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OpenRA: Playtest 20260222 available

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A new Playtest 20260222 for OpenRA is now available to download. This adds a random map generator among other things.

Playtest 20260222 The past year has brought several exciting new developments, which we are happy to share today with a new OpenRA playtest! The headline new feature in playtest-20260222 are the new random map generators for Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn, and Dune 2000. These work much like you would expect: select a biome, the number of players, and some details about symmetry and resources, then play! Generated maps work both in Skirmish and Multiplayer. Random map generator UI The new random map generators can make better maps than me. Dune 2000 has received a glow-up, featuring new visual effects for the Sonic Tank and damaged structures, along with the long-awaited “bulk purchase” logic for the Starport. The update includes a complete, community-led balance overhaul for skirmish and multiplayer modes. Meanwhile, the single-player campaign receives its own difficulty adjustments to ease the learning curve. Dune 2000 includes new, more faithful, effects for Sonic Tanks and damaged structures. Support for the C&C Remastered Collection assets in Tiberian Dawn reached two important milestones in the (currently) standalone Tiberian Dawn HD mod. The mod is now feature-complete, with new HD sprites for the last custom assets plus a new content manager that allows you to select between remastered or classic artwork, audio, and music. Significant progress has been made towards integrating these features into the core OpenRA Tiberian Dawn – while this release still remains a standalone mod, we hope to complete the merge in the next release. Tiberian Dawn HD content selector UI Tiberian Dawn HD can now choose between remastered and classic assets. This is another big release for our map-making community, with further UI improvements to the OpenRA map editor, and new tools that take advantage of the random map generator logic. Map Editor UI The new Path Tiler map editor tool makes it easy to place cliffs, beaches, and roads. Other noteable changes include: Added new “Other RTS” mouse input mode. Added timed auto-save settings for missions/skirmish. Bots will now attempt to build expansion bases. Further progress towards supporting localisation in a future release. Added a new mission each for Red Alert and Tiberium Dawn. Many other bug fixes and minor performance optimisations.

OpenRA: Release 202500330 now available

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of RTS classic games C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has published another full release (202500330).

Posted by PunkPun on 30 March 2025 Release 20250330 Hotfix 20250330: Smarter Harvesters, Bug Fixes, and Smoother Battles @https://www.openra.net Harvester operations have been returned to normal No battle plan survives first contact, and the same goes for software updates. We’re rolling out a hotfix to address a few issues identified in the latest release. Here’s what’s been fixed: Harvesters now mine smarter; They’ll stick closer to their refinery instead of wandering off Rally points display correctly; Unit move commands are now consistently shown Jungle trees won’t crash the game as they burn; Some Tiberian Dawn trees were feeling spicy OpenRA again runs on Raspberry Pi; Shader compilers be crazy Lobby alignments fixed; In multiplayer skirmish lobbies, team numbers are now properly centered Adjusted Dune 2000 weapon splash damage; To better match the vanilla balance Fixed green gliches on Dune 2000 corpses; Soldiers were spilling green blood

OpenRA: Release 202500303 now available

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of RTS classic games C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has published another full release (202500303).

Posted by PunkPun on 03 March 2025 Release 202500303 Today is the day that many have been waiting for: the new stable OpenRA Release 20250303 is now available! New Map Editor! This brings the public release up to date with development changes from August 2023 through to January 2025. Three months of public playtesting have allowed us to polish these changes into the release today. Notable changes include a newly revamped Map Editor, a switch to high-quality Dune 2000 assets, a Tiberian Dawn encyclopedia, new missions and all around usability and performance improvements. For details see the previous playtest news posts [one, two, three] and, as always, for a full overview - the full changelog. This latest release has significantly improved support for HD art assets. You should notice faster load times and overall performance improvements for the “Tiberian Dawn HD” project. It is packaged as a separate release and can be downloaded here. This preview is multiplayer-compatible with the main 20250303 Release. The C&C Remastered Collection must be installed through Steam or the EA App, and if using macOS or Linux, the project README provides detailed installation instructions.

OpenRA: Release 20231010 now available

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of old RTS-classics like C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has published a new release (20231010). The full changelog has all the details.

Release 20231010 and the Community With two months of successful playtesting behind us, we are pleased to finally announce Release 20231010, which brings the public release up to date with development changes from November 2022 through to August 2023. The new release contains some long-awaited UI and UX improvements and many polish changes overall. It also serves as a jump-off point for many of the larger upcoming features, so do expect great things in the future!

OpenRA: Release 20230225 available

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of old RTS-classics like C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has published a new release. The full changelog has all the details.

