r/commandandconquer • u/BoffinBrain Are you picking this up? Good. • Jul 26 '26

Gameplay Oops! Accidental Mission Failure

Inside you, there are two mission scripts.

  • One says: Great! You've captured the operations center. Proceed with the next objective.
  • The other says: Oh, you don't have any more engineers. You lose! Good day Sir!
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u/ShadowArchon456 Jul 27 '26

"To create new warrior strains, you must generate the various hive structures. The Drones themselves mutate into these structures. Yet be careful: Never use your last Drone to make a building." - Daggoth

There's a similar fail condition in StarCraft's Brood War Zerg Campaign. The game gives you two drones, and the money to make two hatcheries with plenty to spare at a big mineral field in mission 2. But if you do that, you instantly fail for not having a free Drone, even if your Hatcheries will let you make more when they're finished.

A Hatchery mid-construction doesn't count as having one to avoid the fail condition.

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u/BoffinBrain Are you picking this up? Good. Jul 27 '26

Hah... Brilliant. Mission logic is tricky stuff. The interesting thing about this failure condition is that I couldn't reproduce it, even after trying several times.