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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

Key points

No multiplayer.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[1]

General information

Command & Conquer Wiki - A wiki for everything Command & Conquer-related

Red Alert 3 on CNC.community

Uprising section on CNCNZ.com

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM. Retail release includes no disc, the key can be redeemed through Origin.
Origin
Origin		Bundled with other games in the franchise up to Tiberian Twilight. Included with EA Play.
Steam
(unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection Fixed Launchers (Origin)

An unofficial patch that provides a slight enhancement to the default launchers provided with the Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection version (fixes registry entries and allows command line arguments to function properly).

It can be downloaded from ModDB.

Skip intro videos

Delete or remove file^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\Data\Movies` Find and delete, move or rename `RA3_EA_logo.vp6`

Switch GPUs

Set a Default Graphics Card in Windows 10

Red Alert 3: Uprising, like its predecessor, apparently prioritizes the integrated graphics card over the dedicated one in systems with two GPUs. If the integrated card runs the game slowly because it is not as powerful as the dedicated one, this may result in severe slowdown when running the game at Ultra Settings. Normally this fix is simply accomplished by using the Windows 10 graphical setup to select the High Performance GPU, but Red Alert 3 requires an extra step:

Go to the "Data" folder, it would normally be located in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Red Alert 3 Uprising\Data."
You will see several files with the ".game" extension. You must rename the file "ra3ep1_1.0.game" to "ra3ep1_1.0.game.exe" (simply add the ".exe" extension).
Open “Settings.”
Select “System” then “Display.”
Beneath the “Multiple displays” section, click on “Graphics settings.”
Choose the app via the pull-down menu: ...
Once you've selected the app from the drop-down menu, click the “Add” button.
Add "ra3_1.12.game.exe" to the list, left-click on it and select options, then click on "High Performance".
The game will now run on the dedicated graphics card instead of the integrated one, ensuring maximum performance.

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\<Localized Red Alert 3 Uprising>\Profiles\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24800/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\<Localized Red Alert 3 Uprising>\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24800/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		For unlisted resolutions see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Use `-win` parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Might be affected by the texture quality.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.^[1]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution^[3]
Go to `%APPDATA%\Red Alert 3 Uprising\Profiles\<user-id>\` Open `options.ini`. Change `Resolution xxx xxx` to your desired resolution.

Input

In-game key map settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Game crashes on startup with an "application error" when launched from executable (Steam)

Create missing file

Go to <path-to-game>
Create a new file named steam_appid.txt.
Open the file and insert the game's Steam application ID (24800).
Save the file.

The game will still require an active Steam client to run, but will no longer crash on the attempt to run directly from the executable.

Game does not start (Origin, The Ultimate Collection)

Disable Origin In Game^{[citation needed]}
Select the My Games tab in Origin. Right-click Red Alert 3/Uprising and select "Game Properties". Check the "Disable Origin in Game for this game" option. Click OK and launch the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	On2 VP6

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo Intel Pentium 4 2.2 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2100 (XP) Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2800 (Vista)
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 30 FPS cap? :: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising General Discussions
↑ Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-12-23
↑ Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-09-14

[Proton_path_note-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/24800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (24800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[FPS_cap-1] 1.0 ^1.1 30 FPS cap? :: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising General Discussions

[2] Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-12-23

[4] Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-09-14

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 ===Switch GPUs===
 {{Fixbox|description=Set a Default Graphics Card in Windows 10|ref=|fix=
-Red Alert 3: Uprising, like its predecessor, apparently prioritizes the dedicated graphics card over the dedicated one in systems with two GPUs. If the dedicated card runs the game slowly because it is not as powerful as the dedicated one, this may result in severe slowdown when running the game at Ultra Settings. Normally this fix is simply accomplished by using the Windows 10 graphical setup to select the High Performance GPU, but Red Alert 3 requires an extra step:
+Red Alert 3: Uprising, like its predecessor, apparently prioritizes the integrated graphics card over the dedicated one in systems with two GPUs. If the integrated card runs the game slowly because it is not as powerful as the dedicated one, this may result in severe slowdown when running the game at Ultra Settings. Normally this fix is simply accomplished by using the Windows 10 graphical setup to select the High Performance GPU, but Red Alert 3 requires an extra step:
 # Go to the "Data" folder, it would normally be located in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Red Alert 3 Uprising\Data."
 # You will see several files with the ".game" extension. You must rename the file "ra3ep1_1.0.game" to "ra3ep1_1.0.game.exe" (simply add the ".exe" extension).
@@ Line 79: / Line 79: @@
 # Once you've selected the app from the drop-down menu, click the “Add” button.
 # Add "ra3_1.12.game.exe" to the list, left-click on it and select options, then click on "High Performance".
-# The game will now run on the dedicated graphics card, ensuring maximum performance.
+# The game will now run on the dedicated graphics card instead of the integrated one, ensuring maximum performance.
 }}

Developers

	EA Los Angeles
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	SAGE 2.0
Release dates
Windows	March 12, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	64
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Sci-fi
Series	Command & Conquer