Red Alert 2 in web browser (chronodivide.com)

Can't start the game in the browser without a local executable of the game?

> for good performance, Firefox should be avoided

Oh well.

Then again, the demo is only usable for those with existing assets.

I will throw out that if anyone does want to play RA2/YR multiplayer you can for free here: https://cncnet.org/red-alert-2

How does OpenRA[0] do it? Is it just a X has expired thing?

Edit: Oh maybe you do have to have the assets now? I swear last time I used it, it was all online :/

[0] https://www.openra.net

Neat project.

If looking for gameplay like this, OpenRA does play a few games without original game assets. I don't think RA2 though.

Yes! This'll be fun to show some friends who are fans.

It'd be cool if there was a similar site but using OpenRA to avoid the need for local assets.

Incoming HN hug.

Love it, can’t wait to poke at it from home later.

1. The source code for Red Alert 2 is rumored to be lost a very long time ago[0], so the fact that the Chrono Divide team was able to achieve this is quite amazing.

2. The Mental Omega mod project[1] is going strong, so RA2 is still worth playing today. Hopefully it will work in this browser-based version.

[0] https://forums.revora.net/topic/107344-red-alert-2-engine-so...

[1] https://mentalomega.com/

I loved Red Alert 2 so much at release. Always was the pinnacle of (single player) RTS for me. The over-the-top characters, the cheesy story, the terrain interactions...

Everything afterwards felt lame and was geared too much towards multiplayer balance, which does not interest me the least.

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Click on web site, see unreadable light-grey-on-white text, say, fuck that and leave.

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Where can I find / buy a local executable of the game?

Damn this is much better than playing on actual Windows desktop. It is positively awesome!

Yuri's Revenge when?

Also, if that's a non-profit fan project, why is the source code not available?

How does it work?

This game was a big part of my childhood. I ran a somewhat popular modding site for it, "RA2 Factory" (as well as "Tiberian Sun Factory"). I spent more time honing my dev skills building these sites as well as modding editor tools than I did actually playing with any mods though.

I even visited their studios in LA during a cross-country Amtrak trip. They were very kind, especially the community manager (whose name escapes me). I was given a tour and allowed to play Yuri's Revenge before its release. They gave me a Dune 2 box and C&C poster which I still have somewhere.

I wonder if this is a complete rewrite.

When you have a large ship, like the Aircraft Carrier or Dreadnaught, you'll notice that its rotation is much smoother than in the original game.

Kirov reporting

Anyone else feel like real-time strategy games with full 3D just never look as good as old 2D ones?

I think its something about the perspective warping of the 3D camera that makes 3D RTS games look weird to me

I still play this with my friends. Yearly, we do it in person atleast once.

Web based gaming has a bright future. Why pay a distributor if you can just host your game on the web? Pretty good cross platform compatibility…

Thank you so much guys, you've made my day! Life isn't so bad after all.

It seems many people here seem to misunderstand you need the original files yourself; you don't. If you read carefuly: "import an archive containing *.mix files from a web URL." They provide you this (archive.org) URL! Simply click the Download button and start playing. Also on Firefox.

And, unfortunately, Chronodivide does not work with Yuri's Revenge expansion; apparently that game is build differently.

Once they add support for Yuri's Revenge, i'll be guaranteed to never ever again accomplish anything else