C&C Red Alert 2 - Windows 8, Windows 10 Fix The following should fix the functionality of Red Alert 2 on Windows 8 and Windows 10. Please follow the instructions in this thread. Note that this fix should work with the Origin version of Red Alert 2 as well. Although the ALT+TAB functionality does not work.
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Me and a few mates had great fun trying to get it running for LAN games on Windows 7. Depending on your problems, I'd suggest changing the. I've got my old disc copies of RA2 and YR and have tried installing them on my recently upgraded Windows 10 computer. However when I try running the.
Download the files needed to apply the fix from below. Install the compatibility database by opening it's folder and double clicking the file called 'Double Click Me'. Copy the game files from their folder (that is named 'game files') into the folder that you installed your game in. Apply the compatibility settings to all of the.exe game files as shown in the image 'compatibility settings'.
Try to run the game (ra2.exe). If the game doesn't run, post back with the following format. What worked: What didn't: System specification: The download is sponsored by cncftw.com and the hosting is provided by Dylan Van Antwerpen. Edited by FReQuEnZy, 13 January 2017 - 10:20 PM.
Everything should be in the first post. When I installed RA2 from XWIS it worked the first time I ran it, but the 2nd time the menus dissapeared and alt-tab doesn't work for me. I got it working after that by using TS-DDRAW, but only on the skirmish side, as the game menus got very laggy when entering the lobby, but only sometimes. Eventually the game would just freeze in the lobby. When I did manage to get into a custom game the gameplay was very slow. I tried a lot of different configurations to get it working.
The changes that I made are as follows. Patched the executable files with the graphics patcher from. Made a compatibility mode with compatibility administrator toolkit specifically for game, ra2, red alert 2, executables. Enabling modes 16BitColor and 8and16BitTimedPriSync. Removed AllowModeToggle=no, AllowVRAMSidebar=no, VideoBackBuffer=no from RA2.ini as they were causing weird lag and inconsistent performance. Added a more recent WOLAPI.dll v1.20.0 as opposed to v1.16.0. Used compatibility modes from properties, disabled display scaling on HIGHDPI, enabled 16BitColorMode (probably redundant), run as admin.
Some of the changes are in this seemingly mixed up order, because I was trying everything and anything. In some cases the game would crash/freeze and I was unable to open the task manger or alt-tab back to desktop, forcing me to restart the game. I tried your patch.
The game in single player runs super fast, have to set it to speed 4. Ra2 works great on GR for windows 10 Yuri works Great on CNC with windows 10 but when i log into xwis server i cant get higher then 30 fps 1v1 or 2v2 doesnt matter.
Join games is lagg when i deploy power plant or any building for that matter the game pauses for a good second the units respond with a big delay like 2-3 seconds im running 50mb internet download and 25 mb upload im connected directly with lan cable like i said internet is not the issue or firewall its something to do with server settings and windows 10. Cant figure it out. OK soooo i just got done playing CM's i lowered monitor resloution and we got 57 fps soo with that being said. Why does it cause lagg with resolution of 1920??
Windows 10 doesnt recognize my monitor. I have samsung 27' se390 and win 10 recognizes it as a Generic pnp monitor. Could driver issues with monitor be causing lagg? Btw i play Yuri on CNC net with 1920 resolution with no problems.
Ooh and RA2 plays at 50+ fps on GR with 1920 reso High resolutions cause a performance drop in all applications & games. Seeing as it puts a higher strain on the system and due to the game being so old, it can't leverage the full power of your graphics card.
There's probably some configuration issues with the way you have set up the game. If the game works fine in GR then I'm assuming that you have multiple game installations for different networks.
Hello, if I were to buy the collection for 5.99 on origin, will it work on Windows 10? I want to get it so that I can download Yuri's revenge since there is no free Red Alert 2 download.
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Thanks, Naiked Hello, Yuri's Revenge for the large majority will work on Windows 10. That said, CnCNet can never guarantee it, but to the best of our knowledge the CnCNet YR client fixes most incompatibility issues, and we're always here to help if there's a problem. If you never get it to work, I believe EA Origin offer a fair refund policy (You'll need to confirm this with EA). Thanks for the reply, so we do not have a confirmation that Red Alert 2 from the ultimate collection pack works on Windows 10 yet?
It works for me personally and a lot of others (using the CnCNet software). So I buy this and download it from Origin, then come on to Cnc and download Yuri's revenge and it works just fine? Doesn't Yuri's come with the Ultimate Collection on Origin? CnCNet extends your Origin installation to install compatibility fixes and Skirmish/Online play. Ahhh okay, well I think I am going to go for it. And pray that it works.
I will be in touch with you Grant if I have any issues for help. I appreciate your time. By the way if we can get this to work I stream on twitch so it would be great advertising for the game. Thanks for the reply, so we do not have a confirmation that Red Alert 2 from the ultimate collection pack works on Windows 10 yet?
It works for me personally and a lot of others (using the CnCNet software). So I buy this and download it from Origin, then come on to Cnc and download Yuri's revenge and it works just fine? Doesn't Yuri's come with the Ultimate Collection on Origin? CnCNet extends your Origin installation to install compatibility fixes and Skirmish/Online play. Ahhh okay, well I think I am going to go for it. And pray that it works. I will be in touch with you Grant if I have any issues for help.
I appreciate your time. By the way if we can get this to work I stream on twitch so it would be great advertising for the game.
A lot of users online are running 7, 8 or Windows 10, even a small margin on XP. Any problems you can ask us. Even if that fails, I believe EA Origin offer refunds if you can't get the game to work.
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