Crash Fix Red Alert 3

1. Crash Fix Red Alert 3 System
2. Crash Fix Red Alert 360
3. Red Alert 3 Campaign Crash Fix
4. Crash Fix Red Alert 350
5. Crash Fix Red Alert 3 Free
6. Red Alert 2 Crash Fix

A small patch that removes the censoring in the german version of Red Alert 1. This is not just a 'blood patch', but a complete de-censoring of all unit names & mission briefings as well.Red Alert 3.03 fix for Aftermath mission 'Situation Critical' created by MrFlibble (this has been included in the RA 3.03 installer). Other than that you seem to have already done really everything that tends to be suggested for this problem. You could always try to repair the installation as well by going to the My Game Library, right-clicking the Red Alert 3 and choosing 'Repair'. If you’ve just installed Red Alert 3 on Windows 7 then you may be presented with a simple black screen on startup, that just freezes there. Navigate to the Data folder, ie. C:/Program Files/Electronic Arts/Red Alert 3/Data Rename the Movies folder to “Movies.renamed”. The Command & Conquer Unofficial Patch 1.06, also known as Command & Conquer Gold: Project 1.06 is an unofficial patching project for Command & Conquer Gold developed by Nyerguds. It aims to fix all kinds of problems in the game, including game crashes, incompatibility with newer systems, game bugs, graphical errors, mission scripting problems and terrain errors in maps. Besides the bug fixes.

Here Friendly Asked Questions (FAQ) where you will answers to common questions people have asked about Red Alert.

It’s finally Christmas break! You probably wanted to play classic games like Red Alert 2. However, you encounter problems with your current operating system. You probably see a black screen when you open Red Alert 2, or the game hangs after a few minutes of playing, or your base explodes before building your third structure Been there!

Q. Where I can download full version of Red Alert?
A. Please check the following page for more details.

Crash Fix Red Alert 3 System

Q. Why there is no information related to PortableRA/Iran patch?
A.We do not recognize any forced Red Alert patches/packages that break compatibility with official(original) game, no matter how good they are.

Q. Why there is no information related to OpenRA project?
A.Answer is simple: OpenRA != RA. Even though OpenRA uses the original RA graphics, OpenRA game mechanics are different.

Q. Are there any cheat codes?
A.There are as many cheat codes in Red Alert as there were inC&C - that is to say, none at all.

Q. How do I remove any third party maps/missions etc?
A. If you have installed any maps/missions/campaigns etc forRed Alert that you may have downloaded from this or other sites thenyou may find you can't play the original Red Alert again! This isbecause most of them do not have an uninstallation routine.Fortunately, it is very easy to remove those unwanted files. To ensureeverything is uninstalled first, simply go to your main Red Alertdirectory (usually C:WESTWOODREDALERT) and remove or delete any andall of the following files:
tutorial.ini
rules.ini
scgXXXX.ini
scuXXXX.ini
scXXXXXX.mix
scXXXXXX.mix
mission.ini
Where an 'X' means any character or number. If you find Red Alert isloading slowly then you can remove any files ending in with a .MPRextension. These are new multiplayer maps. If you want to keep them youcan copy them to another directory and copy them back when you actuallywant to play them. Now start up Red Alert and everything should be backto normal.

Q. Can I play RED ALERT against a friend?
A. Yes! Westwood has built lots of multiplayer support into RedAlert. Get ready to face battles with generals via the Internet (Win95version only), IPX network, modem, or direct connection via null-modem.
As with C&C, each copy of Red Alert comes with two CDs, so that youcan loan one to a friend for instant multiplayer action. Each playermust have one of the Red Alert CD-ROM's in their system before play canbegin.

Q. Can DOS and Windows 95 play together?
A. The DOS and Windows 95 versions of Red Alert are compatiblefor modem head-to-head, IPX network, and null modem connections.Internet connections are available only in the Windows 95 version.

Q. How many players, IPX, modem, null modem?
A. Internet, modem, and null modem connections support 2players head-to-head. IPX network connections support up to 8 players.All connection types can add AI players up to a total of 8.

Q. Does the AI build bases in multiplayer games?
A. Yes! The AI will now build a base, and use every trick itknows to grind you into the dirt. The computer is no longer thepushover it used to be. You can ally with your human companion againstthe computer, or go at it no holds barred. Rest assured, the computerplayers just might gang up on you!

Q. What is 'skirmish' mode?
A. Skirmish mode is a way for you to practice multiplayer gamesagainst AI opponents. You can play on any of the multiplayer maps withall of the same options that are in the multiplayer game setup (techlevel, ore re-growth, starting units, etc.) You can then add 1 to 7 AIplayers, and set the difficulty level.

Q. How to install Red Alert on Win2K?
A. Use apcompat.exe (comes with win2k support tools found oncdrom), browse to the setup program, tell program to use win98, and runsetup), once done game works fine.

Q. Does Red Alert work with Windows XP?
A. Yes! Insert your cd to the comp. and open up My Computer.Then right click on your cd-rom drive and click on open. Then you canright click on setup and go to properties. After that there is a tabthat says compatibility and Check the box that says, 'Run this incompatibility mode for:' and a drop box appears, click windows 95 andinstall. This works for all programs that are 95 based. I know thiswill work.

