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Maximum Annihilation

2008-10-28T10:38:08Z

Krogoth86: Fixed expired credits link

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7540/maximumannihilationforunh4.png

== Overview ==
Maximum Annihilation claims to be the next evolutionary step in the long tradition of OTA mods which started with [[UberHack]], continued with [[Absolute_Annihilation|Absolute Annihilation (=AA)]] and finally lead to [[Balanced_Annihilation|Balanced Annihilation (=BA)]] which just concentrates on fixing bugs and balancing issues on the AA basis and currently is the most popular mod.

Maximum Annihilation's development started with using BA as basis but instead of just doing some minor refinements it leaps ahead and adds in new or removes content just like its "spiritual predecessors". The goal is to provide a more intense gameplay experience by adding new strategic possibilities and lots of interesting features without having superflous or extremely similar units.

The current version 1.1 houses more than 450 units and buildings on three full-scale technology levels and their number is growing as some areas still await their planned new units. With other features like an altered economy system based upon less effecitve metal makers and a flexible multi-lab model for unit production there have been some big changes but you still can see BA's spirit shine through at various positions making Maximum Annihilation being rather loosely based on it.

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== Gameplay ==
Maximum Annihilation was designed to feature three entire technology levels plus sort of a fourth one housing some "game-ender-weapons" that actually will be seen in usual online games. That fourth level can only be achieved by having reached Tech-Level-3 and morphing your Commander thus leading to a higher hesitation to sacrifice your Commander in a "Combomb-Maneuver".

Multi-Level labs in Maximum Annihilation V1.1:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4127/malabsgalleryv11qq9.jpg

A new multi-lab model also gets introduced:
Instead of assisting your labs with builders to get reasonable buildrates they now cannot be assisted anymore but build fast for themselves always consuming a constant rate of metal despite what is built. That ratio increases with ascending tech levels:

*T1 Ground / Sea Labs: -5m per second
*T2 Ground / Sea Labs: -10m per second
*T3 Ground / Sea Labs: -25m per second
*T1 Air Labs: -2.5m per second
*T2 Air Labs: -5m per second
*T3 Air Labs: -12.5m per second

This way you can plan how much of your metal income you want to spend on units. It now also is possible to choose more than just one unit class. Especially the first tech level lets you virtually choose any combination: Have labs for tanks and planes, K-Bots and tanks or even one for K-Bots, tanks, planes and ships - you're free to choose. You also no longer need to fear some enemy bombers piercing your defenses and bombing either your assisters (rendering your buildspeed to about 0 for quite some time) or your lab (what might get nasty if you don't have a builder nearby to rebuild your lab).

This system at the same time leads to another change:
The buildtime no longer is a real ressource which makes you need more time or buildpower to finish certain units/buildings. The buildtime now has a linear relation to the costs having the side effect that constructors now can finish buildings in a more reasonable timeframe and don't need huge assistance to provide acceptable buildtimes.

There also have been some changes on the unit roles:
K-Bots now offer an all-terrain specialty while vehicles offer an amphibic specialty. Besides combat units both unit trees also feature specialized amphibic and all-terrain constructors. Apart from that K-Bots now also provide an advanced auto-repair capability: After not being under fire for a short while the unit starts its auto-repairs. The general regeneration rate looks like this:

*T1 autoheal: 10HP per second
*T2 autoheal: 20HP per second

Exceptions to this rule are scouts, spies and artillery which only have half of those values. This gives K-Bots a better raiding capability and a special qualification for conquer&hold tasks.

Starting a match with K-Bots now also is way more worthy because of new units like an artillery K-Bot which finally delivers a missing role for the T1 K-Bots.

----

== Other major changes in comparison to BA: ==
*Power Plants & Metal Extractors only have a rather tiny storage capacity. For serious backup ressources you need storages.
*Arm Flash & Core Instigator have more reasonable stats considering their costs and speed
*Arm Samson & Core Slasher are Anti-Air only. For serious ground siege you have the dedicated artillery
*Laser weapons now also deal 100% of their damage and don't lose lots of damage potential on more distant targets
*Porcing and one unit spam got less effective so don't play a sitting duck and mix your units for good
*Crawling Bombs only have a big detanotion when they ignite themselves and they can deploy into a static mine
*T2 Tactical Nuke Launchers now act like small-factor nukes and can be countered by Anti-Nukes
*Lifting Commanders with T1 Air Transports doesn't work
* Construction K-Bots finally can ram down trees and don't get stuck anymore in forests
*Bombers on partol now actually pick targets instead of flying their routes without any reaction
*Decoy Commanders now have a big explosion too which doesn't deal much damage though
*Juno doesn't kill but stun mines, radars & jammers
*LRPCs don't damage subs and underwater buildings
*Shields are exterior now i.e. the work like an umbrella -> enemy units inside the shield bubble aren't affected

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== Download, Info & Media ==

=== '''Download Links:''' ===
Version 1.1:

*http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=987
*http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-778788/MA11.sd7.html
*http://www.tasdownloads.com/uploads/mods_public/MA11.sd7
*http://spring-portal.com/index.php/docman/doc_details/266-maximum-annihilation-v11

=== '''Info:''' ===
Modinfo / Modit:
http://modinfo.adune.nl/index.php?side=arm&MOD=ma11

=== '''Media:''' ===
==== Youtube Videos ====
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDrU3GB2iM&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bDrU3GB2iM/default.jpg]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayswV8KaStA&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ayswV8KaStA/default.jpg]

==== Still Shots ====
[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.th.jpg]
[http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.jpg http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.th.jpg]

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== Credits ==

Maximum Annihilation is developed by Krogoth86 aka KÃƒÂ¤setoast. Lots of LUA widgets, effects and some of the new units have been created by others though. Read the Credits.txt for more info on that or go here:

http://pastebin.ca/1238530

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Maximum Annihilation

2008-04-24T21:37:36Z

Krogoth86: fixed linebreak

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7540/maximumannihilationforunh4.png

== Overview ==
Maximum Annihilation claims to be the next evolutionary step in the long tradition of OTA mods which started with [[UberHack]], continued with [[Absolute_Annihilation|Absolute Annihilation (=AA)]] and finally lead to [[Balanced_Annihilation|Balanced Annihilation (=BA)]] which just concentrates on fixing bugs and balancing issues on the AA basis and currently is the most popular mod.

Maximum Annihilation's development started with using BA as basis but instead of just doing some minor refinements it leaps ahead and adds in new or removes content just like its "spiritual predecessors". The goal is to provide a more intense gameplay experience by adding new strategic possibilities and lots of interesting features without having superflous or extremely similar units.

The current version 1.1 houses more than 450 units and buildings on three full-scale technology levels and their number is growing as some areas still await their planned new units. With other features like an altered economy system based upon less effecitve metal makers and a flexible multi-lab model for unit production there have been some big changes but you still can see BA's spirit shine through at various positions making Maximum Annihilation being rather loosely based on it.

----

== Gameplay ==
Maximum Annihilation was designed to feature three entire technology levels plus sort of a fourth one housing some "game-ender-weapons" that actually will be seen in usual online games. That fourth level can only be achieved by having reached Tech-Level-3 and morphing your Commander thus leading to a higher hesitation to sacrifice your Commander in a "Combomb-Maneuver".

Multi-Level labs in Maximum Annihilation V1.1:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4127/malabsgalleryv11qq9.jpg

A new multi-lab model also gets introduced:
Instead of assisting your labs with builders to get reasonable buildrates they now cannot be assisted anymore but build fast for themselves always consuming a constant rate of metal despite what is built. That ratio increases with ascending tech levels:

*T1 Ground / Sea Labs: -5m per second
*T2 Ground / Sea Labs: -10m per second
*T3 Ground / Sea Labs: -25m per second
*T1 Air Labs: -2.5m per second
*T2 Air Labs: -5m per second
*T3 Air Labs: -12.5m per second

This way you can plan how much of your metal income you want to spend on units. It now also is possible to choose more than just one unit class. Especially the first tech level lets you virtually choose any combination: Have labs for tanks and planes, K-Bots and tanks or even one for K-Bots, tanks, planes and ships - you're free to choose. You also no longer need to fear some enemy bombers piercing your defenses and bombing either your assisters (rendering your buildspeed to about 0 for quite some time) or your lab (what might get nasty if you don't have a builder nearby to rebuild your lab).

This system at the same time leads to another change:
The buildtime no longer is a real ressource which makes you need more time or buildpower to finish certain units/buildings. The buildtime now has a linear relation to the costs having the side effect that constructors now can finish buildings in a more reasonable timeframe and don't need huge assistance to provide acceptable buildtimes.

