Command & Conquer: Yuris Revenge LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FRONT

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- - TOP SECRET - Co**ander" Welco*e bac+, &han+ you -or e.tending your tour o- duty. /our outstanding service is greatly appreciated by the 0igh Co**and and people all over the World. (ue to the chaotic disruptions caused by /uri1s psychic technologies$ the -ollowing in-or*ation *ust be +ept classi-ied until you are ready -or action. 2eview the -ollowing bulletin -ro* Co**and 0ead3uarters with great care. Co**it it to *e*ory$ so you can be decisive and victorious out on the battle-ield, 4ood 5uc+. 667resident )ichael (ugan

GENERAL CHANGES & FEAT RE !"ATES

Genera#: 2. In the 4a*e 'ption screen$ the 4a*e 2esolution setting only sets the in6 ga*e 8battle-ield9 resolution. &he ga*e shell screen resolution is loc+ed at :00 by ;00 pi.els. 3. With the Short 4a*e selected$ /uri1s Slave )iner is e.cluded -ro* the winning condition. 4. <ow all players can see the in-antry pips o- any -orti-iable civilian building$ regardless o- which player garrisons it. 5. When a unit is *ind controlled$ all players will see the initial *ind6control line -ro* the controller to its victi*. 6. &he & 8unit6type select9 and 7 8all6unit select9 hot6+eys will auto*atically e.clude units inside o- a &an+ =un+er. 7. In 2ed Alert 2$ so*eti*es a ga*e would not end i- the last re*aining unit were in a *ind6controlled vehicle. <ow$ i- this should happen$ the unit inside will be auto*atically +illed$ and the e.6owner o- the captured unit will be declared the loser. 8. &ab6-lash6-or6readiness has been updated. &he -ollowing -eatures will only -lash the tab -or a bit to in-or* the player when -ully charged" Spy 7lane$ %orce Shield$ 7sychic 2eveal. 9. I- playing behind a -irewall$ the preview *aps do not get trans*itted to other players. ni$s & S$ru%$ures: 10. )agnetron can only levitate vehicles$ not in-antry. 11. &he =rute is not allowed inside o- an I% . 0owever$ the =rute is allowed inside other transports$ but only as a passenger. 12. &he 0ero units 8&anya$ =oris$ and /uri 7ri*e9 are not allowed to use their special attac+ -ro* within the =attle %ortress. 13. >irov spinning every ti*e it ac3uires an order?target is now -i.ed. 14. Setting waypoints -or planes -ro* within the radar *ap has been disabled. 15. %loating (isc will auto target and shoot any base de-enses that are powered 8i.e. 7ris* &ower and &esla Coil9. 0owever$ the %loating (isc will

not auto target and shoot any base de-enses that are not powered 8i.e. 7illbo. and Sentry 4un9. 16. 7sychic (o*inator per*anently @capturesA its victi*s rather than Bust *ind controls the* -or a short duration. 'nce a unit has been psychic do*inated 8purple halo on the unit9$ it can never be *ind controlled again. 17. /uri 7ri*e and /uri Clone1s psychic blast do not har* -riendly units. 18. Cloning ats allow the player to *a+e a second 0ero unit 8&anya$ =oris$ and /uri 7ri*e9. &u#$i'#a(: 19. In the Westwood 'nline Cuic+ )atch and Cuic+ Co6op ga*es$ the Super Weapons setting is always on$ and the Crates setting is always to o--. 20. In &ea* Alliance ga*e *ode$ you *ust set your tea*s at the start. 'nce the battle has started$ you are not allowed to switch alliance. 21. In 5and 2ush ga*e *ode$ the /uri player begins with a -ew Attac+ (ogs a*ong his starting units. 22. In S+ir*ish" =attle *ode$ all AI players start out on the sa*e tea* -ighting against the hu*an player.

)$*er: 23. >nown proble*s with the Cirrus 5ogic DE;E video card" 2E. Syste*s with this device *ay e.perience the -ollowing proble*s" low -ra*e rate$ slow *ovie playbac+$ and audio distortion. 25. >nown proble*s with FS= sound devices" 26. &here see*s to be so*e sort o- con-lict with FS= sound devices. Iusing these devices$ the ga*e *ay load with no audio. E.a*ples osuch devices" the Altec 5ansing A(AG0 FS= Spea+ers$ )icroso-t (igital Sound Syste* :0 FS=. 27. >nown proble*s with Ensoni3 SoundScape and '7&I :2C H#1" 28. Syste*s with this device *ay e.perience the -ollowing proble*s" so*e rando* audio stuttering and popping in ga*e and *ovies.

