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EA has open sourced a bunch of old Command & Conquer games (github.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ampersandrew to c/games
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I'm not well versed in C&C, but it's always good to see more games open sourced.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Sometimes licenses get in the way, it's possible they bought an engine or tech from a 3rd party and don't have the legal standing (or don't know if they do or not) to release the source.

[–] DicJacobus 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

someone else here suggested that the source code for TS/RA2 was lost. which wouldnt surprise me.

These are games that were made when and before the Zoomers were being born. they are ancient by most people's standards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Fallout source is gone too. There was just no reliable way to store source code back then, a lot of times it was just one of the developers that had it sitting in a desk drawer.

If it's new enough, maybe a burnt CD.

[–] DicJacobus 1 points 6 hours ago

still susceptible to disc rot