There also have been some changes on the unit roles:
K-Bots now offer an all-terrain specialty while vehicles offer an amphibic specialty. Besides combat units both unit trees also feature specialized amphibic and all-terrain constructors. Apart from that K-Bots now also provide an advanced auto-repair capability: After not being under fire for a short while the unit starts its auto-repairs. The general regeneration rate looks like this:

*T1 autoheal: 10HP per second
*T2 autoheal: 20HP per second

Exceptions to this rule are scouts, spies and artillery which only have half of those values. This gives K-Bots a better raiding capability and a special qualification for conquer&hold tasks.

Starting a match with K-Bots now also is way more worthy because of new units like an artillery K-Bot which finally delivers a missing role for the T1 K-Bots.

----

== Other major changes in comparison to BA: ==
*Power Plants & Metal Extractors only have a rather tiny storage capacity. For serious backup ressources you need storages.
*Arm Flash & Core Instigator have more reasonable stats considering their costs and speed
*Arm Samson & Core Slasher are Anti-Air only. For serious ground siege you have the dedicated artillery
*Laser weapons now also deal 100% of their damage and don't lose lots of damage potential on more distant targets
*Porcing and one unit spam got less effective so don't play a sitting duck and mix your units for good
*Crawling Bombs only have a big detanotion when they ignite themselves and they can deploy into a static mine
*T2 Tactical Nuke Launchers now act like small-factor nukes and can be countered by Anti-Nukes
*Lifting Commanders with T1 Air Transports doesn't work
* Construction K-Bots finally can ram down trees and don't get stuck anymore in forests
*Bombers on partol now actually pick targets instead of flying their routes without any reaction
*Decoy Commanders now have a big explosion too which doesn't deal much damage though
*Juno doesn't kill but stun mines, radars & jammers
*LRPCs don't damage subs and underwater buildings
*Shields are exterior now i.e. the work like an umbrella -> enemy units inside the shield bubble aren't affected

----

== Download, Info & Media ==

=== '''Download Links:''' ===
Version 1.1:

*http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=987
*http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-778788/MA11.sd7.html
*http://www.tasdownloads.com/uploads/mods_public/MA11.sd7
*http://spring-portal.com/index.php/docman/doc_details/266-maximum-annihilation-v11

=== '''Info:''' ===
Modinfo / Modit:
http://modinfo.adune.nl/index.php?side=arm&MOD=ma11

=== '''Media:''' ===
==== Youtube Videos ====
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDrU3GB2iM&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bDrU3GB2iM/default.jpg]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayswV8KaStA&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ayswV8KaStA/default.jpg]

==== Still Shots ====
[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.th.jpg]
[http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.jpg http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.th.jpg]

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== Credits ==

Maximum Annihilation is developed by Krogoth86 aka KÃƒÂ¤setoast. Lots of LUA widgets, effects and some of the new units have been created by others though. Read the Credits.txt for more info on that or go here:

http://pastebin.ca/991774

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Maximum Annihilation

2008-04-21T14:52:58Z

Krogoth86: typos & mentioning units in Credits

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7540/maximumannihilationforunh4.png

== Overview ==
Maximum Annihilation claims to be the next evolutionary step in the long tradition of OTA mods which started with [[UberHack]], continued with [[Absolute_Annihilation|Absolute Annihilation (=AA)]] and finally lead to [[Balanced_Annihilation|Balanced Annihilation (=BA)]] which just concentrates on fixing bugs and balancing issues on the AA basis and currently is the most popular mod.

Maximum Annihilation's development started with using BA as basis but instead of just doing some minor refinements it leaps ahead and adds in new or removes content just like its "spiritual predecessors". The goal is to provide a more intense gameplay experience by adding new strategic possibilities and lots of interesting features without having superflous or extremely similar units.

The current version 1.1 houses more than 450 units and buildings on three full-scale technology levels and their number is growing as some areas still await their planned new units. With other features like an altered economy system based upon less effecitve metal makers and a flexible multi-lab model for unit production there have been some big changes but you still can see BA's spirit shine through at various positions making Maximum Annihilation being rather loosely based on it.

----

== Gameplay ==
Maximum Annihilation was designed to feature three entire technology levels plus sort of a fourth one housing some "game-ender-weapons" that actually will be seen in usual online games. That fourth level can only be achieved by having reached Tech-Level-3 and morphing your Commander thus leading to a higher hesitation to sacrifice your Commander in a "Combomb-Maneuver".

