

                The Unofficial Command & Conquer RED ALERT Players FAQ v 1.1
                                    Last Updated: Dec 1 , 1996
                                    By: Drakon / Aaron Zappia
                                     vzappia@ix.netcom.com
                           Http://Www.Geocities.com/TimesSquare/4181


                                         DISCLAIMER:
                     I Claim no responsibility for anything you do with this FAQ

                                      COPYRIGHT INFO:
       Red Alert , Command & Conquer, And all related are all trademarks of Westwood Studios
                      Do anything you want with this FAQ IT'S JUST A GAME
             If you think I have did anything wrong E-mail Me at vzappia@ix.netcom.com

        Included Within the RAPFAQ Zip file is RAPFAQ#.Doc , RAPFAQMC.txt , Rulesini.zip

                                        Table of Contents

                                        1. About This Faq 
                                    2. How To Get This FAQ
                               3. How to Add to the Faq / Send Info 
                                       4. Acknowledgments
                                            5. Tactics
                                             Soviet
                                             Allied*
                                           Both Sides
                                           6. Features*
                                             7. Keys
                                              8. AI
                                            9. Maps
                                        10. Multi-Player*
                                           11. Crates*
                                        12. Morse Code*
                                          13 Rules.INI*
                                   14. Command & Conquer 2
                                      15. Updates / Patches
                                    16. Red Alert Web Pages*
                                     17. 3rd Party Programs
                                   18. What we want in C&C2 *
                                      19. Revision History *


                                        1. About This Faq 
                   This FAQ is just to tell people what to expect in RA (Red Alert)
             Command and Conquer Red Alert is NOT Command and Conquer 2.It is the
          Prequel to Command and Conquer. This FAQ comes in both .Txt and .Doc formats

                       Section followed by * 's have been updated in This Ver

                                RAPFAQ = Red Alert Players FAQ

                                   2. How To Get This FAQ *
                                           By E-mail:
                  E-mail vzappia@ix.netcom.com with the subject "Send RAPFAQ" 

                                            The Web:
                           Http://Www.Geocities.com/TimesSquare/4181 

                    News Group: I'll post it on Alt.Games.Command.and.Conquer
                                   Alt.Games.command-n-conq
                                 Comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
                                       Alt.Games.RedAlert

         Mailing List: To be added to the mailing list just E-mail vzappia@ix.netcom.com with 
              Subject "Add me to RA Mail List" to be added to The RAPFAQ Mailing list.

                               3. How to Add to the Faq / Send Info 
   If you want to send me Info to add to the Faq E-mail me vzappia@ix.netcom.com with the Subject
   "RAinfo" Or if you have any other Questions Please E-mail me I want to know your thoughts on the
                                              FAQ
                                 E-mail vzappia@ix.netcom.com.

                                      4. Acknowledgments:
                                 Westwood For Making Red Alert 
                                  Myself: "Drakon" Aaron Zappia

                                            5. Tactics

                                             Allied:

               Cruisers: Can shoot 3 screens away , the closer it is the better the aiming.
                    Cronoshift it near an enemy's base and Destroy what you can 
                        IE: AA guns / Sam sites and Then send in the planes

                       Cronosphere: Cronoshift a Cruiser near an enemy's base
  Sometimes it will make a rip in time that looks like a electrical whirlpool called a Chronal vortex where
   you send your units and will attack units with electrical energy but there's a 1 in 5 chance on having a
                      Chronal vortex, and 1 in 5 chance in having a Time Quake
   You can't send Troops or a APC full of troops it won't even send troops and will kill the guys in the
                                              APC.
                         Ever see the Movie "The Philadelphia Experiment"

                                          Light Tanks: 
                            Thanks to (Brenn Smith) B.Smith@zds.com:
                     One of the great tactics in C&C was to build NOD bikes as 
                  fast as possible and just keep them pumping. You could take out a 
               base QUICK and early in the game. Obviously there are no NOD bikes in 
                RA, but light tanks work just as well. Light tanks are QUICK and can 
                 rush past base defenses quickly to take out a construction yard. Just 
                   start build light tanks as early as possible and keep cranking them 
                                  out. I've tried it. It works great!


                                             Soviet:

  Attack Dogs: Don't put them in a place where a tank and the dog will attack the same unit, the dog will
                jump to attack the unit and the tank will shoot at the guy killing the dog.

        V2 Rocket: They will fire farther when there guarding then if you tell them to attack a unit

                                           Both Sides:

                           Engineers: Can Take a Building When its Red.
                                  Can Repair a building to Green.

 Spies: Watch out! The enemy spies look like your troops and only dogs will auto attack them. You have
                                 to tell your units to attack them. 
                Watch for your color units moving around when you cant select them.
              Send your spies into an Allied base so you can see through a Gap Generator.

                   Thieves: You can Steal money from enemy silos and Refineries.

                                           6. Features
                                     Bridges can be blown up 
                               You see Kane when you play soviets!

