Slightly odd (age wise) Generals got open sourced before RA2. I wonder why?

It is apparently the case that the original source for Tiberian Sun and RA2 has been lost; EA doesn't have it. There's been rumours to that effect for a while.

To acquire the source code we must first obtain the Tacitus.

dead and back commander, dead and back

I did very much enjoy the Firestorm expansion story line

roughly: a rogue AI (CABAL) betraying the world to try and achieve its genocidal master (Kane)'s goals

then because you can't operate your army without an AI, you steal the enemy's (non-crazy) AI and turn it evil

one particularly memorable cheesy cutscene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEjtiACglSE

    General: CABAL is too dangerous and must be deactivated

    CABAL: No Generals, I will not allow it. My survival is paramount.

    (AI instructs its cyborgs begin the coup)

    CABAL: IT IS MY WORLD NOW! LISTEN TO THE SOUNDS OF YOUR OWN EXTINCTION, HUMAN

I wonder if Altman played it...

Damn, Tiberian Sun was my favourite in that series

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.

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?

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?

Mine too! I still play it sometimes through cncnet but you need a windows machine or a VM?

Yuri's or bust!

Ahh, i was hoping for TBS remaster. I guess this is why i haven't seen it.

Thanks for the insight. I was wondering the same thing.

How is that possible? Surely someone that worked on it must still have it in one of their archives somewhere? It was made in a time when software was still free.

The only thing I can think is that EA deliberately came down hard on that and were a little bit too zealous.

I would recommend checking out the openRA fork for Red Alart 2, Romanovs-Vengeance, https://github.com/MustaphaTR/Romanovs-Vengeance

Honestly, I wouldn't be too sad about them remaking RA2 and giving us easy-to-use online play. I wonder if that's why there's a delay - there's likely a *lot* of love for RA2

I don't if the remake will come at some point but in the mean time, you can enjoy this online port by fans: https://game.chronodivide.com/

You can play Red Alert 2 in the browser, with other players online.

Thanks, I just lost my afternoon to this!

Have a look at Mental Omega, a quite over the top RA2 Yuri's Revenge mod that makes it easy to play on modern windows, play online and also adds a tonne of extra content should you want it.

https://mentalomega.com/

There's a patched dll around that replaces IPX for TCP.

Turn off ipv6, the lobbies work but not the game when you try to start.

Apparently the source code for RA2 has been lost (along with Tiberian Sun)

If that ever happens I would be fascinated to see what the folks who made Mental Omega makes out of it.