Command center (Generals)

Command Center
Structure
Faction	United States China Global Liberation Army
Role	Main headquarters Special reinforcement abilities deployer
Properties
Hit points	5000
Armor type	Structure Armor Tough
Production
Cost	$2000
Build time	0:45
Produced by	Construction Dozer (USA and China) Worker (GLA)
Hot key	C
Combat
Sight range	300
Function
Upgrades	Land Mines (China only) Neutron Mine (China only) Radar upgrade (China only) Fortified Structure (GLA only) Camo Netting (Prince Kassad only)
Power	0
Produces	Construction dozer (USA and China) Worker (GLA)

“

You destroyed my command center. I'm impressed general. Few could survive this long. - Kwai

”

The command center was needed to organize data, initiate advanced tactics and authorize the production of most units and structures. Generals Powers were also utilized from the command center to get special and advanced weapons.

Background

The USA Command Center came with a built-in radar and could build Construction Dozers. A Spy Satellite could be accessed periodically via the US Command Center every 1 minute.

China's Command Center also built Construction Dozers and could be upgraded with a radar.

The GLA Command Center trained Workers and like all GLA buildings would leave behind a GLA Hole that could rebuild the Center if destroyed. GLA generals could fortify the building against enemy attacks with Fortified Structures upgrade, while Prince Kassad could also stealth the building with Camo-Netting as he learned to do with all GLA buildings. A Fake Command Center could also be built as a decoy.

Being mostly useless after the initial dozers and workers were constructed, the Command Center was often sold for a cash boost after initial construction had been completed. This did, however, make the USA and China's dozers irreplaceable (at least until a Command Center was rebuilt later), putting great emphasis on their destruction and protection and also took away radar if playing as USA or China (the GLA could build a radar van hence they could keep their radar). This also made the Generals Powers unusable.

Upgrades

China

	Land mine	Deploy standard mines around the Command center.	Available for all Chinese buildings except Speaker Towers for a cost of $600.
	Neutron Mines	Upgrades the standard to neutron mines thus allowing them to kill vehicle pilots instead of destroying them.	Available for all Chinese buildings except Speaker Towers for a cost of $500. Requires Land mine to be installed.
	Radar upgrade	Access the radar system	Available for building for a cost of $500.

GLA

	Fortified Structure	Fortify Command center against enemy attacks.	Purchasable at any Palace for a cost of $1000.
	Camo Netting	Upgrades Command center with camo netting, rendering it invisible to enemy forces until it fires or is fired upon, or detected by detectors.	Purchasable at the building for a cost of $500. Prince Kassad only.

Command Centers of Generals

“

Nicely play, General.You destroyed my Command Center, now I be forced to fight dirty.... - Prince Kassad

”

All the Command Centers of all the Generals where slightly different, having logo's in their color in front of their main door:

USA

Logo	General	Description
	Super Weapon	Big shield, with a small star in the middle
	Laser	Triangle, with a small star in the middle ("Optical Radiation" warning sign)
	Air Force	Plane, seen from the up-side-down (similar to airport road sign)

China

Logo	General	Description
	Tank	Battlemaster Tank seen from the side
	Infantry	An AK-47 assault rifle
	Nuke	Radiation Warning trefoil, inverse (clear central circle and radiating arcs)

GLA

Logo	General	Description
	Toxin	Bio-hazard warning trefoil
	Demolition	A few dynamite sticks with a plunger-style detonator.
	Stealth	Small circle with a larger circle around it(x 4) and an cross trough it (crosshairs with extra rings)

Abilities

Icon	Name	Ability	Countdown Timer	Levels
	Emergency Repair	Instantly repair vehicles in an area	4 minutes	1: Light repair 2: Medium repair 3: Serious repair

