User Guide

FOMIC ACID COMPLAINT

LAN GAME PRELIMINARIES

Red Alert supports an unlimited number of games over one network socket. Westwood

Studios uses a registered socket that other software cannot officially use and under normal

circumstances you should never need to change this; however, if you are experiencing dif-

ficulty playing Red Alert over a local network, it may be because other software is using our

socket. To resolve this under Windows 95, you can change the socket that Red Alert will

use to connect by running the 'Red Alert Windows 95 Edition Setup' program which can

be found under the 'Red Alert' entry in the Windows 'Start' menu. Enter a number from 0

to 16383 in the box labeled 'Socket Number'. To return to using the Westwood Studios

default socket, delete the number in the 'Socket Number' box. Under DOS you can change

the socket from the command line (type RA -SOCKETXXXXX, where XXXXX is a number from

0 to 16383). This number represents a socket in the public socket area which any software

application may use. You must use the same socket number on all the machines you will be

trying to connect with.

CHOOSE MULTIPLAYER GAME FROM THE TITLE MENU

To begin a multiplayer LAN game, select Multiplayer Game from the Title menu. You should

see the “Select Multiplayer Game” dialog with Modem/Serial, Skirmish and Network

options. If you don’t see the “Network” option, it means that Red Alert has not detected the

presence of IPX drivers and you should verify that these have been installed and configured

correctly for your system.

If all is well, select Network. This takes you to the “Join Network Game” dialog. Here you

can enter your name, choose your country and select a color for your units and buildings.

There are two windows in the dialog, the “Games” window and the “Players” window. The

“Games” window shows all active game sessions on the current socket. Games which are

closed (in progress) are in brackets, like this: [Player’s Game].

You have three options from this point; you can choose to Join a game, Host a new game

for others to join. You cannot join a closed game.