Step by Step

Windows

1. Download OpenRA Bleed from the ZIP here : https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA Extract it into a folder of your choice (for example, in a folder named "Bleed" on the Desktop)

2. Download the RA2 mod from the ZIP here : https://github.com/OpenRA/ra2 Extract it into a folder of your choice (for example, in a folder named "ra2" on the Desktop)

3. Cut this "ra2" folder and paste it into "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\OpenRA\mods"

4. In the Explorer, go to your "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\OpenRA\mods\ra2" folder and double-click on the make.cmd file. This will open a black command line prompt.

5. Type "dependencies C:\Users\your_username\Desktop\Bleed"

6. In Explorer, go to "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\OpenRA\mods\ra2\OpenRA.Mods.RA2\dependencies" and copy all the files. Go to the root of the OpenRA Bleed folder and paste the files, overwrite if asked.

7. Go back to the "C:\Users\your_username\Documents\OpenRA\mods\ra2\ folder and relaunch make.cmd. Type "all"

8. Now you can go to the OpenRA Bleed folder and launch the game with OpenRA.exe.

Unix

1. Build OpenRA

mkdir ~/build
cd ~/build
git clone https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA.git
cd OpenRA
make dependencies
make all

2. Build RA2

cd ~/build/OpenRA/mods/
git clone https://github.com/OpenRA/ra2.git
ln -s ~/build/OpenRA/mods/ra2/OpenRA.Mods.RA2 ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2
cd ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2/dependencies
ln -s ../../Eluant.dll ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2/dependencies/Eluant.dll
ln -s ../../OpenRA.Game.exe ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2/dependencies/OpenRA.Game.exe
ln -s ../../mods/common/OpenRA.Mods.Common.dll ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2/dependencies/OpenRA.Mods.Common.dll
ln -s ../../mods/ra/OpenRA.Mods.RA.dll ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2/dependencies/OpenRA.Mods.RA.dll
ln -s ../../mods/ts/OpenRA.Mods.TS.dll ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2/dependencies/OpenRA.Mods.TS.dll
cd ~/build/OpenRA/OpenRA.Mods.RA2
xbuild

3. Fetch some game content without original CD and install automatically.

bash ~/build/OpenRA/mods/ra2/fetch-content.sh

4. Run the game

bash ~/build/OpenRA/launch-game.sh