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I need help. I followed the instructions exactly, but there's still a problem. Whenever I click on RUNGAME.EXE an air message comes up saying "Audio needs to be configured for Red Alert DOS version. Press OK to continue." Then I click OK, and a black screen with a blinking horizontal white bar in the corner comes up (as if I'm supposed to type something) but I can't type anything, and I can only exit out of it with the windows task manager. I exit out of it, and two more air messages come up. The first one:

C:/WESTWOOD?REDALE~2/_SETUP.EXE
C:/PROGRA~1/Symantec/S32EVNT1.DLL. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

Second one:

C:/WESTWOOD/REDALE~/RA.EXE
C:/PROGRA~1/Symantec/S32EVNT1.DLL. An installable Virtual Device Driver failed Dll initialization. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

If I choose to ignore both of them, this comes up:

Red Alert Setup Program
The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction.
CS:c000 IP:5055 OP:f0 00 ff ff 20 Choose 'Close' to terminate the application.

If I ignore that one too, the same one comes up again, and then goes away if I choose to ignore a second time. This is all the information I can readily dish out at this time, and I'm no computer wiz so I'm clueless on what this means. Any help?

Thanks Nyerguds for posting the Windows 7 64 bit method! I was going nuts trying to set up a Windows 98 loaded computer to play my old RA Aftermath. I used your instructions and it works fine on my new computer with Windows 7. Havent played RA in over 10 years and wanted to play it again for old fun.

Mayem...did you create your directory to the "INSTALL" file of the RA components? That is the only way I could get mine to work. C:/Westwood/Red Alert/INSTALL

BTW: LoL...Anybody know which Skirmish game has the ants that come out of the ant holes and attack the human bases? I can't find it on my Aftermath disc -- I know it's in there!

Its not a skirmish map its a hidden campaign when you are at the main menu outside of a game you hold left alt and press the speaker to the right of the menu atleast i think that should be it someone correct me if im wrong.
Ofc this is on the Aftermath menu.

Thanks for the reply!

I looked on the game start up pages (Skirmish and network) and don't see a speaker to hit. It has to be one of the games available in the skirmish - I wasn't smart enough to do anything but play the campaign and skirmish games back 10 years ago...LoL! I remember there were "volcanoes" on the map -- what I thought were volcanoes (I was expecting lava flows) -- until the ants came out and attacked all the bases...LoL! You just don't forget memorable events like that on Red Alert! :-)

http://i56.tinypic.com/213ru4h.png

Thats the speaker i mean.
You hold left alt i think then click on it.

I tried all kinds of buttons (L+R alt, ctrl, shift, tab, etc) and moving the cursor all over the screen but nothing happens.

I remember the map/game I'm looking for was surrounded by water, green foilage (not ice/snow), and had lots of rivers. The ant holes were strewn about. I thought it was a Mega (8) game - but I've been opening them and can't seem to find it. Is it possible it was on the base RA game and not in the Aftermath disc?


Update: At least I now know I'm not having messed-up memories...I looked at a couple of Red Alert - ant videos on youtube. One of them shows the "speaker method" but I have no idea how they did it -- and none of the other videos show how to get to the ant games.

I played one of the map versions[skirmish] that had the ants in it.It was one of the mega map and it was some sort of island to island battle but I don't know the name of it.If I find it again I will post it here.It was part of the aftermath mappack.

ok..it's definetley an Island Conflict Exreme mega map that has the ants on it..enjoy!

Thanks Kahuna09! It is the "Island Wars Extreme (Mega 8 Players)" in the Skirmish section. I found it by checking the island mega games due to your post. Not exactly islands as you can walk/drive to every land mass...but the ants attacking adds to the warfare...LoL!

Good News Larsee!!Glad to help.I just got back from playing it myself.If you are looking for a heavier challenge try "The Hills Have Eyes" mega..it requires unique solutions to the mutant infestation there.. Enjoy!!

"The Hills Have Eyes" -- at first I was thinking this game doesn't have ants...then I played it again and remembered what you meant about mutant infestation...LoL!

Dang civilians/partisans! I built fleets of cruisers and wiped out the town where the civilians come from but then they started attacking from the south edge!

SHIFT, not alt.

From the morse sheet that came with my Counterstrike box:

In reality, just tapping [shift] once is enough though; you don't need to hold it down at all. And the right one works just as well

Lol, oh yes the mutants in that town will come at you from the edge of the map if you wipe out their homes. I usually wall them off as soon as I can .They start to accumulate in signifigent numbers after awhile[looks like a miniature Garth Brooks concert inside the perimeter ]until I turn them loose on the last standing enemy while I sit behind cement walls and watch them relentlessly attack.Good Times.Good Fun.

I've tried every button on the keyboard but nothing happens when I put the cursor over the speaker and hit any button on the mouse. I've hit the keyboard buttons and held them down.

I am using the aftermath collection -- is it possible this is only on the basic RA CD?

I have found the "G" (guard) and "E" (select all in screen) buttons work while playing.