OpenRA: Command & Conquer On Linux, Powered By Mono

[phoronix]

Phoronix: OpenRA: Command & Conquer On Linux, Powered By Mono

Another open-source game engine project similar in nature to Prequengine, OpenMW, and GemRB. OpenRA sets to remake bring Command and Conquer: Red Alert and other early Westwood real-time strategy games to Linux on an open-source engine...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTI2MTA

[oliver]

People still use mono? *sigh*

[liamdawe]

Last week? Read your own date! 10/19 lol October!

You also failed to even note they dont support the original missions!

[grenadecx]

People still use mono? *sigh*

People still complain about mono? *sigh*

[Milyardo]

People still complain about mono? *sigh*

My favorite fallacy involves anti-patent bile about mono, followed by the evagalism of WINE as an alternative.

[pankkake]

I don't care if Mono or Java are free of patents and available in every license in the world.
They're still huge, slow, piles of crap.

[Nth_man]

They're still huge, slow, piles of crap.

And when enough efforts are spent on it, so weak against patent trials...

[Timmmm]

I tried OpenRA. It's really slow. Here's my system:

16 GB RAM
GTX 560 Ti
Quad core i5-2500 @ 3.3 GHz
Vertex 3 SSD
1280x1024 screen

So you'd expect it to be able to run at a decent lick. Nope, got around 20 fps. They're clearly doing something massively wrong.

[Kristian Joensen]

Your CPU and GPU are weak for a gaming system. But we aren't exactly talking about a new game here.

[Timmmm]

Your CPU and GPU are weak for a gaming system. But we aren't exactly talking about a new game here.

I haven't found a game that isn't smooth on full settings; I'd hardly call that weak! And as you said, it's not exactly (or shouldn't be) the most graphically demanding game ever.