[SaintUnity]

I am planning on making a mod for Yuri's Revenge that adds new countries/sides to the game. But i'm not sure what to use to make animations, graphics, audio, etc. I know Deezire is the best ModMaker for C&C games there is. So if someone could help me, Deezire, or anyone please post here.

[Kravvitz]

Welcome to Deezire Online Forums and the C&C modding community.

XCC Mixer is available at http://xccu.sourceforge.net , you should also get XCC Mix Editor while you are there.

The first step in C&C modding is getting familiar with the art(md).ini and rules(md).ini files.

If you have further questions feel free to post here.

I'm not much of a motivational speeker...
It may seem overwhelming at first and some people never really get the hang of it, but if you play mods like Deezire's then you will know that it's possible. For most people, it gets easier with time.

You should read Creating new RA2/YR .MIX files

Two good places to look for cameos are:

You can go to my page: Kravvitz's Cameos

Renegade also makes good RA2/YR Cameos: Renegade's Cameos On Damand

The Best RA2/YR Modding Resource Sites are:

• http://esource.arm-ent.com/
• http://cncsource.editingsource.com/
• http://www.cannis.net/pixelops/
• http://yrarg.cncguild.net/

( That was my stock reply to new modders )

[Stone]

kravvitz: you should include that it is impossible to add new sides/countries in ra2/yr

SaintUnity: it is impossible to add new sides/countries in ra2/yr

[Kravvitz]

Originally Posted by Stone

kravvitz: you should include that it is impossible to add new sides/countries in ra2/yr

SaintUnity: it is impossible to add new sides/countries in ra2/yr

You can modify sides though, but when you change the sides, things can get a little glitchy.

[Blade]

Depends on what you change. If you try and change them to have independant tech trees you will have problems, but you should be able to migrate them to another of the existing sides (say an allied to yuri or something similar).

[SaintUnity]

Why can't you add new sides to Yuri's Revenge? Westwood made an expansion that added a new side to Red Alert 2(Yuri). Do you need to know how to program hex or know the gaming code or something?


I have messed around with the INI files a lot, I am familar with most of what can be found in rules.INI and rulesmd.INI.

I know how to work everything pretty well; buldings, infantry, vehicles, superweapons.

I am still learning though. I wish I could chat with someone, message boards aren't fast enough, I have questions.

Thank you, for the information so far.

[Xgamer]

Get Deezire's Editing Guide - it'll solve a lot of your questions (and save us the effort too )

[Kravvitz]

Originally Posted by SaintUnity

Why can't you add new sides to Yuri's Revenge? Westwood made an expansion that added a new side to Red Alert 2(Yuri). Do you need to know how to program hex or know the gaming code or something?

Westwood tended to hardcode a lot of things, like the number of sides.
That's why YR uses a whole different exe from the one RA2 uses.

Not many modders use Y!IM, there are more on AIM and MSNM. I use all 3 on occassion.

[MWViper]

Aren't there Exe editors out there so that you can change what the exe says.
In other words, you say that Westwood hardcoded the number of sides in the game. Wouldn't you be able to change that.

[Opals25]

I've seen mods that add new sides 0_o.... Code Red adds 2.

edit, nevermind, I was thinking wrong u_u