Change Red Alert 3 CD-key on Mac OSX to play on lan

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  1. macuser

    macuser New Member

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    If you want to play Red Alert 3 on lan but "accidentaly" installed on both computer with the same cd-key, you might want to change the CD-key on one of the computer. For Windows you can find several applications to change the CD-key, but for Mac you have none. It takes a time to figure out where the Cider version of the Red Alert 3 for Mac osx stores the registry files and how to change the cd-key entry, so here is some help for that:

    1. The registry is stored in
    ~/Library/Preferences/Command and Conquer - Red Alert 3 Preferences/system.reg

    2. Look for the "ergc" entry looks like this:
    IN CASE YOU DON'T FIND (and you won't with some "installations"): just insert this entry to the end of the file and continue!

    3. Change XXXXX (your current cdkey) to the new one (without the dashes)!

    Now you can play on lan!

    This worked on Snow Leopard with Red Alert 3 1.0.6
     
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  2. Luis Ricardo Briseño

    Luis Ricardo Briseño New Member

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    Hello mate, im actually trying to change the Serial but i cant edit the .reg in mac, how u can edit the file?


    Ty
     
  3. prikito_os

    prikito_os New Member

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    tryied on macOs High Sierra, but doesnt works. Anyone?
     
  4. ruxhan

    ruxhan New Member

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    Yes there are no registries in mac os but i managed to change them using library / preferences from here and now its fully functional on Lan an amazing screenbinge experince
     

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