Command & Conquer source release promises more mods and updates for RTS legend
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A friend of mine got a job at a game developer back in the 90s and said the first sign he might not stay there long was when he found a comment saying "I want to die but the code won't let me" in the project he was put on first
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This one takes me back:
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if (TheRampOptions->shouldApplyTheRamp()) {
// Call me now for your free ramp application!
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return;
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Funny comments hidden deep within code can make your day as a developer.
This article was worth it for just that.
This article was worth it for just that.
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I love to complain and crap on EA, but I really did appreciate the C&C Remaster. The game shows its age regardless, but just like the Starcraft remaster that Blizzard did, it was clearly done with love and respect. C&C 1 was my first computer game and so it meant a lot to me that I could have a proper treatment of the game.
Now, what I kind of would like to do is take the existing game and change the stats, AI, and controls enough to make it a more modern reinterpretation, but with the same skin. I'm looking forward to seeing what all other people do with it.
(Edit: It occurs to me now that OpenRA actually includes Tiberium Dawn as well as Red Alert. I'm going to have to go check that out. This source code release is just the next step torwards the eventual, perfect C&C game.)
Now, what I kind of would like to do is take the existing game and change the stats, AI, and controls enough to make it a more modern reinterpretation, but with the same skin. I'm looking forward to seeing what all other people do with it.
(Edit: It occurs to me now that OpenRA actually includes Tiberium Dawn as well as Red Alert. I'm going to have to go check that out. This source code release is just the next step torwards the eventual, perfect C&C game.)
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I play CNC Generals a lot still, and it got updated yesterday with a new splash screen. Didn't break my widescreen third party support either. Also added another menu inside the game for custom something...
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A big thank you to the team that made this happen!
These are all classic games, and having the original source to store and preserve should be an amazing look into how things were done in the 90s. There are already projects to recreate these engines, but it should still be quite interesting for people to be able to look through the actual source to see how close they got to the original implementation and what tricks the developers used to overcome the limitations of that era.
These are all classic games, and having the original source to store and preserve should be an amazing look into how things were done in the 90s. There are already projects to recreate these engines, but it should still be quite interesting for people to be able to look through the actual source to see how close they got to the original implementation and what tricks the developers used to overcome the limitations of that era.
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Great to see but how there isn't a remaster of Tiberian Sun/Firestorm/Generals after the great C&C remaster is beyond me, nevermind not developing new entries in the franchise.
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I'm still hoping there's a drive stashed away somewhere with the ra2 source. I played the fuck out of that in college and it really could use some love. Even just back-porting it to the ra1 remaster would be welcome.
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A while back I found a solution to a problem that had been vexing me (had to add 90 to the starting rotation of the Earth to make it orient properly), so when I went to the hack I'd put in years prior I saw my comment
I deleted it for the benefit of the others in the department, but I'm sure I'll have opportunity to reuse it elsewhere.
// This is stupid and I feel stupid doing it but sometimes you have to do stupid things in lifeI deleted it for the benefit of the others in the department, but I'm sure I'll have opportunity to reuse it elsewhere.
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I very much enjoyed creating ludicrously stupid units in RA and then having people play multiplayer with them...not knowing what any units actually did.
Nuke attack dogs? Tesla coil grenadiers? WHO KNOWS?
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I'm a huge C&C fan so this is a big deal for me. I couldn't be more thrilled that EA has done something to keep some of my favourite games alive.
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Saw this yesterday on Steam. Really awesome and surprising move by EA!
I'm still hoping for a Tiberian Sun remaster.
I'm still hoping for a Tiberian Sun remaster.
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I remember modding the CnC and Red Alert game file back in the day on my own and it was pretty easy. The hardest part was opening the massive (at the time) game data file in a text editor without having my computer crash.
Editing rules.ini to have the dog bite "warhead" be something silly like a nuke was so fun as a kid.
Editing rules.ini to have the dog bite "warhead" be something silly like a nuke was so fun as a kid.
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Red Alert was pure gold.
I still remember the first time I ever dropped a helicopter full of engineers behind all the carefully crafted defences of my friend and literally sold-off his entire base before he even realized what was happening.
I still remember the first time I ever dropped a helicopter full of engineers behind all the carefully crafted defences of my friend and literally sold-off his entire base before he even realized what was happening.
