So, I’ll tell you everything at once, without further preamble. Here we have a flood, as well as a FAQ on possible problems. Everything will be presented below if there are problems with the game not described below, go google write in the comments, I’ll try to help.

If you are in the wrong door, the set is here, please.

For the game we need Red Alert 2, versions 1.0.0.6 And Red Alert 2 – Yuri’s Revenge versions 1.0.0.1, Here. We will play through Hamachi, download link here. The rest will be in the recruitment topic a little later.

Now about setting up for playing locally. The fact is that the game uses an outdated protocol IPX, so you can’t just play it right away on the grid. This protocol needs to be configured. This process depends on the operating system you have installed. Let’s go from old to new, so:

Windows XP and older

Everything is very simple here. https://non-uk-casinos.co.uk/review/prive-casino/ You just need to enable the protocol. This is done like this: open “Control Panel – Network connections – local network connection through which we will play – right mouse button on it – properties – on the network tab, click install – protocol – NWLink IPX\SPXNULLetBIOS – compatible transport protocol". Then restart the computer and you’re done. You can play.

Windows Vista & 7

Everything is more complicated here, because these systems do not support the IPX protocol anymore. Therefore, we need to install it.

How to install IPX protocol in Windows 7:

1. Download the NWLink IPX file.zip, which contains the necessary files, extract the NWLink IPX folder from the archive, it contains three folders drivers, inf, System32.

2. Copy the files from each folder to the corresponding directories:
From the drivers folder all the files are in the c:\windows\system32\drivers directory, these are the files:
nwlnkipx.sys
nwlnkflt.sys
nwlnkfwd.sys
nwlnknb.sys
nwlnkspx.sys
From the inf folder all files are in the c:\windows\inf directory, these are the files:
netnwlnk.inf
netnwlnk.pnf
From the system32 folder all files are in the c:\windows\system32 directory, these are the files:
rtipxmib.dl
wshisn.dll
nwprovau.dll

3. Open the “Network and Sharing Center”, click on the inscription “Network Connections”, right-click on any network adapter, select “Properties”, click the “Install” button. ", select "Protocol", click the "Add" button. ", click the "Install from disk" button. ", click the "Browse" button. ", indicate the extracted NWLink IPX folder, open the inf folder in it, select the netnwlnk file.inf, click the “Open” button, click the “OK” button, the “NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol” protocol will be displayed in the list, click the “OK” button, wait for the installation to complete, about 1~3 minutes. That’s it, the protocol is installed and ready to use. Then follow the same steps as for XP and older.

But here everything is very sad. These operating systems do not know what IPX is in principle, so you will have to use a virtual machine. We will play on it. To do this you will need a lot of RAM, preferably more than the standard 4 GB. Finally, advice: install a virtual machine with Windows XP, it requires less RAM and supports the IPX protocol, if you installed it with seven, follow the steps above.

[Update] For Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 including 8.1 there is an easier way, just download (undsoft.com/download/RA2patch.rar) patch, unpack it and throw it into the game folder. And no fuss with virtualization and protocols. Thanks for the method, friend Caveman!

Next. Since the game is old, it may not work properly and may slow down on powerful computers or simply not start. If it doesn’t start, go to the properties of the game launch shortcut and select compatibility mode with Windows XP (any), or with Windows 98/Me and don’t forget to check the box “Run as administrator”. To get rid of lags you need to do a simple operation: go to the root folder with the game (for me it is D:\Games\Red Alert 2 with Yuri’s Revenge) and look for the file there ra2.ini, open it with any text editor and look for the following lines:

[Video]
VideoBackBuffer=no
ScreenWidth=1920
ScreenHeight=1080

Enter StretchMovies=no here and save. And that’s it, the lags will disappear. You can also adjust the resolution here.