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What does a "RedAlert.dll" actually contain? I guess it is not the remastered engine, it is not the models, animations or textures. It won't contain the mission

What does a "RedAlert.dll" actually contain? I guess it is not the remastered engine, it is not the models, animations or textures. It won't contain the mission briefing videos, the mission briefing texts or even the mission maps. It is likely not the multiplayer maps, the net code, and especially not the multiplayer server. And it sure is not the awesome music. That dll file might be mostly unit config, like the old rules.ini, but with a bit more code. It is still nice for modding, and the community will make "new games" for free, that will require the proprietary remastered engine and models/textures from EA to be played. Hey it is still EA. And €20 (one time) for the non-open sourced parts aren't even that much. So yeah if it would run on linux instead of DX11/Win64 only, i might even be interested, but i think i will stay with OpenRA.

ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Most of the rest of the game is already probably visible in plaintext. And the big thing is, they're not releasing the copyright to their intellectual property around Command & Conquer: So to legally use this, without providing your own assets, you have to own a copy of the game. But presumably, if you own the game, you now have everything you need to modify it however you like.
- Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
  That is my point.. reusing or remixing the assets, like their "mammoth tank but with another turret" example, is just barely fair use, provided it is a free2play mod on their engine. All this talk about "open source" sounds nice, but 95% of the game is still "proprietary" and most of the code is still closed and the whole thing is still mostly about selling the enhanced edition. Which is fine. The news is just very misleading until you read the fine print.
jfkebwjsbx 6y ago
That us how many open-source games works. They release it so that you can mod it, but they don't give the assets for free. Why is that a problem? Everyone wins.
- dleslie 6y ago
  What's more, they already released the original assets for free. The ISOs can be freely traded.

ocdtrekkie 6y ago

Most of the rest of the game is already probably visible in plaintext. And the big thing is, they're not releasing the copyright to their intellectual property around Command & Conquer: So to legally use this, without providing your own assets, you have to own a copy of the game. But presumably, if you own the game, you now have everything you need to modify it however you like.

Jon_Lowtek 6y ago
That is my point.. reusing or remixing the assets, like their "mammoth tank but with another turret" example, is just barely fair use, provided it is a free2play mod on their engine. All this talk about "open source" sounds nice, but 95% of the game is still "proprietary" and most of the code is still closed and the whole thing is still mostly about selling the enhanced edition. Which is fine. The news is just very misleading until you read the fine print.

jfkebwjsbx 6y ago

That us how many open-source games works. They release it so that you can mod it, but they don't give the assets for free. Why is that a problem? Everyone wins.

dleslie 6y ago
What's more, they already released the original assets for free. The ISOs can be freely traded.