29. In-or*ation -ro* the previous 2ead*e -iles still applies. 7lease review the archive section below -or additional in-or*ation.

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Command & Conquer: Red A#er$ - LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FRONT
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%or latest news and updates visit WWW.WES&W''(.C')

66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666&'7 SEC2E&66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 Co**ander" &han+s -or your continued participation in the war e--ort. We have been able to *a+e so*e *odi-ications to your tactical display that should i*prove your e.periences on the battle-ield. 4ood 5uc+. 667resident )ichael (ugan 66666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 6

GENERAL CHANGES
Fi.es: 30. Chrono I% no longer loses its target when selecting a target -urther than his -iring range. <ow it *oves within attac+ range and -ires without losing -ocus at any *o*ent. 31. )odi-ied o--icial *aps are not trans-erred over Internet ga*es. 32. I- a player disconnects # ti*es in one ga*e -or durations *ore than 2D seconds each$ the ga*e will -inish and be awarded to the non6 disconnector at the #rd ti*e. 33. I- walls or other buildings bloc+ the Soviet =arrac+s e.it$ no unit is built even i- the user has a Cloning at. &he cost is re-unded to the player. 34. <o other in-antry units other than those with e.plosives can blow up buildings when Boining to a &anya co**and waypoint.

/EST/))" )NL+NE CHANGES )R FEAT RE A""+T+)NS

Ne0 Fea$ures 0* <A& 8<etwor+ Address &ranslation9 and %irewall support (Notice: See Firewall NAT S!""ort later o# t$i% &oc!'e#t( Fi.es 35. In E player Internet ga*es$ 2ed Alert 2&) now behaves correctly and continues the *atch with the re*aining players when the host loses connection. 36. &he ga*e now behaves correctly by continuing E player Internet ga*es when the host gets disconnected -ro* his IS7 but is able to reconnect in ti*e. 37. In6ga*e chat$ whenever the user types a *essage longer than a screen width the te.t is trans*itted and displayed properly.

F+RE/ALL AN" NAT S !!)RT

2ed Alert 2&) now auto*atically supports -irewalls and networ+ address translating 8<A&9 while playing on Westwood 'nline.

Note: in this document the term firewall is used to refer to both firewall and network address translation products. &he -ollowing hardware?so-tware was used in testing" 0ardware" 5in+sys =E%S211 ? =E%S21E <etgear 2&#11 ? 2&#1E (5in+ (I6G01 ? (I6G02 SonicWall &ele ? Soho2 So-tware" Windows H: ICS 8Internet Connection Sharing9 Sygate 0o*e <etwor+ing E.0 <A&#2 7lus 1.E 8build 161;6019 Even i- your -irewall was not listed$ it is li+ely that it will wor+ with this patch. )any -irewalls have the sa*e behavior.

Au$oma$i% Fire0a##1NAT su''or$

2ed Alert 2&)now auto*atically supports the above -irewalls out of the box, with no need to con-igure esoteric settings on the -irewalls$ such as port -orwarding$ triggers$ static *apping or any o- the other co*plicated settings that *ight otherwise be needed. Support is co*plete and transparent$ including the -ollowing -eatures" 1. Supports hosting or Boining any ga*e when behind a -irewall. 2. Supports *ultiple players behind the sa*e -irewallI i- you have *ore than one syste* on a ho*e 5A< sharing a cable *ode*$ (S5 or other connection you can now play against each other or against other players on the Internet. <ow when a ga*e is launched on Westwood 'nline$ you will see a @Connecting &o 'ther 7layersA dialogue bo.. 0ere you will be able to see your connectivity to the other players in the ga*e. I- any player cannot establish a connection with another$ the ga*e will not launch. A *essage will appear e.plaining who is having di--iculty connecting.

