| About this product | |
|---|---|
| Product | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 |
| Vendor | Westwood/EA |
| Tested operating systems | Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 Windows Vista 32 Bit Windows Vista 64 Bit Windows XP 32 Bit |
| Average rating | |
| CompatDB XML | command-conquer-red-alert-2.xml |
Compatibility Reports for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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Games like Red Alert 2, might just be too old for newer OS's like Windows Vista. I founded the problem for people having black screens when trying to play Red Alert 2 with Vista/Win7. The problem is your DirectX, Red Alert 2 requires DirectDraw to work but newer DirectX versions like DX11 doesn't enable DDraw anymore. Therefore I tried to solve this problem by running dxdiag from RA2 cd and enable the DirectDraw option, but it didn't work for me.
Reported by Jerpsi
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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Installation & patching works 100%. Compatibility problems with Windows Vista. Running as administrator and in Windows XP or 2000 compatiblity mode doesn't fix a thing, running with modes older than Windows 2000 just keeps throwing me back to desktop, with the game.exe running in the background. Also tried registry cleaning methods (Registry Easy 5.6, RegCure) that have been working on some people, didn't work for me. On top of that, I disabled Hardware Acceleration and lowered texture filtering settings for game.exe from Nvidia Control Panel
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Windows Vista SP2
Nvidia Geforce GT 220 (2815Mt memory)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz
Intel G43 Express- Chipset
4 Gt DDR3-SDRAM
IPIEL-LA3 (Eureka3) motherboard
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows 2000
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows 2000
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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I have C&C the first Decade it plays generals w/ expansion great, for some weird reason this time i could get red Aler2 and the expansion to sucessfully install. at first when i tried to launch it it said Fatal String Error. and so i relaunched the first decade under run as administrator, and it worked fine.
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows XP 32 Bit
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows 2000
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Install problem of Cant read language .mix.
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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RA2 (from the "updated" First Decade release) still does not support TCP/IP connections. Windows Vista does not support the IPX/SPX protocol required for RA2 to function for network gaming, which is half the fun. You can try these steps (which didn't work for me): http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1200750&SiteID=17
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 64 Bit
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows XP 32 Bit
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows NT 4.0
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Crashes during installation
(NT4 SP6 with IE6SP1 with shell update)
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows 2000
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Thanx guys.. RA2 works fine , when you right click on shortcut and "run as administrator".. But i still cant find IPX protocol for Vista to play network... =) happy XMAS
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows 2000
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Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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I found that it runs perfectly if your right click on the shortcut, and run the program as administrator, hope this helps.
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Windows 2000
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Reported by Anonymous
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Hm...at least you guys seem to be able to install...I've read the other threads about RA2 and I couldnt find a solution for my problem.
I run setup and get the "Encountered an error...must close etc..." message. But the weird is that I have Yuri's Revenge and its setup actually works...also...RA2 setup didnt work with any of the compatibility options. Most strangely though is that back in a month or so I had installed it(and later uninstalled) and now it wont work, I didnt update winXP or anything in long before RA2 being installed. I think we better use older OS's to run these older games afterall, or there will be always some kind of issue.
Reported by Anonymous
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Windows Vista 32 Bit
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It works perfect on single player mode but doesn't work online has trouble signing in to westwood online, Also when you exit the game it stalls on a black screen and you have to start task manager and end the process!!
