Well its winter in this part of the world, but that doesn't mean you can't start your off summer with a latest stable release of OpenRA. The big feature of this release is of course the long-awaited in-game map editor. For the first time ever, OpenRA offers a map editing ability for all all mods, on all supported operating systems. The new map editor offers the following benefits and features:
- Fully cross-platform, just like the game itself. Finally, a map editor for OS X!
- Truly WYSIWYG. It uses the game renderer, so there are no more rendering glitches.
- Support for all mods. The legacy editor did not support Dune 2000 properly, and Tiberian Sun not at all.
Other minor additions include:
- The Dune 2000 mod has gained building upgrades, and now matches the original game’s tech tree.
- A total of six single-player missions have been added to the Tiberian Dawn mod. Enjoy!
- The “Team health colors” option now provides a better distinction between your own and allied units.
- Support powers can now be activated using configurable hotkeys.
- A “quick placement” mode has been added which will automatically pick up a completed building for placement when the player selects the corresponding production tab.
Full details about this release can be found here. Visit the OpenRA site for the download.
