EA has open sourced Command & Conquer: Red Alert under GPLv3
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Perhaps why this feels like them trying to save face.
This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
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I'm ready for a zero hour remake!
Im now just happy that it’s far more likely for a clean 60fps mod that’s not locked behind someone’s patreon
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Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There's a lot of good that comes from this, and it's not like those games are expensive.
I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
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This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
Ah well I'm glad to see the devs sticking to their passions. I'm sure they're proud of this move.
With that said, I'm still surprised EA didn't try to capitalize on it somehow.
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To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
The entire series is on sale on Steam right now for $6 if that helps.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
It's about thyme!
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I realize. Intellectual property is an icky concept IMO but I know not everyone agrees
Intellectual property is what allows them to make these games GPL.
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Open source does not mean that the intellectual property is free. There's a lot of good that comes from this, and it's not like those games are expensive.
Though do also note that of these four, TD and RA1 were already made freeware years ago.
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The entire series is on sale on Steam right now for $6 if that helps.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1213210/Command__Conquer_Remastered_Collection/
That's only the HD remaster of TD and RA1.
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
This is brilliant!
aw, I hope it benefits the OpenRA developers and means more fun things to play eventually Wait... this is EA... are they okay? This is very unlike them
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This feels more like some o.g. Command and conquer devs who have worked at EA for a long time that are passionate about the franchise. There was no big PR release, no product tie in or announcement, no media campaign.
Recovering and restoring the source code for these titles was made possible through the combined efforts of EA technical director Brian Barnes, Respawn producer Jim Vessella, and Luke Feenan, a long-standing member of the C&C community who was involved in the development of the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection.
https://www.polygon.com/news/531365/command-and-conquer-open-source-code-ea
IIRC, a few years ago EA hired some of the original devs, put them in charge of the franchise, and then went very hands-off, but with very little budget. So far they've done this, and a very reasonably priced 4K remaster of TD and RA1.
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
I hope everyone's SSDs have enough SPACE
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.
Finally someone can fix Twilight Flame
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To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game
Was expecting a catch. Still good for modding I guess
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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IIRC, a few years ago EA hired some of the original devs, put them in charge of the franchise, and then went very hands-off, but with very little budget. So far they've done this, and a very reasonably priced 4K remaster of TD and RA1.
Totally makes sense, considering the remaster was perfect. It was just “multiplayer works, we redid the sprites and audio and tweaked the engine to get rid of some of the bugs. Also hit space for original graphics” or whatever the button was. It was everything an OG C&C remaster needed IMO. I would love to see the same with some of these titles, but now that they’re open source it gives the opportunity for better fan made forks, so I’m all for it.
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Totally makes sense, considering the remaster was perfect. It was just “multiplayer works, we redid the sprites and audio and tweaked the engine to get rid of some of the bugs. Also hit space for original graphics” or whatever the button was. It was everything an OG C&C remaster needed IMO. I would love to see the same with some of these titles, but now that they’re open source it gives the opportunity for better fan made forks, so I’m all for it.
At least some of the remaster source code is in the repo, too. If the TS or RA2 source code is found, people will be immediately able to do that graphics switch for them, too.
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That's only the HD remaster of TD and RA1.
Sorry, that was the wrong link.
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/39394/Command__Conquer_The_Ultimate_Collection/
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This is brilliant!
aw, I hope it benefits the OpenRA developers and means more fun things to play eventually Wait... this is EA... are they okay? This is very unlike them
Almost like a mistake?
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I hope everyone's SSDs have enough SPACE
SPAAAACE
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Almost like a mistake?
I think the old Westwood dev they put in charge of the franchise just doesn't have any oversight.
