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Beginnings

The project started as a list of all the relevant mapping resources i have discovered, placed inside my mapping discord server in a dedicated channel. Due to discord's limitations, and a few other factors, I decided it was not wise to lock my first draft of information up in a discord server, and so I added it to GitHub. While gists was also an option, it did not have the complexity and collaboration element that I wanted this project to achieve.

Over time i have worked on the list, adding new entries and improving its relevance by mentioning areas such as the World Altering Editor, FA2HDM, a full listing of map tools along with other resources.

Since i frequently use Linux as a daily driver, and have been since mid 2020, I realised there was relatively little formalised information about running WW 2.5D games on Linux, and what there was tended to be uncoordinated. Whenever I had an issue running the game i ended up doing a load of research to remember how to set it back up, and i got tired of this. In 2023, I started my write-up, and as of October I pushed the first edition of my Linux guide. I have since worked on expanding and simplifying the guide into the product that it is today, as well as keeping it as relevant as i can.

After suggestions to move to ReadTheDocs i finally took on this task in December 2023, and a month on I have finished the transition, meaning all materials are now reformatted and are on this web page, as well as everything being build in Markdown and with a PDF download available, all triggered by GitHub commits.

I have also written some basic listings of simple compatibility fixes related to issues I frequently saw in mods, did research on various rendering options and how to configure this, looked into adding DXVK to look for a performance change, and

I hope you find the spectrum of information available to be useful.

Contributions

While this is currently a solo written project, i am always up for collaboration if anyone wishes to expand and contribute to this guide.
If you wish to have any input, you can reach me in most major CnC discords and are of course encouraged to raise any issues on GitHub

This project's raw documentation is hosted in this project's GitHub page

Credits

  • CatTanker, project lead.
    I also need to provide a special thanks to:
  • Kerbiter, for technical support and suggestions.
  • Doomguy, moral support.
  • Lylak and AlliedG for suggesting that i improve the guide when it was only in my discord server.
  • The developers of tools and resources linked, who without this project would be pointless.
  • Fridging, Rhosalth & loose sources for help with DXVK
  • SCIPCION for occasional input.
  • APRA2 Team for support all-round, and helping me find quite a few things.
  • Mental Omega, Project Phantom, Fading Dusk, Red Resurection, RA20XX, Dawn of the Tiberium Age, and a few various public map contributors, whose content is all shown in this page.

PDF Download

A downloadable PDF should be available here, linked to absolute latest.