Assets from the remasters

[k8ieone]

I'm probably not the only one who thought about this and I didn't find any statement/post/issue addressing this.
Is it planned to include support for using the textures/sounds/music from the newly released remasters? It would be nice to have that, because I've already seen a few people complaining about limited options in comparison to OpenRA. Plus I only have Linux and I'm not buying the game until I know for certain that it will work with Proton. If OpenRA plans to support the remastered assets I would also buy it, just for the assets.

[kingo55]

@satcom886 I played for 3 hours today on Linux/Steam - it ran flawlessly out of the box. Didn't even need to change Proton versions.

The textures, sounds and music are amazing. I just wish the gameplay/balancing was up to scratch with OpenRA. It's worth buying for the assets alone if we can import them into OpenRA.

Even if we can only import the music, it'd be worth it.

[abcdefg30]

There are a few things to consider here:

• I have no idea about the legality. The original assets were included in the freeware release. It could be that EA wants to have a tighter hold on the remastered graphics.
• We'd need a parser for the MEG format. (https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Remastered_Collection/issues/29)
• Units like the Flak Truck and Black Hawk have no remastered counterpart.

[KOYK]

I don't know, I mean clearly EA tried hard this time to make us like them.
And I am talking about the released remaster source.
What they ask for return is to pay for the time, graphics and the sound they put in the game.
I don't think it will be wise to do this (what the OP recommended), at least not now that they took the effort to please us for once. And try as much as possible for them to listen to us, the consumers.

I am not an EA fun boy especially after cnc4, quite the opposite, but since they tried, I want to keep it that way. And maybe who knows they might continue in this path if it works for them.

[scrobbleme]

I would love to see the new assets in OpenRA as well. Played the remaster for a couple of hours now.

Looks good, but gameplay is waaaayyyyy better in OpenRA.

[k8ieone]

@kingo55 Thanks for the confirmation! I'll buy the game sooner or later.
@KOYK At the end of the day, does it really matter if you buy the game to play it or just to get access to the new assets? This may sound a little rude against EA, but either way, they get their money. You would still have to own the game to use the new assets, I'm not asking for them to be freely downloadable...
@abcdefg30 Yes... everything you listed might be problematic...

[mabulsoud]

I agree with what @KOYK said. I would also add the openra renderer doesn't support full rgba assets with remaps and engine effects or a way to process .tga and .dds files.

[betam4x]

The MEG file format appears to be documented:

https://modtools.petrolution.net/docs/MegFileFormat

I personally haven't looked through things yet, however.

EDIT: I began writing an extraction utility tonight in C# based on the spec. It appears to use format number 3.

[betam4x]

Oh I should add, I doubt EA will have a problem with asset reuse provided that users already own the game. Someone could always contact them to clarify. As to making the assets available to download for free, that's definitely a no-go.

OpenRA could probably just detect a Steam installation and if the game is installed, offer to pull the assets in.

[fruestueck]

Is it planned to include support for using the textures/sounds/music from the newly released remasters?

As long as that content isn't declaired freeware, the devs won't invest their already scarce time into something possibly illegal or shady at best. However, should EA explicitly allow that type of use, things will look different. But that's just what I think.