Author Topic: RA2GE Awesome Patch Release Information! (Read 8289 times)

Gigafrost · « **on:** July 08, 2008, 07:30:20 AM »

The long awaited Awesome Patch to Robot Arena Gigafrost Edition is now available! Experience the difference!

UPDATE! The extracted version and the Awesome Patch has extra teams in the HQ that can crash the game. Please delete your 'Teams' folder located within the directory and download this quick bug fix:

Teams folder bug fix 1.2(only 573KB) - Updated to let you save bots in a new team...

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Download zip: (108.59 MB) RA2GE Awesome Patch (zip)
Download rar: (103.22 MB) RA2GE Awesome Patch (rar)

Progress: Done! Click the link above to download the Awesome Patch!
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The extracted version of RA2GE is available for download! In Zip and Rar format! May take a minute or two upon downloading.

Rar (58.61 MB): http://www.mediafire.com/?4lmjxixog7w

Zip (67.99 MB): http://www.mediafire.com/?nj2chy9yy4t

For more info on what RA2GE is, check out the website dedicated to the project: www.gigafrost.webs.com

or the wiki page.

Thanks for any replies!

Sage · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:17:08 AM »

AWESOME.

Naryar · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:45:41 AM »

I was just thinking that too...

Gigafrost · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2008, 05:45:22 AM »

Update: Download link to the extracted version on RA2GE is up. I decided to make a link early. Both Rar and Zip files await you. I tried gametech's uploader but it just was too much for it... oh well, Enjoy! (at least until the patch is up there too)

Death · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2008, 05:51:00 PM »

can this go with the no graphics dsl?

it sounds really cool.

duh102 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2008, 06:11:15 PM »

It's for vanilla RA2, not DSL. Though I'm sure you could hack it to work with DSL eventually...

Death · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2008, 07:00:26 PM »

um... vanilla RA2?

Edit: I get it, you mean default.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:15:39 PM »

@ Death: RA2GE is made for the original version of RA2. You probably could hack it to work alongside DSL, as duh said, but I would make a back up just in case you mess something up.

-extra note- RA2GE Awesome Patch will be released today/tonight. Working on some pics...

Death · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2008, 02:06:15 AM »

I'm very confused on that whole unlockable system.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2008, 02:03:37 PM »

FAQs on things such as the Unlockable System, how to get Unlockables, etc. will be put up on the RA2GE website. www.gigafrost.webs.com. I made a recent one on how to get Unlockables but for some reason it got erased.

Summary of the unlockable system for now: You play an event (tournament), you win first place, you read the 'you win' message and write down the code it gives you. Then you exit out of RA2GE and go into the My Unlockables Folder of its directory and type in the code to the corresponding CODEMASTER. Don't expect it to give you a new code every time you play however, that would be boring :)

Death · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:07:01 AM »

but, I don't get a code. I haven't gotten one yet and I'm on the 3rd season.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #11 on:** July 19, 2008, 10:11:00 PM »

NEW UPDATE! THE AWESOME PATCH FOR RA2GE IS FINALLY COMPLETE!

The long awaited patch is finally finished! Check the first post to download and experience the difference! Some other things included are as follows:

The Code Journal (v.1.0)

Got Microsoft Excel? Then put it to use! The Code Journal is an Excel file that will help you manage, store, and keep track of any codes that you are to run into. Simply follow the instructions, click, and type in the codes you come across! Better than just writing them down on paper in my opinion.

More CODEMASTERS

As I stated in my first post, there is about 80-90% more Unlockables within the Awesome Patch. Meaning that there is a new code almost every time you play! But remember, only the winners of the tourneys can get a chance to get the codes!

Stages... Stages... Stages... Time Warp?

Unlike the standard Robot Arena 2, users will advance through different levels of RA2GE called stages. As you advance through the stages, you will eventually be faced with more challenges. You are also able to switch between stages at will, that is, if you could find the right codes to do so.

Arena Blending

Just as the name implies, in the world of RA2GE, you can automatically 'blend' the .tga files of two arenas (or more in some cases). When you play back-to-back exhibition matches with your newly unlocked arenas, you can sometimes swap the colors of similar items of those arenas (saw blades, hammers, etc). Giving you an interesting new arena skin altogether! And if you thought that that wasn't enough, that blend will last until you restart the game, allowing the opportunity for even more arena fun!

Tutorials

To avoid being stumped on trying to learn the basics on the features of RA2GE, one can instead access the gigafrost website to download a tutorial or two. Each tutorial will be in either flash or .txt format to feed your hunger of learning the know-how of things like using Unlockables to simply changing an Arena skin.

Time for Updates! The Update Link

Need the latest for your RA2GE when things get boring? Click on 'The Update Link' in your RA2GE folder and then on 'See if I have any Updates' to connect to the Updates Link on the gigafrost homepage. Sometimes you will gain access to new components, arenas, etc. that you wouldn't find on my page through browsing, as well as new bug fixes, special CODEMASTERS and extras. The Update Link is only available through the Awesome patch.

I hope you all have fun playing as much as I had creating the RA2GE Awesome Patch! Enjoy!

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2008, 02:23:26 PM »

1 word: AWESOME!

R0B0SH4RK · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2008, 05:01:54 PM »

Gigafrost is inhuman.

Gigafrost · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2008, 08:12:08 PM »

Made a slight error... the Teams folder is corrupted ( has random 'test' teams) which could crash your game.

Simply Download this fix and delete your current 'Teams' folder, then extract this file into your directory. After you play it, you should have only one team.

Teams folder bug fix 1.2(only 573KB) - Updated to let you save bots in a new team...

My Aplologies.

Sage · « **Reply #15 on:** July 21, 2008, 09:12:36 AM »

Quote from: somestrangeguy;11214

1 word: AWESOME!

HEYYY. i used that already on the last page.

somestrangeguy · « **Reply #16 on:** July 21, 2008, 04:06:19 PM »

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2008, 12:12:46 PM »

Niiiiiice! I've been waiting for this!

Jules · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2008, 07:03:14 PM »

For me the game crashes whenever I start a match.
I'm almost sure I have done everything right, including the Teams fix..
Is this happening to anyone else?

I'm only posting this cause I want to play this so bad, great work!

Urjak · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2008, 05:12:54 PM »

My game crashed when I was at the end of a tournament and I could not play the last battle. Any suggestions?