🛡️ TA Archive

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Short updates on what gets added, fixed and rebuilt in the archive. Newest first — see something broken or missing? The Imprint has contact details.

27 new and alternate-build maps — and 1998 Cavedog originals preserved

Leftover files from the FileUniverse era classified, verified and harvested: variant builds of known maps now ship as their own cards.

Every map minimap checked — 57 broken ones fixed

Full audit of all 3,784 map minimaps against the original TNT map data, dead download links repaired, and downloads now save with clean filenames.

Map dialogs show the original in-game texts

Mission descriptions, hints and briefings straight from the map files — the words TA itself shows in the skirmish screen.

Mod-pack dialogs now show their units' in-game pictures

Build pics extracted from each pack's own GAF artwork — 420 original icons recovered from 187 mod packs.

Unit dialogs show the original in-game pictures

The Unit DB dialogs now carry the pixel-art build pics straight from the game's GAF artwork — alongside the rendered animations.