Rise of the Reds: Two Decades after Zero Hour.

If you're just now joining us, we have changed our image from what we used to be back at Revora. We've begun a massive overhaul of the Russian faction and we are now happy to introduce the European Continental Army or ECA for short,into the ROTR conflict. The ECA originates from the mod "Rise of Europe" whom have now merged with the ROTR team. A vast majority of their content will be available for their Generals. If you would like to check out some of their old renders and concepts, you can go here and here.

Rise of the Reds will add these two factions into the "General's" world and stay true to the game's visual style, but will change the gameplay significantly. In addition to improving the gameplay of the original game we will fix balance and bug issues as well as add a plethora of new particles, sound and visual effects.

Features: New Content and General Selection

Rise of the Reds is a mod for Zero Hour which takes place several years after the Zero Hour storyline. A storyline in which entangles all 5 factions in a battle royale for both global influence and superpower status.

We're planning to scrap a the old Zero Hour Generals with ALL NEW ones with it's own unique General selection.
First you select your side: Russia, USA, ECA, China or GLA. Then once you are in game you will be prompted as to which general you wish to play, who you will then select at the Command Center.

There will be 3 Generals per faction, making for a total of 15 playable Generals - each with their own unique strengths and weaknesses. We have decided to base ROTR solely around these Generals so there will be no "vanilla" or parent factions in the traditional sense. The new generals are listed as follows.

New Generals :

USA
-Airforce
-Special Forces
-Tank

China
-Red Army
-Special Weapons
-Secret Police

GLA
-Bio Command
-Terror Cell
-Warlord

Russia
-Rapid Deployment
-Advanced Weapons
-Tactical Ballistics

ECA
-Mechanized Assault
-Royal Guard
-Fire Support

We will release more detailed information regarding these new Generals later.

Unique Skirmish Maps :
For extra content, we will be releasing skirmish maps rather than full blown campaign, these maps will follow the storyline's war and will lead you across the globe. More on that later ;)

Current and Future Versions:
The current version of RotR version 1.5 which is currently available on Moddb. This version will include improved AI, AI for Russia, new units and strutures for the new Russian faction and improved US and Chinese factions. Version 1.5 will not include the ECA and GLA factions. The current release is still very much a beta and will likely have balance issues and bugs, but don't fret, as they will be dealt with over time. The current version has Russian, US, and Chinese vanilla factions. We are planning to add an overhauled GLA and ECA vanilla factions in a version after 1.5. Removal of vanilla factions and addition of generals will occur in version 2.0. The campaign will be added some time beyond that in the form of unique skirmish maps. That's an overview of our plans, though nothing is set in stone and things are likely to change.

Overall we hope you will be excited with our new ROTR as we are. Stay tuned for more updates in the future. Please also jump into our forums for your comments and up-to-date news with the mod and join an active community where you can play online via Hamachi. We've had a fan base in the past and with our revival we expect old fans to revisit us and maybe new ones to join in with the fun, so don't be surprised if they expect a few games with other fans!

- The RoTR team

Please Don't ask for the release date, or even an estimate, as there is never a release date.  (Unless we tell you otherwise)

There is no navy planned for this mod.

Rise of the Reds Manual

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Check out our forums for exclusive mini-updates like "Meet the Generals" and "Under the Spotlight", revealing in-depth information over the sub-factions and units planned for Rise of the Reds!

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Thanks for tuning in to this frequency, comrades. It has been a long time but it is with great pride that we release Rise of the Reds 1.5! This brings many exciting changes to your battle software. You can see all the changes in the document included with your briefcase. We hope you have fun and that you enjoy a few of the secrets we kept hidden. You should now go test your new toys and don't forget to give us your feedback!



Note: the screen cap in the top right is of an older internal beta where the Chinook hadn't been replaced with the Osprey yet.


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Rise of the Reds 1.5

Rise of the Reds 1.5

Sep 21, 2009 Full Version 100 comments

Greetings Comrades! Rise of the Reds version 1.5 is here! We've added a plethora of new content including many new units, improved AI that will use new...

ROTR Patch 1.2 MAC

ROTR Patch 1.2 MAC

Jan 05, 2009 Patch 10 comments

Hello once again Generals! We are back with yet another update to your battle software. This patch contains graphical improvements, bug fixes and balancing...

