Case study

TA3D: rebuilding Total Annihilation in a 3D engine

TA3D rebuilds Total Annihilation gameplay in an OpenGL 3D engine that loads original game maps, units and animation scripts from separate resource files. It implements movement, construction, weapons and campaign play, with additional visual effects and a game console.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 64
Last commit: 2022-01-30
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Total Annihilation resource files from a CD, mod or demo are required.
Prerequisites: Qt5, SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_net 1.2, GLEW and zlib are required.
Limits: The engine, original-style UI and AI remain unfinished.
License: GPL-2.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{ta3d-total-annihilation-case,
  title = {{TA3D: rebuilding Total Annihilation in a 3D engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D}},
  url = {https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ta3d-total-annihilation-case/}}
}

Plain text

TA3D: rebuilding Total Annihilation in a 3D engine. https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ta3d-total-annihilation-case/

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README GitHub · zuzuf/TA3D · Revision da96975