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
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge |
Comes bundled with the The First Decade and Ultimate Collection compilations. |
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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
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
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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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)
"player already have the same serial" error
- This issue may occur when using the Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection version from Origin.
"***FATAL*** String Manager Failed to Initialize Properly" error
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
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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
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ForceDirectDrawEmulation = 1
Lag/low FPS
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 | |
References