Multi-Level labs in Maximum Annihilation V1.1:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4127/malabsgalleryv11qq9.jpg

A new multi-lab model also gets introduced:
Instead of assisting your labs with builders to get reasonable buildrates they now cannot be assisted anymore but build fast for themselves always consuming a constant rate of metal despite what is built. That ratio increases with ascending tech levels:

*T1 Ground / Sea Labs: -5m per second
*T2 Ground / Sea Labs: -10m per second
*T3 Ground / Sea Labs: -25m per second
*T1 Air Labs: -2.5m per second
*T2 Air Labs: -5m per second
*T3 Air Labs: -12.5m per second

This way you can plan how much of your metal income you want to spend on units. It now also is possible to choose more than just one unit class. Especially the first tech level lets you virtually choose any combination: Have labs for tanks and planes, K-Bots and tanks or even one for K-Bots, tanks, planes and ships - you're free to choose. You also no longer need to fear some enemy bombers piercing your defenses and bombing either your assisters (rendering your buildspeed to about 0 for quite some time) or your lab (what might get nasty if you don't have a builder nearby to rebuild your lab).

This system at the same time leads to another change:
The buildtime no longer is a real ressource which makes you need more time or buildpower to finish certain units/buildings. The buildtime now has a linear relation to the costs having the side effect that constructors now can finish buildings in a more reasonable timeframe and don't need huge assistance to provide acceptable buildtimes.

There also have been some changes on the unit roles:
K-Bots now offer an all-terrain specialty while vehicles offer an amphibic specialty. Besides combat units both unit trees also feature specialized amphibic and all-terrain constructors. Apart from that K-Bots now also provide an advanced auto-repair capability: After not being under fire for a short while the unit starts its auto-repairs. The general regeneration rate looks like this:

*T1 autoheal: 10HP per second
*T2 autoheal: 20HP per second

Exceptions to this rule are scouts, spies and artillery which only have half of those values. This gives K-Bots a better raiding capability and a special qualification for conquer&hold tasks.

Starting a match with K-Bots now also is way more worthy because of new units like an artillery K-Bot which finally delivers a missing role for the T1 K-Bots.

----

== Other major changes in comparison to BA: ==
*Power Plants & Metal Extractors only have a rather tiny storage capacity. For serious backup ressources you need storages.
*Arm Flash & Core Instigator have more reasonable stats considering their costs and speed
*Arm Samson & Core Slasher are Anti-Air only. For serious ground siege you have the dedicated artillery
*Laser weapons now also deal 100% of their damage and don't lose lots of damage potential on more distant targets
*Porcing and one unit spam got less effective so don't play a sitting duck and mix your units for good
*Crawling Bombs only have a big detanotion when they ignite themselves and they can deploy into a static mine
*T2 Tactical Nuke Launchers now act like small-factor nukes and can be countered by Anti-Nukes
*Lifting Commanders with T1 Air Transports doesn't work
* Construction K-Bots finally can ram down trees and don't get stuck anymore in forests
*Bombers on partol now actually pick targets instead of flying their routes without any reaction
*Decoy Commanders now have a big explosion too which doesn't deal much damage though
*Juno doesn't kill but stun mines, radars & jammers
*LRPCs don't damage subs and underwater buildings
*Shields are exterior now i.e. the work like an umbrella -> enemy units inside the shield bubble aren't affected

----

== Download, Info & Media ==

=== '''Download Links:''' ===
Version 1.1:

http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=987
http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-778788/MA11.sd7.html
http://www.tasdownloads.com/uploads/mods_public/MA11.sd7
http://spring-portal.com/index.php/docman/doc_details/266-maximum-annihilation-v11

=== '''Info:''' ===
Modinfo / Modit:
http://modinfo.adune.nl/index.php?side=arm&MOD=ma11

=== '''Media:''' ===
==== Youtube Videos ====
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDrU3GB2iM&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bDrU3GB2iM/default.jpg]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayswV8KaStA&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ayswV8KaStA/default.jpg]

==== Still Shots ====
[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.th.jpg]
[http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.jpg http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.th.jpg]

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== Credits ==

Maximum Annihilation is developed by Krogoth86 aka KÃƒÂ¤setoast. Lots of LUA widgets, effects and some of the new units have been created by others though. Read the Credits.txt for more info on that or go here:

http://pastebin.ca/991774

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Glossary

2008-04-21T14:48:35Z

Krogoth86: added MA

===Intro===

Can't find what you're looking for? Please edit this page and add an entry for the word/phrase you don't understand, with the text "what's this?" (click the "Edit Page" link at the bottom to begin). Secondly, have a look to see if there are any "what's this?" entries that you know the answer to, and fill them in.

