Key points
- Multiplayer community is officially maintained by XWIS, with instructions on their website.[1]
- Small but dedicated community.
General information
- Community maintained multiplayer support by CnCNet (only Yuris Revenge expansion)[2]
- Command & Conquer Wiki - A wiki for everything Command & Conquer-related
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge |
Bundled with the The First Decade and Ultimate Collection compilations. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.006 for Red Alert 2 fixes general bugs, network and exploit issues.
- Patch 1.001 for Yuri's Revenge fixes bugs, crashes and a problem when multiple CD drives are plugged in.
LAN patch (fan made)
The LAN patch lets you play LAN on Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 2 (and their expansion packs) in Windows 2000 and later by changing IPX protocol to UDP.
Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection Fixed Launchers (Origin)
An unofficial patch that provides a slight enhancement to the default launchers provided with the Origin release (fixes registry entries and allows command line arguments to function properly).
It can be downloaded from cncnz.com.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
For changing resolution open files RA2.ini
and RA2md.ini
with any text editor and type your resolution there:
[Video]
ScreenHeight=XXXX
ScreenWidth=XXXX
or
Another way to change resolution is to add the line beneath the [Video] lines.
AllowHiResModes=yes
This will let you change the resolution in the game menu to any supported by your computer.
Where ScreenHeight and ScreenWidth are your desired resolution.
Input settings
In-game key map settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Korean |
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Network
In-game network settings.
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
3840, 4005, 4808, 4810, 4995, 7000-7002 |
UDP |
1234-1237 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game does not start (Origin)
Disable Origin In Game[citation needed]
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- Select the My Games tab in Origin.
- Right-click Red Alert 2/Yuri's Revenge and select "Game Properties".
- Check the "Disable Origin in Game for this game" option.
- Click OK and launch the game.
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"player already have the same serial" error
- This issue may occur when using the Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection version from Origin.
Add missing registry value[citation needed]
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Westwood\Yuri's Revenge
- Make a new string called
Serial
- Enter anything as the string text (each player must have a unique entry).
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"***FATAL*** String Manager Failed to Initialize Properly" error
Setting up compatibility settings[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>
- Right click on the
Ra2.exe file and select "Properties".
- Go to the "Compatibility" tab and enable Compatibility Mode (set it to "Windows 98/ME") and "Run this program as an administrator".
- The options in the normal Compatibility view cannot be selected. Click "Change settings for all users" to make the modifications.
- Apply the changes and launch the game.
Notes
- This will fix the base game only. For Yuri's Revenge, repeat these steps for
RA2MD.exe
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Black screen with switchable graphics
This occurs when the game engine tries to render in VRAM.
Disable the Compatibility Mode of the game's RA.exe
executable then copy the files from the .zip at https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw/releases/latest to your Red Alert II installation folder, replacing those present. This also allows higher and wide-screen resolutions than the Agrit fix below.
Another fix is to download Aqrit's ddwrapper and extract the ddraw.dll
and aqrit.cfg
files into the RA2 folder, where ra2.ini
lies. Next, ensure that only these settings are set to "1" in aqrit.cfg
:
FakeVsync = 1
NoVideoMemory = 1
Alternatively, simply download and extract the contents of this preconfigured fix into the RA2 folder. Also, consider using the performance fix as well.
Game is purple/green colored and displays only on the other half of the screen
This happens sometimes on newer versions of Windows (7, 8, 8.1 and 10). To fix this, download Aqrit's ddwrapper and extract the ddraw.dll
and aqrit.cfg
files into the RA2 folder, where ra2.ini
lies.
Some Windows elements flicker from behind the game
This happens if you have downloaded Aqrit's ddwrapper and extracted the ddraw.dll
and aqrit.cfg
files into the RA2 folder and have set the ForceDirectDrawEmulation
to "1". To fix this set ForceDirectDrawEmulation
to "0":
ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 0
Lag/low FPS
Modify the RA2.ini file[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>
- Open
RA2.ini .
- Under the
[Video] section, add VideoBackBuffer=No to a new line.
- Save the file and launch the game.
Notes
- This will fix the base game only. For Yuri's Revenge, repeat these steps for
RA2MD.ini
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Use Command and Conquer Graphics Patcher[5]
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Game runs too fast
- Before using this fix, make sure the in-game "Game Speed" slider is adjusted properly
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
7 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
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Multiplayer |
Westwood Online |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98, ME, 2000, XP |
Processor (CPU) |
266 MHz
| 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
350 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0a compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[3] 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.[4]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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