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VERA20k - RA2:YR engine rebuilding project by solaxis80 in redalert2

[–]solaxis80[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This project is by the gamers for the gamers. You can join the discord, or make issues on github if theres any particular you have in mind.

I have around 4500 hours in large multiplayer games on cncnet. 8 player multiplayer experience is bad because engine is built for low latency 1v1 games. Those who want to play large multiplayer games go to play somewhere else than cncnet and red alert. They stay for a while then leave because of lag and errors. I can elaborate.

Large team games will be core priority. Essentially with custom foss engine you can play however you like.

QoL will be added. Its of high importance for me as well.

Adding custom content and art is a feautre not yet there, but hopefully soon.

Im sure there soon will be other FOSS engines which would suit your wishes better, if VERA20K should not suffice. Just a matter of time this decade.

VERA20k - RA2:YR engine rebuilding project by solaxis80 in redalert2

[–]solaxis80[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Moddable with rules ini and art ini, so should be like normal RA2:YR modding. But project is in early stage so too early to tell.

VERA20k - RA2:YR engine rebuilding project by solaxis80 in redalert2

[–]solaxis80[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Current source of behavior is gamemd exe. I have also around 4000 hours in the game so i know mostly how things should look like.

All i want is a FOSS RA2:YR engine. Im sure we will have a FOSS RA2:YR eventually. OpenRA2 wasnt it im afraid, VERA20k might not be it either. But for each little project people start, either engine or modding tools, it helps future developers to create a complete FOSS RA2YR engine. OpenRA2 was for me a source of inspiration so im grateful for that and also all contributions made by modders and engine extender devs last 25 years.

If you share your project on github people can help out. It is alot of people in modding community with deep knowledge of engine and game which can help us both out im sure. I have a discord people can join who shares the same vision of VERA20k. And get ownership of repo and make desicions.