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Frequently Asked Questions Red Alert 2 & Yuri's Revenge Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge not found Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge not found in C:\Westwood\RA2, please select the right folder. Red Alert 2 & Yuri's Revenge - Where to purchase & download. Game launch/gameplay issues This product requires 16 bit pixel depth! Unable to set Video Mode My game is slow, shows a black screen, or gameplay is choppy EA App/Red Alert 2 & Yuri's Revenge campaign not launching. CnCNet Client issues The updater launcher will not exit .NET Framework 3.5 and 2.0 are required, but windows 10 won't download it. My map previews in the "Standard" folder is black Game issues How do I play the Campaign? Windows 11 - My campaign fails to start. How do I add RA2 music to my YR gameplay? I have the original disc, but YR (RA2MD.exe) does not work for me. Streaming How do I stream/record RA2/YR? Cheating / abuse I encountered a cheater in my game, who do I tell? Someone is toxic to me, can I report the player? All games How do I add custom maps? I just downloaded CnCNet, or updated and my anti-virus flagged it as a virus CnCNet has been blocked by my anti-virus or is showing as a virus Your IP address has been listed at DroneBL Useful links For other useful links not covered in this FAQ, including tutorials, go to our useful links post. Thanks to everyone who has helped write these FAQ's, including @MJ_

@witty1990 - You've come to the right place. If you install CnCNet, https://cncnet.org/red-alert-2 it will apply a few fixes. It will also allow you to select a few different "Renderers" if things are still not quite working. Try installing, then a try a skirmish to see how things are looking. If you have Discord, we are also help you quicker there. https://cncnet.org/discord

.NET 4.8 does not support XP either, sorry.

CnCNet - in development CnCNet client Revert to .NET Framework - Read more Migration to dll spawner + Ares + Phobos - Read more New Map Database & Browser - Read more/sponsor the project Planned: CnCNet Client WebSocket Support - Read more/sponsor the project CnCNet - recent releases Ranked Match client updates - the client now has an experimental version of the unit counter for streamers. If you have some feedback, please contact @Sneer in the CnCNet, Yuri's Revenge or Blitz Discord. Other updates include username management within the client and various bug fixes. Community spotlight Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge and Blitz - A huge range of prizes for Ranked Match games, 16 separate prizes worth up to $450. Also happening is a 3vs3 TOE Tournament Read more Red Alert 1 - End of year Tournament - Details to be announced soon in the Red Alert 1 Discord channel. Supporting CnCNet View our Open Collective Page. 💚

rulesmd.ini for Yuri's Revenge @Ibram Gaunt

Hey, you may find faster support in our discord just as a heads up. https://cncnet.org/discord Anyway, have you tried changing your renderer in the cncnet clinet options? Try a different one (make sure the game still runs smoothly in a skirmish game, before attempting another online match)

Have promoted both, might take a little while to appear

Hello - that's normal although a little confusing at first. There is a checkbox to make Red Alert 2 work in the game checkbox settings

Are you using CnCNet? https://cncnet.org/red-alert-2 If you are, try a different renderer in the client options, like ts-ddraw when playing the campaign

Just been asked if you could upload your client.log too. Many thanks Also if you're able, could you help by joining our Discord channel where these chats are happening? https://discord.com/channels/188156159620939776/1082633303766618122 Belonit has now fixed this

They will show up in the root game directory (where CnCNetYRLauncher.exe is)

Could you try another game, after it fails, both upload: spawn.ini spawnmap.ini A video and pc specs would be useful to try and work out whats happening too

Ah sorry about this. I think for future tests of this beta build - perhaps clone your RA2 directory for beta tests. Theres probably a file the updater didn't remove entirely, and then the cheating message has probably counted it. Hmm OK. Has it worked on windows 10?

Could he supply the problems he was getting? Maybe a video and to upload any log files that were causing some issues?

Sure - that would be really useful. Thank you

Could you both try the Beta version for a few games, and see if you get these reconnection errors? We'll be moving to this new rewrite of the spawner soon.

