RA2 installation

[Luke10]

Hi everyone, some days ago i watched some videos of the game, and it gave me a lot of nostalgia of the good old days. I wanted to play it again so i found my old RA2 cd. When i put the cd in, first screen loads with warning militry software detected etc etc, i click install but nothing happens. Nothing of the methods i found on google or here work. Any suggestions? I run windows 7 x64.

[Plokite_Wolf]

Please follow these guides to install Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge.

[Luke10]

I did, didn't work!

[FunkyFr3sh]

19 minutes ago, Luke10 said:

I did, didn't work!

What didn't work, how far did you get? 

If I remember right, the problem you reported initially is caused by missing SafeDisc and should be fixed by step 1

1. If you are not using Windows XP, make sure you have re-enabled the SafeDisc driver by these guidelines.

[Luke10]

I managed to find the update by another way and successfully installed the game. I have just two more questions and i won't abuse more your kindness:
- there's a way to set the resolution higher than a tiny square ( i guess is set 640x480)
-after installing the online client provided by this community, i will be able to play or i need to patch something to a newer version?
 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Luke10

[FunkyFr3sh]

You can change your resolution via the settings files, example files are here:

RA2: http://downloads.cncnet.org/Games/RedAlert2/RA2.INI

YR: http://downloads.cncnet.org/Games/RedAlert2/RA2MD.INI

 

To play online you'll need to download the client, for the campaign you don't need it

[Luke10]

Thank you very much, appreciate your disponibility!