USA

Icon	Name	Ability	Countdown Timer	Levels
	Spy Drone	Reveal targeted area permanently until destroyed. Cloaked and can detect stealth units	1.30 minutes	none
	Construction Dozer	Build and repair American buildings. Clear mines	12 seconds	none
	Spy Satellite	Revealed targeted area for 15–18 seconds. Spot hidden objects	1 minute	none
	Para Drop	Drop Rangers from the C-130 Hercules plane at the targeted area	4 minutes	1: 5 Rangers 2: 10 Rangers 3: 20 Rangers
	A10 Missile Strike	Strike the targeted area with gattlings and rockets by using A10 Thunderbolts. Reveal the targeted area and the A10 Thunderbolts paths	4 minutes	1: 1 A10 Thunderbolt 2: 2 A10 Thunderbolts 3: 3 A10 Thunderbolts
	Fuel Air Bomb	Drop a bomb from the C-130 Hercules plane which firstly spread an amount of on-air fuel that takes about several moments later to explode. The explosion destroy everything in its range. Recommended for enemy concentrations. This special weapon does not has any long effect. Reveal the targeted area for a while. The processes are aborted if the plane has been destroyed before the bomb could be dropped.	6 minutes	none
	Leaflet Drop	The Leaflet Drop is dropped by plane, and will spread propaganda leaflets over nearby targets. Any units will cease to fight while they take their time to consider the message delivered.	5 minutes	none
	Spectre Gunship	When deployed, the Spectre Gunship will strafe the area for a given amount of time, bombarding the target with chainguns and its on-board howitzer.	5 minutes	1: 10 seconds 2: 15 seconds+ 3: 30 seconds+ + Only accessible by AF and SW General.

China

Icon	Unit/Upgrade	Cost	Descriptions	Build Time (s)	Levels
	Construction Dozer	1000	Builds all Chinese structures and repairs buildings. Clears mines	13	none
	Radar Upgrade	500	Online the radar system	20	none
	Land Mines	600	Create mines around the building and harm enemy that pass through	20	none
	Neutron Mines	500	Replace the mines to the neutron mines around the building and harm infantry that pass through. Kill vehicles and tanks crew when pass through.	25	none
	Cluster Mines	1 General's Promotion Point	Send a plane at the targeted area which drop a bomb that spread a set of cluster mines which harm enemies when go through it. Recommended to launch at your base entry or enemy production buildings (War Factory, Barracks, Supply Center, etc.). Does not harm Worker and Construction Dozer	4 minutes	none
	Carpet Bomb	1 General's Promotion Point	One bomber drops its payload of high explosive bombs on the target area.	3 minutes	none
	Nuke Carpet Bomb	1 General's Promotion Point	One bomber drops its payload of tactical nuclear bombs on the target area. General Tao only.	2.30 minutes	none
	Artillery Barage	1 General's Promotion Point	Fires several howitzers from the outer map at the targeted area. The shells destroy everything in their way. Recommended to attack enemy concentrations (Level 1) and buildings (Level 2 & 3)	5 minutes	1: 12 shells 2: 24 shells 3: 36 shells
	Cash Hack	1 General's Promotion Point	Steal money from enemy Supply Center or Supply Stash via internet	4 minutes	1: $1000 2: $2000 3: $4000
	Tank Drop	1 General's Promotion Point	Requests a reinforcement in the form of Battlemaster Tank to be parachuted on the map by plane. General Kwai only.	4 minutes	1: 1 Battlemaster 2: 2 Battlemaster 3: 4 Battlemaster
	Para Drop	1 General's Promotion Point	Drop Mini-Gunners from the C-130 Hercules plane at the targeted area. General Fai only.	4 minutes	1: 5 Mini-Gunners 2: 10 Mini-Gunners 3: 15 Mini-Gunners
	Frenzy	1 General's Promotion Point	Increases the firepower of the affected friendly/allied units	4 minutes	none 1: +10% in 10 seconds 2: +20% in 20 seconds 3: +30% in 30 seconds
	EMP Bomb	1 General's Promotion Point	Drop a bomb at the targeted area with a plane which freeze all mechanical units and buildings. Recommended to attack after launch this ability.	6 minutes	none

