[Game On]Red Alert 3: Patch 1.12. ALSO CNC4 NEWS INSIDE! ZILO TAKES OFF PANTS!

TheGerbil

http://www.conquerthislife.com/ <-- Go here for hot David Hasslehoff



RED ALERT 3!!!1

This game is fully co-op but only online.
Expect all kinds of your favorite things, from kirov's to tanya, to armored bears that go rawr!

Single Player Trailer!
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/38591.html

Seeing as how this is a game on however who really cares? Just know it happens to be awesome in every way shape or form if you loved any other Red Alert game, and\or you love fun.

Also as promised... Hell March 3! (Opinions optional)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO4FpdB2SaU

Also this video as commanded (and because it is awesome)
All I can say about that is Oh snap

So go forth and game on!

Joolander

yay new thread!

now if only i could get online, i could show off my horrible rts skills

zilo

:^:

From the old thread:

zilo wrote: »

Also, and I know it doesn't affect any of you fine gentlemen (and gentle-ladies) here on the PA boards, apparently the cracked versions of the game have progression-stoppers that prevent you from getting past the 6th mission of the Soviet campaign or the 3rd mission of the other two.

Here's a link to the relevant post on the official boards.

Also! If you're having trouble with the "black screen" on load, patch to 1.02.

darkenedwing

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/40181.html needs to be in the OP.

Japanese are awesome, but I started using the soviets today and they are awesome too.
I have never seen this much awesome in an RTS since Starcraft.

TheBog

Yes, this is a very good RTS.

TheGerbil

It is now in the OP as commanded!

anti-everything

I rar'd up the bonus maps for everyone:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JT33KRXW

Anyone looking to play now?

TheGerbil

anti-everything wrote: »

I rar'd up the bonus maps for everyone:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JT33KRXW

Anyone looking to play now?

Wait so with these we do not need any special magical keys? Just install and good to go?

TheBog

I don't know how I feel about sharing the bonus maps. They're kind of a reward for buying the special edition, aren't they?

anti-everything

Yes, the keys were just to get the downloads apparently. Just run and they self-install.

I had the warhammer key, but the url didn't take me anywhere but the RA3 front page. Someone posted the links to them all on the RA3 forum and I snagged them. Enjoy

TheGerbil

TheBog wrote: »

I don't know how I feel about sharing the bonus maps. They're kind of a reward for buying the special edition, aren't they?

More like a limited reward. They eventually release them in patch later on anyhow. What good is a map if most people you know cannot play it with you?

TheBog

I guess so. I'll get those maps. But you understand that I don't want to undermine EA in any way here, since they made an excellent game.

TheGerbil

TheBog wrote: »

I guess so. I'll get those maps. But you understand that I don't want to undermine EA in any way here, since they made an excellent game.

Oh I fully understand. What is retarded however is that there is a different map from pre-ordering from like 5 different places or so it seems. What the hell? You could never get all those normally.

darkenedwing

If you hate those damned soviets on your box you can reverse the cover to get some sexy allies for your box instead.
Thanks to Zilo for posting that in the last thread

frank as fuck

So this is out, eh? I guess I owe it to myself to buy it and try it out.

darkenedwing

frank as fuck wrote: »

So this is out, eh? I guess I owe it to myself to buy it and try it out.

Just don't buy it off of ebay :P

psyck0

What is the DRM like for this? I might get it at Xmas if EA isn't being huge asses with their DRM this time around.

zilo

Maps you don't have are supposed to transfer automatically when you start a game so it's not like you're never supposed to have these bonus maps to play online. I don't see anything wrong with grabbing them in a pack since you'd be able to play them online anyway if map transfer was working.

edit re: DRM- if you're opposed to DRM in principle and Securom in particular, there's nothing new in Red Alert 3. It's the (now standard) Securom roll-out that EA's been using for their PC games. Conversely, there's nothing new here that you haven't seen before in Spore, Mass Effect, Dead Space, etc. 5 concurrent installations (a deauthorization tool is in the works), Internet authentication, no DVD required to play once you've authorized your installation.

APZonerunner

This game is so good it gives me a semi every time i fucking think about it. Just get it, fuck the DRM.

darkenedwing

psyck0 wrote: »

What is the DRM like for this? I might get it at Xmas if EA isn't being huge asses with their DRM this time around.

Well, it uses Securom, and you can only activate the game 5 times before having to call EA to ask them to reactivate it for you, and the number is not toll free and I believe the number is in another country so it is expensive. Also Securom is flawed and there have been cases of switching keyboards causes you to need to re-activate your machine, that I have heard of, which uses up another activation.

And the normal problems that securom has.

so yea, its pretty anal, but their explanation and justification of it is "you don't need a CD in the drive to play it!"

Edit: But yea, as APZ says, get the game anyways.

Also, APZ, The Red Wings are so awesome

Dr Snofeld

darkenedwing wrote: »

psyck0 wrote: »

What is the DRM like for this? I might get it at Xmas if EA isn't being huge asses with their DRM this time around.

Well, it uses Securom, and you can only activate the game 5 times before having to call EA to ask them to reactivate it for you, and the number is not toll free and I believe the number is in another country so it is expensive. Also Securom is flawed and there have been cases of switching keyboards causes you to need to re-activate your machine, that I have heard of, which uses up another activation.

And the normal problems that securom has.

so yea, its pretty anal, but their explanation and justification of it is "you don't need a CD in the drive to play it!"

