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Title: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 03, 2013, 08:37:50 AM
Hey guys, I've not been on for a few years now and I'm not sure if this is correct section of the forum to post in but anyway... I lost my disk and just want to play this game for a couple of hours for nostalgic reasons really, Is there any way I could download it for free or will I have to buy it again? I don't know if you're allowed to ask this but I genuinely have just lost the disk haha, thanks for your time :)
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Naryar on January 03, 2013, 08:39:14 AM
oh come on main menu you should know you can download ra2 off Sage's signature

or did you left before that ?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: cephalopod on January 03, 2013, 08:47:05 AM
https://gametechmods.com/downloads/Robot%20Arena%202%20v1.4.rar (https://gametechmods.com/downloads/Robot%20Arena%202%20v1.4.rar) - Stock
https://gametechmods.com/downloads/DSL21.rar (https://gametechmods.com/downloads/DSL21.rar) - DSL

Both full and ready to go. Good to see you back, by the way..
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 03, 2013, 08:49:15 AM
Thanks for the quick responses, sorry for my stupidity :( I searched but couldn't find anything... How come you're allowed to give it for free now?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: cephalopod on January 03, 2013, 08:52:00 AM
Pretty sure we're not really meant to, but it's abandonware let's be honest. The devs are hardly trying to milk any more money out of it, I don't think they even recognize our existence...
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jamin on January 03, 2013, 08:56:56 AM
Yeah, I think RA2 qualifies as being Orphaned at this point.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badnik96 on January 03, 2013, 08:57:55 AM
HOLY CRAP IT'S MAN MANU

dude, it's been forever. How's it going?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 03, 2013, 09:06:48 AM
Hey badnik! Heck, I recognise all of you apart from Jamin! Surprised you're all still on here! Anything of interest happen over the last 2-3 years?


Anyway, back to me being a noob. I just opened up the stock version and I'm getting incredible lag on the main menu. I entered into an exhibition match and there was no lag at all but still loads in the menus. Also the resolution is being weird... I always have massive black bars at both sides of the screen when playing fullscreen, I've tried all resolutions but none get rid of the problem. Any help? Thanks again :)
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 03, 2013, 09:07:49 AM
Jamin is Sparkey... Also hi Manu.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jamin on January 03, 2013, 09:15:21 AM
Jamin is Sparkey... Also hi Manu.

lol I don't think Man Manu has ever been here since I joined.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 03, 2013, 09:16:49 AM
Jamin is Sparkey... Also hi Manu.

lol I don't think Man Manu has ever been here since I joined.
True, true...
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Sage on January 03, 2013, 01:20:06 PM

Anyway, back to me being a noob. I just opened up the stock version and I'm getting incredible lag on the main menu. I entered into an exhibition match and there was no lag at all but still loads in the menus. Also the resolution is being weird... I always have massive black bars at both sides of the screen when playing fullscreen, I've tried all resolutions but none get rid of the problem. Any help? Thanks again :)

Maybe it didn't extract properly? Try the DSL version and see if you get the same problem.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on January 03, 2013, 03:08:38 PM
Also the resolution is being weird... I always have massive black bars at both sides of the screen when playing fullscreen, I've tried all resolutions but none get rid of the problem. Any help? Thanks again :)

RA2 doesn't support 16:9 aspect ratio. So if you have a widescreen monitor, just run it windowed.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jack Daniels on January 03, 2013, 06:36:50 PM
Man Manu! You were always one of my favorite forum members to have kicking around.  So good to have you back.

In the past two to three years two major things have happened:

-Hax Mode was discovered in stock and stirred a bit of controversy.  It still has not been widely embraced by the community, but it is a huge discovery.

-IRL (In Real Life) building has become rather popular over the years with DSL.  There are several builders that build bots in DSL that are aimed at aesthetics and accuracy rather than exploiting the unbalanced parts in DSL for a competitive edge.   It is a nice alternative that allows more creativity.


Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 04, 2013, 06:45:05 AM

Anyway, back to me being a noob. I just opened up the stock version and I'm getting incredible lag on the main menu. I entered into an exhibition match and there was no lag at all but still loads in the menus. Also the resolution is being weird... I always have massive black bars at both sides of the screen when playing fullscreen, I've tried all resolutions but none get rid of the problem. Any help? Thanks again :)

Maybe it didn't extract properly? Try the DSL version and see if you get the same problem.


Yep, exactly the same there aswell... Surely it can't just be my bad laptop or it would be just as bad in battle, if not worse?


