Mental Omega APYR 3.0

[SpeederMO]

Several weeks ago we began to reveal the first screenshots from the recent campaign development, starting with an updated mission selection screen which now includes some brief intel on the scenario.

As you may know, Mental Omega is the first (and quite probably still the only so far, but correct me if I'm wrong) modification for Yuri's Revenge which adds three complete campaigns for all sides, including Yuri, thus fixing what Westwood should have done from the start. While version 2.0psi had approx. 30 missions in total, Mental Omega 3.0 will take it even further.

At this moment, each campaign is divided into two acts, the first one being centered around the Allies vs Soviets conflict, retelling the original Red Alert 2 storyline to an extent. First act is planned to have 12 missions, out of which, the Allied ones are already complete. All of the missions in Act I are completely new. Not every mission from v2.0 will most likely be available in the next release.

We can already show you some additional pictures from the campaign. Thanks to Orac, we were able to replace the pseudo-Eiffel Tower with a real landmark from the City of Lights.

Additional screenshots from the map editor (oh the infamous Final Alert 2).

Furthermore, we've updated our website with three new pages. First one is a new intel page: Allied Infantry. Information about Tanya and Pacific Front hero will be updated after Hero Spotlight #4. The other two are the jobs page and the website changelog. If you want to help develop Mental Omega 3.0, you'll find all information you need there.

v2.0 content has been released to the public (all except for Centurion), get it from YR Argentina.

In other news, it seems that the Pacific Front is testing their new anti-tank weapon..

Big thanks to RP and LordCesare for their mission work as well as Zenothist for new infantry info.

Stay tuned for more updates!

[Commander_McNash]

This mod has made RA2 grown so much, very impressive!

[SpeederMO]

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for their support. We have recently hit 1000 fans on our Facebook page. It's great to know that so many people are interested in this small project of ours.

I tried to keep a regular pace with these media updates but it seems that recently development of version 3.0 has it's ups and downs. Nevertheless, it's finally time for another media update in which we'll show you some of the remaining units in game and the final episode of Hero Spotlight. No big surprises here: Scorpion Cell and Pacific Front heroes. Were you able to predict what they'd do?

The Allied Infantry page has been updated with new intel on Tanya and the Pacific Front hero Norio. With this, all heroes for the 9 subfactions are revealed.

Tanya, Siegfried, Norio, Volkov, Chitzkoi, Morales, Yunru, Libra, Malver, Rahn

Another update on the website: Allied Units are finally up and boy, it's a big one. I'm actually wondering if any other page will top this one with the amount of content it has. Two units are not complete and will have their pictures uploaded later. There've been several other minor updates too, you can check them on the Changelog page.


So yeah, there are several units which haven't been shown before on that page before - fresh from Azri's war factory and no, we did not limit the update to Allied units only. Just take a look at the new pictures.

Zephyr Artillery


Basswave


Hailstorm


Ghost Miner


Buratino


Siege Chopper

Rest of pictures is available at our website.

There's a big chance that in the next update we'll show you the final set of 3.0 units! Well, at least the ones we want you to know about at the start. ; )

In other news, as I've written on our Facebook page some time ago, we're happy to announce that Mental Omega 3.0 will use music by Black Ice 9 for the Epsilon side. That's right, each side in 3.0 will have its own music in game. Head to his website or Facebook profile for more information.

As a bonus.. two installation pictures! Thanks to Banderi and SecondWtq we'll have several nice pictures for you to see and they will be included in our installer which will try to mimic the original Red Alert 2 at least a bit.

That's all for today, stay tuned!

[Lonely_guy]

nice! i really relly whish i still had yuri's revenge on my laptop after seeing this!(damn switching pc's )
great work guys,keep up!
*searchs for my old ra2/yr*

[Lonely_guy]

nice infantry update!altough i will miss boris.
keep up!

[SpeederMO]

You won't miss Boris anymore when you see Morales in action.

[Lonely_guy]

i can't really wait to try king of the hell,and pwn everybody else*evil laugh*

and about boris,it has more to do with nostalagia than anything else,but morales looks cool too(not to mention that i love snipers,and morales looks like a stronger version of jarmen kell+ he has airstrike=awesome).
btw,does he call migs?

[SpeederMO]

Yes, he does. The airstrike has been shown in his Hero Spotlight.

[Thumuble1]

Looks like I need to reinstall RA2 again.

[SpeederMO]

Big news. Ares 0.2 has been released! That's right! Just a few days ago, AlexB finally released 0.2 version of the superimportant expansion DLL for Yuri's Revenge. Why aren't you modding yet? Watch this and this to learn more about Ares 0.2

Does that mean Mental Omega 3.0 can be released now? No. Not yet. We need slightly more than that, specifically the save/load function to make our new campaigns playable. As all testers agree, you REALLY need this function to make through the new, sometimes-impossible, missions (of which there are 32 planned for the first release of 3.0). But we're really progressing nicely. We have a lot done now and when all prerequisites are met, 3.0 will be released, with 9 subfactions, lots of new maps, game modes and campaigns for Allies, Soviets and Yuri.

Status update aside, it's time for the September 2012 Media Update! We've shown you all heroes in our Hero Spotlight series. Question is, now that Volkov is the Russian hero, are we going to have a hidden commando in 3.0? Yes. This individual:

Coming straight from Azri_Apoc's War Factory, here are the new and updated units:

Tyrant


Catastrophe Tank


Tsurugi Powersuit


Voyager


Zubr


Kirov Airship

As you can see, two units which have been previously missing on the Allied Units page are now finished and the page has been updated with their pictures as well. Throughout last two months, we've released two other pages too: Soviet Structures and Soviet Infantry information is now available. T3 defenses return for all sides in the game, with Hammer Defense by Bu7loos being the Soviet one.

Thanks to Bu7loos, in Mental Omega 3.0 you'll also find a nice set of capturable tech defenses, as shown in this picture.

RP is working on a map editor tool for Mental Omega 3.0. A modded version of FinalAlert 2: Yuri's Revenge version 1.02 that aims to fix several bugs like missing high bridges in Desert and adding new features, such as the missing AI scripts from Yuri's Revenge.

ImP_RuLz is working on new infantry units and while we're not on Epsilon Infantry yet, we can show you what happened to the Nightmare from 1.2. In 3.0, this infantry unit will be known as Stalker and belongs to the Epsilon Headquarters.

See the effects of 'Ultimate Weapon' - the indestructible object which when captured and held for enough time in the new, but classic King of the Hill mode destroys all your enemies instantly.

Our friends from CnC Minecraft have crafted one of the iconic Epsilon units: the Shadow Tank. You can download it here. Check more of their Command & Conquer objects in Minecraft on their PM Profile.

And last, but not least, a new MO3.0 wallpaper from iamn00b, this time featuring the powerful Epsilon airship: Basilisk. Model by SecondWtq.

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That's all for today. Stay tuned!