If ever they got to play the title of Command & Conquer which is a real-time strategy game which has several installments. Well then, Today we are going to take the opportunity to talk about an application that will give us the possibility of enjoying this.
OpenRA is a free, open source project and multiplatform that recreates and modernizes the classic Command & Conquer strategy games in real time that provides a common platform for the reconstruction and reinvention of classic 2D and 2.5D RTS games.
Account with support for Dune 2000 and the management of the dedicated server, UPnP support for multiple players, improved logic, new map editor tiles, four new AR units, new community-made AR maps, AR balance changes, and much more.
About OpenRA
This means that OpenRA is not restricted by the technical limitations of the original closed source games: includes native support for current operating systems and screen resolutions without relying on emulation or binary hacks, and features integrated online multiplayer.
openra is 100% free and comes with three different modifications. When you run a mod for the first time, the game can automatically download the resources from the original game, or they can use the original game discs.
Red alert
In a world where Hitler was assassinated and the Third Reich never existed, the Soviet Union seeks power throughout Europe. Ally against this Empire of Evil, the free world faces a heating up Cold War.
Tiberian sunrise
An alliance of nations fight to protect Europe and North Africa from a mysterious terrorist organization and the valuable but toxic extraterrestrial mineral Tiberium, which is slowly spreading around the world.
The Red Alert mod focuses on strategy, providing a range of units and tactics to conquer land, sea, and air.
Dune 2000
Three great houses fight for the precious mixture of spices.
He who controls the spice controls the universe!
Establish a foothold on the desert planet Arrakis, where your greatest threat is the environment.
OpenRA mods include new features and improvements in the game that takes them to the modern era:
- A choice between the "right click" and the classic "left click" in the control schemes
- Revised sidebar interfaces to manage production
- Support for game replays and a watcher interface designed for online game streaming
- The "fog of war" that obscures the battlefield out of the line of sight of your units
- Civil Structures That Can Be Captured for Strategic Advantage
- Units gain experience while fighting and improve when they gain new ranks
How to install OpenRA on Ubuntu 18.04 and derivatives?
If you want to install OpenRA on your system You must open a terminal with Ctrl + Atl + T and execute the following commands.
If eare using a version of Ubuntu 17.04 or lower can occupy the following:
In order to enjoy this application we are going to lean on the getdeb repository which we add to our list with this command.
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -rs)-getdeb games" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list' wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add
We update our list with:
sudo apt-get update
And finally we install with:
sudo apt-get install openra
In the case of users of the current Ubuntu version which is 18.04 LTS or if you don't want to add more repositories to your system you can download the deb package provided directly by the developers by OpenRa.
We only have to go to its official website and in its download section we can obtain the package.
Or if you prefer from the terminal we execute:
wget https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/releases/download/release-20180307/openra_release.20180307_all.deb
Once the download is done, we install the application with:
sudo dpkg -i release-20180307/openra_release.20180307_all.deb
How to uninstall OpenRa from Ubuntu and derivatives?
Finally, if you want to remove this application from your system, just type:
sudo apt-get remove openra --auto-remove