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Official releases & the classic modding toolkit — File Universe mirror

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Official releases & the classic toolkit

141 files from the File Universe mirror: Cavedog's official patches (including the Boneyards online patches), the demos, the soundtrack and the manual — next to the editors and helpers that the community modded with from 1998 to 2005: Mappy, Upspring, the HPI tools, FBI/GAF editors, AI designers and the TA Mutation total-conversion engine with 20 complete TAM mod conversions.

What this is. Everything on this page came out of the complete files.tauniverse.com mirror (2026) and is byte-preserved as downloaded — old installers and all. All files were virus-scanned (ClamAV) and carry checksums in SHA256SUMS.txt. Most tools are Windows programs from the Win98/XP era — a VM is the realistic way to run them today. The game archives themselves (units, maps, mods) are in the Units and Maps sections.

Official patches

Cavedog's own patch history, including the Boneyards patches from the short-lived online-service era.

| ta1x-31c.zip | 5.8 MB | the same 3.1 patch as a manual-install zip | | TABY20b.EXE | 564 KB | Boneyards online-service patch (Cavedog's matchmaking era) | | TABY20c.EXE | 564 KB | Boneyards online-service patch (Cavedog's matchmaking era) | | v1x-345by.exe | 10.7 MB | Boneyards online-service patch (Cavedog's matchmaking era) | | v1x-by.EXE | 8.2 MB | Boneyards online-service patch (Cavedog's matchmaking era) | | v1x-by1.EXE | 8.2 MB | Boneyards online-service patch (Cavedog's matchmaking era) | | v31-by.exe | 2.9 MB | Boneyards online-service patch (Cavedog's matchmaking era) | | ta10-11.exe | 741 KB | official patch 1.10 (historical) | | ta10-121.exe | 1.1 MB | official patch 1.21 (historical) | | ta11-121.exe | 1.0 MB | official patch 1.21b (historical) | | ta1x-2b1.exe | 3.0 MB | official 2.x beta patch (historical) | | ta1x-30.exe | 5.7 MB | official patch 3.0 (historical) | | ta1x-31c.exe | 7.9 MB | the final official 3.1 patch — the data set every modern install runs on |

Demos, manual, music & media

| tabtdemo.exe | 4.0 MB | Battle Tactics demo installer | | tadinst.exe | 20.5 MB | Total Annihilation demo installer | | ENGLISH TA.pdf | 1 KB | manual scan placeholder (159-byte stub — the original link died long ago) | | ta_game_manual.pdf | 1 KB | manual scan placeholder (159-byte stub — the original link died long ago) | | ta_prerelease_faq.rtf | 24 KB | the pre-release FAQ (1997) | | TA_Preview_Videos.zip | 11.2 MB | official preview videos | | Total Annihilation Music (FLAC).zip | 170.9 MB | the official soundtrack, lossless | | Total Annihilation Music (MP3).zip | 74.9 MB | the official soundtrack, MP3 | | Total Annihilation Theme (MP3).zip | 1.4 MB | the main theme |

Official unit & map archives

| cavedog_maps_original.zip | 50.6 MB | the original Cavedog maps as 16 self-extracting installers | | cavedog_units_original.zip | 642 KB | the Cavedog extra-unit pack (FARK, Flea, Scarab, Immolator, Hedgehog, Necro) |

Cavedog's own utilities

| taeblite.exe | 2.7 MB | Map Editor Lite beta — Cavedog's own terrain editor | | units.exe | 1.4 MB | official unit viewer | | unitview.exe | 1.1 MB | official unit viewer | | unitvwns.exe | 1.1 MB | official unit viewer (variant build) |

Editors & viewers for models, pictures and data

| 3dobuilder+21.zip | 3.0 MB | 3DO Builder — mesh editor for TA's model format | | 3doBInstall202.zip | 2.4 MB | 3DO Builder — old version | | 3dob10a_vb.zip | 747 KB | 3DO Builder — old version | | TA-Power-3DODryCleaner-v1.1.zip | 157 KB | 3DO Dry Cleaner — repairs/cleans 3DO meshes | | TA-Power-3DODryCleaner.zip | 145 KB | 3DO Dry Cleaner — old version | | FBI Editor 2.5 Beta1.zip | 658 KB | FBI Editor — editor for unit definitions | | fbied20b1.zip | 490 KB | FBI Editor — old version | | fbied40.zip | 322 KB | FBI Editor — old version | | FeatureBugFixer (&VoidTool) FBF v2.zip | 1.4 MB | Feature Bug Fixer — repairs broken feature references in maps | | GBProWorking.zip | 3.5 MB | GAF Builder Pro — builds GAF animation archives | | gafbuilder.zip | 157 KB | GAF Builder — old version | | GAFDump.zip | 48 KB | GAF Dump — extracts GAF frames as images | | manicgafactory.zip | 120 KB | Manic GAFactory — GAF production tool | | tadv2v12.exe | 145 KB | TA Data Viewer — viewer for FBI/TDF data | | TAFeaturePlacerV6.zip | 42 KB | TA Feature Placer — places features on maps | | TAFP v4 (setup).zip | 2.2 MB | TA Feature Placer — old version | | UNITeditor.zip | 241 KB | TA Unit Editor — unit definition editor | | TaunitViewer.zip | 239 KB | TA Unit Editor — old version (viewer) | | WeapView v1.00.zip | 66 KB | TA Weapon Viewer — viewer for weapon TDFs | | texturepacker.zip | 86 KB | Texture Packer — texture packing helper | | UpspringInstaller-1.54.exe | 3.2 MB | Upspring — the 3D model editor later TA modding standardized on | | UpspringInstaller-1.54-EulerAngles.exe | 3.2 MB | Upspring — Euler-angle variant build |

