OpenRA AI 0.1.0 alpha.12

OpenRA AI alpha.12 makes the assistant a dependable, first-class part of Red Alert.

What changed

• Adds one clear AI entry on the OpenRA main menu for the integrated companion and AI command drawer.
• Starts the companion automatically from the branded launcher and standard Red Alert launch path unless explicitly disabled.
• Makes launcher and companion connection handling resilient to restarts and stale local connection state.
• Starts AUTO control on the first live battlefield snapshot, so enabled automatic assistance begins without an extra setup step.
• Fixes packaged local microphone capture and preserves the branded Desktop and Start Menu launchers during installer verification.

Downloads

• Windows installer: guided per-user setup with Local AI selected by default.
• Windows portable ZIP: extract the complete archive and run Play-OpenRAAI.cmd.
• Windows AI Pack: optional standalone local-model bundle for portable or offline setup.
• Release index and .sha256 files: exact checksums for every release artifact.

Local AI minimum: Windows 10/11 x64, a 4-core AVX2 CPU, 8 GB RAM, and 5 GB free disk. A recent 6-core CPU and 16 GB RAM are recommended. The local pack is CPU-only.

This prerelease is not code-signed and does not include the original Red Alert game data. OpenRA installs its supported freeware content on first launch. A macOS download is not included because a public DMG still requires a native Apple Silicon build, Developer ID signing, notarization, stapling, and verification on macOS.