It is necessary on so*e -irewalls to wait -or pac+ets to be received -ro* other players be-ore trying to connect. I- your -irewall has this behavior$ you will need to enable @Send (elayA in the networ+ options. %ro* the *ain *enu$ select @'ptionsA then @<etwor+A. Fsing this setting *ay cause connection proble*s with other players i- used unnecessarily. 7lease re-er to your -irewall docu*entation to see how your -irewall operates. (note: Netgear firewalls model numbers RT !! " RT !# were found to re$uire this setting during our testing% Note to firewall manufacturers: if &our firewall products are not among the tested firewalls we'd lo(e to hear from &ou) *ontact )a'ere%earc$*we%twoo&+co' i# We%twoo& St!&io%

&anua# Fire0a##1NAT su''or$

In addition to the auto*atic -irewall support -eatures listed above$ we have included an advanced setting -or advanced users that can be used i- all else -ails. %ro* the *ain *enu$ select @'ptionsA then @<etwor+A. Fnder the @Internet %irewall SettingsA section you1ll see a @port nu*berA option$ which can be used to instruct 2ed Alert 2&)to always use the port speci-ied here. /ou should use a port nu*ber between 102E and ;DD#D. Every co*puter that you want to play the ga*e on should be given a di--erent port nu*ber i- they are all behind the sa*e -irewall. &o return to the auto*atic *ode$ re*ove the port nu*ber -ro* the @port nu*berA edit bo.. I- you speci-y a port -or 2ed Alert 2&) to use then you will have to *anually con-igure your -irewall with static I7 and port -orwarding to route pac+ets to the correct co*puter. Each -irewalls con-iguration *ethod is di--erent so consult your -irewalls docu*entation -or instructions on how to do this. /ou will probably have to assign a static I7 to each co*puter connecting to the -irewall otherwise the static -orwarding rules *ay not wor+ a-ter restarting a co*puter or -irewall.

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A Windows H: client can only have one gateway at a ti*e. &his *eans that i- you are running 2ed Alert 2&) in a Windows H: *achine that has 2 or *ore networ+ cards you will need to get sure that the tra--ic is going through the right one. &he best way to do this is disabling all networ+ cards e.cept the one who gives you the connectivity to the Internet?5A<. 'therwise you can have connectivity proble*s when running 2ed Alert 2&).

F+NALALERT - S !)RT AN" T+!S

%inalAlert 2&) is a *ission editor -or 2ed Alert 2&). It can be downloaded -ro* www.westwood.co* -ree o- charge. Westwood Studios and the original %inalAlert developer have been hard at wor+ adding and i*proving -unctionality. 0ere are so*e o- the ite*s we1ve been wor+ing on. %ra*ewor+ *ode is now included. Allows raising and lowering o- tile place*ent heights. 2ando*iJes land tiles within the editor to i*prove open area aesthetics in the *ap. %i.es bugs -or raising?lowering terrain. %inalAlert 2 used to create *ap holes that are very di--icult to detect and -i.. %ra*ewor+ *ode helps with this a great deal also. Includes an indication o- current terrain height. Includes an indication o- current ore?ge* count on *ap. Includes Fninstall. Increased ti*e allowed on Westwood 'nline to trans-er *aps between players. <ow up to # *inutes. 'nly allows %inalAlert 2 *ap sharing in non6tourney ga*es. Allows sharing o- *ap na*es. Includes rando* tree place*ent tool. 'pti*iJes the %inalAlert 2 *ap load ti*es$ especially when there are lots o- custo* *aps in the ga*e -older. 2ed Alert 2&) will not add starting spots to a %inalAlert 2 *ap i- it has 2 or *ore prede-ined starting spots. 1* 2ed Alert 2&) now can now use *aps created with %inalAlert 2 in all ga*e *odes. Allows *ap na*es to appear when using %inalAlert 2 8Fser created9 *aps.

7lease note" When a custo* *ade *ap is trans-erred to a guest player$ it will not beco*e available in the *ap listing until 2ed Alert 2&) is restarted. &here-ore$ i- *ore than one ga*e is going to be set on a custo* *ap$ it is reco**ended that the guest8s9 3uit the ga*e a-ter the -irst *atch 8once the *ap has been trans-erred9. 'therwise the *ap will be trans-erred every ti*e a new ga*e is started.

