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[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 53 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh man. Generals was the last game that me and some friends played on lan together. Many many hours of fun. Sadly those days are long gone.

[–] Misseuse@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] dicksteele@lemm.ee 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now, I can get behind this.

[–] apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

You change your mind often.

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

"I will work!"

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

China will grow larger

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

"my tank is full."

[–] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Played hundreds of hours of Generals and Zero Hour, I tried playing it again a year ago but it wasn't working well in windows 11. Making it open source might bring this great game back.

[–] multiplemigs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

they just added it to steam a few months back. runs fine in win 11 with (i think) a config edit for higher resolutions.

[–] Ardyssian@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There's a thread on Reddit showcasing some hilarious Code Comments within the Generals Codebase: https://old.reddit.com/r/commandandconquer/comments/1izpkmh/funny_generals_source_code_comments/

Examples:

    // Assumption: Things with a KINDOF_STRUCTURE flag can never be built from 
    // a factory (ProductionUpdateInterface), because the building can't move
    // out of the factory. When we do our Starcraft port and have flying Terran
    // buildings, we'll have to change this ;-)
    // Remember: To ASSUME makes an ASS out of U and ME. 
    Player.cpp
    // HERE WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR AN IDIOT TEST:
  // REJECT SIMULATION NODES THAT ARE OFF SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!
    // HERE WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR AN IDIOT TEST:
  // REJECT SIMULATION NODES THAT ARE OFF SCREEN!!!!!!!!!!
  W3DTerrainVisual.cpp
  //
  // force the tree control to redraw, it seems to have problems updating
  // the plus signs, lame ass Microsoft
 //
  HeirarchyView.cpp
  ; String is returned by const for a reason.  Bad things will happen 
  ; if you modify it.  You have been warned.
  locale.cpp
  // We need to be able to grab w3d's from a localization dir, since Germany hates exploding people units.
  W3DFileSystem.cpp
  // I can't take it any more.  Let the record show that I think the UpgradeMux multiple inheritence is CRAP.
getAutoHealBehaviorModuleData()->m_upgradeMuxData.muxDataProcessUpgradeRemoval(getObject());
  AutoHealBahaviour.h
[–] weker01@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

EA? Why, what happened? Is it truly the end of time?!

No but seriously, does someone know what the motivation is?

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of the recent news that the Pebble Smartwatch founder asked Google for the Pebble OS source code, and Google actually released it.

What's happening with this timeline??

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

They put an old Westwood dev in charge of the franchise a few years ago and basically just let him do anything he wants.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I wonder what this will mean for OpenRA...

[–] erin@social.sidh.bzh 14 points 2 weeks ago

If videos and musics are also changed to creative commons than OpenRA can officially integrate them without that CD detection step...

edit: typo

[–] xploit@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't mean that much, if anything OpenRA is ahead of what the original engine was. The only issue is saw with OpenRA's engine was the odd unit pathing every now and then, so perhaps that could be one thing for them to look at (not that it was consistently great in C&C)

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago

That is fair, I could also see them not looking at the source to avoid being influenced and keeping OpenRA their thing.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

The only issue is saw with OpenRA's engine was the odd unit pathing every now and then

It was pretty iffy in the original too

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Open RA isn’t doing a reverse engineering project, so they’ll probably just keep working on it. They are doing a full gameplay modernization.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Weird, I had the same reaction to this and the news that Ron DeSantis said the Tate brothers aren't welcome in Florida. "That's nice but you're still a massive piece of shit."

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Could breath new life into the modding scene with this alone. Look at what a map editor did for the Warcraft franchise.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] DonAntonioMagino@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

Die Waffen, legt an!

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no, oh god please no.. No I'm not against the fact, I'm just dreading what's the catch.

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 12 points 2 weeks ago

I almost feel dirty, liking something Electronic Arts does.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Generals being open sourced is massively goated. I can't believe EA finally made a decision I actually like.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

From EA? Interesting

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I was obsessed with Generals in 2003. It would be very damaging to my productivity if there was a Mac version.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

~~China~~ EA has been generous.

[–] Kyouki@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Interestingly, ra2 and tiberium sun are missing... Hmmm. Hype intensifies.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago