#Red alert 2 game installer how to#
#Red alert 2 game installer install#
#Red alert 2 game installer Patch#

The CnCnet client also patches vanilla Red Alert 2. It says YuriвЂ™s Revenge on the download site. The easiest way to do that is to download the CnCnet client from here.

#Red alert 2 game installer Patch#

Now that weвЂ™ve installed the game we need to patch it up.

#Red alert 2 game installer how to#

Okay, IвЂ™ve installed Red Alert 2 and it doesnвЂ™t work! How to play Red Alert 2 on Windows 10? But if your CD is too damaged you can find the multiplayer YuriвЂ™s Revenge distribution here. Therefore you shouldnвЂ™t have any problems there. YuriвЂ™s Revenge installer works just fine. You might need to set the game.exeВ and ra2.exe to always run as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows 7 or higher. And then from the Soviet CD copy maps02.mixВ and movies02.mix to the same directory. Then go to your Red Alert 2 Allied CD and copy multi.mix, theme.mix, maps01.mix, and movies01.mix to your Red Alert 2 directory.

#Red alert 2 game installer install#

We can work the problem by using the multiplayer-only release by XWIS (which was created under EAвЂ™s permission) and copy the the necessary files for single player from the CDs.ДЇirst go this page and download and install XWISвЂ™ Red Alert 2 multiplayer distribution. It has something to do with the installer being incompatible with Windows 10. Sadly those CDs wonвЂ™t work on Windows 10. I have old Red Alert 2 CDs, will those work? Arr!ДЄfter purchasing the copy simply install it. Now If you want to download an Illegal copy, thatвЂ™s your choice but youвЂ™re not getting instructions on how to do that here. The good news is that 15в‚¬ for 17 C&C games isnвЂ™t that bad of a deal. The bad news is that itвЂ™s a collection so you canвЂ™t buy just Red Alert 2, but youвЂ™ll get all of the C&C games and their expansions. Where can you buy the game? To my knowledge one of the few ways to buy Red Alert 2 is on origin where you buy the Command & Conquerв„ў The Ultimate Collection. I didn't experiment with running the game at 4K or higher resolutions-the scale is already so small at 1440p, going higher-res would make the game difficult to play For more guides to running classic games on modern Windows and more classic game screenshots, check out Pixel Boost every other week.To play it legally? Yes, you will need to buy Red Alert 2 because it wasnвЂ™t made free yet by EA who owns the brand. These screenshots were captured by running Red Alert 2 on a single 1440p monitor. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 at 2560x1440 on the LPC There are also loads of custom maps for RA2 at sites like C&C Maps, which add needed variety to the multiplayer's limited map pool. I remember having fun with Total Destruction, which is sadly gone from ModDB, and Apocalypse. If you're looking for ridiculous mods that jam tons of new, weird units into the game, though, you'll find those on ModDB. If you're looking for well-balanced, thoughtful mods, Red Alert 2 probably isn't the right game for you. There are a variety of mods available for Red Alert 2 on ModDB.

Common problems and fixes for the Ultimate Collection.

Here are solutions to a couple other issues RA2 has on modern Windows: Red Alert 2 also has a community of online players on GameRanger. A LAN tunneling program like Hamachi makes it easy to play Red Alert 2 online with friends.

RA2's old networking protocol, IPX/SPX, was dropped after Windows XP. Want to play multiplayer online? If you're on Windows Vista or newer, you'll need to download a patch like this one to enable LAN support.