With a big thanks to @Sneer the "Quick Match Client", now known now as the "Ranked Match Client" has received a few updates. This has been rolled out to RA2/YR, withi RA and TS due to be tested. Queue on all ladders - Queue on all RA2 based ladders at once. Theme update Ladder tab within the client New match up sounds added

A lot of exciting changes are available to try out, including true campaign support, Spawner rewrite, inclusion of Phobos and Ares, Net7 upgrade. Here is the full changelog: https://github.com/CnCNet/cncnet-yr-client-package/pull/288 To stay up to date on progress, follow this link above. Please note: Windows XP support will be dropped with this update. Online lobbies will only be shown to those also on the Beta update. So don't be alarmed about no-one hosting games. There are still some Phobos/Ares features that are still to be turned off by default, but can be configured in the client. Such as building previews. This can be configured in the Game tab if you would like to enable/disable the feature. Testing: Everything needs testing, both the client and in game. Try your custom maps, make sure they still work. etc etc. Can you host lobbies with your friends succesfully? Is the campaign working as intended? How to test Beta Select the "BETA" update channel from the client options. Options > Updater > Click save Once the client restarts, you will be asked to update. Note, you should see this as your client version to see the new updates. Note it is easy to revert the update, simply go back to client options and select "Live" until you no longer see 9.0.0 migration in the client version.

We haven't posted much news or major updates lately, but we've been working on several things behind the scenes. Here's a recap of some recent progress on CnCNet and related projects as well as events in our game communities. CnCNet - in development - Ranked Match client update - ability to queue all ranked ladders at once, with Sneer - A new map database browser - follow the project-development chat with yuris-director, Zordon. ⁠ - A rewrite of the Yuri’s Revenge Spawner in C++, with Belonit - CnCNet Client .NET 7, now available for testing. More info in the Red Alert 2 channel on the CnCNet Discord. Credits: RanSacker for core implementation; devo1929, Kerbiter, Rampastring, SadPencil and Starkku for implementation support. CnCNet - recent releases - Ranked matches are divided into two leagues for Yuri’s Revenge - Champions and Contenders League. Contenders league allows newer players to compete in matches against similar skilled players. - Ranked matches can be observed by a small vetted list of CnCNet streamers. - Red Alert 2 Mode - Fixes Dog and Flak trooper behaviour, as per original Red Alert 2 gameplay. When dogs & Flak troopers are stationary, attacked, then commanded to move, they start running (crawling for Flak Trooper) and get a speed boost. Credits Belonit & Starkku - Red Alert 2 / Yuri’s Revenge - New loading screen for observers. By @bhdrks78 - Red Alert 2 / Yuri’s Revenge - Observers can see underwater naval and cloaked (mirage, spy) units. Belonit & Starkku - Clan Ladders for Red Alert 2, Tiberian Sun and Red Alert 1. Burg, Neo, Xme - - CnCNet Client - Multi-language support by Kerbiter, SadPencil Community spotlight - Tiberian Sun 1vs1 Cash Tournament - Highlights here - Tiberian Sun 24th Anniversary Event - Starting 18th Aug, ending on 27th Aug - Yuri’s Revenge August Ranked Match Prizes, with thanks to Larry Appledrop for sponsoring. 1st Place Champions League - $40, 1st Place Contenders League - $20 - Red Alert 2, Yuri’s Revenge and Blitz - World Series Tournaments for all skill levels - August - $1,000 in Prizes! - Blitz Bootcamp Nations Cup - friendly competition - pro & semi players excluded. - C&C World-Altering Editor: A new map editor for Tiberian Sun, soon to also come for Yuri’s Revenge. - Mobius Map Editor: a Tiberian Dawn/ Red Alert map editor based on the C&C Remastered map editor (Can run independently from the Remaster, using classic graphics. All necessary classic files are included in the download) - Dawn of the Tiberium Age now includes a Co-Op version of the Tiberian Dawn GDI campaign, play with your friends!

Do you vaguely remember anything about the name, may still be able to find it that way?

I asked in the YR discord, someones suggestion was this:

Thanks guys, i've uploaded the syncs for the devs to check again. 🤞

For internal errors, could you upload EXCEPT_CNCNET.txt?

Hey - double click the dronebl.org message and it shoudl take you to a website where you can remove this. https://dronebl.org/

Recordings might be able to help yeah