS
+
+The release .zip files are annotated with a build configuration tag: "tdraw-<config>.zip".  The various configurations are:
+  * tdraw-full.zip: all features enabled
+  * tdraw-escalation.zip: built for TA:Escalation.  disables the following features
+    - mex snap
+    - that is all
+  * tdraw-minimal.zip: disables the following features
+    - mex/wreck snap
+    - options for construction units to stay put when guarding
+    - options for construction units to only reclaim or onlt assist while patrolling
+    - auto kickout construction units that are blocking another builder
+    - weather report at top of screen
+    - sync wind speed between players
+    - map DT's always visible.
+
+
+INSTALLATION
+
+Drop tdraw.dll into your TA directory.
+Ensure the following files are also present in your TA directory:
+- ddraw.dll (available from https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw)
+- totala.ini
+
+You may need to rename totala.ini and tdraw.dll to whatever your mod is using.  See below for reference.  For other mods, please consult with the mod maintainers.
+
+                        ini file        dll file
+Beta patch 3.9.02       TA.ini          tdraw.dll
+Escalation 9.9.6        TAESC.ini       taesc.dll
+Mayhem 10.9.2           Settings.ini    mdraw.dll
+ProTA 4.6               ProTA.ini       tdraw.dll
+Zero Alpha5-060322      tazero.ini      zdraw.dll
+
+
+NEW FEATURES IN BRIEF:
+
+*2026.6.8
+- bugfix for VoteReject - prevent local user from rejecting himself
+
+*2026.6.3
+- add "nottounderwater" flag for weapons (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+- fix bug potentially being the root cause of since-year-1997 intermittent black screen on join games
+- better quality megamap render
+
+*2026.5.28
+- Fix construction units intermittently trying to sit within the footprint of rotated structures before building them
+
+*2026.5.15
+- Fix intermittent 6x8 staircase yardmap on south-facing rotatable factories
+- New "PreviewObject3D=" unit key to override the 3DO model used for the nanoframe ghost preview (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+
+*2026.5.9
+- Lag-switch mitigation: detects and freezes local simulation when network goes dark
+- Vote-to-reject system for in-progress multiplayer games (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+- add "nottoair" flag for weapons (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+- add "surfacefire" flag for weapons (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+- +autoteam bugfix for occasional players stranded by themselves
+- Diagnostic logging for crashes 004cbed5 and 0049cf19
+- Building rotation: press '/' (configurable) to cycle the build cursor
+  facing for buildings whose FBI permits it (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+- Nanoframe ghost preview at the build cursor (see NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL)
+- Fix for ctrl-z (and ctrl-a / ctrl-b / ctrl-c) silently truncating selections for unit ids >= 512
+- Export engine-backed player elimination status to gpgnet4ta via shared memory,
+  so games where a commander dies but play continues are reported with the correct outcome
+
+*2026.2.17 - Fix false trigger on version check
+*2026.2.10 - Minor adjustment to diagnostic crash detection ("ERROR: dstRect out of bounds", allow CopyScreenContext all the way to the edge of destination context)
+*2026.2.7 - Disable AUTOTEAM, RANDOMTEAM and CRCREPORT buttons for non-host players
+*2026.2.5 - Add support for AUTOTEAM, RANDOMTEAM and CRCREPORT buttons in battleroom (guis/lounge2.gui)
+*2026.2.2 - Custom ctrl-f2 menu skin for escalation
+*2026.1.29 - Create seperate builds for full-featured (tdraw-full.zip), escalation (tdraw-escalation.zip), and minimal (tdraw-minimal.zip) feature sets.
+*2025.12.13 - Add diagnostics for crash at 004cbed5
+*2025.12.6  - Fix crash when game installed in a long path (eg C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Total Annihilation\PROTA)
+*2025.11.26 - New keys for unit definitions (units/*.fbi) to customise per-unit veterancy
+*2025.8.29 - Bugfix for multithreaded version/cheat check
+*2025.8.19 - Auto kickout of units under build order is now strictly only for own units (previously allowed kickout anyone's units if cheats enabled)
+*2025.8.1 - Set build square preview to yellow if user can build there but it contains a unit that will be kicked out
+
+*2025.7.12
+- Allow user to queue build orders underneath their own mobile units; and auto kickout of units that are under a build order
+- Mod developers can opt-in to "Improved behaviour of con units".
+  Modifies what construction units that are guarding factories do after completing each unit: either stay put; cavedog; or scatter.
