

But to make the fixes for the first game, I spent ten years digging into it. Sure, you can just go to these sites and download and install these patches. For software, that definitely qualifies as antique.Īnd, actually, it's not that easy to fix. Command & Conquer is nearly 25 years old, and even Red Alert 2 is approaching 20 years.

There's simply no getting around that fact. In terms of gaming, you are buying an antique project. For more information on online multiplayer, I advise you check out CnCNnet.Uh. Note that the network patch may interfere with online play if you play online it's advised to remove the wsock32.dll file. However, there is a fan-patch that changes it to the more modern UDP protocol, which works fine. For more information on online multiplayer, I advise you check out game's LAN system uses the positively ancient IPX network communication protocol, which is no longer supported by modern OSes.

Thread: Yuri's Revenge Serial number issue This can easily be fixed by simply adding anything at all into that serial number field in the registry. This means that the game will see both sides as having the same (blank) serial, and you'll get an error message saying you can't play. However, The TFD and Origin versions don't set the serial number in the registry as they're supposed to. The way this is checked is by reading the serial from the game's Windows registry entry.

As anti-piracy measure, Westwood prohibited LAN games if multiple people on the network had the same serial number. Note, if you have the game from either The First Decade or the Origin digital download version this isn't all you'll need to do. It can be downloaded here:ĭownload that and extract the wsock32.dll file into your game folder. game's LAN system uses the positively ancient IPX network communication protocol, which is no longer supported by modern OSes.
