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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 !!!)

Apoptygma wrote:
[...]
> Now if only I could
> stop c&c95 crashing all the time on XP SP2 (hint to those using XP DO
> NOT INSTALL SP2 !!!)
What does it say when it crashes? can you provide more info about the
error, your hardware and your version of windows, perhaps we can help...

ralf