Spring is a free, open source, fully 3D, real-time strategy game engine. Originally designed to run content from Total Annihilation. Since it's early days, the engine has matured significantly. While retaining some support for units in TA formats, games for the Spring Engine can now be developed using more modern technologies. Using the Lua scripting language to allow everything from extending the GUI and Gameplay to Unit Animation, allowing units to be created in modern 3D model formats and an extensible AI framework all while having an open licencing model (GNU GPL), the Spring Engine is an excellent choice for any RTS Game Developer. Many different projects covering a wide range of popular RTS genres and diverse themes have already been built for the Spring Engine establishing it as a key contributor to the future success of open source gaming and free to play games.

  • All games built for the Spring engine offer multi-player support through the “Spring Lobby Server” and a “Spring Lobby Client”.
  • Extend or replace the GUI and Gameplay elements with Lua Scripting
  • Optionally allow Deformable Terrain: have weapons and explosions crater the landscape, allow players to terraform, make maps that change throughout a match or anything else through Lua scripting
  • Built in RTS functionality inspired by Total Annihilation allows someone with little programming experience to get up and running while Advanced developers can, using the power of Lua, make whatever RTS game they want (up to and exceeding the abilities of commercial RTS engines)
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About Evolution RTS with 3 comments by Forboding_Angel on Mar 4th, 2013

Floppy Cup Evolution RTS Tournament

Saturday March 30, 2013, 18:00 GMT

Maps: To be determined

Early Rounds: Best of 3
Semifinals: Best of 5
Finals: Best of 7

Prize Pool: $100
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Payouts:
First: $50
Second: $30
Third: $20

Matches will be streamed live in 1080p HD!

If you are looking for someone to practice against, try #evolution or #tourney.

To sign up. send an email to tournament@evolutionrts.info with your Lobby Nickname. [SmuG]flopflop[ROBO] or [Evo]Forboding_Angel can answer any of your questions in the lobby or in the forums at Forums.evolutionrts.info

This tournament is open to all. No entry fee. Signups will be accepted until the tournament actually starts.

Linux users welcome! If you need help getting Evolution RTS going on Linux, just make a post in the forums and I'll help you get it situated.

Can't wait to see you all there!

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L1K3A8O5S
L1K3A8O5S Aug 5 2010, 5:35pm says:

Okay, I doubt this is the place to put this, but I am a noob...

Every time that I try to start a game in the Spring lobby, the game gets to a loading screen after I push start, and then crashes back the the Spring lobby saying, "Spring has Crashed", and something like, "a stacktrace has been written to infolog.text". I looked around in that text file, but the computer's language is way beyond me, and I don't understand where the problem is. Does anyone have a possible solution?

I am using bots. The same problem for every mod I have. Only tried one map, but I doubt that's the problem.

The games for this look really fun...

Sorry to bore you, Thanks

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archl
archl Feb 1 2011, 5:18am replied:

ATI/Intel Cards easily got problems, try upgrade your Driver.

Else, you may join Multiplayer game, all spring games designed to be Multiplayer fun.

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Forboding_Angel
Forboding_Angel Dec 9 2010, 6:52pm replied:

Most of the bots are *A only. If you are playing BA, then try using RAI or KAIK. AAI usually doesn't work all that well.

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Vancer2
Vancer2 Oct 5 2011, 4:20pm replied:

ohai forby

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SciF-i
SciF-i Dec 7 2010, 7:01pm replied:

There are a couple mod specific ais you could try to work with.

Try using RAI works best,everything thats JAVA AI or NULL something dont use those are just for testing only, anyways if the problem persists visit spring main website and post detailed information.

http: //springrts.com/

I must say you should try multiplayer its the best part of this game, there are a couple Ais,but essencialy you are looking at a epic multiplayer RTS experience.

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neddiedrow
neddiedrow Dec 7 2010, 7:00pm replied:

Well, the bot you're using may be the problem. I wish we had caught your question sooner, I doubt you'll check back here, but...

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Ichiman94
Ichiman94 Feb 4 2010, 11:42am says:

very good engine for RTS games and looks nice

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Lupus_of_nox_noctis
Lupus_of_nox_noctis Jan 22 2010, 6:36am says:

TA was the best, But this i thought i would never see. They finally brought it back.....

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neddiedrow
neddiedrow May 13 2010, 8:16pm replied:

Indeed yes.

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wilkub
wilkub Apr 27 2010, 1:44pm replied:

There is one game with this engine what is not free

P.U.R.E
Wolfegames.com

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