+  Set byte at TotalA.exe:0x101f1f to 0x00 to disable the feature (default) or 0x01 to enable the feature.
+  Note that if one player's 0x101f1f setting doesn't match that of other players, an in-game cheat warning will be triggered.
+  Once enabled, see ctrl-f2 menu for related user configurable options.
+- Fix bug with erroneous game results reported to TAF when using in-game +autoteam
+- With fixed position, start positions are assigned in order given by TAF auto balance
+  so that players are positioned opposite an opponent of similar skill
+- Fixed bugs with player placement in 2v2+ games on maps with neutral units
+- Push anticheat hashing functions into background threads so as to reduce in-game slowdown experienced by some users
+
+*v2025.5.18
+- Improved behaviour of con units when guarding a factory - they stay put after finishing a build
+
+*v2025.4.24
+- Fix crash on parsing spawned unit initial commands - its now possible to copy-paste mission scripts from campaign
+- Log cheat warnings to tdrawlog.txt for offline analysis
+- Fix for non functional perm-los sonar patch (which otherwise requires watcher's com to be in top-left of map to work)
+
+*v2024.12.5
+- Fix crash on print-screen (and presumably many other related crashes)
+
+*v2024.12.3
+- Fix crash on +logo
+- Fix rare intermitent crash on adding / moving / deleting whiteboard markers
+
+*v2024.10.27
+- Ability to create multiplayer/skirmish maps with neutral units and/or additional per-player spawn units
+- Add a controls to hide/minimise the allies resource bar
+- Make the allies resource bar actually work with ctrl-f2 setting "background=None"
+- Fix incorrect player logo colour for "new marker added" messages
+- Player the "Mission Complete" sound upon winning a multiplayer/skirmish game
+- Fix bug causing "unit limit reached" in between single player missions
+- Remove shared metal/energy from player "totals"
+- Get TAHook to use the click-snapped start position
+- Increase size capacity of whiteboard marker messages
+- Fix for 10 player (and other) VerCheck false positives
+- Support for watching all 10 players in 10 player replays (pending a corresponding TAF update to activate it)
+
+
+*v2024.3.31 and prior
+- Set start positions based on battleroom teams (or alliances)
+- Repair battleroom teams icons so they can be used to create teams before to launching
+- Add +autoteam battleroom and in-game commands to automatically assign teams
+- Add +randomteam battleroom command to automatically assign random teams
+- Add .exereport battleroom command to report CRC32 of each player's totala.exe
+- Add .tdreport battleroom command to report CRC32 of each player's tdraw.dll (may be a different filename depending on mod)
+- Add .tpreport battleroom command to report CRC32 of each player's tplayx.dll (may be a different filename depending on mod)
+- Add .gp3report battleroom command to report CRC32 of each player's rev31.gp3 (may be a different filename depending on mod)
+- Add .crcreport battleroom command to report fingerprints of each player's totala.exe, tdraw.dll, tplayx.dll and rev31.gp3 file all at once
+- ClickSnap to snap to nearest mex, geo or reclaimable feature
+- Add ability to drag queued orders around the map
+- Con units patrol behaviour - hold position: reclaim only
+- Fix the "ghost com" bug (remote commanders appear in top left of map during first 50sec of game)
+- Fix the "units exploding in factories" bug by holding back recycling of deceased units' IDs for 5 seconds
+- Option to render DTs and fortwalls that belong to the map (not built by a player)
+- Supress "qqqqqq" whiteboard marker lables when "q" is used as the whiteboard key
+- Show clock and weather report (wind and tidal strength) on top resource panel
+- Sync wind speed across all players
+- Set default resolution on new installs to 1024x768 (.ini setting "DisplayModeMinHeight768 = TRUE/FALSE")
+- Disable relay of F11 chatmacro text to other players
+- Enable start button in multiplayer lobby if only one player + AI are present
+- Add +noshake and .ready buttons to sharing menu
+- Add .autopause button to battleroom screen
+- Change whiteboard, mappos and resource indicator colours in response to +logo commands
+- Prevent +logo commands from affecting other players
+- Ctrl-B doesn't select aircraft carriers
+- Ctrl-F centres view on selected factory
+- Ctrl-S works correctly with mobile-units-can-build-mobile-units hack
+- Set +lostype as a cheatcode (not available unless cheats enabled)
+- Look for ddraw.dll in current working directory as backend, or failing that use system ddraw.dll
+- Use the same .ini file as TotalA.exe
+- Use the same registry path as TotalA.exe
+- Add FPS counter to megamap, increase megamap FPS
+- Fix blue background on scoreboard
+- Grey background on mega map to distinguish from unmapped area
+- Prevent Ctrl-F2 dialog and allies resource bar from moving off screen
+- Improve responsiveness of whiteboard marker movements sent to remote players
+- Render cursor while in megamap
+- Fix crash when removing markers
+- Fix crash on simultaneous whiteboard marker move and delete
+- Fix rare crash on TA Hook line drawing
+- Radar and sonar jammers no longer jam your own radar and sonar in >3 player multiplayer
+- Use CTRL_F and CTRL_B unit category tags for ctrl+f and ctrl+b hotkeys in preference to heuristics
+- Change ctrl+s to use CTRL_W and NOTAIR/NAIR categories so as not to select jammers etc
+
+NEW FEATURES IN DETAIL:
+
+- Start positions
+
+  Start positions are now assigned based on battleroom teams/alliances.
