Hello everyone!


The Red Alert 3 game engine, known as SAGE, is an improved version of the SAGE engine used in Command & Conquer 3, Lord of the Rings: Battle For Middle Earth games and Generals. While there were many changes during the evolution of SAGE, some of the features from old games still remains valid on Red Alert 3. For this reason, we'll link to a couple of old games tutorials that are also useful for Red Alert 3, to avoid repetitive content.


-> The Basic Modding Introduction: Playing with .BIG files
This tutorial shows you how to browse and create BIG files and edit ini files.

-> Watching and Creating .VP6 Movies
This tutorial doesn't teach you to make movies, but to convert your movies to the EA's VP6 format.

-> How to get MiniMap on World Builder

-> W3DM2ASE Tutorial
Extracting models from the game and opening on 3ds max



And also, there is an interesting tool called DX Ripper, with a tutorial that explains you how to quickly rip all models from the game:
http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/3DRipperDX.htm

Note that you won't be able to grab the animations and some other features with it.



Do you guys know about tutorials outside PPM forums that would also be useful for Red Alert 3 modders? Link them here and let us know about it!