Command & Conquer Special Options enabler
========================================= Created by Nyerguds
Current version: 1.08


General information:
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This program allows you to enable a load of beta tester options in C&C.

Note that these options are NOT hacked into the game by me. They are real
existing options inside C&C, which were made by the Westwood developers but
disabled in the final release. The only thing this program does is changing
some bytes in the exe file to enable them.


Features: 
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-Has 13 options to enable, much like the stuff in the [General] section in RA1's rules.ini
-Shows a longer description tooltip when holding the mouse over each option
-Loads & saves the path of the file to edit in an INI file
-Scans registry for both TFD and normal C&C95 installs when no INI-file is found
-Supports English, German and French versions of the game.


Problems/Notes:
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-The effect of the options "Combat" and "Scrolling" is not yet identified.
 If you find out what they do, please contact me.
-MCV Undeploy causes a bug in the game which irreversibly adds 15 points
 to your power usage every time you do this.
 (In fact, this bug also occurs when normally selling a construction yard)
-Smarter Defense Logic isn't smart at all. It actually just makes units scatter
 when they're attacked, and it affects tanks too, meaning they keep moving
 around during a battle. It's actually quite annoying.


Layout & usage:
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-Left column shows the current status in the exe file. 
-Right column shows the user selection. 
-Press [Change...] to change the exe file to edit. 
-Press [Apply] to apply the user's changes to the EXE file. 
-Press [Refresh] to reset the user selection checkboxes to the EXE's values. 
-Press [Reset] to remove all changes from the EXE file. 
-Press [Close] to close the program... duh 


Requirements:
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The program is written in C#, and requires the .net framework 2.0 to run.

Currently, the program supports the following versions of C&C:

English DOS C&C 1.20
English DOS C&C 1.22 
English C&C95
German C&C95
French C&C95

support for DOS C&C 1.07 and the French and German DOS versions is coming soon.


Special thanks to:
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Rambo on the CNCNZ forum, for finding the options in C&C95
pd and Hyper, for learning me how to disassemble



Versions:
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v1.08:
-Since I found out that you can actually enable these options through
 CONQUER.INI, I decided to change the hack used to enable them, so that
 enabling an option now actually disables the jump to skip it, rather than
 inverting the result it gets from reading the CONQUER.INI option.

 Note that these CONQUER.INI options are encoded, so this tool is still the
 easiest way to activate them. The only CONQUER.INI option that is actually
 identified at the moment is adding "Scores=Remix" under [Options], which
 activates the alternate music.

v1.07:
-Found the missing option in the DOS version
 (it turns out only v1.22 has the music option disabled)
-Identified the "Overrun" option, which disables tiberium

v1.06:
-Added support for English DOS C&C 1.20 (game.dat) and 1.22 (game.new)
-Added more search paths if other searches fail
-Increased time before tooltips disappear
-Implemented more reliable method of disabling options for certain versions
 (I couldn't find any way to enable the Alternate Music option in DOS C&C)

v1.05:
-Improved the automatic exe search routine.
 The program will now search in this order:
  * Read settings in INI file
  * look for C&C95.exe in the current directory
  * read the path from the First Decade registry key
  * read the path from the Westwood registry key
  * try the default install path "c:\westwood\C&C95\C&C95.exe"

v1.04:
-Added "Reset" button on the interface

v1.03:
-Added program icon
-Added version number

v1.02:
-Fixed bug that caused the program to crash when a path taken from the registry was invalid

v1.01:
-Added "current status in exe file" column
-Added author name

v1.00:
-Basic layout & functionability