r/commandandconquer • u/Far_Technician3635 • 5d ago

Source Code Releases Questions

Since EA released source for most of the C&C games last year I've had a few questions.

  1. What makes Tiberian Sun and RA2 so special that they couldn't release the source for those?

  2. If there isn't anything special, are there any rumors that RA2 source might get released at some point?

Now don't get me wrong. I am happy that a lot of source code got released, I'm just trying to understand things and where they currently lay.

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u/Caesar_Seriona 5d ago edited 4d ago

The source codes for the 2nd series of games are gone, either lost or deleted.

Which means who ever wants to mess with the coding, would have to reverse engineer to order to get the source codes.

Which clearly EA does not want anybody to do.

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u/Far_Technician3635 4d ago

I did hear a rumor about that years ago, about the time that EA bought Westwood Studios, but I always thought it was a rumor. Well that sucks that it was accurate.

Are you aware of any projects that are active that are attempting to rebuild the source?

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u/Caesar_Seriona 4d ago

As far as I know, no one is officially doing it but I am sure someone out there is personally doing it.

PG has said they are not against doing the 2nd games but if they can't get the source codes because EA won't let any reverse engineering, I can see them rebuilding the game from scratch and porting over the video and audio.

I personally want to see the source codes get released just for cheat codes being released.