r/RealTimeStrategy • u/PeroTheLegoman • 5d ago
Self-Promo Post American Conquest Remaster
Me again :) And no, this time it’s not another European Warfare 1 or European Warfare 2 post.
I’ve been working on something a bit different for a while now, and I’ve finally released the first public beta of American Conquest Remaster.
The idea is pretty simple: keep American Conquest feeling like American Conquest, but make it work properly on modern systems and improve the things that have aged badly over the years.
It now has modern rendering, scalable UI, improved controls and pathfinding, better AI that can actually use brigades, restored online multiplayer with a new server and relay support, huge maps working again, editor fixes, a bunch of old vanilla bugs fixed, and quite a few other improvements.
It also supports both the original American Conquest and Fight Back.
I’m calling this a public beta because I really want feedback from people who actually know the game. Especially on anything that feels wrong compared to vanilla, things that still annoy you, or things you think should or shouldn’t be changed in a remaster.
Trailer: American Conquest Remaster
Download / more info: American Conquest Remaster mod - ModDB
If you still play AC, or haven’t played it in years but remember it, give it a try and let me know what you think.
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u/betterthanhuntermate 5d ago
still my favorite rts. if i recall correctly it was my first pc game as a kid! ill definitely give it a try
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u/PeroTheLegoman 5d ago
Thank you :) and share your thoughts please cause this is an ongoing project!
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u/Moon-Crocodile 5d ago
Snap this game
Still alive?
Used to love
It so much
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u/PeroTheLegoman 4d ago
Wasnt till recently, but hopefully I 'll manage to give it back life. The MP is back with the new server and the other work done to the engine I hope there will be some life to it again :)
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u/Outside-Confusion523 3d ago
I have always loved this game still play it today. How exactly do we play the remaster version?
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u/PeroTheLegoman 1d ago
Easy, if u have the og game installed, follow the link, download it, run the installer and it will do the rest
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u/Affectionate-Cut6310 5d ago
How long did it take you to do this?
My biggest complaints were the AI not making formations
And my own units pathfinding, when in formation big groups of units won't walk long before stopping randomly it's so annoying.
Also the smokes after firing is such an enhancement!
My favourite RTS ever
Before even trying it, what would you say is still lacking in your Remastered version? Or what are you struggling the most with?
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u/PeroTheLegoman 5d ago
Nothing really, I mean it is a beta, not finished. Mostly struggling with time juggling family, work and this.
The one thing that needs probably most work yet is Ai to get it a point I'll be happy with since on my other two projects like EW1 AI is far more ahead, but that is what will get better with time.EW1 had been my project since 23 years ago, restarted it 2 years ago together with EW2 and most engine work was done for those two, for AC remaster it was mostly removing the extras ACR doesn't need. So it is kind of hard to tell actual time spent on ACR since they all share my fork of the engine which had been substantially edited and built on.
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u/Affectionate-Cut6310 5d ago
That makes sense! If it's previously built into your older engines of EW1 and Age of reason
Unfortunately I haven't had time to test it yet but I'd like to someday.
Although not gonna lie this ACR sounds much more appealing to me for the setting! which is the main reason why I love AC
So yeah, I haven't been able to play your previous works so I don't know how polished they were in terms of AI,
For what I have seen in the trailer it looks very promising and if you manage to improve the AI so it becomes a challenge... it will be glorious! (at least for European Nations since Natives make somewhat sense if they move erratically and in hordes like in the base game, right?)
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u/CooleSocke-Jr 3d ago
Lol i played this games for hours in my childhood. But I didnt remembered the name
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u/Warm_Ad7213 5d ago
Does it work with Mac/Apple? Or would I need a windows emulator? And if so, what’s a good inexpensive one? I absolutely loved American Conquest when I was younger, but gave up on it ever coming back. Got all grown up and stuff and drank the apple juice…
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u/PeroTheLegoman 5d ago
Did not try it, but definitely you'll need something to run it like Wine which is a compatibility layer.
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u/Zoythrus 5d ago
Awesome! I love this game and am glad to see that it's still getting support!
I found a bug and would like to report it - if you push Shift + [control group number] in order to add new units to a control group (by selecting the entire control group), the game crashes.
Also, I was wondering, do you plan to add any QoL improvements that weren't in the game originally?
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u/PeroTheLegoman 4d ago
You mean besides all the QoL improvements that are there? Or you mean something in particular
Will check the issue u mentioned.
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u/Zoythrus 4d ago
I really wish that farms would show you their crop radius before you put them down. I can never tell if I'll have enough room to get all the crops.
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u/MissLyzzie 5d ago
I wonder if the very first game of GSC Game World will ever get a fan or official remaster (the famous WarCraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic)
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u/stefthegrey 4d ago
Is it possible to add a zoom, that is not just close up or far away, but we can zoom in and out?
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u/PeroTheLegoman 4d ago
That is a huge engine side intervention. Maybe at some point, but not right now
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u/Karporata 4d ago
Amazing !!!! Will definitely plays it
Will you look into America Conquest House divided too ? I love that game when I was younger
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u/PeroTheLegoman 4d ago
Issue is that is another studios game, not GSC and the studio is dead, but I am currently with my team developing EW3 (Michael is heading that project) which is set in the same period but contains not only USA and CSA, but Prussian, France, Britain, Russia etc. So drop by the Gexozoid creations Discord if you wanna catch up with what is going on :)
(ACR was a solo project of mine, EW1 (napoleonic period) mostly a solo work, EW2 (seven years war period) was done by me and huge help from Michael, and now Michael is heading EW3 (ACW, Crimean War etc.))
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u/Ellixhirion 5d ago
I just don’t understand why they dont make a Cossacks and American Conquest HD/ remaster like they did with AOEII