Project Perfect Mod

Happy birthday to PPM! 26 years old!
October 01, 2026 - 01:36

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome! We are glad to announce that we are 26 years old today, September 30th. Our main mission throughout the year was to remain alive, and we are still alive! And it has been tough to do in the age of agentic AI and bloody expensive hardware. Forum software was not made to handle the kind of traffic from bots, crawlers, AI agents, and whatever more we have today. We are not the only ones to suffer from this plague. Even Google is asking me if I am a human just to get the results these days. But we survived; we fought hard and even inspired the rest of the server hostees to do the same. The fact is that browsing PPM today is far more comfortable than it was one year ago (which was mostly unbrowsable). Is there a better birthday gift than having a good community to browse and share your thoughts? That's what we can offer for now. The server still occasionally crashes due to heavy disk usage, but these crashes happen less frequently. If it happens for you, just wait a few bits for a PHP restart.

When we started, 26 years ago, most of our visitors were actually humans. Our start was as a group of people who got together to create a mod for Tiberian Sun called PPM: Final Dawn. We have seen many things being released here, except PPM: Final Dawn. Don't worry, one day, it's still in our plans.

And finally, the most awaited moment of this news post: our birthday cake....

A bot-themed cake taken from here, afterall, the fight was tough!

Posted by Banshee
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World-Altering Editor v1.9.0 Released
August 07, 2026 - 11:45

Version 1.9.0 of the World-Altering Editor (WAE) has been released.

This is a major update. Due to the large amount of architectural changes in this version, consider this version a beta - most functionality should work, but it's not impossible that a bug or two have slipped through.

MCP Server Support for AI Agents

WAE can now host a MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. This exposes the map editor to AI/LLM agents, allowing AI agents to perform various tasks on the map, including

• modifying terrain
• drawing connected tiles
• using the terrain generator
• placing terrain objects, buildings, vehicles, infantry, aircraft, overlays, waypoints...
• editing existing technos
• erasing objects
• querying WAE's loaded rules data and game engine scripting possibilities
• adding and modifying scripting elements

The MCP server is usable with standard agents like ChatGPT and Claude if you run them on the same computer with WAE. Technically AI agents can even generate entire maps, though at least currently they are more suitable for limited, better defined tasks. Note that WAE does not come with its own AI model - you need to use the MCP server with a third-party AI agent.

I've personally used the MCP server with ChatGPT's desktop application (Codex) and had some useful results. I'll share a few examples below.

Example Prompts

Civilian truck generation:

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I have the World-Altering Editor running with a map open.
Using the MCP server running at http://127.0.0.1:7743/, could you place a few dozen trucks of various types on the unoccupied cells between (230, 108) and (232, 121)? They should be owned by the "Civilians" house, have Sleep as their mission, and each have random Facing between 176 and 208.

AITrigger scripting:

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I have the World-Altering Editor running an MCP server at http://127.0.0.1:7743/
Using the MCP server, could you create me an AITrigger and relevant TaskForce/Script/TeamType combination?
Call it "H GDI MTNK + MSAM". It should use the existing "Hunt" script, and contain 10 Medium Tanks (AIMTNK) and 6 Rocket Launchers (AIMSAM).

I've attached images of the results of these two prompts to the end of this message.

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I've created this large urban map with ~1000 civilian buildings. Could you go through the buildings and place 1-3 civilian cars next to each building? Each car should either face the building or be parallel to it. Put each car to "Sleep" mode.

The AI also succeeded in performing this task.

Please note that the MCP server feature is experimental and due to its large scale, I've only been able to give it limited testing in relation to its capabilities. If you have any feedback on what the MCP server could do better, please share it.

You can also configure the mapping instructions WAE gives to the MCP server by supplying your own AIMappingInstructions.md file in the Config folder. The default instructions, found in the Default folder, are likely unoptimal for mods that heavily modify stock TS&YR assets.

Connected Tiles Tool Improvements

While the MCP server has taken the bulk of the work for this release, the Connected Tiles tool has also received some attention.