Hey JD! Thanks for the update, I think I was there for when people first started with the DSL realism thing but hax mode is new to me, I'll go and check that out now :)


EDIT: Also, when I click the options from the main menu it works absolutely fine on that but as soon as I go back to the main menu it goes back to being laggy.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badger on January 04, 2013, 08:12:48 AM
1) Try running it in compatibility mode for Windows XP, or 98 if that doesn't work.
If that doesn't work:
2) Try running it as an admin
If that doesn't work:
3) Disable desktop composition. This worked for similar lag problems for my version of VB6.
If that doesn't work:
Try them all together.

To change these, right click on Robot Arena 2.exe, go to properties, then the compatibility tab. Should look a little like this:

(https://gametechmods.com/uploads/images/11295properties.png)

Post your results, hopefully this helps!
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 04, 2013, 08:43:27 AM
Thank you for your reply badger but unfortunately none of your suggestions worked :( The only thing that made a difference was running it in compatibility mode for 98 which made it horrendously slow to start up and close down... I find it strange how it works fine in the options menu and in battle.


Also, I'm by not technical at all so don't know if there's anything in this but I went on the task manager whilst RA2 was up and the CPU usage was fluctuating between 100% and 80ish%
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badger on January 04, 2013, 09:20:57 AM
Can you post your PC specs? Have you tried it on another PC? Maybe extracting it to a USB stick and running it from there? Making a new partition on your hard-drive for RA2? Fiddling around with the in-game settings? If you have Counter-Strike 1.6 or Source, how do they run on your PC? Maybe your PC isn't good enough for RA2, although I HIGHLY doubt that.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 04, 2013, 09:28:50 AM
I have a packard bell easynote TM80 with windows 7 64 bit. As I said I'm not technical so I wouldnt know what specs to post but you could probably google to find out? The only game I play on my laptop is Football manager 2013 and that works fine. I have done everything in the options menu of RA2 but nothing works.


I'll try extracting to an external hard drive and playing from there. Thanks for your help :)
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badger on January 04, 2013, 09:32:40 AM
To find out your PC specs, go to the start menu, then click 'System properties' at the top, then tell us your processor and your RAM, but your PC seems fine. Oh, and check that you only have 2 mouse plugged in. It may sound silly, but I had 3 mice and 2 keyboards plugged into my PC a couple of weeks ago.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Naryar on January 04, 2013, 09:46:40 AM
Put your main ra2 folder on the desktop.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 04, 2013, 05:15:29 PM
Tried all suggestions on the page to no avail... It's so strange it can work so fine in some places, even the test arena in the botlab works! My processor is an AMD Athlon(tm) II P340 Dual-Core Processor 2.20GHz if that's of any help? Really want to play this game again but I might just have to accept it's not going to work.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on January 04, 2013, 06:09:45 PM
I have heard of issues with some processors being too good for certain older or less intensive games and causing lag, but never with RA2.

It could also be a graphics card issue. I recall some ATI cards not wanting to run RA2 well. There have also been a few certain nVidia cards that cause graphical glitches galore, I believe.

Do you know what graphics card your laptop uses?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 04, 2013, 06:24:55 PM
I think it's an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250 as that's the only thing I can find that looks a bit like it could be a graphics card... It's definitely just an integrated one so probably really crap :(
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jack Daniels on January 05, 2013, 09:35:43 AM
I had no idea that Packard Bell was not a dead brand.  O.o

Totally thought they gave up making computers years ago.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: GoldenFox93 on January 05, 2013, 09:39:49 AM
Man Manu! Great to see you back here    :approve:
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badger on January 05, 2013, 09:41:59 AM
LOL TORRENT < Seriously? -_-

Try burning that to a disc?

Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on January 05, 2013, 09:56:42 AM
[Torrent link]
Try burning that to a disc?

