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EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3

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  • Z [email protected]

    That's still pretty cool though right?

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    I think so. When I first saw the announcement, I was fearing some barely open source license, and was pleasantly surprised.

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    • lemmchen@feddit.orgL [email protected]

      If I had to guess, I'd say it's some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.

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      Epic released those to add value to their engine not as a write off

      EA released this to boost Steam Workshop content - which would boost sales - not as a write off

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      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

        I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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        dont people already make seperate MODS for each anyways, for them anyways,.

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        • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

          I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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          This is a momentous event. I only wish it had Red Alert 2 in it.

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          • F [email protected]

            Open sourcing old games is awesome for video game preservation.

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            Yeah, this should be standard practice

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            • lemmchen@feddit.orgL [email protected]

              If I had to guess, I'd say it's some write-off move. A bit like Epic Games released all Paragon assets after they canceled the game.

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              As I understand accounting, you really don't need to do stuff like this to write off your assets.

              I'm not saying there isn't a cynical corporate reason for doing this but I doubt this is it.

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                I hope everyone's SSDs have enough SPACE

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                SPGHGHAAIGHGHSSSE!!!! is literally the only thing I know about Command & Conquer.

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                • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                  I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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                  Is Tiberian Sun included!!!??

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                  • ninmi@sopuli.xyzN [email protected]

                    I'm assuming this is more about art assets. Art is not code and you shouldn't expect them for free. It's not a catch.

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                    Which, in the immediate future, makes me wonder less about the things that are going to be done in code, and more about the creation of a new, free, visual and audio resources that make this work. That seems like quite a noble pursuit.

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                    • xatolos@reddthat.comX [email protected]

                      Sorry, that was the wrong link.

                      https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39394/Command__Conquer_The_Ultimate_Collection/

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                      If you dig some experienced players comments who bought the "remastered" stuff, they are complaining that they "re-mastered" the exact same bugs that seriously annoyed the players too. They didn't fix the bugs.
                      With the power of OSS, every bug can be fixed.

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                      • ampersandrew@lemmy.worldA [email protected]

                        I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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                        Broken clock

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                        • simple@lemm.eeS [email protected]

                          Extremely rare EA win

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                          Are they trying to become the not most hated studio? The bar is pretty low these days...

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                            Can you say why? The opensource project is already insanely good.

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                            To make the opensource project even better! 😛

                            The compiler has optimized the rendering engine too much to be decompiled into any useable code. Somebody is working on Linux and 64bit support which will need to have this completely rewritten. https://github.com/dkfans/keeperfx/blob/master/src/bflib_render_gpoly.c

                            The maintainer of KeeperFX told me that EA does not have the original code anymore though.

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                              Is Tiberian Sun included!!!??

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                              Yes it is

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                                Is Tiberian Sun included!!!??

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                                I heard so, yes.

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                                  If you dig some experienced players comments who bought the "remastered" stuff, they are complaining that they "re-mastered" the exact same bugs that seriously annoyed the players too. They didn't fix the bugs.
                                  With the power of OSS, every bug can be fixed.

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                                  https://www.openra.net/

                                  Open Red Alert

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                                  • A [email protected]

                                    This is a momentous event. I only wish it had Red Alert 2 in it.

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                                    If it doesn't then I'm not interested.

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                                      Is Tiberian Sun included!!!??

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                                      Yes, if you click the link, it takes you to the EA github amd you can see folders for all included games

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                                        Is Tiberian Sun included!!!??

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                                        No. The repo has Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert 1, Generals with Zero Hour, Renegade, and components for the HD ports of TD and RA1 they put out a few years ago.

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                                        • W [email protected]

                                          It sounds like that's what happened, but through the proper channels. They hired a known CnC community/modding site admin as the dev.

                                          I'd imagine he pitched that this was an easy way to reduce maintenance costs while fostering massive good will and making the amount of long tail sales over time higher.

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                                          That's actually kind of a brilliant concept that should serve as an example for other video game publishers then: open-source the program so that it can be maintained by the community, but require a license to use the artwork. The community could eventually recreate and even improve the artwork anyway.

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