+  With fixed positions, host and their team are assigned the odd positions in the order that they joined the lobby.
+  With random positions, host and their team are randomly assigned the even or odd positions, and they are assigned in random order.
+
+  The Teams icons now function correctly, so they can be used to arrange teams in the battleroom if desired.
+  This is optional, it is perfectly fine to arrange teams by creating alliances too.
+
+- Autoteam
+
+  In the battleroom, host can type "+autoteam" to have teams assigned automatically.
+  These teams will then determine the start positions as described above.
+
+  If launched from TAF, the battleroom +autoteam will assign autobalanced teams based on the player rating.
+  Otherwise teams are assigned randomly.
+  The +randomteam command is available to use should you prefer random teams over autobalanced teams.
+
+  Alternatively, if host types "+autoteam" in-game, alliances are created based on actual start positions.
+  
+  For more than 2 teams, host can type eg "+autoteam 3" to create the desired number of teams.
+
+- MexSnap and WreckSnap
+
+  This patch includes ability to snap mexes and geos to the nearest metal or geo patch (MexSnap),
+  and to snap reclaim commands to the nearest reclaim (WreckSnap).
+
+  While holding down shift, press q and e alternately to switch between building mexes and reclaiming features.
+
+  If Mex/WreckSnap is temporarily interfering with your wishes,
+  you can hold down alt to override it.
+  The override key can be configured in the ctrl-f2 options menu.
+
+  The Mex/WreckSnap radii can also be configured independently via the ctrl-f2 options menu.
+  Press ctrl-f2, click on the "MexSnap" or "WreckSnap" field and press a number 0 to 9.
+  0 disables the Mex/WreckSnap and a larger radius results in snapping to features further away.
+
+  Note that Mex/WreckSnap is disabled by default.
+  It needs to be enabled by the mod maintainer.
+  If your Mex/WreckSnap radius shows as "NA" in the ctrl-f2 menu,
+  it is likely that Mex/WreckSnap hasn't been enabled by your mod maintainer.
+
+- Move Queued Orders
+
+  After queueing a build order or a move order,
+  you can later move them around by selecting the unit
+  and left mouse dragging the order to a new position.
+
+- Construction Units Patrol Behaviour
+
+  Patrol behaviour of contructions units is modified depending on their movement orders:
+
+    Hold Position: your construction units will only look for reclaim
+    Maneuvre/roam: your construction units will both look for reclaim and for units that need repair or assist
+
+  Mash the 'v' key to get the desired movement order and then set a patrol route.
+
+- Neutral unit and/or per-player additional unit spawn
+
+  To enable this feature add a "[units]" section under the "[Schema 0]" section of your map's .ota file.  eg
+  
+      [Schema 0]
+          {
+          ....
+          [units]
+            {
+            [unit0]
+                {
+                Unitname=ARMHLT;
+                Ident=;
+                XPos=3164;
+                YPos=0;
+                ZPos=2250;
+                Player=11;
+                HealthPercentage=100;
+                }
+            [unit0]
+                {
+                Unitname=ARMPEEP;
+                Ident=;
+                XPos=268;
+                YPos=0;
+                ZPos=384;
+                Player=1;
+                HealthPercentage=100;
+                CreationCountdown=30;
+                InitialMission=p 1750 1828;
+                }
+            }
+
+  These additional units will spawn in for skirmish/multiplayer.
+
+  The "Player" key in the .ota file refers to the map position 1..10.
+  Whichever player is spawned into these positions will receive ownership of the respective units.
