VERA20K

Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge — rebuilt from scratch in Rust for large multiplayer battles.

This project stands on the shoulders of giants. Thanks to OpenRA, XCC mixer, ModEnc website, PPM website, EA for open source RA1, World Altering Editor, Final Alert,YRpp, Ares, Phobos and much more.

VERA20K operates after contributor-owned cooperative principles. Contributors earn equity shares through contributions or donations. Those shares give automatically income rights and governance weight.

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Project Goals

1. Faithful Engine Replacement A drop-in replacement for gamemd.exe that stays 100% true to the original Westwood RA2 visual fidelity, atmosphere, and gameplay.

2. Built for Scale Constructed from the ground up for large multiplayer — targeting support for up to 30 players and 20,000 units on significantly bigger maps.

3. Extendable Offer known old and new rts feautures never seen before to enhance the cnc ra2 experience.

Current Status

Early development — Work is focused on the core engine. Approximately 27% complete.

Requirements

• Rust 1.85+ (edition 2024)
• A copy of Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge (the engine reads .mix files from your install)

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/yrvera/vera20k.git
   cd vera20k
   

2. Copy the example config and set your RA2 install path:

   cp config.toml.example config.toml
   

   Edit config.toml and set ra2_dir to where your RA2/YR is installed.

3. Build and run:

   cargo run --bin vera20k
   

Contributing

Read the architecture overview before diving in.

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Make your changes and commit
4. Push to your fork and open a Pull Request

License

• GNU General Public License v3.0