RA2 Buildings - Aviation Research : Overview

RA2 and Modding

Red Alert 2 is a popular strategy (RTS) game made by Westwood studios. With the release of many tools, importantly the XCC Mixer people are able to modify the game, changing rules, adding new units, changing weapon types.. and so on.

However, one area of RA2 has not been heavily modded, this would be the Building graphics.

The reason not many people have, is because its so annoyingly hard. Really, there are many many aspects of building design and coding that make creating new graphics for RA2 particularly difficult.

Building buildings

The aim of this project report, is to walk you through the stages of developing a new building. It should provide valuable tips for someone with dedication to build their own.

I'm working on the TechWar 2 mod, ran by Justin P (of no fixed decent website yet). On the following pages I'll walk through the development of a new building; the Aviation Research facility. A simple, non functional building used to progress technology reasearch.

Author: Markavian
Last edited on: 18th Dec, 12:53 pm
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project Pages

Overview
Building Template
Start with a sketch
3D Modelling
Standard SHP
Buildup Animation
File Coversion
Apendix 1