Q. How to install Red Alert on Windows Vista/7?
A. Please read the following tutorial.

Q. Does Red Alert work with Linux?
A. Yes! Please read the following manual.

Q. What are the Giant Ants Missions?
A. They are 4 special missions hidden on the CD of COUNTERSTRIKE, the sameway the dinosaurs missions were hidden in 'Covert Operations', the add-on for the original C&C (called today 'C&CTiberium Dawn'). (To be opposed to the subtitle of C&C II which is supposed to be something like 'Tiberian Sun'). These missions deal with giants ants attacking the human race and, ofcourse, it is up to you (who else ?) to stop them. Unlike the dino missions, you can not play ants in a fifth level as youcould play dinosaurs in 'Covert Operations'.

Q. Is there any kind of editor included?
A. Yes! Red Alert will include a Terrain Editor, which can be used to create your own multiplayer maps. Also check our donwloads section for tons of Red Alert editors and utilities!

Q. Why I can't download anything from RA-Archive?
A. Use left mouse click instead 'Save Target As...' option! Disable your firewall, proxy server or anything that modify or block the referral fields. That's not mean you must disable your firewall. That's only because some firewalls have disabled referrers by default. Verify your firewall settings.

Q. Can I make mirror of your site or use your download links?
A. RA-Archive already has official automatically synced mirrors and not in need of any 3rd party mirrors. And please don't hotlink our files. Instead you can download all needed stuff from RA-Archive and put them on your own server or somewhere else, then link them.

Q. How often do you update your page?
A. Whenever I get new ra stuff and free time.

Q. How can I upload my RA stuff to RA-Archive?
A. Please read following manual on detailed information.

Q. I have downloaded [CENSORED] program from your page, how do I?
A. Do you think I'm 'tech support' or what? Read the [CENSORED] readme file!

Q. File is corrupt! I get CRC error!
A. All OK with files. Hundreds of people have downloaded them and only ~1 or 2 out of 10000 have problems like CRC error. Try to download them again with another browser or download manager.

Q. I have some free webspace to offer you, are you interested?
A. Yes I am, but DON'T send me links to free web hosting services.

Q. Your site sucks!
A. I know, but does it really matter?

Q. What about RA2 stuff?
A. Nothing. I have already got Red Alert 2 - average game, wasted my money really... So I don't want to waste my time for this game.

Q. What about RA3 stuff?
A. The same answer as for RA2.

Q. I like your website, how can I make a donation?
A. Please visit the following page for more information.

Q. What is the difference of ra.afraid.org and ra.nv17.com?
A. ra.nv17.com is actually our primary address, ra.afraid.org is our official mirror now.

Q. How to fix Red Alert crash on a PC with multi-threaded/multi-core processor?
A. If you are experiencing crashes at the title screen or during gameplay in Red Alert and using a PC with multi-threaded/multi-core processor, you need to download 'Red Alert affinity fix'. Then extract zip file contents into your Red Alert directory and start game with ra95.bat file instead of ra95.exe.

Q. How to fix Red Alert colors glitch bug with Windows Vista/7?
A. This can be easily fixed with a great little utility called 'DirectDraw Compatibility Tool' created by a russian programmer named Лёха Galogen. All you have to do is download the program, unzip and run it. It's pretty simple to use - just find the executable of the game RA95.exe. Then, click apply, all done. No more blotchy colors or resolution errors! This tool works on both 64 bit and 32bit operating systems and supports any RA version.

Q. How to play Red Alert on LAN using Windows2000/XP/Vista/7/8?
A. First, you need to patch your Red Alert with 3.03 patch. Second, download 'Red Alert v3.03 TCP/IP LAN patch' from Unofficial Patches section. Extract it into your Red Alert directory and enjoy LAN games!

Command & Conquer Graphics Patcher is a tool to make rendering in Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge faster.

Which games can be patched?

This works for the latest patched versions, whether they are English or German. Tiberian Sun uses a packed exe, in which I couldn't locate the spot to change. If you have an unpacked exe (like from a NoCD-Patch), this should work, too. I didn't test any other language version.

At the time of release, this project was merely a day old, so if anything does not work, send me a message. This patch is designed to improve rendering in Windows Vista and later. It might not have an effect on earlier versions of Windows, or it might even have a negative impact. This patch is also stupid, because it does not automatically distiguish between OS versions to select the best behavior. Sorry for that, but I won't change it.

Testing showed this patch is working even with mods like Twisted Insurrection for Tiberian Sun and Mental Omega 2.0psi (which is using NPatch). So chances are good it is working for other mods, too.

How to use

Download the patcher and either put in in the same directory as the game or put the game.exe/gamemd.exe file in the same folder as this patcher and run it. The patch is not applied until you apply it explicitly, and it can be undone again using the patcher.

Crash Fix Red Alert 360

To prevent issues with Windows Vista or later, I recommend to put the patcher into a separate folder and copy the game file into it. Copy it back after patching. Also: Back up your original game file, just to be sure.

You will need the Microsoft .net Framework 3.5 to run this tool. After all files are patched, this patcher is not needed any more.

Background

Red Alert 3 Campaign Crash Fix

The dimetric Command & Conquer games use several temporary graphics to draw to. Some of them are allocated in Video RAM, some of them are allocated in system RAM. When the game wants to draw something, the data has to be copied from VRAM to system RAM, which is an expensive operation and it gets more obvious the more objects (units, debris, ...) are on the map. The patch changes the game to not allocate surfaces in VRAM in the first place, so this cannot become an issue.

Crash Fix Red Alert 350

The following bytes need to be changed. This is not optimized. If you understand the raw assembler instructions, you can optimize it by putting a jmp there.

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Red Alert 2 Crash Fix

Credits

The patches solve the problem the same way as it is done by Ares, the Yuri's Revenge expansion dll. The original fix was implemented by DCoder. I applied this solution to TS and RA2 and coded the patching tool around it.