How many times does ACAMS have to say not to post torrent links before you'll understand?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 05, 2013, 10:05:58 AM
What's wrong with RA2 Torrent link?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badger on January 05, 2013, 10:13:54 AM
> To a game which we already have for free download onsite
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Naryar on January 05, 2013, 10:47:24 AM
> To a game which we already have for free download onsite

why the heck are you giving torrent links then ?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 05, 2013, 01:38:40 PM
Will it make any difference at all? I'm willing to try it if anyone wants to not not maybe probably not not send not send send me a private message containing a link to a link of a link but not a link TORRENT...  :heart_smiley:
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 05, 2013, 06:12:13 PM
It's ok, I found my own... Downloaded fine but with the same problem when started up. I guess it just isn't meant to be :( Would have been nice to play this game again and get back into this community, oh well, thanks for all your help and suggestions guys!
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 05, 2013, 07:45:59 PM
Just don't leave us, manu. It's great to see you back and we don't want you to quit again. :P
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Mr. AS on January 05, 2013, 07:49:20 PM
Just don't leave us, manu. It's great to see you back and we don't want you to quit again. :P
what, you want him to stick around while not doing anything RA2-related and have him become yet another off-topic dweller?

i would try firing up RA2 on another computer. sometimes one comp will have a problem playing RA while the problem is nonexistent on another comp even when using the same copy of robot arena. its worth a shot.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on January 05, 2013, 07:53:40 PM
> To a game which we already have for free download onsite

>Acting like it's the first time you've committed said offense.
>Being about the hundredth time.


It doesn't matter. It's a torrent link and they are not allowed in threads.


Just don't leave us, manu. It's great to see you back and we don't want you to quit again. :P
what, you want him to stick around while not doing anything RA2-related and have him become yet another off-topic dweller?

i would try firing up RA2 on another computer. sometimes one comp will have a problem playing RA while the problem is nonexistent on another comp even when using the same copy of robot arena. its worth a shot.

I love how you just assume he owns or even has access to other computers. Not everyone has that luxury.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Mr. AS on January 05, 2013, 07:57:33 PM
Not everyone has that luxury.
thank you cptn. obvious

Just don't leave us, manu. It's great to see you back and we don't want you to quit again. :P
what, you want him to stick around while not doing anything RA2-related and have him become yet another off-topic dweller?

i would try firing up RA2 on another computer. sometimes one comp will have a problem playing RA while the problem is nonexistent on another comp even when using the same copy of robot arena. its worth a shot.

I love how you just assume he owns or even has access to other computers.
if he doesnt have another comp to try it on he doesnt try it, obviously. i dont think he has told us if he has another comp, so you dont really know
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: ACAMS on January 05, 2013, 11:03:42 PM
Open your ra2.cfg file with notepad and post it here.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Badger on January 06, 2013, 05:27:43 AM
> To a game which we already have for free download onsite

why the heck are you giving torrent links then ?
Because that was the CD version. If the CD version worked for him, why not just use that again?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: 090901 on January 06, 2013, 05:59:47 AM
> To a game which we already have for free download onsite

why the heck are you giving torrent links then ?
Because that was the CD version. If the CD version worked for him, why not just use that again?
I'm pretty sure the download here and the CD version are the same thing :V
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 06, 2013, 06:40:29 AM
I don't have another pc to try it on except the family laptop but people are always on that anyway so theres no point...


I opened that file, here it is:


Hopefully that helps :) Thanks for still trying to help!
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: cephalopod on January 06, 2013, 08:43:19 AM
Maybe try making a copy of that cfg (just so you have a backup) and replacing the contents with someone else's, to see if there is a problem in there (just until someone more knowledgeable on the cfg can check over the actual data).

Here's mine, if you wanted to try it (also contains my multiplayer data XD) - just remember to keep a backup of your one...
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: man manu on January 06, 2013, 10:51:50 AM
Maybe try making a copy of that cfg (just so you have a backup) and replacing the contents with someone else's, to see if there is a problem in there (just until someone more knowledgeable on the cfg can check over the actual data).

Here's mine, if you wanted to try it (also contains my multiplayer data XD) - just remember to keep a backup of your one...


How do I give you karma? You are my new favourite member! :D :D :D So happy! It took so long but I can finally play this game again! Love you long time Craig! Thanks! Also to everyone else that suggested anything, you're pretty great also!
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: cephalopod on January 06, 2013, 01:41:21 PM
XD no problem. But Karma can only be given out by AU/Vet/Mod/Admins and some Roboteers, not that it's necessary XD
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Naryar on January 07, 2013, 03:41:29 PM
So now even guys want Craaig ?
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: HurricaneAndrew on January 07, 2013, 03:51:06 PM
So now even guys want Craaig ?

All da bitches love Craaig.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: Jonzu95 on January 08, 2013, 01:25:07 AM
So now even guys want Craaig ?
Eeyup.
Title: Re: I lost my RA2 disk...
Post by: 090901 on January 08, 2013, 04:02:11 AM
So now even guys want Craaig ?
heck yes