C&C Red Alert

[Sanchez 0]

I updated the game to latest version and I get this error: "An privlieged instruction was executed at address 005c7c14 Click ok to terminate the application" I get that without using the compatibility tool but using the compatibility tool I get "MSVCRT.DLL for Win32 ERROR: MSVCRT.DLL is not compatible with win32s." Any ideas?

[jcurbo 0]

You'll need The Aftermath. It patches RA to be compatible with NT/2000.

 

(that's the second expansion pack for RA, if you didn't already know.. Counterstrike, the Aftermath)

[Sanchez 0]

Now im having trouble installing Red Alert again. I don't exactly remember how I installed it the first time. The compatibility tool dosen't work, the setup keeps on saying "You are running Windows 5.0. This is a win95 only product"

[jcurbo 0]

I used the compatiblity tab that gets installed with SP2.

 

Create a shortcut on your desktop to <your cd drive>:\setup.exe,

e.g. e:\setup.exe

 

Go to the Compatibility tab (it will be the last tab in the Shortcut

dialog, after you've installed SP2) and put it into either Win95 or

Win98 mode.

 

Click OK, and run the shortcut. RA should install normally.

Then upgrade to Counterstrike and/or Aftermath.

[Blyre 0]

I was ready to give up on ever getting Red Alert to work under 2000 and this thing suddenly works. Thanks a bunch!

 

Wallace "Blyre" Cass

[jcurbo 0]

Yeah, me too. I remembered hearing somewhere

that "an NT-compabtible (haha) executable is

included with Aftermath" (that might have even

been on the compat list here) so I installed RA

using the shortcut method, and then installed

Counterstrike and Aftermath. Works like a charm.

 

Now if only they'd patch C&C 95.. it has the

same problem as Red Alert

[Blyre 0]

Hi again Jcurbo:

 

I used that Compatibility shortcut and managed to get C&C95 installed without the version message. It installed just fine, but when I went to run it I got this message:

 

"The procedure entry point SMapLS_IP_EBP_12 could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll."

 

Would you or anyone else know what this message means or a way to get around it?

 

Thanks,

 

Wallace "Blyre" Cass

[jcurbo 0]

That is as far as I got. What that means is that there is a function

call in Windows 95 that isn't there anymore in Windows 2000, and

the program can't find it. I don't know any way to get around it.

This is similar to the problem with Red Alert, and Westwood patched

RA to fix it.

[DosFreak 2]

Only way I got C&C to work in NT is by using Connetix Virtual PC.

[Blyre 0]

Thanks, Jcurbo:

 

Yeah, that's what the folks at Westwood said when I called and asked them about it.

 

Hi DosFreak:

 

Connectix Virtual PC, huh? Interesting. I'll have to look into that program. I was trying to run the evaluation version of VMWare, but that program seems to have issues. Thanks for the tip

 

Wallace "Blyre" Cass

[a10thunder 0]

Is there any way to change the resolution of the game? When I run RASETUP, I only get 640 x 400 or 640 x 480 options. I have a Diamond Viper II, so I should get higher resolution than that.

[Blyre 0]

I don't believe that it is possible to get RA to go to higher than 640x480. The game is pretty old by today's standards and back when it was new, 640x480 was the best resolution available.

 

Wallace "Blyre" Cass