Command & Conquer: Red A#er$ -

LATE BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FRONT

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Septe*ber 2#$ 2000 %or latest news and updates visit WWW.WES&W''(.C') - - TOP SECRET - Co**ander" &han+ you$ -or Boining up. /our service will not go unrecogniJed. 7lease ta+e care to read the -ollowing bulletin -ro* Co**and 0ead3uarters so that you are -ully brie-ed on the current situation. (ue to battle-ield conditions$ certain in-or*ation *ust be +ept classi-ied until you are ready -or action. 4ood 5uc+. 667resident )ichael (ugan 56 WI<('WS HD?H:?<&?)illeniu* 5656 56-6 5676 5686 )icroso-t (irectK )icroso-t '--ice &oolbar Windows <& E.0 Windows )E

-6 &2'F=5E S0''&I<4 -656 -6-6 -676 -686 -696 -6:6 -6;6 -646 -636 >nown ideo Card Issues >nown Sound Card Issues >nown (irect K Issues 4ateway Co*puter Fsers irtual )e*ory Settings >nown 2eal7layer Issues Auto7lay 1; bit C(62') drivers C(6Changers and )ulti6(rivers

-65<6 -6556 -65-6 -6576 -6586 37.15. 37.16. 37.17. 76

Choppy *ovie per-or*ance 7ower Saving )ode 7eriodic Slowdown 4a*e Fpdates and 7atches Connection Speed Slider (ual <etwor+ Cards and I7K Issues" %irewall Issues <etwor+ Address &ranslation 8<A&9 4a*es"

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/+N")/S 391341NT1&i##enium 5656 &i%roso=$ "ire%$>: Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 is a )icroso-t (irectK application. ersion G.0 o- )icroso-t (irectK is included on the C( and you have the option to install it when Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 is installed. Fnder so*e early versions o- Windows HD$ (irectK G.0 cannot be installed directly -ro* the Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 installer. I- this occurs$ please run (KSetup.e.e located on the C( in the (KSetup -older. All )icroso-t (irectK drivers are located in the (KSetup -older o-- o- the root o- the C(. &o reinstall the )icroso-t (irectK drivers go into the (KSetup -older and run (KSetup.e.e. /ou can e.plore the C( by choosing the ME.plore the C(M option in the Auto7lay title screen. I- you have di--iculty running Windows HD?H: a-ter these new )icroso-t (irectK drivers have been installed$ please contact your local )icroso-t subsidiary$ or write" )icroso-t Custo*er Sales and Service$ 'ne )icroso-t Way$ 2ed*ond$ WA H:0D26;#HH$ FSA FSA telephone" 16:006E2;6HE00 International telephone" NN1620;6::26:0:0 56-6 &i%roso=$ )==i%e Too#?ar:

I- you *a+e use o- this -eature o- )icroso-t '--ice and it appears over the ga*e screen when playing Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 you will have to disable the '--ice &oolbar be-ore playing. 5676 /indo0s NT 86<: Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 re3uires Service 7ac+ # or later versions to be installed in order to wor+ with Windows <& E.0. 7lease contact your co*puter *anu-acturer i- you need to get Service 7ac+ #. 5686 /indo0s &E: Windows )E (irectK appears to have hardware con-licts with so*e 2*b video cards. &he cards *ay wor+ well with Windows )E itsel-$ and even other ga*es$ but with 2ed Alert 2 you *ay e.perience blac+ screen loc+ups when loading the ga*e. &he proble* *ay be corrected by updating the video card driver to Windows )E co*patible drivers$ updating your version o- (irectK$ or upgrading to a E*b card or higher. -6 TR) @LE SH))T+NG -656 Ano0n ,ideo Card +ssues: ideo *onitor settings *ay need to be adBusted a-ter installing the )icroso-t (irectK video drivers. I- you screen distorts$ or is shi-ted horiJontally or vertically$ you can return it to nor*al by adBusting the controls on your *onitor. )ost video display proble*s can be corrected by installing the latest drivers -or your particular card. 7lease consult your video card docu*entation -or details on how to get the latest drivers -or your card. I- you are using the )icroso-t &he*e 7ac+ and have selected a custo* cursor$ video corruption can occur. %or best results$ please use de-ault cursors while playing Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2. Fsers with integrated Intel #( graphic cards 82)= A479 *ay e.perience re-resh proble*s at high resolutions 8above ;E0.E:09. In order to -i. this proble*$ *odi-y the O I(E'P section o- the 2A2.I<I -ile located in the 2A2 root directory to include" ,ideo@a%2@u==erBno 8&his also includes any users with low end video cards$ e.periencing any trails or re-resh proble*s at any resolution9

