RTS AI 0.4.0-alpha.1 — Windows standalone

RTS AI 0.4.0-alpha.1 — Windows testing release

One standalone game with an in-game Game modes chooser: Classic and Isometric. No owned Red Alert or Red Alert 2 installation is required.

• 16 country choices, including seven authored modern faction packs.
• Six campaign maps with native objectives, civilian convoy orders, enemy waves and difficulty.
• Windows per-user EXE installer and portable ZIP. The local companion and inference runtimes are bundled; models are optional downloads. Choose No AI for the first gameplay test, or Full local AI to download the optional model pack.
• Classic currently uses the shared modern army on a rectangular grid. It does not yet reproduce every feature or map of the historical Classic fork.

Test the release

1. Download the Windows installer from https://rtsai.net/download and run it. This alpha is unsigned; the download page lists its SHA-256.
2. Choose No AI for a quick install. Launch RTS AI from the Start menu.
3. Open Game modes, choose a mode, then start a skirmish or campaign.
4. Repeat in the other mode. Settings, replays and maps are kept in the game's support directory.

The portable ZIP is an alternative: extract the complete folder and launch RTSAI.exe.

This is a Windows development prerelease. Full historical Classic migration, all campaign outcomes, broader hardware/network acceptance and complete browser/native parity remain open. macOS for this version follows on the owner's Mac. The older release remains available in release history.

Build verification: zero native compiler warnings/errors, strict standalone checks, audio provenance, preserved-resource hashes, packaged mode-switch/render check and portable payload checksums. The release includes SHA256SUMS.txt and per-file checksums. Engine pin: 68c1e955578d804921f4907753af932fa7ed0e14.