Do local
I'm wondering if local LAN features still work when my friends and I connect on the same network
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@Terminator291299 it does but not out of the box. There are patches which are below that @Nyerguds mentions, CnCNet allows you to play online with your friends, but also offers LAN play too. (C&C, RA1, TS).
Command & Conquer 1, Red Alert 1 and Tiberian Sun have all been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems, and that includes the fact they use the outdated IPX network protocol for LAN games. So, yes, LAN does work, if you patch the games. For RA2 there's no full 'game patch' like for the others, but there are some useful fixes around, including a LAN patch.
Command & Conquer 1:
- Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
Red Alert 1:
- Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer
- Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
Tiberian Sun:
Red Alert 2:
- The graphics system patch DDWrapper is known to solve the "black screen" issue.
Download the zip file and extract "ddraw.dll" and "aqrit.cfg" into your game folder. Then, open the configuration file "aqrit.cfg" in Notepad, change the "ForceDirectDrawEmulation" option to 1, save the file, and the game should work. - The LAN patch for RA2 can be found here. Do note that due to the Ultimate Collection not setting the game's serials in the registry as it should, some more tweaking there will be required to play those over LAN.
@Nyerguds maybe, though its sometimes easier just to link something that we *know* for sure works in 2016. I know that works. Hence the post.
