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For the Allied fake buildings in Red Alert, see Fake Structures (Red Alert).

Fake buildings were decoys of important GLA structures which perfectly mimicked their originals in appearance, but lacked any functionality. Workers were trained to build these fake structures, which could either be remotely detonated or, for a fee, upgraded to the real version of that particular structure at any time.

These buildings are exclusive to the Zero Hour expansion pack.

Game Effect[]

GLA generals could field fake versions of the following structures:

Fake buildings could only be built if the real one was also available, so, for instance, the fake Black Market could only be built the player owned a Palace.

Abilities[]

ZH Become Real Icons
Become Real Upgrades the building to the real version
ZH Detonate Icons
Detonate Detonates the building, damaging nearby enemy units

Game Unit[]

These structures did what the GLA excelled at: diversion, traps, and confusion.

These structures could be placed within a general's base to distract enemies with bogus targets, or even make up an entire decoy base on their own. Their detonation ability lacked the range to damage armored units (who typically keep their distance from their targets), but could kill any who attempted to capture the building.

These fake buildings were of even more use to Prince Kassad, who could stealth his real buildings and make the fake buildings appear to be the only ones present to his foes.

Counters[]

Fake buildings are far less durable than their real counterparts. Deploying stealth detecting devices also revealed an yellow rectangle around the structure, exposing its status as a fake structure. Due to how easy it was to determine the authenticity of a structure once encountered, they were best suited for gaining the upper hand through confusion instead of being a permanent solution.

Trivia[]

  • Prince Kassad's fake buildings were originally supposed to be able to get camo netting, just like their real counterparts.
  • Residual textures suggest that a fake Stinger site, a fake Tunnel Network and a fake SCUD storm were also planned.
    • Likely due to their obvious lack of functionality once encountered, these were removed.

Gallery[]

See also[]

Gen GLA Logo Global Liberation Army War against the GLA Arsenal Gen GLA Logo
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