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OpenRA Release 20210321 (and new website)

106 points by ux 6y ago

paulryanrogers 6y ago
Nice to see some Dune 2000 improvements. Still need to get back and finish that game
donquichotte 6y ago
OpenRA is an absolutely amazing open source effort. After COVID made some of my regular meetups with friends difficult, we started playing OpenRA on a regular basis. The retro gaming feel, rock-solid playing experience, a vibrant online community with excellent, commented screen-casts on youtube (looking at you, FiveAces) make this all a very pleasant experience, run entirely by volunteers. Thank you!
capableweb 6y ago
Since C&C has been remastered, could someone please compare them? I've used to play C&C, mostly play OpenRA now but saw the NoClip documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MUDQYWk6qY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MUDQYWk6qY) about the remaster and almost bought it. But I'm still unsure.
- reitzensteinm 6y ago
  C&C remastered is much better to indulge in some single player C&C nostalgia. It's great for that, the remastered graphics are crisp and it includes an insane amount of content - behind the scenes, all the expansions etc. It also fixes none of the balance issues. If you want a good multiplayer experience, OpenRA is the one to get.
  - Ericson2314 6y ago
    https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer from the source release accompanying C&C remastered. Nostalgia and complete ability to change things at once!
llaolleh 6y ago
I thought RA stood for robotics automation and I got excited for a second.
freedomben 6y ago
My friend and I were obsessed with C&C RA in the late 90s. This was the first "multiplayer" game I really played. We would play over the dial up modem, but both of us had only one phone line so it was frequent that we would lose the game connection because of sisters who would pick up the phone and yell in to it to break our connection. It was a remarkable game. It's incredible to see how for OpenRA has come! If somebody does an open source C&C Generals (that runs on Linux), I'd be in heaven.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago
  There are people working on that. * https://opensage.github.io/ https://opensage.github.io/ * https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Thyme https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Thyme
ungzd 6y ago
Does it have campaign mode? Last time I tried it few years ago, it only allowed to start arbitrary maps like in multiplayer. Upd: seems that no, it doesn’t. Relevant issues: https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4988 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4988 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4989 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4989 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/9287 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/9287
modeitsch 6y ago
Wow so much memories, Red alert 2 was the first game I ever played

106 points by ux 6y ago

Nice to see some Dune 2000 improvements. Still need to get back and finish that game

OpenRA is an absolutely amazing open source effort. After COVID made some of my regular meetups with friends difficult, we started playing OpenRA on a regular basis. The retro gaming feel, rock-solid playing experience, a vibrant online community with excellent, commented screen-casts on youtube (looking at you, FiveAces) make this all a very pleasant experience, run entirely by volunteers. Thank you!

capableweb 6y ago

Since C&C has been remastered, could someone please compare them? I've used to play C&C, mostly play OpenRA now but saw the NoClip documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MUDQYWk6qY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MUDQYWk6qY) about the remaster and almost bought it. But I'm still unsure.

reitzensteinm 6y ago
C&C remastered is much better to indulge in some single player C&C nostalgia. It's great for that, the remastered graphics are crisp and it includes an insane amount of content - behind the scenes, all the expansions etc. It also fixes none of the balance issues. If you want a good multiplayer experience, OpenRA is the one to get.
- Ericson2314 6y ago
  https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer from the source release accompanying C&C remastered. Nostalgia and complete ability to change things at once!

llaolleh 6y ago

I thought RA stood for robotics automation and I got excited for a second.

freedomben 6y ago

My friend and I were obsessed with C&C RA in the late 90s. This was the first "multiplayer" game I really played. We would play over the dial up modem, but both of us had only one phone line so it was frequent that we would lose the game connection because of sisters who would pick up the phone and yell in to it to break our connection. It was a remarkable game. It's incredible to see how for OpenRA has come! If somebody does an open source C&C Generals (that runs on Linux), I'd be in heaven.

MaxBarraclough 6y ago
There are people working on that. * https://opensage.github.io/ https://opensage.github.io/ * https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Thyme https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Thyme

ungzd 6y ago

Does it have campaign mode? Last time I tried it few years ago, it only allowed to start arbitrary maps like in multiplayer. Upd: seems that no, it doesn’t. Relevant issues: https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4988 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4988 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4989 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/4989 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/9287 https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/issues/9287

modeitsch 6y ago

Wow so much memories, Red alert 2 was the first game I ever played