Please keep this page in alphabetical order, and remember it is just a glossary not an encyclopedia - brief descriptions only please! Thank you.

===Glossary===

;AA
:"Anti Air" - units which are good against aircraft.
:Also see [[Absolute Annihilation]]. "Balancing mod" with lots of extra units, based on [[UH]].

;assist-build
:see "build-assist"

;BA
:[[Balanced Annihilation]]. The most popular Spring mod.

;balancing mod
:changes the stats, abilities, or build menus of existing units, may add extra units

;BB
:"Big Bertha", which is a "VLRPC".

;BSR
:"Brave Sir Robin" - producer of [[UH]]

;build-assist
:speeding up unit/building construction with extra con units

;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_plus_plus C++]
:A computer language. Spring is written in this language.

;CA
:[[Complete Annihilation]]. Constantly in development Total Annihilation based mod experimenting with new graphics and gameplay ideas.

;[[CVS]]
:"Concurrent Version System", allows the developers to work together; it contains the Spring source code.
:"[[SVN]]" (Subversion) is another system for the same task.

;comm
:"commander", the unit you start the game with.

;comm bomb
:"self-D"ing your commander in an enemy base to destroy it.

;commnap
:Snatching an opponent's commander with a transport unit (usually an air transport such as an Atlas/Valkyrie), with the intent of selfdestructing it in the enemy's base.

;con
:"construction", e.g. "con air"/"air con" is a construction aircraft.

;DD
:What's this?

;[http://www.doxygen.org doxygen]
:source code documentation system used on spring. Generates [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/doxygen/ documentation] directly from code.

;Drama
:Forum colloquialism for emotional infighting, especially when emotions begin to flare and people move from logical discussion to name calling and defensiveness. Comes from the stereotype that goths/emo-kids tend to over-dramatize their lot in life.

;[[FAQ]]
:Answers to "Frequently Asked Questions"

;LOS
:Line Of Sight (of your units)

;LRPC
:"Long Range Plasma Cannon.
:See also "VLRPC" (Very -""-)

;[[Maximum_Annihilation|MA]]
:[[Maximum_Annihilation|Maximum Annihilation]] - TA themed mod which evolved from [[Balanced_Annihilation|BA]] and features lots of new units and some changes on the concept to make it more challenging and fun.

;mex (mexes)(mohomex)
:Metal Extractor(s)

;[[MiniSpring]]
:[[Mods|Mod]] with all the unit sizes scaled down by a factor of 2.

;[[Mods|mod]]
:Modification to the game which changes the units, see [[Mods]].

;[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_.NET .NET]
:A software development platform used by Spring.

;[[OTA]]
:Original Total Annilation, refering to the unmodified TA units.

;Phoenix Works
:A game [[lobby]] and persistent campaign system supporting Spring [[XTA]] as well as several (mainly rebalancing) mods for [[OTA|original TA]].

;Porcing
:Playing defensively and not expanding (Small and Good Defense, like a Porcupine); term from an old [[CaveDog]] Strategy Article.

;PW
:See "Phoenix Works".
:Can also stand for "PeeWee"s

;rebalance
:See "balancing mod"

;rush
:Early attack, see [[Rushing]]

;self-D
:"self destruct" - All units can do this ([CTRL]+[D] to activate/cancel).

;[http://sf.net SourceForge]
:The [[open source]] website used for the development of the source code.

;[[SVN]]
:Subversion, used by the developers, it contains the [[Spring]] programming code. Considered superior to [[CVS]].

;[[SWTA]]
:Star Wars "total conversion" [[Mods|mod]]

;[[SY]]s
:"Swedish Yankspankers" - the guys who started the whole [[Spring]] thing 8)

;[[TA]]
:Total Annihilation, the name of the game.

;[[TA-WD|TAWD]]
:"Total Annihilation: World Domination" - a quality World War 3 [[TC]].

;TC
:See "total conversion"

;TiA
:Tired Annihilation, a TA-based mod by Tired.

;total conversion
:A [[Mods|mod]] which replaces the entire unit set, and often every other aspect(graphics, sound, etc.) of a game.