                                             7. Keys
                  Way Points: Hold the "Q" key and click where you want him to go.
                             Select all units on screen: Hit the "E" key.
                 Formations: you *have* to follow this procedure to make a formation:
                                  1. move the units into formation
                                       2. select all of them
                             3. make them into a group (Ctrl + number)
                       4. press F (you will see something like 3F in the boxes)
                                 Press F again to break formation

                                              8. AI
                    For Some reason the AI in Multi-Player Will not build Ships L

                                            9. Maps
                  The map sizes are much bigger (94X94, 64X64, 128X64, 64X128)
                             Red Alert comes with it's own Map Maker
               You can build things like turrets and other attack building 2 squares apart
                          There is a new Terrain Arctic Like In Warcraft 2
                                There's also levels inside buildings 

                                         10. Multi-Player
                            There are 5 Countries with different strengths
                                      Allied England - Armor
                                   Allied Germany - Shot power
                                     Allied France - Shot Rate
                                       Soviet Russia - Cost
                                      Soviet Ukraine - Speed

     Parrabombs: Why can't I get them in Multi-Player? There in crates you can't just build a airstrip.

                                           11. Crates
                          Here is a list of every thing you can get in a crate.

                     Armor - armor of nearby objects increased (armor multiplier)
                             Cloak - enable cloaking on nearby objects
                                 Darkness - cloak entire radar map
                      Explosion - high explosive baddie (damage per explosion)
                Firepower - firepower of nearby objects increased (firepower multiplier)
                               HealBase - all buildings to full strength
                                ICBM - nuke missile one time shot
                             Money - a chunk o' cash (maximum cash)
                              Napalm - fire explosion baddie (damage)
                             ParaBomb - para-bomb raid one time shot
                                  Reveal - reveal entire radar map
                                   Sonar - one time sonar pulse
                     Speed - speed of nearby objects increased (speed multiplier)
                                 Squad - squad of random infantry
                                      Unit - random vehicle
                         Invulnerability - invulnerability (duration in minutes)
                                     TimeQuake - time quake

                                         12. Morse Code
                          What is all this about Morse code I keep hearing?
 Well if you don't already know there's Morse Code at the bottom of every page in the Red Alert Manual
         I have decoded it and It is inside the zipfile that this FAQ came in you can also get it at 
                           Http://www.Geocities.com/TimesSquare/4181

                                   What's this about Giant Ants?
   Inside the Morse Code it talks about Giant Ants maybe there a Hidden unit inside the game Like the 
        dinos in C&C. But we may never know unless we unlock the secrets of the Morse Code 

                                          13. Rules.INI
 If you edit the Redalert.mix file with Word pad and search for "rules.ini" you can edit all the variables in
 the game just make a file called Rules.INI in the Red Alert Dir. and copy every thing in the mixfile from
    the Rules.INI to the credits into the Rules.INI file that's it then just edit what you want to change. 

   But I have included Rules.INI with this Faq just unzip the file rulesini.zip into the RedAlert directory.
  With any text editor open rules.ini and change whatever you want. Remember to take it out before you
                                    play a multi-player game. 


                                   14. Command & Conquer 2 
                                             Fall'97
                                     For Windows 95 only L
                               Will Have that cool Robot / Man unit
                             WILL NOT BE A DOOM TYPE GAME

                                      15. Updates / Patches
                                       None its not out yet!

                                     16. Red Alert Web Pages
                            Http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/4181
    The Red Alert Internet Strategy Guide By: Roger A. Wong Http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~cncfaq
                                   Http://www.WestWood.com
                           Http://www.infocomm.net/~bower/c&cred.htm
                                   Http://qis.net/~jinman/ra.html
                                Http://home.worldonline.nl/~mickey/
                        Timberman's Map Page Http://qis.net/~jinman/ra.html
                       The CCC Http://www.mother.com/~vortex/ccc/ccc.html

                                     17. 3rd Party Programs
                                            None Yet

                                   18. What we want in C&C2 
                              I need More here E-mail me Some Idea's
                       at vzappia@ix.netcom.com with subject "C&C2 Idea")

                           Carryall - To pickup Harvester's like in Dune II
                             MCP - A Movable Copter Pad on a truck 
                  Mole Machines - no need for a gap generator, just go underground
                         Camouflaged troops - can be seen if they move etc.
                      Electric Fences - tanks drive through them and troops fry.
                 Everything Upgradable - higher power rockets and stuff - make it all
                                upgradable to different tech. Levels
                                         3 Sides - 3 Sides

                                       19. Revision History
                                     v 0.1 Beta Not Released
                                         v 0.2 Released
                                       v 0.3 Minor Changes
                                  v 0.4 Info on Las Vegas Added
                                       v 0.5 Minor Changes
                                       v 0.6 Minor Changes
                            v 1.0 Major Changes w/ Red Alert Released
              v 1.1 Minor Changes Added Morse Code & Rules.INI to RAPFAQ Zip file