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My favorite one was probably the game where a friend sent a huge wave of MiGs at my base and... I never noticed. I had so many anti-aircraft guns along the border that not a single one of the jets made it within attack range. What made it such a fun memory was him telling me about it afterward. He said he suddenly started hearing "Unit lost" over and over again and before he could figure out what was happening I'd destroyed his entire fleet of MiGs. I always did tend to go overboard on base defenses.
Edit: Also, there was one multiplayer map where you could use the chrono thing to warp a battleship into a river on one edge of the map. My friends usually had their base right by that, so I could send in the battleship and do a bunch of damage before the chrono field wore off and it came back. Took a while before they figured out what was happening, I got away with that for several games.
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Counterpoint:My favorite one was probably the game where a friend sent a huge wave of MiGs at my base and... I never noticed. I had so many anti-aircraft guns along the border that not a single one of the jets made it within attack range. What made it such a fun memory was him telling me about it afterward. He said he suddenly started hearing "Unit lost" over and over again and before he could figure out what was happening I'd destroyed his entire fleet of MiGs. I always did tend to go overboard on base defenses.
"Kirov reporting"
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Yeah so um, FUCKING, E-Ayyy ... does THIS.
FUCKED UP TIMELINE CONFIRMED.
This is actually awesome and makes me so happy. Can't they just be not evil all the time?!
FUCKED UP TIMELINE CONFIRMED.
This is actually awesome and makes me so happy. Can't they just be not evil all the time?!
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I cannot wait to see what people do to/with Generals. Really loved that game.
Give me dolby atmos support so I can bath in the glorious sounds of the 90s......
Give me dolby atmos support so I can bath in the glorious sounds of the 90s......
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Heh, "Command & Conquer Generals" is the "CCG" part of my username (and the "bol" bit is from the nickname of the Nuke Cannon unit for the China faction - the "Bringer of Light") so it's great to see the game potentially get new life.
I still play it with my kid on skirmish sometimes but it's a bit clunky on higher res monitors and somehow still slows down to a crawl mid-game on even modern systems so if someone can poke around in the guts and freshen it up, that would be awesome!
Well done all involved in this process
I still play it with my kid on skirmish sometimes but it's a bit clunky on higher res monitors and somehow still slows down to a crawl mid-game on even modern systems so if someone can poke around in the guts and freshen it up, that would be awesome!
Well done all involved in this process
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I would love to see two things, make it native for higher resolutions and make it easy to run on Linux. I love C&C Generals and would 100% get back in to playing it if I could get it to work at 1440p
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I just want to say Thanks. This is amazing and I am so happy EA open sourced these games. I have given them a lot of shit since a few years, but this goes a long way in restoring their credibility
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Oh man, would love that!
I got a bootleg copy of Ultima VII at age 12 with a well worn printout of answers to some copy protection questions
Spent months (years) playing it and it’s successors.
Got me into RPGs and programming, and ultimately this career.
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Man, knowing Origin and their data retention practices, that source code has probably long gone to the great Borland pastures in the sky. And I say that as a near life long Ultima Dragon.
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That game is great. Flying chinooks loaded with snipers and anti tank, watching the evening ensuing carnage was so good.Heh, "Command & Conquer Generals" is the "CCG" part of my username (and the "bol" bit is from the nickname of the Nuke Cannon unit for the China faction - the "Bringer of Light") so it's great to see the game potentially get new life.
I still play it with my kid on skirmish sometimes but it's a bit clunky on higher res monitors and somehow still slows down to a crawl mid-game on even modern systems so if someone can poke around in the guts and freshen it up, that would be awesome!
Well done all involved in this process
I recall reading about all the hacks C&C did to make pathfinding work well enough. That's the biggest source of slowdowns I've experienced
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Yeah, I'm an inveterate turtler and I usually go GLA (the bounty upgrade where you get money from killing enemy units is just ::chef's kiss:: ) and that's what usually brings everything to a standstill when there's a massive procession of enemy units from five different enemy armies making their way onto my meat grinder defence as though they're walking through treacle.
GLA is so awesome - no power to shut down, tunnels to show up anywhere on the map at any moment, stealth, money and upgrades from your enemy's dead stuff... Just so fun to play
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