RA2 Network problem on XP

[Guest shayan]

I'm using the IPX/SPX protocol on Windows Xp.

After running the game, I get to the lobby in the Network menu but when I click 'NEW' it says that I must first join a game.. and then the button NEW turns to JOIN. Basically it doesnt do anything whatever i do!

I've got Ethernet II with network number 00000000 in IPX/SPX properties.. what do I do now??

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Please help... I WANNA PLAY ('let the games commence' was uttered at least 2 days ago!!!)

[Guest bmruze]

Have you installed all of your connection items in you Local Area Connection Properties(exc. Qos Packet scheduler, NWLink Netbios,Microsoft IPv6 Developer Edition.) those may have to be installed to play.

[chickendippers 1]

Do your computers work networked normally (ie. can you share files between the computers)?

[Guest Wynter]

Try changing the address in the options tag in RA2, click options then network then at the top you will see some zeros and a drop down arrow, chage to one of the other numbers and see if that helps

[Thanatios 0]

I'm having the same problem for the last 3 days, I searched non-stop all the time but nothing helped.

 

I have 2 PC's both Windows XP with Yuri's Revenge on them.

I have a router (more a hub or how ever you call it)

I also have Ethernet II with network number 00000000 in IPX/SPX properties set at both PC's. And found the right Adapter addresses for both computers. But it still doesn't work.

 

What happens for me:

Lets say my PC = PC1 and the other one = PC2

I go ingame, Select Network(do the same thing at PC2's computer), Then I can see PC2 in the Players list, but PC2 can't see me.

If PC2 makes a game, then I do see PC2's game but if I try to join it I get:

"Request Denied" and the game server disapears.

 

Hope I explaned things clear, I hope some one will help me out of this problem, bicouse I really would like to play.

[chickendippers 1]

Can you "see" both computers in Windows? ie. Can you share files between the computers and stuff?

[Thanatios 0]

Yup, I can acces both computers from both PC's.

Evrything is set up right. Its just that my other PC can't see me in RA2-YR network, and my PC can. Its just that if I start a new game on the other PC and try to join it on my one, I get: "Request Denied" message and the game server disapears

 

eny ideas how to fix this? and yes I did turn of fire wall on both PC's.

[Thanatios 0]

sorry for the double post, but I finally fixed it. It looks like I have 2 network cards. Only thing I had to do is just disable 1 of the 2 cards. Now it all works. Thank you guys.

[chickendippers 1]

You had two cards in one computer?

[GoldnOil 0]

[SOLVED] RA2 Network/LAN lobby: “New” turns into “Join”, then “You must select a game!” (Windows 10)

 

Symptom:

In the Network lobby, the Games list shows only “Lobby”.

On the right there’s one button showing “New” instead of separate New and Join buttons.

Clicking New turns it into “Join” and the chat shows “You must select a game!”.

You can never host a game.

The same game folder works on another PC.

(*try DPI/text-size settings of windows to normal 100%, if that doesn't solve then try the below).

 

Cause: this isn’t a networking, DPI, CnC-DDraw or compatibility-mode problem. RA2’s menu layouts use the old bitmap font “MS Sans Serif”. On my PC the font file existed (C:\Windows\Fonts\sserife.fon), but Windows had lost its registry entry, so the font was never loaded. Windows used a different font instead, which changed the menu measurements and put the Join button on top of New.

 

Check whether you have it. Run this in PowerShell. If the result is empty, you’re affected:

Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts' | Select-Object 'MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24'

 

Fix. Open PowerShell as Administrator and back up the font registry first:

reg export "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\Fonts_backup.reg" /y

 

Then add the missing entries:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" /v "MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24" /t REG_SZ /d "SSERIFE.FON" /f

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" /v "MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24" /t REG_SZ /d "SERIFE.FON" /f

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" /v "Small Fonts" /t REG_SZ /d "SMALLE.FON" /f

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts" /v "Courier 10,12,15" /t REG_SZ /d "COURE.FON" /f

 

Restart Windows. New and Join should now appear side by side, and New should open the game setup screen.

 

To undo: run reg delete on the same four values (same key, same /v names) and restart.

 

Notes:

 

These file names are for Western-language Windows. On other system languages, use the matching variant from C:\Windows\Fonts, for example sserifee.fon for Central European.

Things that did not help, so you can skip them: compatibility modes, removing the HIGHDPIAWARE flag, CnC-DDraw renderer/windowed settings, IPXWrapper adapter changes, and firewall rules.

Setup: RA2 1.006, CnC-DDraw 7.1, IPXWrapper 0.7.2, Windows 10 22H2 (19045), 4K laptop.