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I'm trying to play YR windowed, but it keeps on crashing with the error message below. Offline windowed mode works fine when starting with the -win switch. WTF? The error occurs whether or not borderless mode is checked. Error: qres: Screen mode not found x=... y=... c=16

Cool, I'll start out with the links you gave. I think I'll get crushed because, for me, playing against 3 brutal CPUs is really difficult. Thx!

Cheaters are banned there, genius. Not normal people. Maybe I'm wrong, however I thought C&C: RA2 players are and/or were banned for reasons other than cheating.

Timeline for RA2 support? I'm asking because I don't think I'll like XWIS due to the cheaters, banning, and old-school gamers. Also, does C&C: YR contain everything in C&C: RA2, so there is no need to really support RA2 Thx!

Are there any games/rooms or such that are for novice beginners or non-ranking play-for-fun games I can join? Oh and if you know of an youtube vid of an epic (irrespective of length) game, please post. Thx for all the info!

Are you using some version of TS-DDRAW by any chance? It has a known issue of lagging when moving mouse. Any other ddraw.dll overwrite could cause that too tho You can also try enabling Video Backbuffer or disabling it if its enabled, iirc there was a option in the current clients settings window else open ra2md.ini set VideoBackBuffer=Yes or No if its already on. You can also try AllowVRAMSidebar=Yes, it forces the game to load the sidebar in GPU memory, might change something if for some reason sidebar drawing is impacting the cursor drawing. AllowVRAMSidebar=Yes Where is this documented and is there documentation of all INI switches available for C&C: RA2/YR? Thx!

Hi, C&C: RA2 and YR are now both free, will CnCNet now support both? Timeline? Thx!

Yep, it's not obvious the product-code=serial, thanks for the link, are you in the U.K.? I really like this game, however I'm really bad at it, any suggestions for novice players and online gaming? Thx!

Thx 4 the info hardman. I didn't realize CnCNet and XWIS require a valid serial/CD-Key. The Origin version comes with a "product code", is this the equivalent of the required serial to play via CnCNet and XWIS?

Does Origin have their own online system to play C&C:: RA2/YR that requires the Origin version? What about cheaters? I don't like playing with cheaters! Thx again.

What is the difference between C&C: RA2/YR online gaming via Origin, CnCNet, and XWIS? Which is better? Do Origin versions use XWIS?

Good to know. Also is the "Lan Patch (fan made)" available here required? http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2 And, can C&C: RA2/YR still be played online via Westwood Online? Thx everyone for helping.

Thx. Cool! Hi, I read about the "player already have the same serial" error and then I read you can get banned. How do I not get banned when playing C&C: YR online via CnCNet? Error note: http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Red_Alert_2

Thx for the reply, I was wondering, does that program work if C&C: YR is not installed?

Hi, after installing and updating (C&C: RA2 v1.006 and C&C: YR v1.001), what do I do to play over the internet? I'm interested in playing C&C: RA2 and C&C: YR online over the internet and I don't know how. Thx.