+
+  You can set Player=11.  If any Player=11 units are defined, then the last player (eg the 6th in a 3v3)
+  receives ownership of the Player=11 units as long as they are an AI.  He does not receive ownership of any other units.
+
+  If a player receives any units by this mechanism, they won't receive a commander.
+  If you want the player to have a commander,
+  then either don't define any units for that position,
+  or include a commander unit in the list of units.
+
+  The required fields for each unit are UnitName, XPos, ZPos and Player.
+  YPos and HealthPercentage are ignored.
+  Optional CreationCountdown is in seconds and InitialMission works.
+  Optional Ident makes it possible to refer to the unit in InitialMission of another unit.
+  You'll have to look at eg totala4.hpi/maps/*.OTA for examples of InitialMission scripts to copy.
+
+- Vote-to-Reject
+
+  When a player is to be rejected during an in-progress multiplayer game, the rejection must now be
+  approved by a majority vote rather than taking effect immediately.
+
+  Manual reject (initiated via Tab → Control → player → reject prompt):
+    The proposer's YES is counted automatically.  All other non-target players are shown a vote dialog
+    and may click YES or NO.  The reject passes if at least 2/3 of non-target active players vote YES
+    (minimum 1).  If the target has a teammate, that teammate must vote YES for the reject to pass.
+    If the vote fails by a NO majority it is cancelled immediately; otherwise the vote times out after
+    60 seconds with no effect and a 90-second cooldown is imposed before another vote can be proposed.
+
+  Timeout reject (triggered automatically when a player stops responding for 30 seconds):
+    All players are shown the vote dialog.  The reject passes if at least 2 players vote YES
+    (or just 1 in a 2-player game), provided at least one ally of the timed-out player has voted YES.
+    If a NO majority makes the threshold unreachable, voting closes early and the player is
+    automatically rejected when the 90-second vote timer expires.
+
+  The vote dialog:
+    Each active vote appears as a row in an overlay dialog at the top-centre of the screen.
+    Each row shows the vote subject ("X has timed out - vote to reject?" or
+    "VOTE: X wants to reject Y"), the current tally (Ny/Nn/total, countdown), and YES / NO buttons.
+    Clicking YES or NO casts your vote and broadcasts it to all other players.
+
+    For timeout votes where the local player is an ally of the timed-out player, a ".take" button
+    is also shown.  Clicking it broadcasts the chat message ".take", which the recorder (tplayx.dll)
+    interprets as the player taking over the timed-out player's units.  Once the recorder confirms
+    the take, the corresponding vote is automatically cancelled.
+
+- Per-Unit Veterancy Customization
+
+  This patch introduces new optional keys for unit definition files (units/*.fbi)
+  that allow you to customize veterancy behavior for individual units.
+  
+  Example
+  
+    [UNITINFO]
+    {
+    UnitName=ARMMART;
+    ...
+    VeterancyThresholds=6 12 18 24 30; // OTA default: 5 10 15 20 25
+    VeterancyAccuracyBuffRate=3; // OTA default: 12
+    }
+  
+  New Keys
+  
+  - VeterancyThresholds:
+    Sets the number of kills required to reach each veterancy level (VetLevel).
+    Example: "6 12 18 24 30" means:
+    - 6 kills for VetLevel 1
+    - 12 kills for VetLevel 2
+    - 18 kills for VetLevel 3
+    - etc.
+    OTA's default thresholds are "5 10 15 20 25".
+  
+  - VeterancyAccuracyBuffRate:
+    Controls how quickly a unit’s weapon accuracy improves with kills, independently of veterancy levels.
+    - Accuracy starts at a factor of 1 with 0 kills.
+    - This factor increases by +1 every VeterancyAccuracyBuffRate kills.
+    - Formula: accuracyFactor = 1 + floor(kills / VeterancyAccuracyBuffRate)
+    - OTA’s default rate is 12.
+    - Set to zero to disable accuracy buff altogether
+  
+  Veterancy Effects (Unchanged)
+  
+  This patch does NOT change what veterancy levels do, only how they are earned.
+  For reference, each VetLevel in OTA gives:
+  
+  - Capture cost: +10% worker time needed to capture the unit
+  - Damage taken: -4% damage received
+  - Damage dealt: +6% damage dealt
+  - Target tracking: improved weapon target tracking (effect uncertain)
+  - Reload time: -6% weapon reload time
+  - Accuracy buff: improved firing accuracy (randomness reduced by an increasing factor)
+  
+  Note: Reload time also appears to be affected by the unit’s health.
