OpenRA Source Port for C&C Red Alert, Tiberium Dawn, and Dune 2000

[quicksilver]

Performance isnt very good. Im thinking that its because im stuck using 1080p mode. If we could drop the res some how I think it would speed things up.

[quicksilver]

If we run the game without the x session (using SDL 2) its possible to run the game in windowed mode and set a specific resolution in game. The performance increases greatly, however the mouse pointer no longer seems to line up properly with objects in the game. I think this is because the display resolution doesnt match the render resolution. So what I tried to do was run the game through runcommand so that a specific display resolution could be set. Only problem is that when I run the game through runcommand the game will no longer launch properly. I had the same issue with OpenRCT2. Running a simple shell script to launch the both games works but as soon as I pass it through runcommand I have issues and the game wont launch.

[ExarKunIv]

@quicksilver did you get this to work any better?

sorry to bump a old topic

[quicksilver]

@exarkuniv yes I was able to run it with pretty good performance using XINIT like we did for some of the other ports.

[ExarKunIv]

@quicksilver said in OpenRA Source Port for C&C Red Alert, Tiberium Dawn, and Dune 2000:

Next, change directories to the OpenRA directory where the source files are and run:

make dependencies

Then run:

make all

thats great to hear. i did try but i got a little lost at this part.

so do you mean just the OpenRA folder or do i need to go a little deeper then that. i did try it at OpenRA and it just gave me a error about not finding dependencies

[quicksilver]

@exarkuniv you should just have to navigate to where the openra source files are and run those two commands. It's been a while since I've done it though so I'm not 100% sure.

[ExarKunIv]

@quicksilver thats what i thought. make dependencies did not work.

ill try it again. with a clean build and see what i get and let you know

[ExarKunIv]

@quicksilver ok i got it working. i think some dependencies did not install the first time i tried

so my question is for making the .sh scripts

what part of what you have listed do i need to change to launch the games?

i dont know what part of your scripts is the path to the game files
sorry

[retropi19]

@quicksilver said in OpenRA Source Port for C&C Red Alert, Tiberium Dawn, and Dune 2000:

@exarkuniv yes I was able to run it with pretty good performance using XINIT like we did for some of the other ports.

Hello there i manage to run it but its very slow
What did you exactly to make it run with good performance ???

[quicksilver]

@retropi19 youll need to run it using XINIT and lower the resolution

[retropi19]

@quicksilver said in OpenRA Source Port for C&C Red Alert, Tiberium Dawn, and Dune 2000:

@retropi19 youll need to run it using XINIT and lower the resolution

I did run it with xinit but there is no setting in options for the resolution,how can i lower it?

[quicksilver]

@retropi19 in game there should be resolution settings. May have to set it to windowed mode or something too. I can't remember off the top of my head what the ideal settings are. When I have a chance I can boot up the game and see what settings I was using.