Map tools

| Annihilator MOD 3.zip | 332 KB | Annihilator — the classic community map editor (mod pack) | | Annihilator16update.zip | 190 KB | Annihilator — update | | annihilator.zip | 4.9 MB | Annihilator — the classic community map editor | | fred103.exe | 320 KB | FRED — community map/mission tool | | mappy-v0.2.zip | 217 KB | Mappy — the section-based map editor our Web-Mappy is named after | | mappy-v0.1.zip | 350 KB | Mappy — old version | | TA_Builder_v1_map_editor.exe | 592 KB | TA Builder — map editor | | tafly.zip | 180 KB | TA Fly — camera/fly tool | | TAImager.exe | 1.6 MB | TA Imager — map imaging tool | | TAWSC_1.01.zip | 1.4 MB | TA Wind Speed Calculator for maps | | UNCOBBLE.ZIP | 150 KB | Uncobble — community map tool |

Script & AI tools

| aip25a_full.zip | 2.3 MB | AI Profiler — editor for AI profiles | | brainTransportFix.zip | 5 KB | Brain — transport fix add-on | | brainsetup.exe | 1.4 MB | Brain — AI tool | | cobblerv4.zip | 217 KB | Cobbler V4 (Digital Concept Software, 1998) — the classic BOS→COB compiler that stamped "Build by COBBLER Ver4.0" into thousands of community COBs (see the AMPH decode) | | lazyscripter.zip | 146 KB | Lazy Scripter — BOS scripting helper | | scriptchecker.zip | 61 KB | Script Piece Checker — validates COB/BOS script pieces | | Scriptor_v1(RC1)_Src.zip | 301 KB | Scriptor — BOS script editor (source code included) | | SAID2App.zip | 687 KB | SAID — Small AI Designer | | said11.zip | 2.7 MB | SAID — old version | | soap13.zip | 31 KB | SOAP — script tool from the File Universe utilities section | | thebosmanbv1.zip | 989 KB | The BOS Man — BOS script tool | | visualsoap11.zip | 20 KB | Visual SOAP — script tool from the File Universe utilities section |

Archive tools & helpers

| HPIArchiver3.0.zip | 481 KB | HPI Archiver — creates TA archive containers | | HPI Archiver.zip | 380 KB | HPI Archiver — old version | | HPIArchiver1.2.zip | 388 KB | HPI Archiver — old version | | HPIArchiver2.0.zip | 407 KB | HPI Archiver — old version | | HPIEdit win1.4.zip | 1.8 MB | HPI Edit — archive content editor | | HPIManager.zip | 3.2 MB | HPI Manager — archive management | | Hpir14full.zip | 2.4 MB | HPI Replace — swaps files inside archives | | HP1norun.zip | 321 KB | HPI Replace — old version (no runtimes) | | HP1withruntimes.zip | 2.2 MB | HPI Replace — old version (with runtimes) | | HPI_tools.zip | 164 KB | HPI view/pack/dump tool collection | | MultiDump.zip | 3.1 MB | MultiDump — bulk archive extractor | | PINKY.ZIP | 1.5 MB | Pinky — community tool from the File Universe utilities section | | taccfull_msi.zip | 4.3 MB | TA Conflict Crusher — MSI package | | taccsetup.exe | 477 KB | TA Conflict Crusher — fixes duplicate unit/weapon IDs (see the hint on the Units page) | | taccsetup.exe | 572 KB | TA Conflict Crusher — fixes duplicate unit/weapon IDs (see the hint on the Units page) | | TADGenV23.exe | 133 KB | TA Download Generator — download-list builder | | taextract1[1].0.ae.zip | 616 KB | TA Extract — archive extractor | | tatool04.zip | 51 KB | TA Tool — community tool from the File Universe utilities section |

TA Mutation (TAM)

The TAM total-conversion engine — and below, complete TAM conversions of community mods.

| tam2_0_1alpha.zip | 313 KB | TA Mutation — alternate version | | tam1_0_2beta.exe | 602 KB | TA Mutation — the TAM total-conversion engine |

