cnc-ddraw
GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic games for better compatibility with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS) and Virtual Machines (by FunkyFr3sh)
Vanilla-Conquer
Vanilla Conquer provides clean, cross-platform builds of the C&C Remastered Collection and the standalone legacy games. (by TheAssemblyArmada)
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| 88 | 28 | |
| 2,020 | 319 | |
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| 9.6 | 7.1 | |
| 1 day ago | 15 days ago | |
| C | C++ | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
cnc-ddraw
Posts with mentions or reviews of cnc-ddraw.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.
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"LibreOffice is better at reading old Word files than Word"
https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw (fixes all issues you can have with DirectDraw, an old 2d API, can have its use for both windows users and people who use wine on linux)
- anyone knows how to make red alert 2 and yr work on Windows 11?
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JA2 steam version, black screen on launch.
cnc-ddraw also fixes it for me. https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases
- Massive FPS drop when playing Yuri's Revenge
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Tiberium Sun broken?
Get CnC-DDRAW, extract the .dll, paste it on your SUN folder and it should take care of the rest.
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Command & Conquer - The First Decade
And now the tricky part... and the reason why I was not able to run both RA2 and TS... You need a library called cnc-ddraw ( Releases ยท FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw (github.com) ) which fixes a lot of things for old games. When using windows you need to copy the ddraw.dll and ddraw.ini files from the zip and you are done but when using wine/proton you need a simple launch option to load the custom dll file instead of the protons builtin ddraw. Thanks to u/RoweenX4 and some google-fu.
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Any up to date guides to get Icewind Dale 2 running on modern PCs (W10) in Widescreen mode?
Regardless if you had to do the above, install https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases to your IWD2 folder and run the game thenafter.
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Crashing :( (trying to play campaign RA2)
I did everything mentioned in this post regarding the file ( https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/CnC-DDraw/releases )
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Problem starting RA2/ YR
Download CnC-DDRAW from their GitHub, paste it on your RA2 folder and launch the game again
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Recording Command & Conquer
Try installing cnc-ddraw or ts-ddraw, then use a Game Capture source to hook onto the game window.
Vanilla-Conquer
Posts with mentions or reviews of Vanilla-Conquer.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-08.
- AI hit one of my obelisks while the deploy animation was going. Sent me ~1,000,00 power into the red. Deploying a GDI barracks fixed it later. Has anyone else seen this before?
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Any way to play on a MacBook Pro?
You can try experimental projects such as Vanilla Conquer so you can play C&C1 and RA1. https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer
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Error trying to run CnCNet (C&C) on Linux Mint
There's also a project called Vanilla Conquer which is a perfect port of the originals based on open source code released with the remaster but it's not been packaged so it has to be built from source.
- i found kanes dog
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C&C: "Red Alert" and "Tiberian Dawn"s Linux ports added to Luxtorpeda
u/d10sfan has added Vanilla Conquer source port for Command & Conquer: Red Alert and Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn which are part of Command & Conquer Remastered Collection to Luxtorpeda repos. Thanks to that, native Linux ports of those games can be played as Steam games.
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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn's Linux port added to Luxtorpeda for Steam
The title is misleading, OpenRA is not a linux port of Tiberian Dawn or Red Alert for that matter, its a fan clone game. Vanilla Conquer is a proper linux port of the original games based on the source code released for the remaster.
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PSX Red Alert appreciation post
https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer is an open source build of the original C&C and Red Alert based on the source code released for the remaster. It needs the data from the original games but they are freeware and can be found dotted around the internet.
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C&C Red Alert Remastered Map Editor
Neutral being uncapturable is probably due to https://github.com/TheAssemblyArmada/Vanilla-Conquer/issues/668 this bug because if I recall correctly, the neutral is considered to be allied to all other houses even if other houses aren't allied with them.
- Games I can contribute too.
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Need help playing Red Alert on a Chromebook
I think so. I think you just have to download the binary from the releases thing and then follow the instructions here . There's also a Discord server if you need more help.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cnc-ddraw and Vanilla-Conquer you can also consider the following projects:
ts-ddraw - Rewrite of cnc-ddraw with Tiberian Sun as the target
OpenRA - Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.
glsl-shaders - This repo is for glsl shaders converted by hand from libretro's common-shaders repo, since some don't play nicely with the cg2glsl script.
OpenSAGE - OpenSAGE is a free, open source re-implementation of SAGE, the 3D real time strategy (RTS) engine used in Command & Conquer: Generals and other RTS titles from EA Pacific. Written in C#. Not affiliated with EA.
SlashGaming-Diablo-II-Free-Resolution - A project aimed at modding Diablo II to support any resolution.
em-dosbox - An Emscripten port of DOSBox
d2-plugy-qol - QOL Mod Pack for Diablo II.
Thyme - An open source re-implementation of Generals : Zero Hour written in C++.
d2gx - D2DX is a complete solution to make Diablo II run well on modern PCs, with high fps and better resolutions.
CNC-Ultimate-Collection-Fixed-Launchers - Fixed launchers for the games in Origin's Command and Conquer: The Ultimate Collection. Re-enables command-line parameters for the games, adds in some missing registry keys, and adds in some community patches automatically.
ruffle - A Flash Player emulator written in Rust
ra2 - A Red Alert 2 mod for the OpenRA game engine
cnc-ddraw vs ts-ddraw
Vanilla-Conquer vs OpenRA
cnc-ddraw vs glsl-shaders
Vanilla-Conquer vs OpenSAGE
cnc-ddraw vs SlashGaming-Diablo-II-Free-Resolution
Vanilla-Conquer vs em-dosbox
cnc-ddraw vs d2-plugy-qol
Vanilla-Conquer vs Thyme
cnc-ddraw vs d2gx
Vanilla-Conquer vs CNC-Ultimate-Collection-Fixed-Launchers
cnc-ddraw vs ruffle
Vanilla-Conquer vs ra2