-6-6 Ano0n Sound Card +ssues: 'ld Sound=laster AWE ;E and AWE #2 sound card drivers can cause s+ipping and repeating sound that *ay cause your co*puter to run Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 *uch slower than nor*al. I- you have one o- these sound cards and are e.periencing these sy*pto*s$ please contact your card *anu-acturer -or latest drivers. Audio *ay stutter on certain syste*s running Windows <&. &o correct this proble* you *ust install the latest audio driver -or your sound card. )ost sound card proble*s can be corrected by installing the latest drivers -or your particular card. 7lease consult your sound card docu*entation -or details on how to get the latest drivers. I- you are using FS= spea+ers$ do not turn o-- the spea+ers during ga*eplay. (oing so *ay cause your syste* to beco*e unstable and even crash. -676 Ano0n "ire%$> +ssues: I- another application is using the sound card while trying to install or run the ga*e$ a M(KSound ErrorM will appear. I- this error occurs$ please close all applications and run the install or ga*e again. -686 Ga$e0a( Com'u$er sers: I- you are using a 4ateway co*puter with M4ateway 4o=ac+M so-tware by Wild%ile running in the bac+ground$ you *ay e.perience loc+ups in 2ed Alert 2. 4o=ac+ is loaded in the Windows syste* tray 8by the cloc+9 and represented by two yellow arrows. &o close out 4o=ac+$ right clic+ on the double yellow arrows in the syste* tray$ and select close. It is reco**ended that you close all progra*s running in the bac+ground be-ore starting 2ed Alert 2. -696 ,ir$ua# &emor( Se$$ings: Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 *ay need to use *ore 2A) than is present on your syste*. Windows HD?H: auto*atically ta+es care o- this by using what is +nown as M irtual )e*oryM 6 which uses space on your hard dis+ to si*ulate the *e*ory it needs and swaps data bac+ and -orth -ro* your hard dis+ as re3uired. Windows HD?H: allows you to *anually set the a*ount o- hard drive space it uses -or irtual )e*ory" WE 0I405/ 2EC'))E<( &0A& /'F (' <'& (' &0IS, &o let Windows HD?H: *anage the irtual )e*ory$ go to the Windows HD?H: start *enu$

select QsettingsRcontrol panelQ$ then double6clic+ Qsyste*Q$ clic+ Qper-or*anceR-ileRsyste*Rvirtual *e*oryQ and then select Q5et Windows *anage *y virtual *e*ory settings 8reco**ended9.Q -6:6 Ano0n Rea#!#a(er +ssues: 2eal7layer see*s to have a con-lict with the *ovie player used in 2ed Alert 2. With 2eal7layerQs MStart CenterM -eature enabled 8which see*s to +eep 2eal7layer resident in so*e -or*9 we have -ound stability issues when e.iting 2ed Alert 2 as it goes to the des+top. -6;6 Au$o!#a(: I- your C( does not Auto7lay when inserted in the drive$ you *ay have this -eature disabled. &o Enable Auto7lay$ right clic+ on Q)y Co*puterQ and select Q7ropertiesQ then Q(evice )anagerQ. Select your C(62') drive and clic+ Q7ropertiesQ. Select QSettingsQ and chec+ the QAuto insert noti-icationQ bo.. -646 5: ?i$ C"-R)& drivers: Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 *ay -ail to start i- there is a 1; bit C(6 2') driver loaded -ro* the AF&'EKEC.=A& or C'<%I4.S/S. I- you have re-erences to )SC(EK or e3uivalent drivers then try re*oving the* -ro* your autoe.ec.bat and con-ig.sys -iles. Windows HD?H: does not generally need these drivers to wor+ and in *ost cases will actually per-or* better without the*. -636 C"-C*angers and &u#$i-"rivers: Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 does not support *ultiple C(62') drives or C(6changers and assu*es that you only have one C(62') drive. I- you have *ore than one C(62') drive$ you should insert the Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 C( in the -irst C( drive letter. %or e.a*ple$ i- you have C( drives E"$ %" and 4"$ your Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 C( should be inserted into the E" drive. -65<6 C*o''( movie 'er=orman%e: I- you -ind that the *ovie per-or*ance is choppy or Ber+y$ try reducing the Windows HD?H: C( caching by going to the Start?Settings?Control 7anel and double6clic+ing the Syste* applet. In the Syste* 7roperties dialog$ clic+ the 7er-or*ance tab and then clic+ the %ile Syste* button. %ro* the %ile Syste* 7roperties dialog$ clic+ the C(62') tab and note the Supple*ental Cache SiJe setting 8so that you can reset the cache siJe i-

