OpenRA Playtest 20140709 is now available!

OpenRA Playtest-20140709 has been released. This is their first july release candidate and they are expected to release an official OpenRA version in this month. This version includes some interesting changes, such as:


- The RA and TD game music can now be downloaded and installed from the in-game music player.
- Capturing enemy structures in RA and TD will now let you build units from their faction.
- The maximum tech level can be configured in the lobby options (TD only in this playtest).
- Added an option to lock the mouse cursor inside the game window.
- Fixed a number of crashes that were introduced in the last release.
- Improved performance and memory usage.
- Added beacon images for the RA spy plane, paratroopers, and parabombs.
- Multiple players can now repair a building at an accelerated rate.
- Added engine support for diamond-shaped (“isometric”) terrain (an important milestone for our TS mod).


Beacon images for RA spy planes, paratroopers and parabombs.


Head to OpenRA's official website to download the latest playtest. The full list of changes compared with the June release is available at their wiki.



By the way, if you paid attention to the list of features above, you might have noticed the diamond shape 'isometric' support, that should be used for their upcoming Tiberian Sun Mod. Here's a picture of their progress so far: