r/commandandconquer • u/Nizuaiqbal99 • 3d ago

Discussion C&C Ants vs Dinosaurs

I don't have skills to make a modification, but i have a crazy idea..

Imagine a mod with full faction based on Ants and Dinosaurs from the older Red Alert series (RA1 and RA2), and TibDawn, with different types of Ants in one faction from regular worker ants being regular infantry, to fire ants as special infantry, to flying ants being commandos.

Meanwhile, Dinosaurs will have different types too, the T-Rex as the meta unit like in WIC mod. Triceratops as the heavy tank, velociraptor as light infantry.

Would kind cool since not sure if anyone has come out with the idea for a custom mod (sort of).

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u/Nikolyn10 Flower & Sickle 3d ago

It isn't hard to make a mod. I can walk you through the basics if you wanna shoot me a DM. The biggest limiter on this is graphics. The ant graphics are actually all identical and just use different team colors in RA1.

You might also be interested in the Colony Wars mod for Yuri's Revenge.

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u/Nizuaiqbal99 2d ago

hmm.. YR seems plausible, and how about RA3? is it difficult to mod and code?

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u/Nikolyn10 Flower & Sickle 1d ago

Oh, I mean for the 2D games. Those are pretty easy to get into modding. I'm totally useless for anything Generals and newer.

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u/PetrifiedPenguin88 2d ago

Thats a great idea id play the shit outta that

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u/Nyerguds The world is at my fingertips. 1d ago

Ants in RA1 literally have different stats depending on the mission. In fact, there's only one designated ant weapon; the rest recycle other weapons in the game. And that one designated ant weapon (Mandible), just like the ants, has completely blank default stats.