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ROTR 1.2 Patch PC

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Hello once again Generals! We are back with yet another update to your battle software. This patch contains graphical improvements, bug fixes and balancing...

ROTR Patch 1.1 Mac

ROTR Patch 1.1 Mac

Dec 29, 2008 Patch 3 comments

Greetings Generals! Our battlefield reconnaissance and your feedback has informed of us of certain issues that you’ve been facing. So we’ve released...

ROTR Patch 1.1 PC

ROTR Patch 1.1 PC

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Greetings Generals! Our battlefield reconnaissance and your feedback has informed of us of certain issues that you’ve been facing. So we’ve released...

Rise of the Reds 1.0 SWR Edition (Mac)

Rise of the Reds 1.0 SWR Edition (Mac)

Dec 27, 2008 Full Version 5 comments

Ladies and Gentlemen, the time has arrived! ROTR 1.0 SWR Edition has been Released! We hope this wait hasn't been a gruelling one but the work put into...

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mpa12120
mpa12120 2hours 22mins ago says: New Comment

Is this mod compatible with shockwave? I have downloaded and installed, but every time i try to play a serious error accurs. Is there a easy way to fix it and still be able to play shockwave?

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maizeeater
maizeeater 19hours 10mins ago says:

First of all I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all ppl who contributed in development of this great mod. Seeing Russians in C&C Generals was my dream. And tnx to you, guys it came true. I tried it and felt in love to this mod.

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The_H4mm3r
The_H4mm3r Nov 21 2009, 7:58am says: Online

I have a sort of Mini-reactor you guys could use.

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KamuiK
KamuiK Nov 21 2009, 10:05am replied:

Show us ^^

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poison3000
poison3000 Nov 21 2009, 1:56am says:

ROTR developing team , please consider this tiny suggestion :

>> the black Hawk , isnt it better to fill it with 4 rangers and 4 rocket launcher men ? instead of 8 rangers , u know .. for better use and tactics ...

>> how about using the squad level for making infantry , like on shockwave , a mixed squad ona special price , its useful for those who want to make good use of infantry , u know ...

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someguywhopwns
someguywhopwns Nov 21 2009, 2:18am replied:

one: the blackhawk is already good as is, it even costs a lot just to make one. adding bazooka soldiers into it just screws up everything, since you can't do a completely effective combat drop (fyi, rangers take casualties now when they do combat drop; you need all the rangers you can get) plus, that allows for pretty early rushes, which the tier system is designed to replace that. also, your blackhawk can get shot down during combat drop, and if you fail at that, you have nowhere to drop your bazooka soldiers, so that will = waste of money. if you have a full squad of rangers, then you can clear a LZ until reinforcements arrive by air (in this case, your "so-called" bazooka rangers)

two: squads = possibly the only thing you can build off of is the angry mob coding, and then you have to add skins, damage calculations, more calculations to compensate for the vast number of infantry that usually comes in ones, not in groups, so that's a lot of work. not to mention the fact that only the infantry general is allowed squads, because he's infantry general. so putting in squads would kinda mess up things too.

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poison3000
poison3000 Nov 21 2009, 5:37am replied:

wow dude , nothing is really complicated about it , but this should ease up the combat management and save time in producing them. and why u r annoyed ? its been suggested before and I find it more comprehensive to do it , coz I normally do make Black Hawk and empty half ranger and replace them with RPG , Black Hawk is capable to stand rockets hits , the idea is to drop soldiers behind the enemy defenses for critical mission (like hit a dozer building a powerplant for nuclear missile silo) so u can earn some time .. or even use them for distraction , rangers are not really effective against tanks , so this is my idea of having some RPG on the blackhawk ..

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KamuiK
KamuiK Nov 21 2009, 10:03am replied:

Yeah but the Missile Defender cannot combat drop (think about it, a soldier with a Bazooka going downwards on a rope, how badass must one be to do that?). Also, if you replace 4 Rangers with MD's, the price of the Blackhawk climbs even higher.

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LXD_Bruce
LXD_Bruce Nov 20 2009, 9:35pm says:

Russia Advanced Weapons General has a different power plant? Maybe it's the Tesla Reactor?

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someguywhopwns
someguywhopwns Nov 21 2009, 2:20am replied:

hopefully we would see an improvement to the RA2 tesla reactor in this game ^_^

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