Summary

  • Electronic Arts (EA) has restored and released the source code for several Command and Conquer (C&C) games, which will now be available to modders under the GPL licence.
  • The games include C&C’s Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert, Renegade and Generals, as well as the latter’s Zero Hour expansion.
  • EA commissioned Luke “CCHyper” Feenan to restore the source code for the games.
  • As well as releasing the source code, EA has also added Steam Workshop support to several C&C games, and updated the mission editor and world builder tools.
  • This will allow custom mapmakers to publish maps directly to the Steam Workshop.
  • EA has also released a C&C Modding Support pack, containing source files for all games that run on the original series developer Westwood’s SAGE engine.

By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

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