• The Connected Tiles tool can now form closed formations, such as circles.

• The Connected Tiles tool can now also create endings for supported connected tile types.

I've attached images of these improvements to the end of the message, too.

Other Changes

• The "Copy Custom Shape" tool now allows clearing the selection by pressing ESC
• The "Flatten Ground" tool now defaults to 3x3 brush size
• Low-level file loading code (MIX, CSF, IsoMapPack5) no longer assumes that the local system is little-endian (like x86/AMD64). Files are now parsed correctly regardless of the endianness of the platform that the code is run on.
• WAE has been split from a monolithic executable to 3 different modules: `MapEditorLibrary.dll`, `MapEditorMCP.dll`, and `WorldAlteringEditor.exe/.dll`. This enforces stricter architecture design and keeps the MCP server as its own component that the rest of WAE is not dependent on.
• Fixed a bug where techno range indicators did not show up when technos were being placed (Credits: NayiemW)
• Fixed a bug where `Edit -> Map Size...` calculated map cell count incorrectly
• Fixed a bug where, after attempting to paint terrain on a non-clear cell with "Only Paint on Clear" enabled, subsequent painting actions on the same cell were ignored even if the "Only Paint on Clear" option was changed
• Fixed a rare (one in 2,600 chance) bug where WAE failed to open a map after it had been saved due to a bug in the LZO decoder
• (DTA) Added terrain object collections for bushes

Download WAE from https://github.com/CnCNet/WorldAlteringEditor/releases/

Posted by ^Rampastein
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Dead and back, dead and back! Welcome back, commander!
August 02, 2026 - 13:50

Hello everyone and welcome back to Project Perfect Mod! We'd like to apologize for the long time that our server went offline, since the night of July 27th. The disaster was caused by a human mistake. Internal error. Once in over 20 years of history. It is very rare, but it can happen. But things are fine now and there is no considerable (if any) impact on the site data at all. Sorry for any inconvenience and spread the words to the rest of the Brotherhood: PPM lives!

Posted by Banshee
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Advanced TMP Editor (ATE) has been released!
April 14, 2026 - 11:12

Advanced TMP Editor (ATE)

Modern web-based TMP editor for Tiberian Sun & Red Alert 2 modding.

Advanced TMP Editor is a high-performance, professional-grade tool built to handle everything related to the complex .TMP terrain format, focusing on speed, metadata accuracy, and a non-destructive workflow.

Links:
Online URL: https://www.cncreloaded.com/ATE
Github Repository: https://github.com/FS-21/Advanced-TMP-Editor

Key Features:

Tabbed Interface: Open and edit multiple TMP files simultaneously in a browser-like tab system for fast asset comparison and cross-file transfers.
Generate Z-Data from Image: Advanced procedural tools to automatically create accurate depth (Z-buffer) maps based on the visual image content or geometric patterns (Slopes, Peaks, Valleys).
Visualization Modes: Toggle between Normal (Game Rendering), Z-Data (Depth Map), and Placeholder (Boundary/Collision) views.
Multi-Cell Batch Editing: Modify Shared Properties like Terrain Type, Ramp, Height, and Flags for multiple tiles at once.
Asset Management: Seamlessly move, clone, and copy tiles or "Extra Data" (Images/Z-Data) between different files or within the same template.
Palette Management: Sophisticated menu to import and persist game palettes (TS, RA2, YR) using local storage.
Standalone & Portable: Works 100% offline. Use the single-file standalone build or install it as a PWA app.
Fully Localized: Available in English, Spanish, Russian, German, French, Portuguese, and Chinese.

You can also download it HERE.

Posted by FS-21
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Advanced SHP Editor (ASE) has been released!
April 14, 2026 - 10:24

Advanced SHP Editor (ASE)

Modern SHP web-based editor for Tiberian Sun & Red Alert 2 modding.

Advanced SHP Editor is a high-performance tool designed for the community, ensuring the C&C modding scene remains accessible on any modern operating system without relying on aging legacy software.

Links:
Online URL: https://www.cncreloaded.com/ASE
Github Repository: https://github.com/FS-21/Advanced-SHP-Editor

Key Features:

Professional Layer-Based Editing: Multi-layer support per frame with groups, visibility toggles, and alpha-blending modes.
Advanced Toolset: Pencil, Brush, Spray, Bucket Fill (with tolerance), and Magic Wand selection.
Pixel-Art Resampling: Resize canvases using specialized algorithms: Smart (Area Average), Nearest Neighbor, xBR 4x, HQ4x, OmniScale, xBRZ, and ScaleFX.
Shadow Automation: Specialized tools to fix invalid shadow pixels and seamlessly convert shadow formats between TS and RA2.
Sequence Managers: Integrated tools for Infantry and Vehicle sequences, with automatic exports for art.ini and artmd.ini.
Dual-Pane Interface: Transfer frames between different SHP files easily using a split view with drag-and-drop.
Palette Management: Support for all game palettes (units, buildings, anims) with persistence in browser local storage.
Standalone & Portable: Works 100% offline. You can use the PWA version or the single-file standalone build.
Fully Localized: Available in English, Spanish, Russian, German, French, Portuguese, and Chinese.

You can also download it HERE.

Posted by FS-21
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Happy 2026, from Project Perfect Mod Community!
January 06, 2026 - 04:03

Hello, ladies and gentlemen! This year I am starting a bit slower, I know. It has been 2026 for a couple of days already. But it is never too late, in the name of the Project Perfect Mod community, to wish everyone a very happy 2026! We wish a healthy, peaceful, and resourceful year for every visitor. It is being tough to keep pace with this place for ... errmmm. ... job. That and a terrible backlog I have placed on myself. I mean, getting OS SHP Builder to write TMP (TS) files is quite a challenge. And I have failed at that so far. I am having a hard time getting focused these days because I am involved with countless projects at the same time. It is not healthy, I guess. But I won't give up to finish this new version of OS SHP Builder.

2025 for the PPM Community:

Grids for OS SHP Builder was just a tiny part of an iceberg in terms of news for the projects hosted here.
- Heads up to Tiberian Odyssey that finally has public releases. Congratulations for all releases since last April, my friends!
- Another mod that has evolved a lot was The Dawn of the Tiberium Age. Their latest release at the end of November has brought, among many things, a deadly AI that analyzes your troops and builds proper counters instead of some random units.
- Tiberian Sun Client 7.06 has received several improvements on the CnCNet Client, maps, user interface, among other things.
- Fading Dusk 2025's Anniversary Edition was released with several missions!
- And, of course, Project Phantom 1.1 which was posted here before.

Other than this, heads up for CnC World Altering Editor and Phobos that have been granted countless features and bug fixes over the last year.

Future Plans for PPM Community:

And here we go over and over again. We still understand that the PPM community relies on user-created content to keep it fresh, alive, and kicking. The massive news creation allows me to contribute, but this is not enough. We need your posts, created assets, mods, feedback, doubts, etc. So, it is time to update our plans for the PPM Community for the next year and beyond with minor changes. Note that these items do not follow any priority order.

Content:

-> Improve the internal news creation tool to quickly allow the creation of other types of news posts: It would be fun if we had a weekly resume of the attractive SHP, Voxel, 3D, maps, etc. that were submitted in the forums. Also, we need to figure out means to facilitate the conversion of certain external news posts and to import news from Discord, which is quite complicated, to say the least.

-> Create more content for Project Perfect Game: PPG's content needs to cover the game engines that its news posts are covering. Right now, we only have a subset of the content of PPM on it, but the idea is that it will eventually grow into its own thing. We already have the infrastructure to do that. It also needs its own art, buttons, and a few things that will give its own identity.

-> Create Generative AI technologies: Use generative AI to create assets and allow users to generate assets with the restrictions of the games we cover in mind. We should add this kind of tool to Voxel Section Editor III, OS SHP Builder, and other tools.

-> Context-based post content: We plan to add a BB code to allow parts of a forum post to be visible only on forums or only on PPM, PPG, RA2 PPM, TS PPM, or C&C PPM.... or a mix of them. With the creation of the PPM subsites and PPG, we are in dire need of this feature. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do that without compromising our RSS feeds.

Forums:

-> Re-plan the use of the forum keywords by the users: Right now, when you create a post, you have the option to write some keywords for it. They will only show up if a moderator/admin approves it. But this is definitely a terrible way to use it because keywords will only be useful if they follow some standards. And this is a task for those who organize the forums. So, our idea is to have a fixed set of keywords in each forum that should be allowed to be used, which should affect its organization. I.e., If you want to report a bug from a project, you could highlight the "#Bug" keyword in your topic. If a moderator of the forum eventually fixes your reported bug, it could add a #Fixed to your topic or any other keyword that fits. Then, you could view all topics with #Bug in the forum if you hit the highlighted word at the top of the forum view. Things like that could also be helpful in reducing the number of forums here. Let's say you have a mod. Instead of having a forum for each faction, you could replace it with the use of keywords #GDI, #Nod, #Forgotten, etc. The possibilities are countless.

-> Modernize the forums' user interface: We want to make it become more friendly to browse it with mobile devices. Also, we want to allow posting, editing, and other common tasks to be faster and as comfortable as a chat in Discord. We also plan to bring friendly URLs, HTML5 support, etc...

-> Add reactions to forum posts like what you have in the most modern chat programs.

-> Add multiple participants for Private Messages, transform it into a conversation, and Report this Post to a Moderator: Right now, you can only PM a single person, and this is quite unattractive when you have Discord, Whatsapp and so many other better messaging options. A Report this Post to a Moderator feature requires PMs to multiple participants. Otherwise, the best thing we can do is Report this Post to Banshee. We also need a better mechanism to warn when a PM receives a response.

-> Allow users to create communities in PPM forums that are detached from PPM's forum organization: We want to eventually allow any forum user to create forums without my interference. However, these forums would not show up on the ppmforums.com index, although they would still be publicly accessible if desired by the owner of the community. So, if you have a project, instead of requesting hosting here, you would simply create a forum for it. If it is good enough, we will promote it in our index. Otherwise, it would be ok. Of course it is something that our current infrastructure is not ready to run, and when it becomes available, it would also require a lot of attention in terms of content, security issues, and bugs. This is a long-term plan.

PPM and Subsites:

-> Modernize the sites and subsites: While most of our plans for site and subsites modernization have been implemented, there is one thing left: The ability to show news as we scroll and have each news with a friendly URL that the search engines can crawl.

Modding Tools:

-> Progress with my doctorate project to transform low poly pixel art into highly detailed images: The scope of my Ds.C. thesis is broader than that, but a super-sampling application of it would help us to convert our SHP files into something that could be used in other games and projects.

-> Add Python support: Make sure the existing community tools support Python to extend their functionalities with AI and plugins.

-> Add plugin support: Make sure the existing community tools support external command line tools to extend their functionalities.

-> Add TMP support for OS SHP Builder: One graphic editor to rule them all!

-> Progress with VXLSE III's 3D model export feature: This is important if we plan to become a community that modifies or develops 3D games. We have many voxel assets that would be very useful in newer games if we are able to convert them. Don't expect this to be finished at any time soon since I have a doctorate to finish first, and my thesis will be used on this solution (being a small but significant part of it). VXLSE III could also receive a different interface to allow the user to model voxel models in a similar fashion that is done with CAD modelers.

-> Allow OS .BIG Editor to load multiples types of packages in one, receive third-party plugin support, CLI support, API support, etc.

And that's all for now. I hope you have a great 2026!

