Play singleplayer Red Alert 2/YR with the improved renderer of CNCNet?

[Vi3D]

Is it possible to play the singleplayer game with the improved renderer CNCNet uses for multiplayer? I own the Ultimate Collection from the EA app (the one that used to be Origin) and I wanna get that improved experience for singleplayer too.

[XMaDTanKX aka T-90]

What do you mean exactly?

Of course Ra2 Singleplayer can be played whith the CnC-DDraw on Hi-Res and fantastic performance if you installed the CnCNet Client, but you should be runing the original game from the launcher on EA's desktop App, the client is only intended for multiplayer games and to fix graphics problems.

[Vi3D]

On 11/25/2022 at 9:57 PM, XMaDTanKX aka T-90 said:

What do you mean exactly?

Of course Ra2 Singleplayer can be played whith the CnC-DDraw on Hi-Res and fantastic performance if you installed the CnCNet Client, but you should be runing the original game from the launcher on EA's desktop App, the client is only intended for multiplayer games and to fix graphics problems.

So I just need to install CNCNet and then when I play the singleplayer from EA's app I'll have access to the improved renderer?

I ask because in RA2 Singleplayer's menu I can't find a renderer option.

Edited December 24, 2022 by Vi3D

[Devo1929]

11 hours ago, Vi3D said:

So I just need to install CNCNet and then when I play the singleplayer from EA's app I'll have access to the improved renderer?

I ask because in RA2 Singleplayer's menu I can't find a renderer option.

Open the Cncnet launcher, use it to change to renderer, then close and open the single player launcher.

[XMaDTanKX aka T-90]

Thats it, open the CnCNet and set the CnC-DDRAW renderer (thoug it should be set by default) and then launch the singleplayer campaigns from the EA  launcher.

Note that Yuri's Revenge will copy the screen reso you set on thr CnCNet but in Ra2 you still have to set it manually.

[oilumiun12]

Setting it up manually seems to be quite a hassle. Anyway, I did it successfully 

Edited January 9, 2024 by oilumiun12