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eskimo wrote:
> No idea where to post this but alt.games.redalert doesn't exist anymore
> and figuring this out was NOT easy by googling for info.
>
> Last weekend a friend and mine just had to play the good old "Hills
> have no eyes" Aftermath scenario. Earlier on we had installed Windows
> ME just to be able to play the old C&C games but with the newer mobos
> that don't boot up ME this was not an option.
>
> Getting IPX to work on XP with the oldest games is a real dog although
> we succeeded with some of the newer ones. I know there is a 3.03 patch
> out there that is supposed to fix things but we didn't get it to work
> (had the Red Alert CD but not the Aftermath CD).
>
> So we finally resorted to finding a COM port emulator just hoping that
> approach might work. The post we got the idea from referred to some
> software we couldn't get to work and we then tried several in rapid
> succession. Until we stumbled on this :
>
> HW Virtual Serial Port 2.5.0
> http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Misc-Networking-Tools/HW-
> Virtual-Serial-Port.shtml
>
> Setup was a breeze and the only thing we had to realize was that you
> actually had to click on another tab to make the other computer a COM
> server. Other than that you pretty much just gave the ip address to
> make a COM2 virtual port, fired up red Alert with a multiplay/direct
> cable option and avot, Lobby wooooorrrks! Several hours and not a
> glitch.
>
> Time to play the good old original too (talking C&C, not Dune :). And I
> haven't played Command HQ in decades, maybe that works too :D
>
> Hopefully I can amke this come up high enough in Google to help other
> unfortunates too.
>
> Eskimo
>
> Keywords: Red Alert Network Multiplay LAN IPX COM Windows
>
>
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Good info but for command and conquer 95 there is a better solution, It
involves a true multiplayer patch which was released, no just the
single file replacement patch which enables you to play the game under
xp (which also disables multiplayer) but a patch which gives a small
front-end with a dialog to enter the opponent's IP address.
unfortunatly there isn't a similar patch for red alert so the advice
above *is* the best way to get that game to work. Now if only I could
stop c&c95 crashing all the time on XP SP2 (hint to those using XP DO
NOT INSTALL SP2 !!!)