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If you’ve just installed Red Alert 3 on Windows 7 then you may be presented with a simple black screen on startup, that just freezes there.

1. Navigate to the Data folder, ie. C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Red Alert 3\Data
2. Rename the Movies folder to “Movies.renamed”
3. Start up the game
4. Set your resolution to the same as your desktop
5. Apply the settings and quit the game
6. Rename the Movies directory back to “Movies”
7. Start up the game and it should work

YMMV.

Small increase in performance by having NTFS not note down the time of each file access.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem]
"NtfsDisableLastAccessUpdate"=dword:00000001

Download

  ntfs-disable-last-access-time.reg (150 bytes, 92 hits)

Previous versions of Command & Conquer™ had the ability to disable super weapons, but in Red alert 3 this option is abscent. After much googling for a solution, I spent some time creating my own mod that simply disabled the superweapons.

I like to play turtle vs. the Ai in skirmish, and develop intuitive ways to crush my opponent without having to battle vs. super weapons every 5 minutes.

Created based on SDKv3 and RA3v1.12, it disables the ability to build the weapons for both player and AI.

I created two different mods that disable one or both types of superweapons.

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