GLA

Icon	Unit/Upgrade	Cost	Descriptions	Build Time (s)	Levels
	Worker	200	Builds all GLA structures and repairs buildings. Clears mines and collect supplies.	5	none
	Rebel Ambush	1 General's Promotion Point	Creates Rebels anywhere on the map	5 minutes	1: 4 Rebel 2: 8 Rebel 3: 16 Rebel
	Anthrax Bomb	1 General's Promotion Point	Drop a bomb at the targeted area with a plane which spreading lethal toxins and corrosive agents over a wide area.ability.	6 minutes	none
	Sneak Attack	1 General's Promotion Point	This allows the player to spawn a Tunnel Network anywhere on the map. The tunnel doesn't have a weapon mounted, but is connected to the main network.	4 minutes	none
	GPS Scrambler	1 General's Promotion Point	Cloaks all friendly units within its area of effect. These units retain their cloaking ability indefinitely, and only reveal themselves when firing.	2.30 minutes (3 minutes with Prince Kassad)	none

Changelog

• Zero Hour patch 1.03:
  • fixed a crash that would occur when upgrading a fake GLA command center
  • fixed an issue that caused a GLA player's support powers to become un-clickable after he captured an opponent's command center

Trivia

• In the final game, the Command Centers of the individual generals are only differentiated by a symbol printed on the ground. However, every general was supposed to get a totally new Command Center specifically designed for that general. It was probably cut due to time constraints, but the normal models are all in the game files and can be viewed with a model viewer.
  • Tank General's Command Center is the only one that's fully absent. Maybe they never got around to finishing him. Note also that the two other Chinese Command Centers have a green roof, whereas the normal Command Center has a brown roof.
  • Some mods like Shockwave restores this feature, albeit with some changes and animations.
• The American Command Center has an unused animation which shows the radar dish building up, like when the player purchased the radar upgrade. This is unused because America starts with radar at all times. However, the players may have been required to purchase the radar upgrade at some point in game development. Note also that in the Worldbuilder, the American Command Center appears without the radar dish, even though this is never seen in the game.

Gallery

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  US command center in snowy map

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  China command center in snowy map

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  GLA command center in snowy map

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  GLA Command Center concept art

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  USA Command center concept art

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  Prototype versions of USA Command center

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  Render

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  Prototype versions of China Command center

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  USA Command Center render 1

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  USA Command Center render 2

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  Original model of General Townes Command center

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  Original model of General Malcolm Granger Command center

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  Original model of General Alexis Alexander Command center

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  Original model of General Tsing Shi Tao Command Center

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  Original model of General Shin Fai Command center

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  Original model of Dr. Thrax Command center

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  Original model of Rodall Juhziz Command center

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  Original model of Prince Kassad Command center

See also

• Construction yard

General Leang Arsenal

Units Infantry Ranger Tank hunter Angry mob Hacker Pathfinder Burton Jarmen Kell Black Lotus Vehicles Construction dozer Supply truck Combat cycle Dragon tank Sentry drone Gatling tank Avenger Overlord tank Tomahawk launcher Rocket buggy Paladin tank Aircraft MiG Helix King Raptor Aurora Buildings Production Command center Cold fusion reactor Supply center Barracks War factory Airfield Defenses Speaker tower Bunker Gatling cannon Nuclear missile silo Land mine Patriot missile system Tunnel network Particle cannon Scud storm Support powers & upgrades Support Powers Nuclear missile Particle cannon Scud storm Upgrades Radar upgrade Control rods Capture building Flash-bang grenades Chemical suits Chain guns Black napalm MiG armor Uranium shells Nuclear tanks Nationalism Subliminal messaging Neutron shells Sentry drone gun Advanced training Composite armour Arm the mob Armor-piercing rockets Buggy ammo General's Promotions Level 1 Paladin tank Pathfinder Cluster mines General's Promotions Level 3 Carpet bombing Artillery barrage level 1 Artillery barrage level 2 Artillery barrage level 3 Cash bounty level 1 Cash bounty level 2 Cash bounty level 3 General's Promotions Level 5 Electro-magnetic pulse Spectre gunship level 1 Sneak attack General Leang is not playable.