Posted by Banshee
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30 Mods for 30 Years: C&C Anniversary feature from ModDB!
December 31, 2025 - 01:11

Hello, everyone! Today, the good people over ModDB has written an article about the 30 years of the Command & Conquer franchise and its modding community. Assassin, the writer of the article is the leader of Tiberian Sun Rising and he also ran CnC-Source for a decade. It is someone who lived, felt, and contributed to the C&C community for many decades. Here's the press release from ModDB about it:

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Earlier this year, Command & Conquer celebrated 30 years. To mark the occasion and end 2025, we've prepared a feature showcasing the top 30 mods across all eras and iterations of the franchise.

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Melbourne, Australia: Dec 30, 2025 - In 2025, Command & Conquer turned 30. It is a rare milestone in gaming and a testament to the enduring power of strategy, storytelling, and community. What began in 1995 with Westwood Studios’ Command & Conquer, retroactively known as Tiberian Dawn, reshaped PC gaming forever. Building on the innovations of Dune II, Westwood introduced a bold new formula: real-time warfare, cinematic cutscenes, iconic factions, and a world teetering on the brink of order and chaos. It didn’t just define a genre. It ignited a movement.

Westwood Studios was founded by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle in 1985 and went on to create hundreds of games, earning a Guinness World Record for selling 30 million copies of Command & Conquer. In 2003, Westwood Studios and Westwood Pacific (EA Pacific) were merged into EA Los Angeles, which continued developing Command & Conquer titles until 2010. The studio was later reorganised into Victory Games, which closed in 2013 following the cancellation of the free-to-play C&C Generals 2.

Across the decades, the series grew far beyond its Tiberium roots. The Red Alert timeline explored alternate history through time travel and experimental weapons, while Generals brought a modern military lens to large-scale conflict. Across more than a dozen games and expansions, Command & Conquer became a pillar of competitive real-time strategy and a launchpad for creative expression through modding.

In 2020, Electronic Arts partnered with Petroglyph Games and veteran community members to release the Command & Conquer Remastered Collection. It revived the classics with authenticity and polish. Then in 2025, EA took another bold step by open-sourcing the code for Tiberian Dawn, Red Alert, Renegade, Generals, and its Zero Hour expansion under the GPLv3 non-commercial license. This act preserved a legacy and passed the tools of creation to a new generation.

To celebrate, the C&C community came together throughout September 2025 for its 30th Anniversary Community Showcase. Every day featured a new project update, livestream, tournament, or retrospective. It became a living timeline of innovation, dedication, and shared memory.

This article is not just a list. It is a tribute to the modders, creators, artists, engineers, and fans who, as a community, shaped thirty years of Command & Conquer history. These are the projects that defined an era and the people and teams who kept the series alive when no one else could.

These 30 mods are not ranked. They are grouped by game and engine to reflect the evolution of C&C modding over the past 30 years. After reviewing hundreds of projects, these selections earned their place through influence, longevity, quality, innovation, or technical achievement.

And here is the article. Enjoy it!

Posted by Banshee
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Project Phantom v.1.1 Update Released
December 17, 2025 - 18:46

Project Phantom v1.1 update is now out!

Download:https://projectphantom.net/download

Overview of changes from 1.0
Full changelog available at: https://projectphantom.net/info/changelog/#v1-1

• Significant number of bugfixes.
• Major balance changes to units & buildings, especially to Experimental Units.

• Tweaks and balance changes to support powers.

• Additional features to jet aircraft like support for guard & waypoint mode and new buildable jets for all three factions.

• Cleanup of mercenary faction arsenals and new additions.

• New and overhauled game lobby options.

• A new Challenge map to tackle.

• A number of new Standard maps to play on.
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• Support for playing custom missions through the client.

• Chinese localization option.

And more! Read the full changelog on PP website for full list of changes.

Future
Project Phantom development will continue beyond version 1.1. Plan is to get first campaign missions out in the next non-patch release and address any bugs and major balance issues in patch release(s) much quicker than it took 1.1 to come out.

Posted by Starkku
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