#Can someone help me connect to Red Alert 3 online

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umbral herald
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I’ve followed the tutorials and made an account with revora and everything but whenever I try to connect to online it says “cannot connect to backend server” I’ve tried a couple solutions for it but none have worked. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I downloaded it from steam

vagrant yarrow
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What guide did you follow?

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Does that help you installing Tacitus and logging in online?

umbral herald
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I installed tactitus and was able sign in online but now it keeps saying connection failed whenever I tried to join a game with someone. Is there a way to fix that? My wifi is good as well

vagrant yarrow
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Six options to fix these issues

Six options for network issues, try from top to bottom, test after each step, don't perform any steps on your own when the step says you shouldn't, don't skip it, but be patient till we get back to you:

  • Switch the 6667 port to 16667 in the Tacitus overlay's (Ctrl +T) network tab. Countries like Maleysia, other Asian countries, some ISPs (like the Dutch KPN) and universities might block those.
  • Select a different IP-address from the dropdown in the network settings of the in-game options menu. Try all of the options it supplies and try to go into an online game after choosing a different one.
  • Enabling UPnP (only if you know how to login to your router, ask me for assistance, don't do it on your own!)
  • Port forwarding (only if you know how to login to your router, ask me for assistance, don't do it on your own!)
  • Optional (rarely seems to be the cause): Correct Firewall entry (known issue for Steam version at least, ask for assistance, don't do it on your own!)
  • VPN (quick and dirty workaround, we recommend the free version of Privado as it is known to work with CnC games, remember to set the in-game IP setting to the one provided by the VPN)
umbral herald
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The first one didn’t work, there is only one option in the ip menu and I’m at a university so I don’t have access to a router. How would I correct the firewall?

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It says in progress now instead of failing but it still doesn’t work

vagrant yarrow
vagrant yarrow
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Firewall issue is not the case then if your error changed

umbral herald
vagrant yarrow
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Then enable the VPN and go to the network tab in the in-game options and select the new IP-address that appeared

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That should fix your issue

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Please keep me posted on this

umbral herald
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I’m going to give it a try. What’s weird is that I was able to play a few games on the weekend at home at uni it doesn’t work at all

dusky hillBOT
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GG @umbral herald, you just advanced to level 1!

vagrant yarrow
umbral herald
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Hey it worked thanks