Re:EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert
by iamacyborg on Thursday February 27, 2025 @03:38PM
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Damn, Tiberian Sun was my favourite in that series
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Re:EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert
by hammock on Thursday February 27, 2025 @05:16PM
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I was always trying to use the god mode and make a subterranean schoolbus in that game. Could never get it to work. Is it because it didn’t have sprites for it, or what?
Re:EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert
by slavik81 on Thursday February 27, 2025 @06:45PM
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Tiberian Sun was the first PC game I ever owned. I picked my current username for Westwood Online and have been using it ever since.
I had played Red Alert at a friend's house and when I went to buy my own copy, the guy at the shop recommend I get Tiberian Sun instead, as it had just released. I must admit that I was a bit disappointed in the gameplay as compared to Red Alert, but the world building was amazing. I spent hours in the map editor building huge bases and custom units.
RAedit was such a fantastic tool. It was really frustrating how much more difficult it became to make custom maps once the games went 3D with Emperor: Battle for Dune and C&C: Renegade. I tried my best, but the learning curve for 3DSMax was steep.
Re:EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert
by mock-possum on Friday February 28, 2025 @02:01AM
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Blizzard’s commitment to providing editors for the RTS games was a big part of my early loyalty - all the way up through Star Craft 2, you could just pop the editor open and start making your own maps and scenarios.
It’s what gave us DotA, and Tower Defense, and maybe some others I’m not remembering - maybe even vampire survivors ish for horde survival?
Re:EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert
by piyiotisk on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:47AM
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Mine too! I still play it sometimes through cncnet but you need a windows machine or a VM?
Re:EA Open Sources Command and Conquer: Red Alert
by SecretDreams on Friday February 28, 2025 @08:58AM
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Yuri's or bust!