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Anonymous
11 years ago

Red Alert 2 Trouble

I purchased The C&C Ultimate Collection a few months ago and the games all worked fine. Then, without any changes to my computer, the Red Alert 2 game won't allow me to play. When I go to my Origin Library, the other games' play buttons allow me to click them, but with Red Alert 2 the button is faded and cannot be clicked. If I try to click on the shortcut to the game on my desktop, the game never loads. When I tested the game for compatibility issues, this error message comes up:  Missing required file "ssleay32.dll". I don't know what changes I need to make. I just want to be able to play the game again. Hopefully someone can lead me to the solution

Thanks!

Phil

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  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    11 years ago

    Did you try reinstalling the game?

    There are a bunch of posts that mention that disabling the Origin In-Game overlay fixes launch problems with C&C Generals... maybe it'll help on RA2 as well?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    1) Reboot your PC.

    2) Right click Red Alert 2 in origin client.

    3) Select "Game Properties"

    4) In 'Command Line Arguments' type: "-w"

    5) Tick "Disable Origin In Game For This Game"

    6) Hit OK and enjoy!

  • Nyerguds's avatar
    Nyerguds
    Hero+
    11 years ago

    -w? Is that for Windowed mode or something? I don't think I want that...

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Yes it is. dont worry it doesnt window it though!

    1) Reboot your PC.

    2) Right click Red Alert 2 in origin client.

    3) Select "Game Properties"

    4) In 'Command Line Arguments' type: "-w"

    5) Tick "Disable Origin In Game For This Game"

    6) Hit OK and enjoy!

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