Glossary

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.

Glossary

AA - Absolute Annihilation balancing mod with lots of extra units

balancing mod - changes the stats of existing units, may add some extra units

FAQ - answers to Frequently Asked Questions

mod - modification to the game which changes the units

phoenix works - a game lobby and persistent campaign system supporting Spring XTA as well as several (mainly rebalancing) mods for original TA

SWTA - Star Wars total conversion mod

SYs - Swedish Yankspankers - the guys who started the whole Spring thing =)

TA - Total Annihilation

TAWD - Total Annihilation: World Domination, a quality World War 3 TC.

total conversion - a mod which replaces the entire unit set- also "TC"

unit stats - the amount of armour, max speed etc. a unit has

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