+  
+  Veterancy Limits
+  
+  OTA limits:
+  - Capture cost: no limit
+  - Damage taken: up to 5 levels
+  - Damage dealt: up to 5 levels
+  - Target tracking: up to 1 level
+  - Reload time: up to 5 levels
+  - Accuracy buff: no limit
+  
+  With this patch:
+  - Capture cost: no limit
+    Beyond the last specified threshold, kill requirements are extrapolated linearly from the last two thresholds.
+  - Damage taken: up to 25 levels or the number of VeterancyThresholds, whichever is lower
+  - Damage dealt: up to the number of VeterancyThresholds
+  - Target tracking: up to 1 level
+  - Reload time: up to 16 levels or the number of VeterancyThresholds, whichever is lower
+  - Accuracy buff: no limit
+
+- Weapon TDF flags: nottoair, nottounderwater and surfacefire
+
+  Two new optional keys for weapon definition files (weapons/*.tdf) give mod developers
+  finer control over which unit types a weapon can target.
+
+  nottoair=1
+    The weapon cannot target or fire at flying units (units with an airborne movement state).
+    Useful for weapons that are physically implausible against air targets, such as depth charges
+    or large ballistic artillery.
+
+    Example:
+
+      [DEPTH_CHARGE]
+      {
+      ...
+      nottoair=1;
+      }
+
+  nottounderwater=1
+    The weapon cannot target or fire at fully-submerged units (a target whose top is at or below
+    sea level, such as a dived submarine).  Ordinary weapons already cannot reach underwater
+    targets; this flag is meant for waterweapon=1 weapons, letting them hit surface ships while
+    leaving submerged units to torpedoes and depth charges.  It is the underwater mirror of
+    nottoair.
+
+    Example:
+
+      [NAVAL_GUN]
+      {
+      ...
+      waterweapon=1;
+      nottounderwater=1;
+      }
+
+  surfacefire=1
+    Used together with waterweapon=1.  Normally a water weapon can only target submarines and
+    other units that are at or below sea level.  With surfacefire=1 the weapon can also target
+    surface units above sea level, such as hovercraft or land units near the shoreline.
+    Both auto-aim and manual targeting are affected.
+
+    Example:
+
+      [TORPEDO_SURFACE]
+      {
+      ...
+      waterweapon=1;
+      surfacefire=1;
+      }
+
+- Building rotation
+
+  While a building is selected for placement, press '/' to cycle through the
+  facings the unit allows.  Shift may be held while pressing '/' so you can
+  rotate without lifting the line-build modifier.  Most buildings only allow
+  their default facing, in which case the key does nothing.  The rotate key
+  can be reassigned in the ctrl-f2 menu.
+
+  Alternatively, hold the snap-override key (default Alt — also configurable
+  in ctrl-f2) and scroll the mouse wheel: forward = counter-clockwise, back
+  = clockwise.  This leaves plain mouse-wheel free for the megamap.
+
+  A third option is built into the build menu itself.  Each rotatable
+  structure button has a small overlay marker on each cardinal it can
+  face (S = bottom edge, E = right, N = top, W = left).  Click the
+  button on the corresponding edge to enter placement mode with that
+  rotation already chosen — clicks in the centre of the button select
+  the unit normally and keep the previously chosen rotation.  Tick or
+  un-tick "Build menu rotation overlay" in the ctrl-f2 menu to enable
+  or disable the overlay (when off, the build menu is stock vanilla
+  and clicks behave as if it were never installed).
+
+  Mod authors can replace the built-in chevron art by dropping a 4-
+  frame GAF at  anims/buildrotate.gaf  beside their other animations.
+  Frames are interpreted in the order  S, E, N, W  (matching the
+  rotation index), and each frame's hotspot is anchored just inside
+  the cardinal margin band of the build button so the artwork sits
+  cleanly inside the button rather than straddling the edge.  An
+  optional second file  anims/buildrotateclick.gaf  (also 4 frames in
+  the same order) is blitted in place of the idle GAF for the brief
+  click-feedback flash; if absent, no flash is rendered (mods opting
+  into a custom GAF need to ship the companion click GAF themselves
+  if they want one).  When neither GAF loads the built-in chevrons
+  are used.  A reference generator and example .gaf files live under
+  tools/make_buildrotate_gaf.py in the source tree.
