Red Alert 2 Disc will not Install
Hi. I recently dug up an old copy of Red Alert 2 and tried to install it on my Windows 7 laptop. I have tried changing the compatability mode and also the screen resolution, and it won't begin the in...
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Are people still using the CD version? 🙂
I thought that through Origin you could put in your CD Key and then it let you download a working up-to-date version of the game? Or am I getting confused with Blizzard's Battlenet?
I'm pretty sure that is what I did, or maybe I got the game when it was an Origin free game, when it was in their on the house special offer. Either way, I'd recommend getting it through Origin if that is still possible because apart from a small direct X issue I had, it worked fine. And you can also find a file on the internet called wsock32.dll , 49kb in size from 2008 that enables network play on newer operating systems like windows 7.
I thought that through Origin you could put in your CD Key and then it let you download a working up-to-date version of the game? Or am I getting confused with Blizzard's Battlenet?
I'm pretty sure that is what I did, or maybe I got the game when it was an Origin free game, when it was in their on the house special offer. Either way, I'd recommend getting it through Origin if that is still possible because apart from a small direct X issue I had, it worked fine. And you can also find a file on the internet called wsock32.dll , 49kb in size from 2008 that enables network play on newer operating systems like windows 7.
@olikromberg wrote:
Are people still using the CD version? 🙂
I thought that through Origin you could put in your CD Key and then it let you download a working up-to-date version of the game? Or am I getting confused with Blizzard's Battlenet?
That works for a lot of games, but for C&C it doesn't work for the pre-C&C3 ones, because they don't exist as separate games on Origin; they're only available as part of The Ultimate Collection.
The RA2 they gave out for free on the Origin On The House actually just contained the RA2/YR entry from The Ultimate Collection, but the games aren't actually redeemable from serials like that. One of the side reasons for that is that they're all packed with their expansion, so you'd need two keys to redeem the game, and the Origin system has no support for such things as far as I know..
