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Revision as of 10:27, 9 February 2016

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 cover
Developers
Westwood Studios
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows October 23, 2000
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 on Wikipedia
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

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

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Windows
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Windows
Amazon.com
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
Bundled with other games in the franchise up to Generals.
Windows
Origin
Origin
Bundled with other games in the franchise up to Tiberian Twilight.
Windows

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge Comes bundled with the The First Decade and Ultimate Collection compilations.
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.006 fixes general bugs, network and exploit issues.

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 the developer's site.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin

Video settings

In-game options screen.
In-game options screen.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

For changing resolution open files RA2.ini and RA2md.ini with any text editor and type your resolution there:

[Video]
ScreenHeight=XXXX
ScreenWidth=XXXX

Where ScreenHeight and ScreenWidth are your desired resolution.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Korean

Network

In-game network settings.
In-game network settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Requires LAN patch to function on modern Windows.
Online play
8

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)

Instructions

"player already have the same serial" error

This issue may occur when using the Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection version from Origin.
Instructions

"***FATAL*** String Manager Failed to Initialize Properly" error

Instructions

Black screen with switchable graphics

This occurs when the game engine tries to render in VRAM. To fix this, 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. Next, ensure that only this setting is set to "1" in aqrit.cfg:

ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1

Lag/low FPS

Instructions

Game runs too fast

Before using this fix, make sure the in-game "Game Speed" slider is adjusted properly
Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DirectDraw 7
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Westwood Online

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) 266 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 350 MB
Video card (GPU) 2 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7.0a compatible

References