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I have some ideas for RTS games that are somewhat different from the usual norm. I've been thinking about doing something with Spring RTS and old Total Annihilation assets. Wondering if this engine might be more amenable to conceptual experimentation?

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If your idea involves ballistic physics, then it will be better to use Spring RTS. You can try making a prototype of your idea using the map editors from Warcraft 3 or Starcraft 2, as they let you do a ton of customization.

A new Total Annihilation could be pretty awesome. Especially if you could zoom in and control a unit first person

Not TA but there is an old Unreal Engine mod that brings is essentially C&C Renegade. Called Renegade X (https://www.moddb.com/games/renegade-x)

Thanks for all the tips in thread. Big fan OpenRA / TA.

Voila: https://zero-k.info/ Even available through Steam, gratis.

cool!

You're in luck https://www.beyondallreason.info/

I'm one of the devs for that, thanks for mentioning it!

Interseting - I had not heard of this one!

Been playing BAR for a few months now. So far I think its one of the best TA inspired games Ive come across. Great work! Any plans to allow third party unit mods or AI mods similar to TA?

This looks really similar to Zero-K (https://zero-k.info/), would you mind giving a quick list of key differentiators?

ZK deviates far further from Total Annihilation, while BAR is much more of a successor.

2 factions with tiered factories instead of the "flat" balancing, and instead of using the local energy grid for Overdrive you build Metal Makers that convert energy to metal for you.

I like Zero-K but the maps the game takes place on seem to be very small. (And the music is awful)

That said the enemy AI seems to have a bunch of neat tricks up its sleeve. And it feels like TA-in-3D.

Also, I wish the developers would spend some time making the UI feel a little more lively.

And if you like Supreme Commander there's https://www.sanctuary-rts.com/

There is at least one other RTS in development using the OpenRA engine: Dorf RTS. https://twitter.com/dorfrts

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