Today we have a special occasion on our hands. We have been waiting for this moment for almost two years: A new stable OpenRA Release 20230225 is out now! A lot of features have built up over the two years. This release is packed to the brim with goodies small and large. Several major systems have been added and overhauled, a great deal of rougher edges smoothed out. For details see the previous playtest news posts [one, two, three, four] and, as always, for a full overview - the full changelog. But wait, there’s more! This release brings major behind-the-scenes changes towards supporting the C&C Remastered Collection assets. This support is still incomplete, but works well enough that we are today also releasing a development preview of “Tiberian Dawn HD”. It is a separate release and can be downloaded here. This preview is multiplayer-compatible with the main 20230225 release, but performance, memory usage, and loading times have not been optimized, and do not reflect the expected final requirements. The C&C Remastered Collection must be installed through Steam or Origin, and the project README provides installation instructions for macOS and Linux. In case you were wondering whether we ran out of treats, worry not! Modders will also be feasting sweet this time. There were major updates to our documentation, and our tooling was joined by the OpenRA (Mini)YAML Language Extension and the OpenRA Lua API extension. It has been a long road to this release, so we hope you’ll enjoy this newest installment of OpenRA! Good luck on the battlefield commanders, and have fun!

OpenRA Release 20190314 now available

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of old RTS-classics like C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has published another ein neues Release. The full Changelog has all the details.

We are pleased to announce Release 20190314, which brings changes developed between August 2018 and January 2019 and polished with the help of player feedback across three playtests during the last 10 weeks. The most exciting change in this release comes from a complete overhaul of the unit targeting logic, which fixes many long-standing bugs and introduces some important improvements to gameplay fluidity: Tanks and other turreted units automatically target nearby units while moving Automatic targeting now properly accounts for the Fog of War Force-firing with long-range artillery style units targets the ground, allowing attacks to continue when vision is lost under the Fog of War Tanks targeting while moving Tanks now automatically target enemy forces while moving. The specialised infantry in Red Alert have had a shake-down and a fix-up: Engineers are now consumed when capturing buildings, after a short external wait The Hijacker has been promoted to thief, who can steal cash from refineries as well as vehicles Allied Mechanics now repair destroyed team-mate vehicles instead of capturing them New Attack Dog behaviour resolves many issues and behaves more like the original game Thieves and Attack Dogs Improvements to the Attack Dog and Thief should make them more viable on the battlefield. Thanks to the hard work of several new contributors, Red Alert now features an additional seven single-player missions, and Tiberian Dawn another two. Behind the scenes, the underlying AI framework has been rewritten to support the development of some long-planned improvements in future releases. Some other notable gameplay changes include: Units in the Return Fire stance will no longer chase their attackers Infantry in Pillboxes in Red Alert no longer gain experience Red Alert Balance changes include adjustments to the long-controversial Allied Artillery A new Ctrl modifier queues items at the front of the production queue The spectator UI now includes information on player army values TD Campaign Mission: Nod 10b Nine more single-player missions have been adapted from the original games. This release brings several improvements to the map editor, including a map actor editor, a new Copy/Paste filter, and the ability to select multiple terrain categories in the sidebar. Map Editor Improvements Profiles The map editor now supports editing actor properties such as owner, health, facing, and stance. There are a lot more minor changes and bugfixes, so take a look at the full changelog if you want to unwrap all of the details. Grab the installer now for your operating system from our download page! We hope you’ll enjoy this newest installment of OpenRA! Have fun!

OpenRA: Playtest 20180729 released

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

For OpenRA, the Open-Source-implementation of the games Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000, the new Playtest 20180729 is now available to Download. Beginning with this version, Linux-Downloads will only be provided as AppImages. The most important changes in this new version are:

