Show HN: Phobos – an engine extension for Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge

43 pointsposted 10 months ago
by Kerbiter

6 Comments

frutiger

10 months ago

What does this extension do?

I played a lot of RA2:YR in my youth but am not in the RA2 modding scene and I couldn't really understand how to use this extension or what it might provide.

Kerbiter

10 months ago

Basically it patches bugs found in the original game and provides new engine features. RA2YR engine is not like modern game engines, you don't have a scripting language, everything is configured via config files without the need to code, hence modders can't implement custom game mechanics apart from what the engine provides. For example, per-unit shields with additional HP and different armor were not possible to do, with Phobos it is possible.

metadat

10 months ago

Is there a video which showcases the unique aspects of RA2 gameplay with Phobos?

Kerbiter

10 months ago

Hopefully there will be in future. But for now the docs do have fancy GIF illustrations of Phobos features used, which is the closest you can get.

lofaszvanitt

10 months ago

Electronic Arts sitting on franchises like this... by the dozens.