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Uberhack (or Überhack) is a mod for the real-time strategy computer game Total Annihilation. uberhack badger File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... uberhack badger File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 2004 Banshee car modification for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - replacement of original Banshee Mod or modification is a term generally applied to computer games, especially first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. ... Age of Empires (1997), Invasion of an enemy A real-time strategy (RTS) game is a type of computer strategy game which does not have turns like conventional turn-based strategy video or board games. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Total Annihilation is a futuristic real-time strategy (RTS) computer game, created in 1997 by Chris Taylor and Cavedog Entertainment. ...

Version 4.0

The latest version (4.0) incorporates other third-party modification packages, a custom installer, and a switcher utility to allow for minute gameplay differentiations by the player.

The original Total Annihilation with Core Contingency expansion and the latest patch (3.1) is a prerequisite for installing Uberhack. The Core Contingency is an expansion to the popular 1997 RTS computer game Total Annihilation. ...

Modifications to the Game

Uberhack modifies the existing units available in Total Annihilation in an attempt to provide unique purposes to individual units and to provide more variation in unit capabilities. Apart from including the official expansion units and patches released by Cavedog, Uberhack adds a slew of new and modified units. The changes to these units can vary from simply increasing or decreasing armor values to complete and radical role redefinitions. Cavedog Entertainment, or Cavedog, was a video game developer based in Seattle, Washington. ...

For example, Uberhack modifies the commonly used Missile Defense Turrets to only be effective against air units, rather than ground and sea units as well. On the positive side to this change, the Missile Defence Turrets can be built at an earlier technology level (buildable by the Commander). These modifications change the tactics of many of the aspects of the game, including base design, defensive structures, and unit management.

There are modifications that are built upon the Uberhack foundation:

Absolute Annihilation
The Pack

External links

Uberhack Mod

Categories: Computer game mods | Total Annihilation

Results from FactBites:

Total Annihilation at AllExperts (2896 words)
	Total Annihilation is distinguished from its contemporaries such as StarCraft by its three-dimensional rendering technology, true Newtonian physics, rapid battles, high-powered weapons, a staggering array of different (and customizable) units, and rapid and versatile unit construction.
	Total Annihilation also provides certain features, such as rocks and trees, that may be reclaimed for metal and energy.
	Total Annihilation was unique amongst most strategy games in that data files containing game information can be simply placed within the game directory and their contents would be incorporated into the game.

Total Annihilation (2230 words)
	Total Annihilation was unparalleled for its time, and even today it is widely considered one of the finest games in the RTS genre.
	Although the game originally shipped with 150 discrete units, the expansion packs Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency and Battle Tactics allow players to choose from 230 units, and a possible 5,000 units are available after 3rd-party installations from Total Annihilation's many different fansites.
	A major example of this was the Uberhack modification, which modified all of the existing units and added several additional ones, in the attempt to balance the game and create unique roles for each of the wide variety of units.

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