To run OpenRA, several files are needed from the original game disks. A minimal asset pack can also be downloaded and installed by the game.
The following lists per-platform dependencies required to build from source.
- Windows PowerShell >= 4.0
- .NET Framework >= 4.5 (Client Profile)
- SDL 2 (included)
- FreeType (included)
- zlib (included)
- OpenAL (included)
- liblua 5.1 (included)
You need to fetch the thirdparty dependencies and place them at the appropriate places by typing make dependencies
in a command terminal.
To compile OpenRA, open the OpenRA.sln
solution in the main folder, build it from the command-line with MSBuild or use the Makefile analogue command make all
scripted in PowerShell syntax.
Run the game with OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod=ra
for Red Alert or OpenRA.Game.exe Game.Mod=cnc
for Tiberian Dawn.
Use make dependencies
to map the native libraries to your system and fetch the remaining CLI dependencies to place them at the appropriate places.
To compile OpenRA, run make all
from the command line.
Run with either launch-game.sh
or mono --debug OpenRA.Game.exe
.
Type sudo make install
for system wide installation. Run make install-linux-shortcuts
to get startup scripts, icons and desktop files. You can then run from the openra
shortcut.
- mono-devel
- libfreetype6
- libopenal1
- liblua5.1-0
- libsdl2-2.0-0
- xdg-utils
- zenity
- curl
sudo zypper in mono-devel openal-soft freetype2 SDL2 lua51 xdg-utils zenity curl
- dev-lang/mono
- dev-dotnet/libgdiplus
- media-libs/freetype:2
- media-libs/libsdl2
- media-libs/openal
- virtual/jpeg
- virtual/opengl
- dev-lang/lua-5.1.5
- x11-misc/xdg-utils
- gnome-extra/zenity
- net-misc/curl
Use make dependencies
to map the native libraries to your system.
To compile OpenRA, run make
from the command line.
Run with mono --debug OpenRA.Game.exe
.