The leading feature in playtest-20180729 is the integration of player accounts using our new OpenRA Forums. This optional feature allows players to: Confirm their identity to other players without revealing your IP address or location Connect to private clan- or tournament-specific servers without using passwords Add some flair by displaying badges that show their achievements or preferences Anonymous players continue to be identified by their IP and geo-location. Player Profiles Players can add badges to their profile to show their favourite mod, OS, or community achievements. A selection of default badges are available for selection in your forum User Control Panel, and we will individually award badges to players who have contributed to OpenRA’s development or participated in special community events. We hope to extend the profile system in the future to add more features and improve security. Other improvements to the lobby UI include an improved color chooser, the ability to select in text-fields using the mouse, and the game returning to the skirmish/mission/multiplayer panels instead of the main menu after leaving a game. Changes on the battlefield in Red Alert include: Fixed Iron Curtain and Chronoshift effects being lost when a MCV deploys Added the ability for fake structures to be built next to other fake structures Kill Bounties have been removed from the campaign and disabled by default in MP Tech structures and walls remain on the battlefield when their owner is defeated A collection of community balance changes Kane has also been busy, with changes in Tiberium Dawn including: Comprehensive changes to reduce the effectiveness of APCs Changes to streamline the power usage of low-tech structures Reduced the amount of time that Jeep, Bike, Buggy, APC wreckage lingers on the battlefield Tech structures and walls remain on the battlefield when their owner is defeated A collection of other community balance changes Chrono-vortex Chronoshifting MCVs opens strategic options, but beware the chrono-vortex if you cause a paradox! Significant work has occurred behind the scenes to fix crashes, improve performance, and extend capabilities for our modding community. Our recent news post discussed these topics in much more detail. We encourage modders to view the SDK release notes and update instructions for instructions on how to take advantage of these improvements. This playtest also marks the shift to AppImage releases for our Linux builds. We have also repackaged the last release version as an AppImage, and will update this alongside future playtests if any packaging bugs are found. As always, we suggest you read the full changelog for details on all of the changes included in the playtest. We make these playtests available to get feedback from the community about the future direction of OpenRA, and we value your feedback on our forum, our GitHub issue tracker, or in the comments below. Playtest releases do not overwrite the OpenRA release version, and you can automatically switch between the two versions when joining a multiplayer server. Head over to our download page and give it a try!

OpenRA: Map Design Contest 2018 has begun

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Team of OpenRA has announced, that from today (07.07.2018) on until 01.09.2018 the Map Design Contest 2018 will be running:

Attention, all map designers and modders! It is your time now to show everything you’ve got at the coming Map Design Contest! Between grinding and thoroughly testing competitive 1v1 maps, unleashing artistry and entertainment in casual maps and implementing highly intricate scripting in modded maps, you will have pretty much anything that is possible to be inserted into a map file to be put up for a competition! Well respected representatives of community are induced into the map judging jury that will decide the best of the best submissions in the contest among the categories. Forum attendants are also encouraged to participate in selecting the most popular map of the competition through the Popular Vote which will be held after map submission period is over. The contest starts on July 7th; you will have just more than a month to submit your works for it. Be sure to check all the rules and time regulations at OpenRA’s new forums. Don’t hold on your creativity, and may the best map win!

OpenRA: Release 20180307 available

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of RTS classic games C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has published another full release. It contains mainly bugfixes für the release-20180218:

We are today pushing a new bugfix release that addresses a collection of issues that were missed during the playtesting phase of release-20180218. The changes in release-20180307 are: Fixed an issue that could cause excessive debug log file sizes. Fixed a compatibility issue with mono 5.10 and newer. Increased the minimum required mono version to 4.2 (fixing the “Failed to query server list” issue). Fixed Windows build scripts to account for GitHub API changes. Head on over to our download page to grab the new release, and spread the word!

OpenRA: Release 20171014 now available

Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of RTS classic games C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000, has just published a new release after three month of public playtesting. It contains fundamental changes to the mod-support (now with an own SDK), a new UI with a Commandbar and much more:

After three months of public playtesting we are pleased to finally declare “Mission Accomplished” on the new OpenRA release! Release 20171014 makes some fundamental changes to the way that the OpenRA game engine works, plus a few similarly important gameplay changes to the default mods. The first big change will be visible as soon as you go to launch your favourite mod. The in game mod chooser has been removed, and mods are now launched directly from your operating system. This is part of a much larger set of changes to the game engine to support multiple OpenRA installations and the new Mod SDK. New launchers The mod chooser screen has been replaced by separate launchers for each mod. The next big change is the new command bar at the bottom of the screen. This new UI improves discoverability for several advanced unit commands and served as a focus for several gameplay changes related to unit stances and the Attack Move command – read through the in game button tooltips to find out more! Unit command bar A new bottom command bar is now available for issuing common orders and changing unit stances. The final group of big changes is less obvious, but just as important: the way that buildings are targeted and take damage has been reworked (taking inspiration from the original Dune 2000) to account for the size of the building footprint. This has a range of balance implications, for example Tanya and Commandos no longer need to run to the center of buildings to demolish them. Other great new features in this release include: Automatic discovery of LAN games in the Multiplayer browser. Nine more campaign missions for D2K, which is now half way complete! New search and filtering options in the Map editor. Installing missing maps from the Replay browser. Improvements to the Global Chat UI. Significant performance and memory improvements relating to music playback. Community-driven balance improvements to Red Alert and Tiberian Dawn. See the full changelog for more details, or go directly to our download page to try them out for yourself. Building hit boxes New building physics improves the way that structures are targeted and take damage. Supporting the C&C modding community has always been an important goal for OpenRA, and this release takes a big, but disruptive, step forward in this area. Back in April we announced the planned mod chooser removal, and in July we released the first version of the OpenRA Mod SDK that replaces it. From now on, all mods should be built using the SDK, which makes it easy for you to build your own stand-alone installers that do not rely on a base OpenRA installation. See the SDK getting started wiki page for more details! Other improvements for modders include further adoption of trait conditions, improved error checks and logging, and a collection of new and improved game logic for energy walls, tunnels, and subterranean units. It has been a long road to this release, and we hope you enjoy it!

