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AA - "Anti Air" - units which are good against aircraft. Also see Absolute Annihilation | AA - "Anti Air" - units which are good against aircraft. Also see Absolute Annihilation | ||
Absolute Annihilation - balancing mod with lots of extra units, based on UH | [[Absolute Annihilation]] - balancing mod with lots of extra units, based on UH | ||
assist-bulid - see "build assist" | assist-bulid - see "build assist" | ||
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mex (mexes) - Metal Extractor(s) | mex (mexes) - Metal Extractor(s) | ||
[[MiniSpring]] - mod with all the unit sizes scaled down by a factor of 2 | |||
mod - modification to the game which changes the units, see [[Mods]] | mod - modification to the game which changes the units, see [[Mods]] | ||
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self-D - "self destruct" - all units can do this (ctrl-D to activate/cancel) | self-D - "self destruct" - all units can do this (ctrl-D to activate/cancel) | ||
SWTA - Star Wars total conversion mod | [[SWTA]] - Star Wars total conversion mod | ||
SYs - Swedish Yankspankers - the guys who started the whole Spring thing =) | SYs - Swedish Yankspankers - the guys who started the whole Spring thing =) | ||
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TC - see "total conversion" | TC - see "total conversion" | ||
UberHack - perhaps the most widely acclaimed balancing mod - produced by BSR | [[UberHack]] - perhaps the most widely acclaimed balancing mod - produced by BSR | ||
UH - see UberHack | UH - see UberHack | ||
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unit stats - the amount of armour, max speed etc. a unit has | unit stats - the amount of armour, max speed etc. a unit has | ||
UTASP - A truly massive unofficial unit pack expansion for TA | [[UTASP]] - A truly massive unofficial unit pack expansion for TA | ||
XTA - The SY's radical rebalance mod, the standard gametype for Spring. | XTA - The SY's radical rebalance mod, the standard gametype for Spring. | ||
Revision as of 08:32, 6 August 2005
Intro
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Please keep this page in alphabetical order, and remember it is just a glossary not an encyclopedia - brief descriptions only please! Thank you.
For another list of TA acronyms click this.
Glossary
AA - "Anti Air" - units which are good against aircraft. Also see Absolute Annihilation
Absolute Annihilation - balancing mod with lots of extra units, based on UH
assist-bulid - see "build assist"
balancing mod - changes the stats, abilities, or build menus of existing units, may add extra units
BSR - Brave Sir Robin - producer of UH
build-assist - speeding up unit/building construction with extra con units
comm - "commander", the unit you start the game with
comm bomb - self-Ding your comm in an enemy base to destroy it
con - "construction", e.g. "con air"/"air con" is a construction aircraft.
FAQ - answers to Frequently Asked Questions
LOS - Line Of Sight (of your units)
mex (mexes) - Metal Extractor(s)
MiniSpring - mod with all the unit sizes scaled down by a factor of 2
mod - modification to the game which changes the units, see Mods
Phoenix Works - a game lobby and persistent campaign system supporting Spring XTA as well as several (mainly rebalancing) mods for original TA
PW - see "Phoenix Works"
rebalance - see "balancing mod"
rush - early attack, see Rushing
self-D - "self destruct" - all units can do this (ctrl-D to activate/cancel)
SWTA - Star Wars total conversion mod
SYs - Swedish Yankspankers - the guys who started the whole Spring thing =)
TA - Total Annihilation, the name of the game
TAWD - Total Annihilation: World Domination, a quality World War 3 TC.
TC - see "total conversion"
UberHack - perhaps the most widely acclaimed balancing mod - produced by BSR
UH - see UberHack
total conversion - a mod which replaces the entire unit set
unit stats - the amount of armour, max speed etc. a unit has
UTASP - A truly massive unofficial unit pack expansion for TA
XTA - The SY's radical rebalance mod, the standard gametype for Spring.