Bah, I remember the good old days, when you had one CD for the Allies and another for the Soviets, and if you lost one, that was that, you'd never play that campaign. And by gum we liked it!

pogo1250

ill probably be getting on in about an hour once i get home from work.

übergeek

From the other thread....

If anyone with the Kossar Helm code could tell me, how many characters are in it. Zone and I swapped our codes so he'd get maps and I'd get the item but he's int eh UK and I'm in the USA. The format that the code he gave is 6-5-4-5-4-6. My preorder codes and activation code are either 6-5-5-5-5 or 5-5-5-5-5. Just wonder if other US players got the same 6-5-4-5-4-6 format?

darkenedwing

übergeek wrote: »

From the other thread....

If anyone with the Kossar Helm code could tell me, how many characters are in it. Zone and I swapped our codes so he'd get maps and I'd get the item but he's int eh UK and I'm in the USA. The format that the code he gave is 6-5-4-5-4-6. My preorder codes and activation code are either 6-5-5-5-5 or 5-5-5-5-5. Just wonder if other US players got the same 6-5-4-5-4-6 format?

the kossar helm is... 4-4-4-4 for US
the map is 6-5-5-5-5 for US

zilo

I'm looking at my code right now and it's 6-5-5-5-5 for the Kossar's Helm. The maps for the premier edition is 4-4-4-4 though.

übergeek

darkenedwing wrote: »

übergeek wrote: »

From the other thread....

If anyone with the Kossar Helm code could tell me, how many characters are in it. Zone and I swapped our codes so he'd get maps and I'd get the item but he's int eh UK and I'm in the USA. The format that the code he gave is 6-5-4-5-4-6. My preorder codes and activation code are either 6-5-5-5-5 or 5-5-5-5-5. Just wonder if other US players got the same 6-5-4-5-4-6 format?

the kossar helm is... 4-4-4-4 for US
the map is 6-5-5-5-5 for US

Thanks, but you have those reversed. Hmmm... I don't suppose anyone has a US WAR code they'd part with?

APZonerunner

Looks like my Helm code might be a victim of the screwed up code problem with RA3, then.

Ghostalker

Does anyone know/have that intro Soviet song they play at the menu start?

If you do I will love you forever.

APZonerunner

I can rip it, if you like. The Premier Edition of the game includes the OST.

übergeek

APZonerunner wrote: »

Looks like my Helm code might be a victim of the screwed up code problem with RA3, then.

What is this code issue you heard about?

APZonerunner

Some RA3 codes are missing the last character, so people can't access the game. EA's solution for now is to tell people to try every letter between A-Z and 0-9, because that last letter will be one of them.

Perhaps the problem spread to the Warhammer codes, too.

Tyberius

I heard that WAR players get a code for a RA3 map, are there any Kossar Helms available for the trade?

Shorn Scrotum Man

So I installed the game and all I get is a black screen. It just sits there until I minimize or ctrl+alt+del out.

Anybody have any ideas?

Taximes

Shorn Scrotum Man wrote: »

So I installed the game and all I get is a black screen. It just sits there until I minimize or ctrl+alt+del out.

Anybody have any ideas?

I've been having that problem too, but it pops up after awhile. Have you tried starting it up and walking away for a few minutes to see if it ever comes up?

Shorn Scrotum Man

Taximes wrote: »

Shorn Scrotum Man wrote: »

So I installed the game and all I get is a black screen. It just sits there until I minimize or ctrl+alt+del out.

Anybody have any ideas?

I've been having that problem too, but it pops up after awhile. Have you tried starting it up and walking away for a few minutes to see if it ever comes up?

Not yet, just downloaded the patch from the Red Alert site and installed it. We'll see if that does it.

EDIT: Shit, no dice. I patched it, same problem. I let it sit for several minutes while reading the manual, and it still won't work.

Inglorious Coyote

Man, I really want this game, but my laptop is shit.

I really, really hope the 360 version doesn't suck.

Mechanical

Inglorious Coyote wrote: »

Man, I really want this game, but my laptop is shit.

I really, really hope the 360 version doesn't suck.

This is one of those times I REALLY wish my 360 had keyboard/mouse support. I can play anything BUT RTS titles with the controller.

Argh, I've gotta go find my RA2 discs now. Gotta get my fix.

pogo1250

anyone up for some co-op? im online right now name is pogo1250

darksteel

Okay, right now I am listening to the Soviet March in Yotube, and Jesus it's so epic. I am going out to to get this game right now.

Welcome back Frank Klepacki.

zilo

Shorn Scrotum Man wrote: »

Taximes wrote: »

Shorn Scrotum Man wrote: »

So I installed the game and all I get is a black screen. It just sits there until I minimize or ctrl+alt+del out.

Anybody have any ideas?

I've been having that problem too, but it pops up after awhile. Have you tried starting it up and walking away for a few minutes to see if it ever comes up?

Not yet, just downloaded the patch from the Red Alert site and installed it. We'll see if that does it.

EDIT: Shit, no dice. I patched it, same problem. I let it sit for several minutes while reading the manual, and it still won't work.

Did you patch to 1.01, or all the way up to current (1.02)? The latest patch is the one that fixes that black screen problem.

pogo1250

protip: dont use tanya's timebelt after recently coming out from a garrison it will kill her if she ports back to inside the building