RED ALERT 2

[inveterate]

I just installed RA 2 again, after 2 years of not playing. On this comp i've noticed that when the buildings blow up, or the super weapons engages the GAME seems to slow down. Is that because of my computer's settings or is it suppose to do that as in "SLO mo"..

 

[CrackRabbit]

Just EAs sh!tty coding, move along... nothing to see here... come on keep moving...

 

[mwmorph]

when too many effects and units are on screen the game slows down. I set all settings to 1024x768 high qualioty on my crappy rig(see sig) and it slows down during the game when buildings get to higher numbers.

patch it. then make sure that games dont run forever(i had a easy skirmish game where i just kep on building and building sandbox style on ym gaming rig and it slowed down beyond belief.)

The game in single player dosent want to drop frames but instead makes it just run slower.

BTW, RA2 was thre last of the Calssic Westwood games i believe. Westwood was stil lalive and kicking until Renegade nailed it's coffin.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33&flcache=9514381&entercat=y

 

[cmp1223]

engineering!

that was an awesome game. Especially that death march intro music and the horrible live action segments.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Play RA 1 instead.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Play RA 1 instead.

Won't install on WinXP.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Play RA 1 instead.

my cd is horriblyscratched up and i only have the Soviet disk(my allied disk cracked in 2). anyone still have a copy and willing to sell? i never did finish the campagin.

 

[imported_Reck]

there's a patch for the older c&c games to work with xp.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: radioouman

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Play RA 1 instead.

Won't install on WinXP.

I just looked at this thread... not sure if it works

http://www.ntcompatible.com/Installing_of_Red_Alert_in_XP.._t32341.html

 

[Rudee]

Wrong forum

 

[amoeba]

stealth tank for the win?

 

[slightlyhuman]

i was godlike in RA1 on the aftermath ladders.... i hated nurple maps though.

i still play ra1 on my xp machine.

just right click on the cd drive icon in my computer, goto explore. then right clickon setup.exe then properties and check the box abvoe "windows 95" or whatever and you're golden from there.

if westwood online still worked i'd love to wreck shop on a fool that would play me.

3 mad tanks plus a-bomb in a base can't touch anything.

 

[inveterate]

ahhh,, So anyone with my specs playing the game experience these slowdowns...

 

[duragezic]

Maybe try changing to 16-bit color?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: DP
i was godlike in RA1 on the aftermath ladders.... i hated nurple maps though.

i still play ra1 on my xp machine.

just right click on the cd drive icon in my computer, goto explore. then right clickon setup.exe then properties and check the box abvoe "windows 95" or whatever and you're golden from there.

if westwood online still worked i'd love to wreck shop on a fool that would play me.

3 mad tanks plus a-bomb in a base can't touch anything.

Hmmm... I thought I tried that last year and it didn't work. Guess I didn't heh.

 

[MikeMike]

i froze my older computer once on RA1, i had the screen full of tanks (the whole damn screen) and told them to move. my computer froze

 

[coremortality]

I used to love RA1. I even had a site for all things RA called The Red Alert Outpost and even released several mods to the game. Ah memories. I miss that site. I ended up having to pull the plug one weekend because my ISP had some terrible accounting and e-mailed me saying that had they kept track of my traffic I'd have owed around $17,000! I had the site up for a whole year, massive traffic and all from some how getting listed on Yahoo.

-Eric

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: DP
i was godlike in RA1 on the aftermath ladders.... i hated nurple maps though.

i still play ra1 on my xp machine.

just right click on the cd drive icon in my computer, goto explore. then right clickon setup.exe then properties and check the box abvoe "windows 95" or whatever and you're golden from there.

if westwood online still worked i'd love to wreck shop on a fool that would play me.

3 mad tanks plus a-bomb in a base can't touch anything.

I remember dialing my buddy across the street to play RA1 via modem. I miss those days. If westwood online was still up I'd challenge ya

 

[coremortality]

Did any of you play the CnC Classic or Wicked mod's for RA?

 

[MikeMike]

yup played Classic C&C also.

i wish RA2 was better on LAN, but its not stupid IPX.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: coremortality
Did any of you play the CnC Classic or Wicked mod's for RA?

I think I own all of the CnC series except Sole Survior. I love em all equally, they all have their own quirks that make them good

 

[MikeMike]

i pwn on RA2 w/ Yuris revenge expansion.

was sooo damn good.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: inveterate
ahhh,, So anyone with my specs playing the game experience these slowdowns...

i have ti installed on my game rig right now but havent played it. I'll get to it and tell ya later.
2.4GHZ A64 Paris
1GB ram
Geforce2ultra( but should still be more than enough)

 

[Trey22]

Anyone else ever want to nail Tanya?