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

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    • quicksilverQ
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      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.

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      • ExarKunIvE
        ExarKunIv @quicksilver
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        @quicksilver did you get this to work any better?

        sorry to bump a old topic

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

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          • ExarKunIvE
            ExarKunIv @quicksilver
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            @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

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            • quicksilverQ
              quicksilver @ExarKunIv
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              @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.

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              • ExarKunIvE
                ExarKunIv @quicksilver
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                @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

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                • ExarKunIvE
                  ExarKunIv @quicksilver
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                  @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

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                    retropi19 @quicksilver
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                    @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 ???

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

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                        retropi19 @quicksilver
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                        @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?

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                        • quicksilverQ
                          quicksilver @retropi19
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                          @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.

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