Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising

Developers
	EA Los Angeles
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	SAGE 2.0
Release dates
Windows	March 12, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	64
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
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

Key points

No multiplayer.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

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)

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access. Does not require a prior installation of the base game to install and run.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

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

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)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24800/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\<Localized Red Alert 3 Uprising>\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/24800/pfx/

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. Alternatively, -win -fullscreen parameters, and -xpos 0 -ypos 0 if window is off screen.
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.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set custom resolution
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
Royalty free audio

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.

Restore command-line parameter support (The Ultimate Collection)

The Ultimate Collection on Origin was released with no support for command line arguments.

Use Medstar's fixed launchers (The Ultimate Collection)

An unofficial patch that provides a slight enhancement to the default launchers provided with the Origin release (fixes some registry entries and allows command line arguments to function properly). Previous fixed launchers from Bibber were not available and supported for a while at Bibber's own request, but can be downloaded again from his site. As support and availability is unknown, it is advised to remove those and replace them with Medstar's ones. Download the last released version from GitHub or alternatively from ModDB. Extract the file from the ZIP file. Run the installer.

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	9.0c
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	On2 VP6

Command line arguments

Command	Description
-win	Runs the game in windowed mode
-fullscreen	Runs the game in fullscreen mode. Combine with -win for borderless windowed mode.
-xres [number]	Sets resolution width
-yres [number]	Sets resolution height
-xpos [number]	Sets horizontal offset of the window
-ypos [number]	Sets vertical offset of the window
-ui	Opens the autorun feature otherwise called by inserting the game disc
-replayGame [filename]	Plays replay file
-noaudio	Disables game audio
-noAudioMusic	Disables game music

Switching GPUs

Set a default graphics card in Windows 10[citation needed]

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 <path-to-game>\Data You will see several files with the .game extension. Rename the file ra3ep1_1.0.game to ra3ep1_1.0.game.exe (simply add the .exe extension). Open "Settings", select "System" and then "Display". Beneath the "Multiple displays" section, click on "Graphics settings". Choose the app via the pull-down menu, then click the "Add" button. Add ra3ep1_1.0.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.

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