OpenRA (Open Red Alert, and more)

b/Gaming publicado por u/Siapran May 29, 2015, 11:36:45 AM

OpenRA (Open Red Alert, and more)

Remember that old game you used to play back in 1995?
No? Well me neither because I wasn't born at that time.
But whatever, Red Alert (published by Westwood studios) was one of the games that I grew with, and as it turns out, an open-source remake of it has been around for quite some time.
It also runs the original Command and Conquer (Tiberian Dawn) and Dune 2000.

welcome to the clusterf*ck, I'll be your guide from now on

So yeah, if anyone is interested in a few multiplayer games, I guess we could organize something here or whatnot.
for those interested: http://www.openra.net/

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u/alexgt May 29, 2015, 08:13:00 PM

Looks awesome

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 29, 2015, 11:10:46 PM

Oh wow I didn't know that they recreated that game. I was disappointed when I bought Red Alert in a collection package, only to find out that all servers were shut down.

On the other hand, one reason why I didn't play much before they shut down is that in every game, I would get nuked or sent a lightning storm before I even got 1 building done. >.< I guess I was too used to the slower pace of the Nintendo 64 Command and Conquer (a 3D version of the 1995 game), as well as Starcraft.

u/Scipi May 29, 2015, 11:21:18 PM

There are community servers around via Hamatchi and the like.

u/Snektron May 30, 2015, 10:08:05 AM

Hamatchi

u/Dream of Omnimaga May 30, 2015, 05:56:59 PM

Does OpenRA use Hamachi as well now? Hamachi multiplayer with someone more than 1000 Km away is ultra laggy

u/Unicorn May 31, 2015, 07:58:03 AM

Hmm I might try this out if I can stop playing minecraft tomorrow.

u/Snektron May 31, 2015, 09:29:30 AM

But since you can play it with hamatchi, i presume you can also just forward a port?

u/Siapran May 31, 2015, 08:23:28 PM

openra has actual servers though

(I should check this forum more than once a week --')

u/Dream of Omnimaga June 01, 2015, 11:44:49 PM

(yes

)

And I was a bit confused myself about the game's online capabilities. When people started mentioning Hamachi I was worried they were talking about OpenRA as well. Some indie games or remakes tend to remove such complicated feature.

EDIT: Oh right it requires the original CD's. I have them but I hope they run on Windows 7, unlike Starcraft Battlechest (I had to download a different installer).

Last Edit: June 02, 2015, 12:53:43 AM by DJ Omnimaga

u/Siapran June 02, 2015, 09:33:54 AM

it doesn't require the original CD
you can use the original CD content, but you can also download the mod

and most people use the mod

u/tr1p1ea June 02, 2015, 11:53:47 AM

Red alert was awesome from what I remember! Nice find.

u/Dream of Omnimaga June 02, 2015, 05:48:15 PM

Quote from: Siapran on June 02, 2015, 09:33:54 AM
it doesn't require the original CD
you can use the original CD content, but you can also download the mod

and most people use the mod

When I launched OpenRA it asked me to insert the CD or to download a copy of the original game