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Today a guy dropped by at FED2k Forums and announced a port of Dune II: The Building of A Dynasty called Dune Dynasty. This is an enhanced Windows & Linux port of OpenDUNE, which in turn is a very faithful recreation of the Dune II engine based on reverse-engineering of the original game.

Dune Dynasty offers to play in high resolution modes, adds multiple-unit selection, production queues and rally points, and also improves the AI and sound emulation. At the same time, the port stays as close to the original as possible.



NOTE: You need the original files from Dune II v1.07 to play.

Following the feedback at FED2k Forums, Dune Dynasty v1.2 had been released:

dynasty wrote: Version 1.2 is released. It fixes a couple of crashes and performance issues on Windows.

Controls and Gameplay:

• Fix crash when active unit dies while choosing a target.
• Add starting from mid-way through a campaign.
• Mouse wheel zooms viewport.
• Fix keyboard scrolling.
• Add refinery rally points.
• Construction yard sidebar icon triggers placement mode.
• Repair bay sidebar icon ejects unit.
• Restore maximum saboteur and sandworm count to 3 each.
• Remove unit slow-down when outside of viewport.

Graphics:

• Fix crater graphics on rock.
• Fix sandworm and sonic tank blur effect.
• Improve blur effect on older video cards.
• Restore screen shakes.

Sounds:

• Fix crash when playing AUD files on Windows.
• Add support for Sega Mega Drive music.
• Add structure captured voice.
• Fix infantry acknowledgement sound.
• Restore soldier squishy sound.
• Reduce cracking/choppy/poppy sounds.

Other:

• Add reading configuration and saved games from executable directory.
• Add introduction subtitles.
• Faster startup time.
• Improve game speed, menu lag.