;[[UH]]
:"[[UberHack]]" - Perhaps the most widely acclaimed "balancing mod" - produced by "BSR".

;unit stats
:The amount of armour, max speed, etc. that a unit has.

;[[UTASP]]
:A truly massive unofficial unit pack expansion for [[TA]].

;VLRPC
:"Very Long Range Plasma Cannon"
:See also "LRPC"

;[[XTA]]
:The [[SY]]'s radical "rebalance mod," the standard gametype for [[Spring]].

=== See also ===
* "[http://www.tauniverse.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=435301#post435301 Abbreviations]" entry in the [http://www.tauniverse.com tauniverse.com] forum

[[edrama]]

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Maximum Annihilation

2008-04-21T10:49:23Z

Krogoth86: Fixed typos & some additions

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7540/maximumannihilationforunh4.png

== Overview ==
Maximum Annihilation claims to be the next evolutionary step in the long tradition of OTA mods which started with [[UberHack]], continued with [[Absolute_Annihilation|Absolute Annihilation (=AA)]] and finally lead to [[Balanced_Annihilation|Balanced Annihilation (=BA)]] which just concentrates on fixing bugs and balancing issues on the AA basis and currently is the most popular mod.

Maximum Annihilation's development started with using BA as basis but instead of just doing some minor refinements it leaps ahead and adds in new or removes content just like its "spiritual predecessors". The goal is to provide a more intense gameplay experience by adding new strategic possibilities and lots of interesting features without having superflous or extremely similar units.

The current version 1.1 houses more than 450 units and buildings on three full-scale technology levels and their number is growing as some areas still await their planned new units. With other features like an altered economy system based upon less effecitve metal makers and a flexible multi-lab model for unit production there have been some big changes but you still can see BA's spirit shine through at various positions making Maximum Annihilation being rather loosely based on it.

----

== Gameplay ==
Maximum Annihilation was designed to feature three entire technology levels plus sort of a fourth one housing some "game-ender-weapons" that actually will be seen in usual online games. That fourth level can only be achieved by having reached Tech-Level-3 and morphing your Commander thus leading to a higher hesitation to sacrifice your Commander in a "Combomb-Maneuver".

Multi-Level labs in Maximum Annihilation V1.1:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4127/malabsgalleryv11qq9.jpg

A new multi-lab model also gets introduced:
Instead of assisting your labs with builders to get reasonable buildrates they now cannot be assisted anymore but build fast for themselves always consuming a constant rate of metal despite what is built. That ratio increases with ascending tech levels:

*T1 Ground / Sea Labs: -5m per second
*T2 Ground / Sea Labs: -10m per second
*T3 Ground / Sea Labs: -25m per second
*T1 Air Labs: -2.5m per second
*T2 Air Labs: -5m per second
*T3 Air Labs: -12.5m per second

This way you can plan how much of your metal income you want to spend on units. It now also is possible to choose more than just one unit class. Especially the first tech level lets you virtually choose any combination: Have Labs for tanks and planes, K-Bots and tanks or even one for K-Bots, tanks, plane and ships - you're free to choose. You also no longer need to fear some enemy bombers piercing your defenses and bombing either your assisters (rendering your buildspeed to about 0 for quite some time) or your lab (what might get nasty if you don't have a builder nearby to rebuild your lab).

This system at the same time leads to another change:
The buildtime no longer is a real ressource which makes you need more time or buildpower to finish certain units/buildings. The buildtime now has a linear relation to the costs having the side effect that constructors now can finish buildings in a more reasonable timeframe and don't need huge assistance to provide acceptable buildtimes.

There also have been some changes on the unit roles:
K-Bots now offer an all-terrain specialty while vehicles offer an amphibic specialty. Besides combat units both unit trees also feature specialized amphibic and all-terrain constructors. Apart from that K-Bots now also provide an advanced auto-repair capability: After not being under fire for a short while the unit starts its auto-repairs. The general regeneration rate looks like this:

*T1 autoheal: 10HP per second
*T2 autoheal: 20HP per second

Exceptions to this rule are scouts, spies and artillery which only have half of those values. This gives K-Bots a better raiding capability and a special qualification for conquer&hold tasks.

Starting a match with K-Bots now also is way more worthy because of new units like an artillery K-Bot which finally delivers a missing role for the T1 K-Bots.

