

So, grab the direct download patch in your proper language below if you have not already. When you download this patch and future patches, you should experience far better download times, and the black screen delay should be short if not non-existant. We made an emergency patch 1.03 to move the patches to a much faster server called Limelight which we will be using permanently going forward. This is because the game does a patch check on a backend server, and without getting too technical, that server was darn near being crashed and affecting not only Red Alert 3, but also Kane's Wrath and Tiberium Wars. The deal is guys, with Patch 1.01 and 1.02 we were experiencing an overload on our FTP servers which was causing the black screen hang up when you'd log in to the game. Thank you Mystic for the sticky last night, I wanted to create a new thread however with all the language downloads of Patch 1.03 in case anyone needs that and provide further insight in to this tiny patch.
You can download the patch by simply starting the game, or if you are having trouble with the autoupdater, you can manually download the files you need from EA's FTP.ĮA Apoc gave word about the 1.03 patch on the EA forums: Hopefully EA will be able to confirm any changes made in the near future.

There are however reports of people being able to log in faster and menu load times being shorter. There is also no official word from the EA forums. There is currently a lot of speculation about the content of the patch because the notes don't reveal anything. 1.02 has only been out for a day and Electronic Arts has just brought us our third patch for Red Alert 3.
