# EA Releases Source Code and 4K Remasters For Two 'Command and Conquer' Games

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EA Games has just released _The Command & Conquer Remastered Collection_ on Steam, described by Hot Hardware as two of the '90s-era real-time strategy games that “were incredibly popular in their day and [are still popular with retro gamers today](https://hothardware.com/news/command-and-conquer-remastered-launches)…”

“Gamers can change between legacy and remastered 4K graphics in real-time when playing solo mode,” they note, adding that “deep support for mods via the Steam Workshop is baked in.”

But [UnknownSoldier](https://slashdot.org/~UnknownSoldier) (Slashdot user #67,820) also writes _EA [has released the source code](https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Remastered_Collection) for two of their classic real-time strategy games in the Command and Conquer series: CnC: Red Alert and CnC: Tiberian Dawn on GitHub. Interesting trivia:_

 
 _- Source code is around 5 MB._

 _- There are no art of sound assets._

 _- Filenames are all in capitals. This makes it easy to tell what was added for the Remaster._

 _- The path finding is NOT using the usual A\* algorithm but the “Crash and Turn” algorithm._

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_Searching the source for PETROGLYPH\_EXAMPLE\_MOD shows an example of how to add a mod._  
And 25 years after the release of _Tiberian Dawn_ , the remastering team even [tracked down the original voice for its in-game computer system EVA](https://www.polygon.com/pc/2019/12/11/21010901/command-and-conquer-remastered-release-dates-original-actors-kia-huntzinger-eva-voice-pc) – to create new high-definition recordings.