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How Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Solved Pathfinding | War Stories | Ars Technica
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- Recommended by 2 people: 2 on Hacker News.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2020 to 2025.
- Presented by Louis Castle, co-founder of Westwood Studios
- May be out of date. Uploaded 7 years ago, in an area where tools change fast.
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Louis Castle explains how Westwood Studios solved the complex pathfinding and unit movement challenges in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun.
Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle talks about the development of the classic RTS, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. Video Credits: “C&C Tiberian Sun - GDI Playthrough“ (erlNite): youtu.be/BpY0_y_10yw “Dune 2 Atreides Mission 4, Part 1 (No commentary)” (David Montminy): youtu.be/iuLyj0LSrlA “Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Walkthrough | Human Level 12” (Katana): youtu.be/XMEcSb_GV5M “Command & Conquer LONGPLAY (GDI Campaign) Tiberian Dawn” (EnjoythestruggleNI): youtu.be/uqTqBoEkyAA “Starcraft: Original - Episode I: Terran - Tutorial: Boot Camp” (MasterKD): youtu.be/GJ796K7tHiU “Age of Empires - Glory of Greece Campaign - 4. Trojan War (Hardest, Fastest)“ (Rtheghost): youtu.be/RKXhrj052e4 “Command & Conquer Renegade Longplay #1 (PC)” (TheFireball313): youtu.be/NoBTpWdA_Lk “C&C: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge - Allied Campaign #4 (NO COMMENTARY)” (OfficialMyidentityisRobert): youtu.be/W1aujCwRBDQ Connect with Ars Technica: Visit ArsTechnica.com: arstechnica.com Follow Ars Technica on Facebook: facebook.com/arstechnica Follow Ars Technica on Google+: plus.google.com/+ArsTechnica/videos Follow Ars Technica on Twitter: twitter.com/arstechnica How Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Solved Pathfinding | War Stories | Ars Technica Video Credits: “C&C Tiberian Sun - GDI Playthrough“ (erlNite): youtu.be/BpY0_y_10yw “Dune 2 Atreides Mission 4, Part 1 (No commentary)” (David Montminy): youtu.be/iuLyj0LSrlA “Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Walkthrough | Human Level 12” (Katana): youtu.be/XMEcSb_GV5M “Command & Conquer LONGPLAY (GDI Campaign) Tiberian Dawn” (EnjoythestruggleNI): youtu.be/uqTqBoEkyAA “Starcraft: Original - Episode I: Terran - Tutorial: Boot Camp” (MasterKD): youtu.be/GJ796K7tHiU “Age of Empires - Glory of Greece Campaign - 4. Trojan War (Hardest, Fastest)“ (Rtheghost): youtu.be/RKXhrj052e4 “Command & Conquer Renegade Longplay #1 (PC)” (TheFireball313): youtu.be/NoBTpWdA_Lk “C&C: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge - Allied Campaign #4 (NO COMMENTARY)” (OfficialMyidentityisRobert): youtu.be/W1aujCwRBDQWhy it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an interesting look into the pathfinding and technical challenges of classic real-time strategy games.
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You're probably looking for something more detailed and implementation-focused, but Ars Technica had a series of 10 minute videos where they interviewed developers about technical challenges. E.g. they had one on pathfinding and CD video in second generation Westwood RTS games 1 1 link to this video
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see also: "How Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun Solved Pathfinding" (2019, non-technical, for a general audience) link to this video