# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D/blob/da96975771eb9a05c8a20990ac33d053dc66c6ff/README>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ta3d-total-annihilation-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ta3d-total-annihilation-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ta3d-total-annihilation-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/zuzuf/TA3D/blob/da96975771eb9a05c8a20990ac33d053dc66c6ff/README>

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