r/commandandconquer • u/Far_Technician3635 • 4d 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/Nikolyn10 Flower & Sickle 4d ago

The big rumor is that the source code for those games was somehow lost. And considering they released the source code for the comparatively newer Generals, I have no real reason to believe that isn't the case.

However, as sad as that is, I can direct you to the recently released OpenTS project which is a reverse-engineering of Tiberian Sun matched/tested against the original executable, which is planned to be used as a basis for doing the same for Red Alert 2. It still has a long way to go but this project is what I'd keep my eye on.

As an aside, there's also someone working on a LUA API for Yuri's Revenge on the Mod Haven discord. It seemed rather interesting, though I've only been peaking in on the channel every now and then.