# electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn

Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn

Repository: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cnc_tiberian_dawn
Homepage: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229830/Command__Conquer_and_The_Covert_Operations/
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: command-and-conquer, open-source, real-time-strategy, rts
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-02-27T15:00:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 8, release rhythm 35, longevity 53
- inputs: {"age_days": 742, "days_push": 552, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1808, forks 650 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:39.278234+00:00)

## What it is
The open-sourced C++ source code for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn, released by Electronic Arts for preservation and Steam Workshop modding support. It does not fully compile out of the box and requires the original game assets plus vintage toolchains to rebuild.

## Use cases
- study the original Command & Conquer source code
- create Steam Workshop mods for Tiberian Dawn
- restore and rebuild a classic RTS engine
- preserve retro game source code
- learn how 1990s real-time strategy games were written

## When to choose
- you want to mod Command & Conquer via Steam Workshop
- you're researching classic RTS engine internals
- you're doing game source preservation work

## When to avoid
- you want a playable game out of the box - you must own the game and restore missing libraries
- you need a modern, buildable cross-platform engine
- you expect community support or contributions - the repo is archived

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: game-engine, game
- domain: gaming-tools
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: real-time-strategy, command-and-conquer, source-release, game-preservation, steam-workshop, retro-gaming, westwood-studios, game-development

## Member repositories
- electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.278234+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:21:22.156597+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Tiberian_Dawn (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:39.278234+00:00, sha 956e4e7b2a80)
  - homepage: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229830/Command__Conquer_and_The_Covert_Operations/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:14.292760+00:00, sha 2264a466e1f7)
  - site_page: https://store.steampowered.com/about?snr=1_5_9__global-responsive-menu (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:14.295489+00:00, sha 8ff6085b120a)
  - site_page: https://store.steampowered.com/about?snr=1_5_9__global-header (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:14.298978+00:00, sha 8ff6085b120a)
  - site_page: https://help.steampowered.com/faqs/view/10BB-D27A-6378-4436 (fetched 2026-08-29T11:00:14.297325+00:00, sha df279750ca7d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.