This RA2 screenshot is from a mod that makes Generals in RA2 engine.

For those who are not aware, Generals is a good game despite its terrible graphics and camera.

RA2 aged like wine, Generals aged like milk.

This happened in a lot of other RTS games. When they tried to go 3D they mostly failed. Examples: Stronghold series, Caesar series, AoE series, Lords 2 -> Lords 3, Red Alert, and many other series.

You can see that in the screenshot of RA2 the graphics are clear, sharp, and everything is easy to read, the buildings the units.

The screenshot of Generals has the typical fish eye camera, everything looks weird and harder to read, buildings barely fit in the screen.

Im not saying Generals is a bad game, Im saying it is a good game, despite its graphics.

https://i.imgur.com/V4zqQIi.jpeg

We're very close to calling this done... Couple final touches left to address~

Looks freaking awesome!

The much anticipated skirmish AI launch is here! Also 1.02+ and the 4K mod are finally one download.

This is a huge deal for all the PvE players out there!

Does anyone else care that all the parts work the way they’re supposed to? I think it’s awesome.

For the record, the Hawkeye propellers don’t normally stop in flight, that’s just to be in line with the music.

It's still in pretty good shape.

After successfully working Red Alert 1 + Counterstrike + Aftermath, now is the turn for Red Alert 2. I will upload the necessary files to Github (of course you will need your original copy of RA2).

Installed Droid Deck on my phone and the first thing was I installed was some C&C. Playing RA2 and Generals on a phone is surreal. More than 20 years overdue.

As part of an effort to make infantry in RA3 viable again I'm experimenting with idea of squads like in Tiberium Wars - first results are promising. Depleted squad is automatically healed and reinforced in close vicinity of barracks. I also added 2 stage reload system that allows firing true bursts with reloads after ammo runs out. Another feature seen is dynamically changing formation. After solving the problem of garrisoning (not trivial) next on the list is squad members having different weapons.

Peacekepper with M4/M203 model and reload animation borrowed from Armor Rush with dev permission

Celebrating 30 years of Command & Conquer Red Alert, we are now Live Streaming Gameplay with the Red Alert Redux mod! You can see playthrus of the first four missions of the Allied and Soviet campaigns developed exclusively for the mod. The unreleased nation sub-factions will also be showcased. Gaming streamers and content creators are also welcome to join in. https://www.youtube.com/@sgtmyers88/streams

Will be either the Lioness with weapons of mass destruction with deadly aurora alpha and humvee army or be the Tigress with the big overlords, hot migs and nuclear missile.

So I just played Act of War, that is said to be as good if not better than Generals.

And I can tell its a good game. But as expected I cant stand its camera and cant stand its graphics.

Horrible graphics. Generals graphics are not that much better, so yeah.

Games like Red Alert 1 and Red Alert 2 have clear graphics, orthographic and camera and with a good color palette that makes it easier on the eyes.

So I was thinking maybe 9 bit armies could be a good gaming experience for me.

How is it in terms of mechanics? Since it came out after Generals, is it better than Generals in any way in terms of mechanics?

I prefer its graphics much more than Generals.

I’ve just realised it’s 25 years since Yuri’s Revenge was released and now I feel old.
My allies choice was always France (big gun go boom) and my soviet choice was always Libya (again lots of trucks go boom).
Who are you picking?

I'm pretty sure that this has been discussed before, but I just redownload zero hour and shockwave, and my god the gap between US laser and other generals in clearing the hard campaign mode is really that huge.

Just stack laser turret, avengers and laser drone for defense and build lasers slowly and just use it on everything. Col Burton is just a bonus and tanks are there just to make things not boring.

Is there any other general that come close? I think China Nuke come second. Is GLAs the most difficult to play due to weak defenses?

Been scratching the Tiberian Dawn nostalgia itch by getting it running locally on my iPhone and iPads, with touch controls and an in-app Mod Workshop. If you remember tinkering with unit costs, weapons, health, and build settings in CnCGEdit, that’s the idea here.

I’m developing and testing on an iPhone Duo, working on support for both the cover screen and large inner display, as well as an iPad Pro 11-inch and iPad mini.

Built on the existing Tiberian Dawn/Vanilla Conquer port, with touch improvements and a CnCGEdit-inspired workshop. I’ve been using Codex to help develop and debug it, and testing it on my own devices. Credit to the upstream developers and CnCGEdit creator BioHazard / Roe Yun Song for the foundations and inspiration.

Still a work in progress, but it’s playable! Installation requires sideloading. Source and IPA releases are here:

https://github.com/wireproof/Tiberian-Dawn

Just a fan video on one of my fav weapons

It is obvious that EA has been shelving the franchise for a long time, and they refuse to sell the IP rights. It feels incredibly selfish of EA not to collaborate with the original creators while they are still around. But why do the former developers (some of whom are at Petroglyph Games) seem to lack the drive to partner with another major American or European publisher? Have they lost confidence in themselves, or do they just not love strategy games enough anymore? Nobody loved the C&C or Red Alert series purely because of the brand names (even though the names were great). I was hoping the former Westwood employees would pioneer new breakthroughs for the RTS genre, but it seems their passion and creativity have dried up.

The keys 0, p, -, [ and ; were working on my HP 15 inch laptop that has Windows 11.

I played Command and Conquer Renegade on that laptop and I got a weird graphics glitch in the game and I think I saw a crosshair in a white box.

After that those keys stopped worked and they also didn't work after I restarted the laptop. I even did a keyboard diagnostics test in the bios and the keys didn't work. Those keys worked if I used a Bluetooth keyboard.

I went to the accessibility settings and then I clicked on keyboard. I got a weird beep sound. Those keys worked again after that. I restarted the laptop. Those keys still worked but this time the laptop beeped when I pressed the Windows key. I had to press it multiple times for the start menu to open.

The filter keys and sticky keys were off but I opened them and and I disabled all the options there. The Windows key stopped beeping when i pressed it.

I ran the game again. After that the keys 0, p, -, [ and ; stopped working again so it looks like the game messed up something in the accessibility settings and it locked those keys. I asked ChatGPT and it said to go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\Keyboard Response in regedit and change the flags value. It was 26. The flags value is 2 on my other laptop so I changed 26 to 2 and I restarted the laptop. Those keys worked again.

I want to play that game but how do I stop it from locking up those keys?

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 was released on October 25, 2000.

Congratulations to the C&C community on this special day! Hell March 2 at full blast, comrades! 🔊HURRAH!