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Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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A bit challenging since none of the repositories I looked at actually compile. EA says that if you remove (or refactor!) the dependencies it might work but I don't know if that's high enough confidence to dive in.

Generals has been compiled. See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43216960

Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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Hey, that would be me! :D You can check out our full announcement post here; https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izmpmb/...

Sorry for not mentioning you initially and thank you Sir for making it happen! I obviously love classical RTS and playing them since original C&C, but there are special place in my heart for Generals exactly because ot was different game. And for me as game developer seeing this game in a sad state make me sad. I feel it does have as much potential as AoE2 and now more people can try to bring new life to it.

Nothing to be sorry about, the real news is the source code release itself :D

That's awesome to hear. The Generals and Zero Hour community is coming together like never before right now, it's amazing to see that these games are about to get a new lease of life!

Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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OpenRA did it better :D If you haven't seen it yet https://www.openra.net/ is worth your time. https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA I have many fond memories of playing openra as "LAN" game on the gaming weekends we used to have in a few open source groups I've been in. I can't recommend "saturday gaming" enough, for anyone involved in any foss community, set up a recurring gaming weekend! You get bonus points if you mak…

OpenRA is all well and good...until you want to play Tiberian Sun, or Red Alert 2 I'm still a little salty as someone who donated to the project in 2013 to add support and it's still not even at "alpha test"

If it's making you salty.... I don't think it's fair to call that a donation.

I unfortunately don't have a better word yet, what's a word for money that's freely given but only with the expectation of some return in exchange?

I'm also disappointed there's no OpenRA2... That was without a doubt my favorite RTS!

Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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OpenRA is all well and good...until you want to play Tiberian Sun, or Red Alert 2 I'm still a little salty as someone who donated to the project in 2013 to add support and it's still not even at "alpha test"

If it's making you salty.... I don't think it's fair to call that a donation. I unfortunately don't have a better word yet, what's a word for money that's freely given but only with the expectation of some return in exchange? I'm also disappointed there's no OpenRA2... That was without a doubt my favorite RTS!

I know it's an open source project and I'm not "owed" anything

But watching them just drill away at every pixel of Tib Dawn and Red Alert 1 is like watching the Sistine Chapel be repainted as the world's most intricately beaten dead horse

Was anyone really asking for a "C&C in-game wiki"?

Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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Red Alert: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert Tiberian Dawn: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn Renegade: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Renegade Generals Zero Hour: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Generals_Zero_Hour EA post: https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer/command-and-con... Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izmpmb (Deleted Reddi…

Holy shit, Renegade. I had struck that from memory. God, I remember trying to play Renegade with my brother and all I can remember was a buggy nightmare. Also having flashbacks of extreme vitriol for gamespy.

I remember just before the release of renegade, a game store by my work had an event for it and was giving out posters and had a few people from the development team there signing them. I had that poster on my wall until I moved out.

Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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OpenRA is all well and good...until you want to play Tiberian Sun, or Red Alert 2 I'm still a little salty as someone who donated to the project in 2013 to add support and it's still not even at "alpha test"

If it's making you salty.... I don't think it's fair to call that a donation. I unfortunately don't have a better word yet, what's a word for money that's freely given but only with the expectation of some return in exchange? I'm also disappointed there's no OpenRA2... That was without a doubt my favorite RTS!

The word you're looking for is "gift." That is a gift.

Re: EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert, along with other games

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post #329

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it's making you salty.... I don't think it's fair to call that a donation. I unfortunately don't have a better word yet, what's a word for money that's freely given but only with the expectation of some return in exchange? I'm also disappointed there's no OpenRA2... That was without a doubt my favorite RTS!

The word you're looking for is "gift." That is a gift.

I considered and rejected gift because it's disingenuous to say it was a gift given without compensation, when compensation or consideration is is expected.
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