ra2 vs cncra2yr

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ra2		cncra2yr
	Project
6	Mentions	4
943	Stars	74
1.0%	Growth	-
2.6	Activity	2.8
10 months ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
C#	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.

ra2

Posts with mentions or reviews of ra2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-26.

OpenRA stable release 20230225 is now available.
4 projects | /r/pcgaming | 26 Feb 2023
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2 on M1 MBP
2 projects | /r/macgaming | 28 Aug 2022

OpenRA may be an option. It's an open source engine for older Westwood games, and it officially supports RA1, Tiberian Dawn (C&C 1) and Dune 2000. There's also a RA2 "mod" (in OpenRA parlance, a mod is a game).
Let's hear it for the retro PC gaming Steam Deck users.
2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 2 May 2022

OpenRA, an open source recreation of the Red Alert engine, should support it. It's experimental but it worked well enough when I tried it years ago.
RA2 on Linux
4 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 12 Nov 2021
[Stram] Command and Conquer Remastered Collection ($9.99 / 50% Off)
1 project | /r/GameDeals | 25 Sep 2021

There is a RA2 mod for OpenRA out there (and I have not tried this, though I have run OpenRA before), but of course that's not quite as good as a full remaster.
Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code and tools
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jun 2021

cncra2yr

Posts with mentions or reviews of cncra2yr. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-12.

Has anyone managed to get CnCNet/Red Alert 2/Mental Omega working?
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 26 Dec 2022
RA2 on Linux
4 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 12 Nov 2021
Red alert 2 linux
1 project | /r/cncnet | 14 Jan 2021

Source and instructions on how to install: https://github.com/mmtrt/cncra2yr
cncra2yr offers OpenGL renderer for C&C: Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge MP gaming
1 project | /r/wine_gaming | 9 Jan 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ra2 and cncra2yr you can also consider the following projects:

Phobos - Ares-compatible C&C Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge engine extension

CnC_Remastered_Collection

Thyme - An open source re-implementation of Generals : Zero Hour written in C++.

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.

Vanilla-Conquer - Vanilla Conquer provides clean, cross-platform builds of the C&C Remastered Collection and the standalone legacy games.

DS3ConnectionInfo - Simple C# application showing active P2P connection information for Dark Souls III. Also implements a basic ping filter.

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.

OpenHV - An Open Source Pixelart Science-Fiction Real-Time-Strategy game

Goobwabber MultiplayerExtensions - A Beat Saber mod that expands multiplayer functionality.

DarkCodex - Mod for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous