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Revision as of 18:32, 31 October 2021
For the fan made multiplayer remake, see Renegade X.
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Developers | |
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Westwood Studios | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Westwood 3D | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 26, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS |
Vehicles | Flight, Helicopter, Tank |
Art styles | Stylized |
Themes | Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Sci-fi |
Series | Command & Conquer |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Command & Conquer | 1995 |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert | 1996 |
Command & Conquer: Sole Survivor | 1997 |
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | 1999 |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 | 2000 |
Command & Conquer: Renegade | 2002 |
Command & Conquer: Generals | 2003 |
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | 2007 |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | 2008 |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising | 2009 |
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight | 2010 |
OpenRA (unofficial) | 2010 |
Command & Conquer (2013) | Cancelled |
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection | 2020 |
Renegade X (unofficial) | EA |
Warnings
Key points
- Small but dedicated community.
General information
- EA's Official Command & Conquer site
- Official Renegade Forums
- W3D Hub - A community dedicated to modding Command & Conquer Renegade
- Command & Conquer Wiki - A wiki for everything Command & Conquer-related
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]. Bypassed by Tiberian Technologies Scripts | |||
Origin | Bundled with other games in the franchise up to Tiberian Twilight. Included with EA Play. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The Origin version is already patched to the latest version.
- Retail Renegade patch v1.037 can be downloaded in many languages from CNCNZ.
Tiberian Technologies Scripts
- Patch 1.037 is not required as it will be automatically applied if not found.
- A fan made patch containing new additions, most notably including a new Vsync checkbox along with the ability of changing the quality settings for the shader and post process effects, as well as numerous code optimizations.
GameSpy replacement
Since the GameSpy server listings have shut down, a new listing has been provided by the Renegade community. |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Westwood\Renegade\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\save\[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Origin |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Stretched by default. Use Tiberian Technologies Scripts. Resolution is set externally via wwconfig.exe |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Stretched by default. Use Tiberian Technologies Scripts. Resolution is set externally via wwconfig.exe |
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Field of view (FOV) | See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Use Tiberian Technologies Scripts. Set in wwconfig.exe |
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Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Use Tiberian Technologies Scripts. Set in wwconfig.exe |
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60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Field of view (FOV)
Editing file[3] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 2, A3D 2.0. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
German | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
Japanese | Retail only. | |||
Korean |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 128 | |||
Online play | 128 | See GameSpy replacement. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 3840, 4005, 4808, 4810, 4995, 7000-7002 |
UDP | 1234-1237 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4. Important tweaks (required) see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Issues fixed
Settings in config tool are not saved
Right-click the WWConfig.exe file and select "Run as Administrator"[citation needed] |
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Stuck at the Renegade config popup
Make sure your graphics card drivers are up to date[citation needed] |
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Instructions[citation needed] |
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Press Esc to exit Renegade, then restart your computer or sign out. |
Applying config settings
- On the Scripts 4.1 patch there's a small bug where the highest available resolution is shown as being the first one, the last resolution being
1440x900
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Instructions[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy, Westwood Online | See GameSpy replacement. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
Processor (CPU) | 400 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 96 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 950 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Command & Conquer Renegade Question - Ars Technica OpenForum - last accessed on 2016-12-09