Enabling Hidden Units
Submitted by MaperRiz

There are 3 RA2. These are the Howitzer, Hind, and the Light Tank. Theres an unused entry, for an Apache Chopper, which we wont describe fully here, but say what you can do. You should know only the Howitzer and Light Tank is complete. Apache has no image, and Hind´s rotors dont rotate (For instance you can find a rotating version on several community sites). I will explain how to fix all of them up.
If you dont know you will need just this: Rulesmd.ini or Rules.ini we will point everywhere else so you can find everything else!

Ok no here's how.

1.Howitzer Find the data for HOWI. There will be a line that says

; Howitzer
[HOWI]
UIName=Name:HOWI
Name=Howitzer
Image=HWTZ
Prerequisite=GAWEAP
Primary=HowitzerGun
Strength=200
Category=AFV
Armor=light
Turret=no
IsTilter=yes
Crusher=yes
TooBigToFitUnderBridge=true
TechLevel=-1
Sight=8
Speed=5
CrateGoodie=no
Owner=British,French,Germans,Americans,Alliance
RequiredHouses=Alliance
Cost=750
Points=25

Change it to

TechLevel=6 or some other number from 1 to 10 thats it!!!

Remember that in RA2, The explosion the howitzer weapon uses (s_clsn42.shp), is off paletted. You can get a paletted version of it in this site, in SHPs | Animations ---> TS Anims Pack I

2.Light Tank in Ra2 THIS ONLY WORKS FOR RA2! (In YR, its entry is overwritten by the Lasher Tank)

Do the same as Howitzer, change the TechLevel.

3. Apache. Look at the links here:

http://yrarg.cncguild.net - http://www.cannis.net/pixelops - http://esource.arm-ent.com - http://rescen.editingsource.com

Find a proper voxel in those sites. Then, look that the data has been commented out with ;'s. So get rid of them and restore the TechLevel like before. Change the Prerestique to delete the NAHPAD and GAHPAD. Give it an extra line Dock=GAAIRC so it can refill ammo. Add to PadAircraft= list in [General], if you want it restricted to an HQ. Now name the vxl and hva file you got with apache.vxl and apache.hva. Done! Put those files in your Ra2 directory (normaly C:\Westwood\Ra2) and you're finished!

4.Hind. The Hind needs a new graphic, as said previously. To enable it you need to change its TechLevel= to a value between 1 to 10. Remember you can change the graohic used by naming the new graphic the same as the existant one, itll get over-read

If you dont know... put the Rules.ini files in the Ra2 directory with your voxels. Done! Play the game normaly, and see? It's there, with the cameo (icon on the right) "Missing Cameo". Might not look too good, but you did it! How to fix that missing cameo, a tut will be here soon!

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