anyone play red alert 2?

[nick1985]

me and my friends want to play some LAN red alert 2, but we cant get it to work. when we click on "network" when we get into the game, it does nothing. is there a bug here? how do we get a LAN game going?

 

[FrequencyX]

You have the IPX\SPX protocol installed correct?

 

[AFB]

Yuri's revenge?

 

[aircooled]

nevermind.. i was thinking of an earlier version...

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: FrequencyX
You have the IPX\SPX protocol installed correct?

hmmm...not sure? how can i check?

 

[nick1985]

ok, i got it. thanks guys

 

[FrequencyX]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: FrequencyX
You have the IPX\SPX protocol installed correct?

hmmm...not sure? how can i check?

Start\Control Panel\Network Connections\Right Click on LAN and click Properties\Click Install\Add\Protocol Nwlink IPX\SPX ....

 

[StageLeft]

Yes, last millennium.

 

[nick1985]

actually we are having more problems. we both installed IPX, and can get into network, but we cant see eachother, or eachothers games? whats going on?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

hmmm.... my girlfriend and I played RA2 over the network this year and had no problems...

Did you restart and everything after installing IPX?

 

[MikeMike]

ive had the same problem like 3 of us can see each other, but 3 cant its all weird stuff.

MIKE

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
hmmm.... my girlfriend and I played RA2 over the network this year and had no problems...

Did you restart and everything after installing IPX?

yeah, we have restarted...nothing. we can both get in, and create games, but we just cant see eachother.

 

[Cawchy87]

I remember some friends and I had this problem with C&C generals. The problem was that we had 2 hubs hooked up and only the people on one hub couldn't see the people on the other hub. It's a long shot, but hope it helps.

 

[nick1985]

we are on our campus network

 

[SSP]

Westwood games are such a PITA when it comes to networkplay/netplay. We used a program called FSGS to play RA2 last time I played that with a friend.

Awesome game though.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

so your computers can see each other alright on the network?

and you can see each other on the create game area?

 

[Cawchy87]

Oh shoot. I guess that means you don't have admin rights then either 😛

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
so your computers can see each other alright on the network?

and you can see each other on the create game area?

our computers work fine together in other network games, such as CS.


no, we cant see eachother anywhere in the game

 

[FrequencyX]

In the properties windows of IPX\SPX try changing "Auto-Detect" to 802.3 on both clients computers

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: SSP
Westwood games are such a PITA when it comes to networkplay/netplay. We used a program called FSGS to play RA2 last time I played that with a friend.

Awesome game though.

link to the program? what does it do?

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: SSP
Westwood games are such a PITA when it comes to networkplay/netplay. We used a program called FSGS to play RA2 last time I played that with a friend.

Awesome game though.

link to the program? what does it do?

I guess the site is dead now (just check, and the domain is gone). Plus i dont think it had a network play... cant remember, but essentially, it replaced westwood servers with its own.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Probably a firewall problem since you're on campus.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: FrequencyX
In the properties windows of IPX\SPX try changing "Auto-Detect" to 802.3 on both clients computers

no dice. any other ideas?

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: PrayForDeath
Probably a firewall problem since you're on campus.

but all other games work just fine...

 

[nick1985]

i got it working, i set out network numbers from default 0's to a unique number.


thanks guys