TAM conversions of community mods

| AATA004.zip | 8.8 MB | Absolute Annihilation (TAM conversion) | | aquarians.zip | 998 KB | Aquarians race (TAM conversion) | | argon25tam.exe | 6.6 MB | Argon race (TAM conversion) | | battletanx1.0TAM.zip | 6.7 MB | BattleTanx (TAM conversion) | | biotam fixed.zip | 658 KB | Biohazard race (TAM conversion, fixed) | | biotam.zip | 653 KB | Biohazard race (TAM conversion) | | darksuns2004.zip | 60.7 MB | Dark Suns 2004 (TAM conversion) | | DevolutionB1TAM.zip | 13.2 MB | Devolution (TAM conversion, old version) | | DevolutionB2TAM.zip | 13.4 MB | Devolution (TAM conversion, old version) | | DTHackv3.zip | 1.7 MB | Duct-Taper Hack (TAM tool) | | gmta312.zip | 8.7 MB | Genetically Modified TA (TAM conversion) | | Gundam_Annihilation_b-0.98-TAM.zip | 3.4 MB | Gundam Annihilation (TAM conversion) | | gundam_annihilation_b-0.82-tam.zip | 2.2 MB | Gundam Annihilation (TAM conversion, old version) | | Mechwars.zip | 17.1 MB | MechWars (TAM conversion) | | RavenTACP-TAM.zip | 9.2 MB | Raven TA Compilation Pack (TAM conversion) | | swtapack5_full_tam.zip | 11.8 MB | Star Wars TA (TAM conversion) | | TAM-TABugfix17b5.rar | 1.5 MB | TA Bugfix (TAM conversion) | | taffV74-TAM.zip | 8.2 MB | TA: The Final Frontier (TAM conversion) | | tjt-V1.01-documentation.zip | 56 KB | The Joined Tribe race — documentation (TAM) | | tjt-star-V121.zip | 4.0 MB | The Joined Tribe race (TAM conversion) | | Warmonger_TAM_099.zip | 5.8 MB | Warmonger (TAM conversion) |

Documentation & AI profiles

Mission briefings, AI profile documentation and other prose from the archive.

| BAI4.zip | 553 KB | from the File Universe utilities section | | MoonAIv15a.zip | 79 KB | from the File Universe utilities section | | quellertacc16.zip | 52 KB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Siege2.zip | 1.8 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | CounterStrike_ai.zip | 257 KB | from the File Universe utilities section | | MostlyHarmless_ai.zip | 76 KB | from the File Universe utilities section | | moundy.zip | 9.6 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | AssaultGallanigher.zip | 3.8 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | krogateny.zip | 2.4 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | missionimp.zip | 3.1 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Igneus Rock.zip | 1.1 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Confluence.zip | 32.0 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | GD2 Mission.zip | 1.9 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Gd2_core.zip | 1.9 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Keys.zip | 5.7 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Krogoth Testing Range v2.zip | 5.0 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | QuagmirePass.zip | 8.2 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Strategic.zip | 7.1 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | The Cold Place.zip | 7.1 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Zhon_Quadrant.zip | 8.6 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Zhonfort.zip | 5.3 MB | from the File Universe utilities section | | Art Of War.zip | 15.6 MB | from the File Universe utilities section |

Tutorials & reference — how the community built things

The classic how-to literature from the File Universe: unit building, modelling, scripting, maps and weapons. The tutorial packages are complete (their screenshots travel inside the zips); only the loose browse-online lesson pages lost their images in the mirror (images were deliberately not mirrored).

| File | Size | What it is | |---|---|---| | tadesign.zip | ? | The TA Design Guide — the canonical "how to build a unit" document of the community | | HamasForTABuildingGuide.zip | 56 KB | Hamas' step-by-step unit building guide | | Model Tutorial.zip | 74 KB | modelling walkthrough for unit meshes | | 3DO Tutorial.zip | 14 KB | the 3DO model format from scratch | | Rhino Tutorial.zip | ? | modelling TA models in Rhino (plus online lessons) | | BosGuide.zip | 16 KB | BOS scripting guide | | COB Files and Handling Code in TotalA EXE.doc | 127 KB | how COB bytecode is handled inside the game executable | | Proud's Scripting Guide v0.8 | 138 KB | the well-known scripting course — also as 8 online lessons (text only) | | MADTA-scriptank.zip | 114 KB | how to script a basic tank | | maestro-weapon-guide.zip | ? | Maestro's weapon encyclopedia — the TDF weapon fields explained | | Ai_Guide.zip | 211 KB | AI profile guide | | Annihilator_help.zip | 1.5 MB | Annihilator map editor help (Lister3128's tutorial) | | BryceMapTutorial.zip | 3.8 MB | mapmaking with Bryce 3D (NLJ textures PDF) | | caer-terragen-guide.zip | ? | mapmaking with Terragen | | TileSet_Tutor.zip | ? | tileset creation by SlowhandD (MakinTiles by ZeroG) | | TAReferenceBible25.doc | ? | The TA Reference Bible 2.5 — the encyclopedic reference of its era | | cheatcodes.txt | 3 KB | the classic cheat code list |

More from the archive

| gaffer.zip | 14 KB | Gaffer — GAF frame editor | | LosCalc.exe | 48 KB | Line-of-Sight calculator for maps | | Servo_Nov_26_2000_v2.zip | 384 KB | Servo — unit tooling (2000) | | servo2source.zip | 1.6 MB | Servo — source code | | tac_noxp.zip | 1 KB | TA Commander — add-on stub (283 bytes) |

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