OpenRA

Hello everyone,

I recently discovered OpenRA and I love the way the engine runs. I used to mod Red Alert back in the day and enjoyed my time doing so. I was hoping to learn how to mod OpenRA also but I dont know where to start. What mod tools do I need to get started?

Thanks for your time.

Hey, join #openra channel in IRC to get help. The modding is pretty simple: look into .yaml files and modify them. You can also modify game engine, but you have to know C# for that. There's a guide you can read: https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki
Also you can read HACKING file in the docs. Good luck.

Seeing as you're familiar with modding for RA95, you won't need to fool around too much with new programs to edit/change the content. The only real difference is in the text-based 'coding' -- no more RULES.INI with such inflexible nonsense for expanding the game; you can pretty much add whatever the hell you want now, if you have the graphics/sounds ready.

The Good News:
You don't have to mess around making those accursed SC***.MIX files any more either, OpenRA will read standalone SHP's and pretty much anything else RA95 used, as separate files too.
The Bad News:
I don't think there is any, really. Go crazy and make us something fun!

I appreciate the info guys. It helps alot. I am excited to get my hands dirty. Its great to be back into modding.

Is there any way to add garrisoned buildings like in RA2 though? thats the one thing I hope to add... Hopefully without rebuilding the OpenRa source files as I do not know C#.

There is something like that implemented at the moment (check Pillboxes), but I'm unsure if it's possible to make it so that a garrisoned building's firepower would increase with every extra infantryman barricaded inside.

In fact, I'm not even sure if neutral buildings can be garrisoned/manned yet. You'd probably have to capture them first.