+
+  Mod developers opt-in per unit by adding a "Rotations=" key to the
+  [UNITINFO] section of the FBI listing the cardinal letters they want
+  to allow, e.g.
+
+      [UNITINFO]
+      {
+      ...
+      Rotations=SENW;
+      }
+
+  Limitation: a few mods script their Create() function to forcibly TURN
+  the unit body (e.g. so structures face the centre of the map).  Such
+  scripts run after the build cursor's rotation is applied and overwrite
+  it, so the Rotations= key has no visible effect on those units.
+
+- Nanoframe ghost preview
+
+  A small green animated preview of the building you're about to place
+  is drawn inside the build rectangle.  It rotates in step with the
+  rotate-build key, and disappears on red (can't-build) squares.  When
+  shift-line / shift-row building, the preview is shown at every
+  rectangle in the row.
+
+  Mod authors with upgrade-style units (where the 3DO model contains
+  both the basic and upgraded geometry, and the COB script controls
+  visibility at runtime) can list the pieces that should appear in the
+  preview by adding a "PreviewPieces=" key to [UNITINFO]:
+
+      [UNITINFO]
+      {
+      ...
+      PreviewPieces=base, turret, sleeve, barrel, cover;
+      }
+
+  Names are matched case-insensitively against 3DO piece names; comma,
+  space, or semicolon may be used as separators.  When the key is set,
+  ONLY listed pieces are rendered.  When the key is omitted (the usual
+  case), every piece is rendered minus a small hardcoded set of
+  cosmetic / firing-effect names (flare, flash, muzzle, fire, flame,
+  wake).
+
+  Per-rotation overrides are also available — useful when the visible
+  pieces should differ by facing.  Use any of:
+
+      PreviewPiecesS=...      facing south  (rotation 0)
+      PreviewPiecesE=...      facing east   (rotation 1)
+      PreviewPiecesN=...      facing north  (rotation 2)
+      PreviewPiecesW=...      facing west   (rotation 3)
+
+  Lookup order for the active rotation:
+    1. PreviewPieces<S|E|N|W>=  if set (non-empty), uses ONLY that list.
+    2. PreviewPieces=           the default for every rotation.
+    3. neither set              every piece minus the ephemeral filter.
+
+  For units whose Create() script auto-rotates the structure toward
+  the nearest enemy Commander, the preview can be made to face the
+  same direction — preventing the jarring snap when the build commits
+  — by adding:
+
+      [UNITINFO]
+      {
+      ...
+      PreviewFaceOpponent=1;
+      }
+
+  At each preview frame we find the nearest enemy commander to the
+  build cursor (each enemy player's first unit slot, which is the
+  commander in all but pathological cases), and snap the line from
+  the cursor to that commander to the nearest cardinal (S / E / N /
+  W).  PreviewFaceOpponent overrides the Rotations= restriction —
+  setting this key is the author's explicit signal that the unit's
+  heading is script-driven, so the preview must face whichever
+  cardinal the script will pick regardless of what Rotations= permits
+  the player to cycle through.
+
+  To avoid leaking enemy positions through fog-of-war scanning, the
+  override only applies when the build cursor is within the actual
+  builddistance of one of the local player's selected, completed
+  construction units (each builder gets its own threshold from its
+  FBI builddistance=).  Outside that radius the preview falls back to
+  the player's rotate-build selection — same as if PreviewFaceOpponent
+  were unset.
+
+  Falls back to the player's rotate-build selection in single-player
+  or any case where no enemy commander can be found (e.g. all enemies
+  dead).
+
+  Mod authors who want the preview to display a completely different
+  model than the unit's actual Object3D= (e.g. a simplified silhouette,
+  or the upgraded form of a unit whose 3DO bundles multiple variants)
+  can name an alternative 3DO with a "PreviewObject3D=" key:
+
+      [UNITINFO]
+      {
+      ...
+      PreviewObject3D=corarmvp_preview;
+      }
+
+  The value is a 3DO base name (no extension); the file is loaded from
+  the HPI archive at  objects3d/<name>.3DO  on first use and cached
+  for the rest of the game session.  All other preview FBI keys
+  (PreviewPieces, PreviewFaceOpponent, etc.) apply to this overridden
+  model — piece-name whitelists are matched against the OVERRIDE 3DO's
+  piece names, not the unit's real one.
+
+  If the named 3DO can't be found in the HPI, a warning is logged to
+  tdrawlog.txt and the preview falls back to the unit's real model;
+  no other behaviour is affected.
+
+