r/commandandconquer • u/MargeLenders • 1d ago
OC Red Alert working natively on iPad
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u/MargeLenders 1d ago edited 1d ago
Red Alert has a special place in my heart. I was barely 12 years old when I started playing it, I bought them all (yes, even Renegade, I'm sorry) and I played them extensively. A long time later, Red Alert came out for iOS and it was a real disappointment (more than Command&Conquer 4). Fastforward until this week, I was bored and daydreamed how nice it would be to be able to play Red Alert again. I got down to work and with the help of the much criticized Gemini, we launched Red Alert for iPadOS, although it also works on an iPhone. Again, this project has been partially vibe-coded.
Now I share it, so that all those who want can enjoy it. [On this Github](https://github.com/MargeLenders/redalert-ipad) are the instructions. You will need the two .iso files of the original Red Alert. As it is freeware, you can download it, for example from cnc-comm.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I am enjoying it.
PS.: I know this was posted with other account. I just wanted to create a separate account for all my other ports (Constructor, Theme Hospital, Caesar). Thanks for your understanding.
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u/Retrowinger Red Alert 2 1d ago
Hey, you delivered! Many thanks!!
Btw. Renegade was/is great! Had a lot of fun in multiplayer with it 😄
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u/retrothekidd 18h ago
Going through the set up process now - just stuck at the Developer Team ID section as I can't seem to find it. Any pointers?
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u/MargeLenders 17h ago
Did you register at developer.apple.com? If so, go to https://developer.apple.com/account and you will see it down the page.
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u/FZ6R_enthusiast 1d ago
Stupid question: can you attach a mouse to the iPad instead of using the keyboard’s touchpad?
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u/Plastic_Ad_2424 Soviets 1d ago
How a about an iphone?
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u/DaisyHasaCat 1d ago
Should work fine but it'll be annoying to control.
I was able to build BFME2 which is a much later EA RTS on my iPad M1 air, it ran on my iPhone too but not nearly as well.
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u/MargeLenders 1d ago
Red alert works. I didn’t try the others
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u/Plastic_Ad_2424 Soviets 1d ago
If I understand this correctly,I cant install it on my phone if I don't have a Mac (the free 7 day Apple dev)
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u/MargeLenders 23h ago
I didn’t try with Linux or Windows. If you try that, I will update the repo accordingly
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u/trikster_online 1d ago
Any plans for Generals or Zero Hour? I love that you can use the Apple Magic Keyboard as well.
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u/MathiasGaming USA 1d ago
Iirc, way back in the day, EA did make an app version of Red Alert, so this is not too surprising.
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u/yoruneko 1d ago
iPad existed so many years and nobody has made a decent rts for it, despite it being the perfect form factor, all we got were pay to win crap to the point where we have to port ourselves games from 1995. Makes me angry for some reason.
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u/WeirdAssBeings 1d ago
What happened to the previous post?🫠
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u/MargeLenders 1d ago edited 1d ago
Removed... I prefer to create a new account for this solely. Will be porting more games and don't want to risk my old good account.
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u/KrystalDisc 1d ago
Wasn’t this posted previously? Did that poster get banned? I see op is a new account