How to run Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 on Windows 7/8. Twice a month Wes guides you through the hacks, tricks, and mods you'll need to run a classic PC game on Windows 7/8. Each Pixel Boost guide comes with a free side of high- res screenshots from the LPC celebrating the graphics of PC gaming's past. This week: eternal classic Red Alert 2. Red Alert 2 is not the most balanced Command & Conquer . It's not the most stable—multiplayer matches ended in crashes more often than not. It's not the most serious (that's probably Generals) and it's not the goofiest (that's probably Red Alert 3). But it's my favorite, because it includes a little bit of what made every C& C game special. Westwood upped the production value of its FMV cutscenes without sacrificing the camp and built a huge range of creative units without straying from C& C's messy large- scale battles. Until the Minecraft era, Westwood was also one of the only developers to make smart use of voxels, and Red Alert 2's colorful world and soldiers still look cool 1. RA2 isn't the easiest game to find these days, but if you have a copy, it's still possible to run the game at high- res in modern Windows. Install it. The last Command & Conquer games, including the fantastic Command & Conquer 3 , are on Steam. The older games, including C& C, Tiberian Sun, and Red Alert, are all free downloads and multiplayer- ready at Cn. CNet . That leaves poor Red Alert 2 the odd man out. If you want to play it and don't have a disc copy sitting around, there's only one way to legally download it: the $2. Command & Conquer Ultimate Collection . Alternately, you could buy a disc copy of the First Decade collection . Depending on your copy of Red Alert 2, you may run into different issues installing or running the game. The most likely fix is to run the game in Compatibility Mode for Windows XP (SP3), and always run the executable as an Administrator. Run it in high resolution. Once Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is installed, running it in high resolution is incredibly easy. Navigate to the game's install directory and open up RA2. In the file, simply set the video Screen. Width and Screen. Height attributes to the resolution of your display. I ran the game at 2. CRT monitor. 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 . RA2's old networking protocol, IPX/SPX, was dropped after Windows XP. A LAN tunneling program like Hamachi makes it easy to play Red Alert 2 online with friends. Red Alert 2 also has a community of online players on Game. Ranger . Here are solutions to a couple other issues RA2 has on modern Windows: Mod it. There are a variety of mods available for Red Alert 2 on Mod. DB . If you're looking for well- balanced, thoughtful mods, Red Alert 2 probably isn't the right game for you. If you're looking for ridiculous mods that jam tons of new, weird units into the game, though, you'll find those on Mod. DB. I remember having fun with Total Destruction , which is sadly gone from Mod. DB, and Apocalypse . 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. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 at 2. LPCThese screenshots were captured by running Red Alert 2 on a single 1. Large Pixel Collider . I didn't experiment with running the game at 4. K or higher resolutions—the scale is already so small at 1. For more guides to running classic games on modern Windows and more classic game screenshots, check out Pixel Boost every other week. The Red Alert 1. 2 Patch file. A patch to version 1. Changes in Version 1. All factions: Fixed Demo truck targeting issue. Fixed co- commander objective complete eva event. Added Taper. Off on Rocket soldier weapon impact of 2. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Patches downloads are here. Check all the latest Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2. This is the French version patch for Red Alert 2. No network (LAN) feature? Increased demolition truck damage range from 1. Removed build progress bar from refineries. Allies: England now correctly receives its country bonuses. Allies no longer have access to the RA3 Free Trade support power. Added a prefire delay of 0. Artillery. Added Taper. Off on Artillery weapon impact of 9. Added Taper. Off on Cruiser weapon impact of 3. Added idle sound on Tanya (only when Tanya is shown on the screen)Changed Destroyer rocket model. Removed the Artillery large- range penalty on Turret and Tesla Coil defenses. Soviet: Destroyed soviet tanks now also spawn surviving crew. Spy plane can be shot down. Decreased Spy plane health from 2. Added a new Spy plane exhaust FXIncreased Medium tank reload time with 0. Mammoth tank tusk weapon is slightly less accurate. Increased Mig average firing duration from 0. Added Taper. Off on Mig weapon impact of 4. Grenadier grenade weapon is slightly more accurate. Grenadier grenade can now blow infantry up. Changed Missile sub rocket model. Other: Fixed some AI aim problems. Fixed a bug that allowed the AI to use a Mig only once. Fixed weird airplane destroy animations when it's parked on an airfield. Added Divider AI to all factions. Added Hunter AI to all factions. Added infantry walking sounds. Added water wake FX to all helicopters. Optimized the AI to make the different styles more noticeable. Recalculated the experience points. Experience points from destroyed tanks are now moved to the surviving crew. Improved AI Nuke handling. Restored the classic behavior for the Service Depot for vehicles, because the AI no longer has issues with it. Restored suppressed infantry animations- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Known Issues: - It is sometimes impossible to start a skirmish game: the players screen is grayed out. Fix: Try removing the Skirmish. Red Alert 3's App Data folder. Forexample, on Windows Vista and 7 it is often located at: C: \Users\\App. Data\Roaming\Red Alert 3\Profiles\\skirmish. The Nuke falling animation does not show the nuclear missile.- Old service depot behavior is still present to maintain AI compatibility.
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