OpenRA: Playtest 20170930 released

Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Just a few days after the release of the last Playtest, a new Playtest (20170930) of OpenRA is available for download. It contains some Bugfixes and -according to the developers- should be identical with the planned October release:

Thanks to everybody who reported issues with playtest-20170923 last week, today we are releasing another playtest with several more fixes. Playtest 20170930 includes: Fixed in-game map installation on Linux and Windows Fixed a crash when using Attack Move Fixed incorrect global chat timestamps when returning to the lobby after a match Added RA minelayer deployment to the command-bar Improved attack-move cursor behaviour outside the map See the full changelog if you are interested in finding more details on these fixes, or head on over to our download page to try it out! We believe that we have finally addressed all the major issues with the playtests, so our planned October release should be identical to this playtest. If you know of any remaining bugs that should be fixed before then, report them immediately via our forum, our GitHub issue tracker, or in the comments below.

OpenRA: Playtest 20170923 available

Sun, 24 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

A new Playtest 20170923 for OpenRA is now ready for download. According to the developers, this should be the last playtest before the next release:

With two months and two playtests behind us, we are now almost ready to push the next OpenRA release! We are today releasing one last (planned) playtest with two notable changes: An “Assault Move” modifier has been added to Attack Move to make units always target buildings (overriding their active stance) while attack moving. Music playback has been reworked to fix the pausing and skipping issues that have been reported by some players on the previous playtests. …plus a handful of other minor fixes that are listed in the full changelog. The Mod SDK has also been updated to use the new engine version, and to create “portable” windows packages that do not require installation. Hold Ctrl when issuing an Attack Move order to activate Assault Move. This playtest will be your last chance to report any bugs or balance issues, so we encourage everybody to play a few games, and let us know of any issues via our forum, our GitHub issue tracker, or in the comments below. As usual, you can find playtest-20170923 on our download page.

OpenRA Release 20170421 available

Sat, 22 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the free implementation of RTS classic games C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000 has almost to the day half a year after their last stable release published another full release. It contains many improvements concerning the balancing but also a lot of changes behind the scenes. The full Changelog contains all the details. Source: OpenRA Webseite Description: OpenRA is a Libre/Free Real Time Strategy project that recreates the classic Command & Conquer titles. We include recreations of C&C (Tiberian Dawn), C&C: Red Alert, and Dune 2000. These are not intended to be perfect copies, but instead combine the classic gameplay of the originals with modern improvements such as unit veterancy and the fog of war. OpenRA’s primary focus is cross-platform multiplayer between Windows, OS X, and Linux; however, we include a number of single-player missions, and also support skirmish games against AI bots.

OpenRA: Playtest 20170304 released

Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

OpenRA, the Open-Source-Implementation of the classic RTS games Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Dune 2000, has just released the new Playtest 20170304 and it’s now available for download. These are the new features:

HiDPI font rendering for players with high resolution displays. Fixes for several multiplayer bugs that could stall or crash games when a player disconnects. The Red Alert “shell map” background is now muted. New behaviour for the Red Alert Gap Generator and Tiberian Dawn Obelisk. Fixes for asset installation on 32 bit operating systems and from the original RA95 CDs.

OpenRA: Linux-Downloads score second place

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The website of OpenRA, the OpenSource-implementation of the RTS-classics Dune 2000, Red Alert und Command and Conquer has recently released some interesting statistics. One of the statistics shows, that the downloads for the OpenRA-version for Linux scores the second place with 13%, and achieves even more downloads than the version for MacOS (12%). The authors of the statistic think these numbers are remarkable in general, because the shares of both Linux and OS X are much larger than their respective share of the desktop market: