Dear Command & Conquer community and developers,


As fans of Command & Conquer games, especially the Kane's Wrath expansion for Command & Conquer 3, we are uniting the community in a new public campaign to highlight the extreme importance of a mod SDK for Kane's Wrath. As you know, modifications extend the life of the game, allowing fans to make their own rules and even support the game beyond the game's original life expectancy.


We are aware that the Electronic Arts Los Angeles RTS team is interested in creating a mod SDK for the game, but we are concerned about the lack of progress. We understand there are many things to do and not much time, but we request the developers increase the priority of the mod SDK, particularly over fixes for the world builder. While the map making tool is not as friendly as it was supposed to be, fans are able to create maps. At the moment, fans are unable to create modifications using the new features from Kane's Wrath at all. This prevents fans from making mods that use the new features from the Kane's Wrath engine, such as the fixed APC, mechapede code, global conquest mode, etc. The lack of a mod SDK is also a major obstacle for the creation of partial conversions, balance mods and expansion mods based on Kane's Wrath, which is a very traditional kind of modification done to any C&C game. Though sometimes lacking the flair of a total conversion, these mods do very well and are generally very popular with fans who merely want to see the community add to EA's work, not replace it.


We, some of the C&C community webmasters, promoted polls on our sites about this issue. From the results, we can only conclude that a Kane's Wrath mod SDK should have a high priority after whatever fixes are necessary for the game. You can see our polls at Project Perfect Mod, Thundermods, CnC Generals World, CnCHQ.de, CNCNZ and Planet CnC.


We reiterate that the need for a mod SDK is urgent--the sooner it is completed, the better! It is extremely important for the future of the community for both Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath. The longer it takes to be done, the fewer people will be interested in modding, and, as consequence, the game will become obsolete even faster. We hope that this mod SDK will reflect EA's promised emphasis on aftermarket product support, and not echo past errors such as the Generals Ladder Kit, the 1.03 patch for the First Decade, and other support software and patches that arrived late or not at all. For all fans out there, please express your words of support in a reply below. For the devs, think carefully about this proposal, as we believe it can benefit both the game and the community. This campaign is supported by at least each of the following sites and their respective communities:


-> CNC3.Net
-> CNCNZ.com
-> CnC Generals World
-> CNCHQ.de
-> CnC Labs
-> CnC Source
-> CnC World
-> Planet CnC
-> Project Perfect Mod
-> Revora Creative Community
-> Thundermods.net
-> TiberiumWeb


It is also supported by the following C&C3 mods, all of whom require the mod SDK for some of their features or would greatly benefit from its creation:


-> Dune: The Arrakian Wars
-> The Forgotten
-> Tiberian Dawn
-> Tiberian Sun Rising

We thank you for your consideration and we look forward to a new era of improved EA support.