http://funkyfr3sh.cncnet.org/ http://cnc-comm.com/community/index.php?topic=1918.0 https://github.com/cnc-patch/ra303p/blob/master/docs/features.md

To what extent of this should be legal? It does include the ability to change the game resolution, including stretching. It lets you change new things in the INI file as well. Hotkeys seems to be modified too.

Then there's campaign modifications: ¤ 90. Included a fixed version of Soviet mission 13 variant A (there's two map choices for this mission). The original mission is bugged in that capturing the Chronosphere (which is supposed to be required to win the mission) causes you to lose the game. The B variant of the map works properly. ¤ 91. The Allies on Soviet Mission 8 variant B produce Flamethrower infantry, even though the Allies can't build them (this is because building perquisites for mission autocreate teams are ignored). This has been fixed and the Allies no longer produce Flamethrower infantry on this map. ¤ 95. Fixed Soviet mission 6 variants A and B so you no longer get APCs at the start of the mission. ¤ 102. Added a fix for an infantry range exploit that allows you to have infantry fire across the map. This fix is applied to skirmish and single player by default, but not online to stay compatible with 3.03.

These are core changes that could affect a run. I'm not sure if you can disable these changes. If the group who made the patch are still around I'd like to ask if they can make a version that keeps all glitches and exploits.

This is basically a mod that adds/fixes/changes content of the vanilla version, so it either shouldn't be allowed, or it should be put into a new category (I vote for a new category).

I've tried out Virtual Magnifying Glass and it seems to work well; all it does is zoom in on the selected area. If we decide to ban the patch it could be used as a substitute for some.