need be9. <ow set the Supple*ental Cache SiJe to S*all. &his should have a *ar+ed e--ect on *ovie per-or*ance. /ou can also try adBusting your detail settings in the 'ptions )enu. 5ow (etail will re*ove e--ects li+e water wa+es behind ships$ s*o+e and e--ect lines. 2ed Alert 2 will also dyna*ically re*ove ani*ations in certain situations on low spec *achines to ensure a high 3uality ga*e per-or*ance. -6556 !o0er Saving &odes: It is possible that your co*puter loses connection to your IS7 due to long periods o- inactivity. So*eti*es this is caused by the sleep *ode in your M7ower SavingM options. &his can cause proble*s during ga*e play or when connected to Westwood 'nline. &o avoid any proble*s please disable your screen saver or power6saving *odes when running the ga*e. -65-6 !eriodi% S#o0do0ns: I- periodic slowdowns occur while playing Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 and the C( is not being accessed please insure that there are no other applications running during your ga*e session. &his includes anti6virus so-tware. -6576 Game 'da$es and !a$%*es:

Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 contains an auto6updating -eature. Fpdated versions o- the ga*e will be announced to you when playing Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 on Westwood 'nline. When an updated version o- the ga*e is available you will be able to receive it and auto*atically have it installed$ i- you wish. I- you do not intend to play Co**and L Con3uer" 2ed Alert 2 on Westwood 'nline then please chec+ www.westwood.co* -or update in-or*ation. -6586 Conne%$ion S'eed S#ider: 2ed Alert 2 has a ga*e6latency tolerance setting in the 4a*e 'ptions screen that allows players to increase the tolerance o- networ+ latency on laggy connections -or Internet ga*ing. &o adBust$ *ove the slider to the appropriate setting. %or e.a*ple$ i- you are connecting over a *ode*$ the best setting -or you would be M<or*alM or M7oorM. I- you are connecting over a broadband connection 8Cable )ode* or (S59$ *ove the slider to M%astM. &his atte*pts to *atch your syste* with your connection -or pea+ per-or*ance. )oving the slider -ro* 7oor or <or*al to %ast can have an adverse e--ect on ga*e per-or*ance.

-6596 "ua# Ne$0or2 Cards and +!> +ssues: I- you have two networ+ cards in your co*puter and both have the I7K protocol bound to the*$ you can use the M<etwor+ 'ptionsM to choose the card which youQd li+e to use. <ote" on so*e Windows HD and H: syste*s and in so*e con-igurations$ 2ed Alert 2 canQt see your second networ+ card. A wor+around to this proble* is to disable your pri*ary card in Windows device *anager and reboot. 2ed Alert 2 should success-ully see and utiliJe your second networ+ card. 7lease re-er to your Windows docu*entation -or *ore in-or*ation on how to disable your pri*ary networ+ card. -65:6 Fire0a## +ssues: I- you are playing 2ed Alert 2 behind a -irewall and wish to host a ga*e$ you *ust open the -ollowing ports" 7ort 12#E$ 12#D$ 12#;$ 12#G. &hese ports use the F(7 protocol. I- you do not +now how to con-igure your -irewall consult your -irewall docu*entation or contact your syste* ad*inistrator or Internet 7rovider. -65;6 Ne$0or2 Address Trans#a$ion CNATD Games: I- your networ+ is using <etwor+ Address &ranslation$ two or *ore users behind the <A&Qd -irewall will be unable to play in the sa*e ga*e. &hey will$ however$ be able to play in di--erent ga*es.

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GA&E!LAY +NF) & 7656 Engineers:

!"ATES

Engineers 8and Engineers in I% s9 can be placed in 4uard *ode$ li+e any other unit. When in guard *ode$ engineers auto*atically heal any nearby player owned structures that are da*aged into the red or capture nearby ene*y buildings. 76-6 Ran2ings =or Ladders and Tournamen$s over /es$0ood )n#ine:

Westwood o--ers *any opportunities -or players to test their *ettle against the best players in the world. Chec+ out Westwood.co* -or the latest brea+ing news. 2an+ings -or 5adders and &ourna*ents in 2ed Alert to are de-aulted to MShort 4a*esM 7676 Eui%2 &a$%* over /es$0ood )n#ine:

2ed Alert 2 o--ers players an easy way to *eet players on the battle-ield. Si*ply try the MCuic+ )atchM selection in Westwood 'nline. &his option will try to *atch players o- si*ilar ran+ing$ si*ilar ping ti*es 8Internet connection latency to other players9$ location and syste* specs.