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== Other major changes in comparison to BA: ==
*Power Plants & Metal Extractors only have a rather tiny storage capacity. For serious backup ressources you need storages.
*Arm Flash & Core Instigator have more reasonable stats considering their costs and speed
*Arm Samson & Core Slasher are Anti-Air only. For serious ground siege you have the dedicated artillery
*Laser weapons now also deal 100% of their damage and don't lose lots of damage potential on more distant targets
*Porcing and one unit spam got less effective so don't play a sitting duck and mix your units for good
*Crawling Bombs only have a big detanotion when they ignite themselves and they can deploy into a static mine
*T2 Tactical Nuke Launchers now act like small-factor nukes and can be countered by Anti-Nukes
*Lifting Commanders with T1 Air Transports doesn't work
* Construction K-Bots finally can ram down trees and don't get stuck anymore in forests
*Bombers on partol now actually pick targets instead of flying their routes without any reaction
*Decoy Commanders now have a big explosion too which doesn't deal much damage though
*Juno doesn't kill but stun mines, radars & jammers
*LRPCs don't damage subs and underwater buildings
*Shields are exterior now i.e. the work like an umbrella -> enemy units inside the shield bubble aren't affected

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== Download, Info & Media ==

=== '''Download Links:''' ===
Version 1.1:

http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=987
http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-778788/MA11.sd7.html
http://www.tasdownloads.com/uploads/mods_public/MA11.sd7
http://spring-portal.com/index.php/docman/doc_details/266-maximum-annihilation-v11

=== '''Info:''' ===
Modinfo / Modit:
http://modinfo.adune.nl/index.php?side=arm&MOD=ma11

=== '''Media:''' ===
==== Youtube Videos ====
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDrU3GB2iM&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bDrU3GB2iM/default.jpg]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayswV8KaStA&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ayswV8KaStA/default.jpg]

==== Still Shots ====
[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.th.jpg]
[http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.jpg http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.th.jpg]

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== Credits ==

Maximum Annihilation is developed by Krogoth86 aka KÃƒÂ¤setoast. Lots of LUA widgets and effects have been created by others though. Read the Credits.txt for more info on that or go here:

http://pastebin.ca/991774

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Maximum Annihilation

2008-04-20T16:54:17Z

Krogoth86: Added Maximum Annihilation mod description page (WIP)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7540/maximumannihilationforunh4.png

== Overview ==
Maximum Annihilation claims to be the next evolutionary step in the long tradition of OTA mods which started with [[UberHack]], continued with [[Absolute_Annihilation|Absolute Annihilation (=AA)]] and finally lead to [[Balanced_Annihilation|Balanced Annihilation (=BA)]] which just concentrates on fixing bugs and balancing issues on the AA basis and currently is the most popular mod.

Maximum Annihilation's development started with using BA as basis but instead of just doing some minor refinements it leaps ahead and adds in new or removes content just like its "spiritual predecessors". The goal is to provide a more intense gameplay experience by adding new strategic possibilities and lots of interesting features without having superflous or extremely similar units.

The current version 1.1 houses more than 450 units and buildings on three full-scale technology levels and their number is growing as some areas still await their planned new units. With other features like an altered economy system based upon less effecitve metal makers and a flexible multi-lab model for unit production there have been some big changes but you still can see BA's spirit shine through at various positions making Maximum Annihilation being rather loosely based on it.

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== Gameplay ==
Maximum Annihilation was designed to feature three entire technology levels plus sort of a fourth one housing some "game-ender-weapons" that actually will be seen in usual online games. That fourth level can only be achieved by having reached Tech-Level-3 and morphing your Commander thus leading to a higher hesitation to sacrifice your Commander in a "Combomb-Maneuver".

Labs in Maximum Annihilation V1.1:
http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/4127/malabsgalleryv11qq9.jpg

A new multi-lab model also gets introduced:
Instead of assisting your labs with builders to get reasonable buildrates they now cannot be assisted anymore but build fast for themselves always consuming a constant rate of metal despite what is built. That ratio increases with ascending tech levels:

*T1 Ground / Sea Labs: -5m per second
*T2 Ground / Sea Labs: -10m per second
*T3 Ground / Sea Labs: -25m per second
*T1 Air Labs: -2.5m per second
*T2 Air Labs: -5m per second
*T3 Air Labs: -12.5m per second

This way you can plan how much of your metal income you want to spend on units. It now also is possible to choose more than just one unit class. Especially the first tech level lets you virtually choose any combination: Have Labs for tanks and planes, K-Bots and tanks or even one for K-Bots, tanks, plane and ships - you're free to choose. You also no longer need to fear some enemy bombers piercing your defenses and bombing either your assisters (rendering you build space to about 0 for quite some time) or your lab (what might get nasty if you don't have a builder nearby to rebuild your lab).

