I tried to play the base game the other day, just for nostalgia's sake, and it was basically unplayable, due to the 'muscle memory' of using HotBuild. So I know what you're experiencing.
Back in 2012, when GPGNet shut down, someone archived most of the available mods from the original game. They are available here:
https://gpgnet.obliteratingwave.co.uk/Vault/Individual-Mods/
HotBuild is not one of them, as far as I can tell. It definitely existed before the shutdown, as documented in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCIMiX9AABQ
It was called 'Zulan's Hotbuild UI Mod' at that time. It requires GAZ_UI, I believe, which is in that archive. Searching the web was a dead end. If someone had a really old install on a old machine or a backup, that might be the only way to find a copy of Zulan's.
T2 Fighter Bombers (Notha's) on patrol. They repeatedly flew over an enemy T3 MEX and didn't attack it.