Red Alert Crashes

[eVo Nemo]

C&C: Red Alert crashes about 5 minutes in game. i am using the FullRA_plus.zip, and another thing i am running the compatibility on Windows 2000, it is the only way i can get it to run. any solutions ?  ? ?

[Tore]

Try running the game in Windows 98/Me compatibility mode.

[eVo Nemo]

same thing. 

[FekLeyrTarg]

Which OS do you have? WinXP? WinVista? Win7?

[eVo Nemo]

Vista

[Ferret]

What does the error say exactly?

[Killa57]

and another thing i am running the compatibility on Windows 2000, it is the only way i can get it to run. any solutions ?  ? ?

what do you mean it is the only way i can get it to run?  if you set it to winxp what happenes or any other compatibility besides  win 2000? and what do you mean it crashes 5 min in game? are you playing online and a count down comes on or are you talking about single player game or skirmish and the game freezes no mouse movement or nothing?

[eVo Nemo]

Windows 95 - Crashes to desktop - no error/just goes back to desktop

Windows 98 - Crashes to desktop - no error/just goes back to desktop

Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5) - "  SAME  "

Windows 2000 - Launches the Game fine - Freezes in skirmmish

Windows XP - "  SAME  "

[Killa57]

Have you previously ever had Red Alert installed on this computer? or is this a fresh install on your computer first time ever?

[eVo Nemo]

Fresh and i got it from this website.

[eVo Nemo]

i have had other C&C games installed tho i dont know if that matters. . . is there anything else i can do for a complete uninstall

[Killa57]

Well Ra95 is known for alot of bugs and this is one of them on newer OS what i suggest is this but its a shot. It might work it might not. Go to your RedAlert Folder and highlight everything in folder/right click properties/compatibility tab and run it as win xp. I see what you said about what happens when its on xp but when your running Ra95 it needs to be on compatibility xp. And if that fails try a uninstall reboot and reinstall and set compatability to win xp and see what happens but hey its a shot in the dark every computer reacts differently to older games hope the best of luck... leave feedback plz

[eVo Nemo]

i noticed a VERY very quick error when it crashes i cant catch the file name but it is a .dll file error , could this be the wsock32 ? ?

[Killa57]

can you get a pic of it? i have the wsock32 file aswell and i do have vista and Ra runs fine. if you can get a pick of the error it will be helpful maybe someone can tell you what it is.

[eVo Nemo]

no and i tried video but not good enough quality to see. the error just is to fast if you blink you will miss it im 100 percnt that it is a DLL error

[eVo Nemo]

 

Got a quick pic by freezing my TV

[eVo Nemo]

Hopefully this will help with my issue  :roll:

[Tore]

First of all you want to update your posts or add new information use the "edit" button, don't double post!

 

Have you tried running the game as administrator?

 

Right click -> Run as Administrator

 

In case that doesn't work I'll check if the download has somehow become corrupted.

 

When I used Vista RA95 ran perfectly when I used Windows 98/Me compatibility mode and run as administrator, this even works in Windows 7 64-bit

[Killa57]

you dont need the file anyway unless you going to try to play lan thats the only reason the file was made try removing it from the ra folder copy and paste it somewhere else and try to run the game without it and see if it runs correctly like tore said it might be a corrupted file.

[Ferret]

Use the edit button pl0x!!!

 

But that file is only needed to play on LAN.

[pichorra]

let's start from your hardware, can you descrive your computer (processor, RAM, video, sound...)

 

[edit]

 

there's another RA v3.03 lan patch, who i founded on nyer site (it can be out of date), but see if it work.

http://nyerguds.arsaneus-design.com/cncstuff/ra_v303_lanpatch_1_00.zip

[eVo Nemo]

i took off the Wsock . file then i get the RA95.bat error idk

[Killa57]

humm i think i would go with a fresh install of the game