Application Details:
Version: | Retail 1.x |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.redalert3.com |
Votes: | 21 |
Latest Rating: | Silver |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 2.8 |
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What works
Installation works.
What does not
Game init. Cannot connect to licensing server.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Gameplay
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Running Slackware 13.1 hosts 192.168.1.67 solaris.sun.com solaris
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Arch Linux | May 19 2017 | 2.8 | Yes | Yes | Silver | Conor | ||
Show | Fedora 20 x86_64 | Dec 13 2014 | 1.7.32 | Yes | Yes | Gold | Zachary J | ||
Show | Arch Linux x86_64 | Mar 04 2014 | 1.7.13 | Yes | Yes | Platinum | AgustÃn Atahides | ||
Show | Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" | Jul 21 2012 | 1.5.9 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | an anonymous user | ||
Show | Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 17 2013 | 1.4.1 | Yes | Yes | Silver | an anonymous user |
How to get the game running
Wine 1.1.10
Although the game runs without problems in 1.1.10 and installs fine in either 1.1.8 or 1.1.10, it is not able to register with the license server the first time you start the game in 1.1.10. To get around this:
-Downgrade Wine to 1.1.8
-Set winhttp dll override to 'builtin'
-Run game (It will crash immediately after the splash screen)
-Upgrade Wine back to 1.1.10
Wine 1.1.8
If you want animated cursors, follow this guide (currently for Wine 1.1.8)
There are two ways to get it running: patching Wine manually with only the patches that are needed, or use a Wine version which includes a collection of Wine hacks that may (or may not) improve the gameplay experience. PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT TEST RESULTS IF YOU USE THE WINE HACKS METHOD! This is because it doesn't reflect the current state of Wine
Click here if you are using a 64 bit system
Patching Wine manually
The wine hacks.git is a collection of many patches that sitll didn't got to the mainline tree.
From hacks.git:
No patch in this repository is supposed to break other things. Hacks that might do that have some switch that is default to off.
Troubleshooting
Starting the game
The game says it's unable to connect to the licence server
Open winecfg and add a DLL override so winhttp is set to builtin
In-game issues
When starting a map, the game lags horribly and/or is covered by black squares
Go to Options -> Settings on the main menu and set Shadow detail to Low
Large, single-coloured shapes appear in the game
Go to Options -> Settings on the main menu and set VFX detail to Low
There is no cursor
Apply the cursor patch; read the how-to
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. WineHQ is not responsible for what they say.
by Matthew Swaringen on Friday August 14th 2020, 14:18
bibber.eu/downloads/cnc-ultimate-collection-launchers/
The game popped up and asked me for my EA Origin login details to activate it and that looks to have gone fine as it launched after that.
I assume the Steam versions that people don't have any issues with on proton aren't the ultimate collection versions where the launcher is horribly broken and just generates unhandled page fault on execute access errors that I couldn't troubleshoot at all. They didn't give any other context to figure things out.