CnCNet News - August

[Grant]

We haven't posted much news or major updates lately, but we've been working on several things behind the scenes. Here's a recap of some recent progress on CnCNet and related projects as well as events in our game communities.

CnCNet - in development

- Ranked Match client update - ability to queue all ranked ladders at once, with Sneer

- A new map database browser - follow the project-development chat with yuris-director, Zordon. ⁠

- A rewrite of the Yuri’s Revenge Spawner in C++, with Belonit

- CnCNet Client .NET 7, now available for testing. More info in the Red Alert 2 channel on the CnCNet Discord. Credits: RanSacker for core implementation; devo1929, Kerbiter, Rampastring, SadPencil and Starkku for implementation support.

 

CnCNet - recent releases

- Ranked matches are divided into two leagues for Yuri’s Revenge - Champions and Contenders League. Contenders league allows newer players to compete in matches against similar skilled players.

- Ranked matches can be observed by a small vetted list of CnCNet streamers.

- Red Alert 2 Mode - Fixes Dog and Flak trooper behaviour, as per original Red Alert 2 gameplay. When dogs & Flak troopers are stationary, attacked, then commanded to move, they start running (crawling for Flak Trooper) and get a speed boost. Credits Belonit & Starkku

- Red Alert 2 / Yuri’s Revenge - New loading screen for observers. By @bhdrks78

- Red Alert 2 / Yuri’s Revenge - Observers can see underwater naval and cloaked (mirage, spy) units. Belonit & Starkku

- Clan Ladders for Red Alert 2, Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 1. Burg, Neo, Xme -

- CnCNet Client - Multi-language support by Kerbiter, SadPencil

 

Community spotlight

- Tiberian Sun 1vs1 Cash Tournament - Highlights here

- Tiberian Sun 24th Anniversary Event - Starting 18th Aug, ending on 27th Aug

- Yuri’s Revenge August Ranked Match Prizes, with thanks to Larry Appledrop for sponsoring. 1st Place Champions League - $40, 1st Place Contenders League - $20

- Red Alert 2, Yuri’s Revenge and Blitz - World Series Tournaments for all skill levels - August - $1,000 in Prizes!

- Blitz Bootcamp Nations Cup - friendly competition - pro & semi players excluded.

- C&C World-Altering Editor: A new map editor for Tiberian Sun, soon to also come for Yuri’s Revenge.

- Mobius Map Editor: a Tiberian Dawn/ Red Alert map editor based on the C&C Remastered map editor (Can run independently from the Remaster, using classic graphics. All necessary classic files are included in the download)

- Dawn of the Tiberium Age now includes a Co-Op version of the Tiberian Dawn GDI campaign, play with your friends!

[Sam-I-am]

47 minutes ago, Grant said:

Observers can see underwater naval and cloaked units.

Nice. 👍

[XMaDTanKX aka T-90]

I am not playing much Ra2/YR at the moment but definitely that sounds like a great job.

Thank you so much for such a thankful and worth to be seen work.

Keeping all these games alive is a great achievement but being willing to go the extra mile in 2023 is just something that can't be thanked.

Thank you so much to all the people involved and congrats for the great job!! Seriously

Edited August 8, 2023 by XMaDTanKX aka T-90

[aWarNoob1]

17 hours ago, XMaDTanKX aka T-90 said:

I am not playing much Ra2/YR at the moment but definitely that sounds like a great job.

Thank you so much for such a thankful and worth to be seen work.

Keeping all these games alive is a great achievement but being willing to go the extra mile in 2023 is just something that can't be thanked.

Thank you so much to all the people involved and congrats for the great job!! Seriously

Same here. I've been very overloaded with work. Been doing long work weeks in this hyper inflated economy. I still  try to hop on for at least an hour or two on weekends. Add me on Discord if you want to setup some matches on occasion; Barefoot_TechnoCyber_Baby

Edited August 9, 2023 by aWarNoob1