Deownage

Ok so after hours of messing around with red alert 2; installing it and switching and swapping files around i have come to the conclusion that olafs multiplayer downloads and martins optimiser / UOP are not compatible with Windows 8, as the buttons are not displayed etc and i have tried everything suggested to get around this including the windows 7 fixes etc.

 

However If i install red alert 2 from the original disk and upgrade it to 1.006 it works fine. But this means i am unable to have the new maps / ss / higher resolution.

 

I used Martins UOP and the old Red Alert 2.exe or ra2.exe (cant remember now) and that also worked to an extent. With this i was able to run the game in high resolution, play most new maps (even though they were listed it said MISSING:(map name) but most still loaded whilst playing.

 

The auto ss did not work.

 

 

I find this very strange that the original disks work with windows 8 but for some reason the xwis / martins downloads dont

 

System specs:

Windows 8 Pro 64bit

Intel i5 3570k

Nvidia Geforce Gts 450

8GB corsair vengeance 1600mhz

 

 

Chris

upgraded from xp to windows 8 as upgraded pc specs...

downloaded olafs updated multiplayer patch which didnt open untill i ran in compatible mode. Now the game opens but i can't see the buttons etc and i guess where the buttons are it will go to the next screen but again nothing is displayed..

chris0072 killed bought left captured units 26 27 14 buildings 5 14 16 2 infantry 13 11 0 planes 0 0 0 paroake killed bought left captured units 1 32 0 buildings 1 12 0 2 infantry 9 16 0 planes 0 0 0


within 1st few frames engi goes into capture mode without scouting...

hey as you know the ra2 patch did not work with my system, howver faze sent me a link to the optimiser which i have just installed.

now my game wont load up / have to cntrl alt del (not responding) and end the program.

Can this be fixed?

gg but dont accuse of mapping unless you have proof. also always use /r/dpl and download xcc game spy if you suspect.