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How to Play Red Alert Online with OpenRA

3 Easy Steps: Play Red Alert Online now using OpenRA, and learn how to host your own game server

Play Online Now for Free using OpenRA

If you want to play Red Alert online with friends, family or with other gamers, here is how to get started right now! This is the best, fastest way to do it using the OpenRA free open source software!

STEP 1 - Download the game
Download
OpenRA

Current Version: release-20210321

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Players
Online
STEP 2 - Pick how to play online
Play on public
servers
Good
  • Absolutely FREE
  • No extra work needed
Bad
  • Only the first player in a server has control of the game.
  • Cannot add a game password
Create a server from
your game
Good
  • Free to set up
  • Full control of your server and game including passwords
Bad
  • May require UPnP or port forwarding
  • People may have difficulty connecting
  • May need to determine your public IP address
Get a pre-configured
server
Good
  • Ready Instantly
  • Flexible-cancel at any time
  • Easy configuration
  • No port forwarding, server can be accessible to all people faster.
Bad
  • Small charge to set up
Play on public servers
  • Install OpenRA from Step 1
  • Launch OpenRA and click Multiplayer
  • Join a server, pick a name & click “Ready!”
Easiest
Create a server from
your game
  • Install OpenRA from Step 1
  • Launch OpenRA and click Multiplayer
  • Click “Create” –take note of the port number (such as 1234)
  • Enter the Server Name, Password and Port
  • Configure your router for UPnP, to forward the port number (1234) to the IP address of your computer running the game
  • Ensure all firewalls allow the OpenRA game and port number
  • Refer to the official guide from OpenRA.net for more information about how to set up a server from your game, or how to create a dedicated server
  • Launch OpenRA, click multiplayer
  • Join a server, pick a name & click “Ready!”
Get a pre-configured
server
  • Find an OpenRA server host
  • Configure and start your server
  • Launch OpenRA, click multiplayer
  • Join a server, pick a name & click “Ready!”
Best option
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STEP 3 - Have fun, play and win!
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Other Ways to Play Red Alert
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Play on CNCNET
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