The "Westwood 3D" engine was re-used as the base of the Strategy Action Game Engine (SAGE) first used in Generals and later in subsequent Command & Conquer and Battle for Middle-Earth games. It was designed to support real world physics and allow seamless movement from indoor to outdoor environments. The game engine, called W3D (or "Westwood 3D"), was developed in-house by Westwood, although it was based on the SurRender 3D engine, which was licensed from Finnish middleware company Hybrid Graphics. The game was officially announced as Command & Conquer: Renegade on Septemwith a release scheduled for Spring 2000. Gameplay is a combination of FPS and RTS elements, since team members receive money from Tiberium harvesting and must purchase their own individual equipment. Some servers allow the 'endgame beacon' that causes the game to be instantly won by the team that successfully detonates a superweapon beacon on the opposing team’s pedestal located in their Barracks or Hand of Nod. Damaging and destroying enemy units and structures earns points. The game is won when one team destroys the other's base or the time limit expires and the team with the highest score is declared the winner. Each team starts as basic infantry and must purchase vehicles and advanced character classes in order to destroy the enemy base and defend their own bases. The multiplayer element of this game takes the form of ' Command & Conquer mode', in which players are divided into the two teams: GDI and Nod. This is the only C&C game that has the first person view. As the game progresses it is revealed that they have been forced into biochemistry research for the Brotherhood's top secret " Project ReGenesis," an attempt to create genetically enhanced super-soldiers.Ĭommand & Conquer: Renegade follows the standard FPS formula, giving the player weapons and a set of objectives for each level that must be met before continuing to the next. The player takes on the role of GDI commando Nick "Havoc" Parker, who is assigned to rescue these experts. The storyline of Renegade deals with the abduction of GDI's top three Tiberium research specialists by the Brotherhood of Nod.