This system at the same time leads to another change:
The buildtime no longer is a real ressource which makes you need more time or buildpower to finish certain units/buildings. The buildtime now has a linear relation to the costs having the side effect that constructors now can finish buildings in a more reasonable timefrime and don't need huge assistance to provide acceptable buildtimes.

There also have been some changes on the unit roles:
K-Bots now offer an all-terrain specialty while Vehicles offer an amphibic specialty. Besides combat units both unit trees also feature specialized amphibic and all-terrain constructors. Apart from that K-Bots now also feature an advanced auto-repair capability: After not being under fire for a short while the unit starts its auto-repairs. The general regeneration rate looks like this:

*T1 autoheal: 10HP per second
*T2 autoheal: 20HP per second

Exceptions to this rule are scouts, spies and artillery which only have half of those values. This gives K-Bots a better raiding capability and a special qualification for conquer&hold tasks.

Starting a match with K-Bots now also is way more worthy because of new units like an artillery K-Bot which finally delivers a missing role for the T1 K-Bots.

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== Other changes in comparison to BA: ==
*Power Plants & Metal Extractors only have a rather tiny storage capacity. For serious backup ressources you need storages.
*Arm Flash & Core Instigator have more reasonable stats considering their costs and speed
*Arm Samson & Core Slasher are Anti-Air only. For serious ground siege you have the dedicated artillery
*Laser weapons now also deal 100% of their damage and don't lose lots of damage potential on more distant targets
*Porcing and one unit spam got less effective so don't play a sitting duck and mix your units for good
*Crawling Bombs only have a big detanotion when they ignite themselves and they can deploy into a static mine
*T2 Tactical Nuke Launchers now act like small-factor nukes and can be countered by Anti-Nukes
*Lifting Commanders with T1 Air Transports doesn't work
* Construction K-Bots finally can ram down trees and don't get stuck anymore in forests
* Bombers on partol now actually pick targets instead of flying their routes without any reaction

----

== Download, info & media ==

=== '''Download links:''' ===
Version 1.1:
http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=987
http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-778788/MA11.sd7.html
http://www.tasdownloads.com/uploads/mods_public/MA11.sd7
http://spring-portal.com/index.php/docman/doc_details/266-maximum-annihilation-v11

=== '''Info:''' ===
Modinfo / Modit:
http://modinfo.adune.nl/index.php?side=arm&MOD=ma11

=== '''Media:''' ===
==== Youtube Videos ====
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDrU3GB2iM&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1bDrU3GB2iM/default.jpg]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayswV8KaStA&fmt=18 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ayswV8KaStA/default.jpg]

==== Still Shots ====
[http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5769/loadscreen2ab4.th.jpg]
[http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.jpg http://img364.imageshack.us/img364/2746/loadscreenlm2.th.jpg]

Category:Mods

2008-04-20T14:28:11Z

Krogoth86: Added Maximum Annihilation

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|align="center" width="245"|[[Balanced Annihilation]]
|align="center" width="245"|[[BOTA|Basically OTA]]
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|align="center"|[[Complete Annihilation]]
|align="center"|[[Commander Shooter]]
|align="center"|[[EvoTA]]
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|align="center"|[[Expand and Exterminate]]
|align="center"|[[Final Frontier]]
|align="center"|[[Gundam Annihilation|Gundam RTS]]
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|align="center"|[[Kernel Panic]]
|align="center"|[[KuroTA]]
|align="center" width="245"|[[Maximum Annihilation]]
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|align="center"|[[Nanoblobs]]
|align="center"|[[SWTA|Star Wars TA]]
|align="center"|[[SpiderPack]]
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|align="center"|[[TA-WD|TA: World Domination]]
|align="center"|[[The Blue Tank]]
|align="center"|[[The Lost Legacy]]
|-
|align="center"|[[UberHack]]
|align="center"|[[War Evolution]]
|align="center"|[[NOTA]]
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|align="center"|[[Xect vs. Mynn]]
|align="center"|[[XTA]]
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