CorrinoEngine is an open-source, custom game engine written from scratch in C#. Its primary goal and ultimate milestone is to completely recreate and run the classic 2001 Westwood Studios RTS, Emperor: Battle for Dune.
The project is named "Corrino"—derived from the Emperor Corrino character in Emperor: Battle for Dune—and is thus called "CorrinoEngine." This naming choice was made to avoid the common "Open+XXX" convention, as a project named "OpenDune" already exists.
The project is built using pure C# and OpenTK; C# handles the logic layer, while OpenTK manages 3D rendering. It also includes logic for parsing Xbf and RFH/RFD file formats.
Why CorrinoEngine? As many of you know, playing Emperor: Battle for Dune on modern operating systems (Windows 10/11) has become incredibly difficult due to outdated DirectX dependencies, deprecated DRM systems, and overall compatibility issues. CorrinoEngine aims to solve this by providing a native, cross-platform capable, modern foundation to play the original game natively—much like what OpenRA has done for the 2D C&C games.
Go to your Emperor: Battle for Dune and copy all RFD/RFH files under DATA into the bin/net6.0-windows/mods/ebfd/Assets/
LShift + M - Model browser
LShift + A - Asset browser
LShift + I - Import Maps
.Net 6.0
OpenTK
ebfd-re - IceReaper (Andre Mohren)
GNU GPLv3