In all games in the series except Command & Conquer: Generals and its expansion, Zero Hour, funds are acquired by specialized “harvester” units which bring their cargo (Tiberium for the Tiberian series of games or ore or the more valuable gems for the Red Alert series) to a “refinery” structure. When a construction yard has finished building a new structure, the player can select a spot near to a preexisting structure in order to place it, where the prefabricated building will then rapidly unfold in a distinctive manner. All available structures of the faction chosen by the player are constructed on-site at the so-called “construction yard” – which typically begin as large-sized vehicles capable of deploying themselves into the aforementioned construction yards, called MCVs or Mobile Construction Vehicle. All Command & Conquer real-time strategy games except Command & Conquer: Generals and its expansions have featured the “sidebar” for navigation and control as opposed to many other similar games where the control bar is located on the bottom of the screen.Ĭommand & Conquer gameplay typically requires the player to construct a base and acquire resources, in order to fund the ongoing production of various types of forces with which to assault and conquer the opponent’s base.
